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Reframing Latin America a cultural theory reading of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries / by Ching, Erik Kristofer

Table of Contents: “…Connell -- Identity Construct #4: Nation -- The Inequality of Human Races / Arthur de Gobineau -- On Becoming Cuban / Louis Perez -- Identity Construct #5: Latin America -- Journeys Through the Labyrinth / Gerald Martin -- The Search for Cultural Identity / Leslie Bary -- Local Histories, Global Designs / Walter Mignolo -- Reading(s) -- Civilized Folk Defeat the Barbarians: The Liberal Nation -- Facundo / Domingo Sarmiento -- Civilized Folk Marry the Barbarians: The Nationalist Nation -- Introduction to Doña Barbára by Rómulo Gallegos -- Doña Barbára / Rómulo Gallegos -- Introduction to Doris Sommer's Foundational Fictions -- Foundational Fictions / Doris Sommer -- Introduction to José Martí's "Our America" -- Our America / José Martí -- Film Foray: Los tres caballeros -- Don (Juanito) Duck and the Imperial Patriarchal Discourse / Julianne Burton -- The Socialist Utopia: Che Guevara and the Cuban Revolution -- Analyzing The Motorcycle Diaries -- Film Analysis: The Motorcycle Diaries -- Introduction to Alma Guillermoprieto's "The Harsh Angel" -- The Harsh Angel / Alma Guillermoprieto -- Film Analysis: Soy Cuba/Ya Kuba (I Am Cuba) -- Boom Goes the Literature: Magical Realism as the True Latin America? …”
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Castles, battles, & bombs how economics explains military history / by Brauer, Jurgen, 1957-

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Economics -- Economics -- Principle I: Opportunity cost -- Principle II: Expected marginal costs and benefits -- Principle III: Substitution -- Principle IV: Diminishing marginal returns -- Principle V: asymmetric information and hidden characteristics -- Principle VI: Hidden actions and incentive alignments -- Conclusion: economics--and military history -- The high Middle Ages, 1000-1300: The case of the medieval castle and the opportunity cost of warfare -- Opportunity cost and warfare -- The ubiquity of castles -- The cost of castling -- The advantages of castles -- The cost of armies -- Castle building and the other principles of economics -- Conclusion -- The Renaissance, 1300-1600: the case of the condottieri and the military labor market -- The principal-agent problem -- Demand, supply, and recruitment -- Contracts and pay -- Control and contract evolution -- The development of permanent armies -- Condottieri and the other principles of economics -- Conclusion -- The age of battle, 1618-1815: the case of costs, benefits, and the decision to offer battle -- Expected marginal costs and benefits of battle -- The 1600s: Gustavus Adolphus and Raimondo de Montecuccoli -- The 1700s: Marlborough, de Saxe, and Frederick the Great -- Napoleonic warfare -- The age of battle and the other principles of economics -- Conclusion -- The age of revolution, 1789-1914: the case of the American Civil War and the economics of information asymmetry -- Information and warfare -- North, South, and the search for information -- Major Eastern campaigns through Gettysburg -- Grant in Virginia -- The American Civil War and the other principles of economics -- Conclusion -- The age of the world wars, 1914-1945: the case of diminishing marginal returns to the strategic bombing of Germany in World War II -- A strategic bombing production function -- Bombing German war production -- Bombing the supply chain and the civilian economy -- Bombing German morale -- Assessing the effect of strategic bombing -- Strategic bombing and the other principles of economics -- Conclusion -- The age of the Cold War, 1945-1991: the case of capital-labor substitution and France's Force de Frappe -- History of the Force de Frappe -- The force post-De Gaulle -- Justifying the force -- The force's effect on France's conventional arms -- Substituting nuclear for conventional forces -- The Force de Frappe and the other principles of economics -- Conclusion -- Economics and military history in the twenty-first century -- Economics of terrorism -- Economics of military manpower -- Economics of private military companies -- Economics, historiography, and military history -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index.…”
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Physiology and biochemistry of extremophiles

Table of Contents: “…Eloe -- Astrobiology and the search for life in the universe / Giles M. Marion and Dirk Schulze-Makuch -- Extremophiles, a unique resource of biocatalysts for industrial biotechnology / Garabed Antranikian and Ksenia Egorova -- Lessons from extremophiles: early evolution and border conditions of life / Ying Xu and Nicolas Glansdorff.…”
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Criminal law conversations

Table of Contents: “…Duff -- Monstrous offenders and the search for solidarity through modern punishment / Joseph E. …”
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Where am I wearing? a global tour to the countries, factories, and people that make our clothes / by Timmerman, Kelsey, 1979-

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Connections and complexity new approaches to the archaeology of South Asia /

Table of Contents: “…Red Polished Ware in Gujarat : Surface Collections from Inland Sites / Nancy Pinto-Orton -- Spiraling Interconnectedness : A Fresh Look at Double-Spiral-Headed Pins in the Indian Subcontinent / Heidi J. Miller -- In Search Of Craft and Society : The Glass Beads of Early Historic Tamil South India / Shinu Abraham -- Lamination as Production Technique : Patterns and Possibilities / Praveena Gullapalli -- Bronze Age Pastoralism and Differentiated Landscapes along the Inner Asian Mountain Corridor / Michael Frachetti -- The Ghost of the State in Deep Antiquity : A Closer Look at the Harappan Civilization from the Viewpoint of Sanskrit Literature / Piotr A. …”
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The digital crown : winning at content on the web / by Leibtag, Ahava

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Old lands : a chorography of the Eastern Peloponnese / by Witmore, Christopher

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Sweat equity : inside the new economy of mind and body / by Kelly, Jason, 1973-

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The Tibetan Nun Mingyur Peldrön : A Woman of Power and Privilege / by Melnick Dyer, Alison

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The Consequences of Chaos : Syria’s Humanitarian Crisis and the Failure to Protect / by Ferris, Elizabeth G., Kirişci, Kemal, 1954-

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Tangled roots : the Appalachian Trail and American environmental politics / by Mittlefehldt, Sarah

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Encounters in avalanche country : a history of survival in the Mountain West, 1820-1920 / by Di Stefano, Diana L.

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Being well in academia : ways to feel stronger, safer and more connected / by Boynton, Petra M.

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Government, big pharma, and the people : a century of dis-ease / by Smith, Mickey C.

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CRC World Dictionary of Palms : Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology (2 Volume Set). by Quattrocchi, Umberto

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From New Zion to Old Zion : American Jewish Immigration and Settlement in Palestine, 1917-1939 / by Glass, Joseph B.

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Agricultural and Forestry Reconstruction After the Great East Japan Earthquake Tsunami, Radioactive, and Reputational Damages /

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The archaeology of the Spanish Civil War by González Ruibal, Alfredo

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Rural Socio-Economic Transformation: Agrarian, Ecology, Communication and Community, Development Perspectives : Proceedings of the International Confernece on Rural Socio-Economic...

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