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A Catholic Cold War Edmund A. Walsh, S.J., and the politics of American Catholic anticommunism / by McNamara, Patrick, 1968-

Table of Contents: “…Walsh : Bostonian, Jesuit, activist, and educator -- "What think ye of Russia?": Walsh and Catholic anticommunism in the 1920s -- "The two standards" : Walsh and American Catholic anticommunisms, 1929-41 -- "An American geopolitics" : Walsh and wartime Catholic anticommunism, 1941-45 -- "The spiritual and material menace threatening the present generation" : Walsh and Catholic anticommunism in the Cold War, 1946-56.…”
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City administration in the ancient Near East proceedings of the 53e Rencontre assyriologique internationale. Vol. 2 /

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Happiness and hardship opportunity and insecurity in new market economies / by Graham, Carol, 1962-

Table of Contents: “…-- Concepts and trends in income mobility -- Happiness, markets, and democracy: Latin America, Russia, and the United States -- Frustrated achievers: mobility trends and subjective well-being -- Frustrated achievers in a global economy: challenges for policy and for future research.…”
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The power of productivity wealth, poverty, and the threat to global stability / by Lewis, William W., 1942-

Table of Contents: “…Findings : the global economic landscape -- Japan : a dual economy -- Europe : falling behind -- The United States : consumer is king -- Korea : following Japans path -- Brazil : big government is big problem -- Russia : distorted market economy -- India : bad economic management from democratic government -- Patterns : clear and strong -- Why bad economic policy around the world? …”
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Apple of Discord : The “Hungarian Factor” in Austro-Serbian Relations, 1867–1881 / by Armour, Ian D.

Table of Contents: “…Austria, Hungary and Serbia in 1867 -- Kállay goes to Belgrade -- The Obrenović assassination -- The Karađorđević prosecution 1868-70 -- The Bosnian question 1868-70 -- Managing the South Slavs -- Effect of the Franco-Prussian war -- The Bosnian question revisited 1870-71 -- The Karađorđević fiasco 1870-71 -- Serbia's swing toward Russia 1870-71 -- A problematical relationship 1871-78 -- The imposition of satellite status 1878-81.…”
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The re-Islamization of society and the position of women in post-Soviet Uzbekistan by Tokhtakhodjaeva, Marfua, 1944-

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Haunted Empire : Gothic and the Russian Imperial Uncanny / by Sobol, Valeria

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : From the Island of Bornholm to Taman' : The Literary Trajectory of the Russian Imperial Uncanny -- A Gothic Prelude : Nikolai Karamzin's "The Island of Bornholm" -- In search of the Russian Middle Ages : The "Livonian Tales" of the 1820s -- "Gloomy Finland" and Russian Gothic Tales of Assimilation -- Ukraine : Russia's Uncanny Double -- On Mimicry and Ukrainians : Empire and the Gothic in Antonii Pogorel'sky's The Convent Graduate -- 'Tis Eighty Years Since : Panteleimon Kulish's Gothic Ukraine.…”
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Looking forward, looking back images of Eastern European Jewish migration to America in contemporary American children's literature / by Pohl, Jana

Table of Contents: “…The country of origin : Russia -- pt. 4. The target country : American -- pt. 5. …”
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The case for U.S. nuclear weapons in the 21st century / by Roberts, Brad

Table of Contents: “…The evolution of U.S. nuclear policy and posture since the end of the Cold War -- The first new problem : nuclear-armed regional challengers -- The new regional deterrence strategy -- The second new problem : relations with Putin's Russia -- The evolving relationship with China -- Extended deterrence and strategic stability in Europe -- Extended deterrence and strategic stability in Northeast Asia -- The broader nuclear assurance agenda -- Conclusions -- Epilogue : implications for future strategy, policy, and posture reviews.…”
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Latest advances in atomic cluster collisions fission, fusion, electron, ion and photon impact /

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Global urban growth a reference handbook / by Williams, Donald C., 1962-

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Global urban growth -- Urban growth pressures and sprawl in America -- Background to the current crisis : land resources and public policy in America historic evolution of urban land use in America -- The contemporary phenomenon of urban sprawl : costs and consequences -- Making better use of the land : the debate over controlling urban sprawl -- Containing sprawl through local zoning -- State-wide prescriptions for sprawl -- Preserving rural lands from urban sprawl -- Fighting sprawl by reclaiming central cities -- Improving life in the suburbs -- Recent trends in the debate over sprawl -- The smart growth movement -- The property rights challenge -- Federal smart growth initiatives -- New trends in urban growth -- References -- Urban growth around the world -- Urban growth in the developed world -- Western Europe -- Eastern Europe and Russia -- Future directions for Europe and Russia -- Japan and East Asia -- Canada -- Urban growth in the developing world -- Urbanization in historical perspective -- Cities of the developing world today -- Life in the slums -- Growth and evolution of slums -- Latin America -- Sub-Saharan Africa -- Middle East -- South Asia -- Southeast Asia -- China -- Future directions in the developing world -- What can be done about slums? …”
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European warfare, 1815-2000

Table of Contents: “…Europe's way of war, 1815-1864 / Dennis Showalter -- European warfare, 1864-1914 / Jeremy Black -- The First World War / Spencer Tucker -- The European civil war : Reds versus Whites in Russia and Spain, 1917-1939 / Francisco J. Romero Salvadó -- The Second World War / S.P. …”
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The politics of equity finance in emerging markets by Lavelle, Kathryn C.

Table of Contents: “…Politics and the extension of equity finance to emerging markets -- Equity finance in historical perspective -- Financing joint-stock companies in the colonial era -- New states, new state involvement -- Globalization without integration : international considerations -- Privatization and share supply in emerging markets -- Case studies of stock exchanges in regional perspective -- Latin America and the Caribbean -- Asia and the Pacific -- Russia and Eastern Europe -- Africa and the Middle East -- Conclusion -- Stock markets in the global political economy.…”
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Helping humanity American policy and genocide rescue / by Pomakoy, Keith

Table of Contents: “…-- American philanthropy -- The good Samaritan : America and the war with Spain -- They fear that the matter will have to run its course : America and the Armenian tragedy -- No cardinals in Russia : America and the terror-famine -- Jews, Zionists and social workers : American rescue policy in the caldron of World War II -- The United Nations is silent : facing genocide in the Cold War -- The world now stands as one : novus ordo seclorum.…”
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Rome's most faithful daughter the Catholic Church and independent Poland, 1914-1939 / by Pease, Neal

Table of Contents: “…Polonia restituta : the Catholic Church and the revival of Poland -- Il Papa Polacco : the making of Pius XI, 1918-1922 -- From constitution to concordat, 1921-1925 -- Papal blessing : church and state in the Piłsudski era, 1926-1935 -- The friends and enemies of Catholic Poland -- Vilna and Lwów : the Catholic minorities of Eastern Poland -- Poland, the Orthodox, and the conversion of Russia -- Post mortem : Piłsudski lies uneasy in the grave -- Oratio pro pace : Pius XII and the coming of the Second World War.…”
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Lloyd George at war, 1916-1918 by Cassar, George H.

Table of Contents: “…Setting the stage -- The home front: The search for a manpower policy ; The challenge of labor ; Controlling shipping and food -- Strategy and the war: The first attempt at a unified command ; Facing the submarine menace ; Prelude to catastrophe ; The horror of Passchendaele ; The peripheral war ; The quest for a negotiated peace ; The creation of the Supreme War Council ; The plans for 1918 ; Before the storm ; Crisis on the western front ; The Maurice Affair ; The origins of intervention in Russia ; The German advance halted ; The turn of the tide ; The road to the armistice -- Conclusion.…”
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The edge of extinction : travels with enduring people in vanishing lands / by Pretty, Jules N.

Table of Contents: “…Sea-coast: Ngai Tahu, Aotearoa (New Zealand) -- Mountain: Huangshan, China -- Desert: Murujuga (Burrup), Australia -- Steppe: Tyva, Russia -- Snow: Karelia, Finland -- Swamp: Okavango, Botswana -- Marsh-farm: East Anglia, England -- Coast: Antrim Glens, Northern Ireland -- Snow: Nitassinan, Labrador, Canada -- Farm-city: Amish counry, Ohio, USA -- Swamp: Atchafalaya Basin, Louisiana, USA -- Desert: Timbisha (Death Valley), California, USA -- Coda: dreaming of the day after.…”
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Physics and technology of linear accelerator systems proceedings of the 2002 Joint USPAS-CAS-Japan-Russian Accelerator School, Long Beach, California 6-14 November 2002 /

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Cross sections and rate constants for physical and chemical processes

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Setting the stage for international spent nuclear fuel storage facilities international workshop proceedings /

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