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Comparative Approaches to Informal Housing Around the Globe / by Grashoff, Udo, 1966-

Table of Contents: “…Squats across the Empire: A comparison of squatting movements in post-Second World War UK and Australia -- 11. Failed takeover: The phenomenon of right-wing squatting -- 12. …”
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Jewish writing and the deep places of the imagination by Krupnick, Mark, 1939-

Table of Contents: “…-- The art of the obituary -- Why are English departments still fighting the culture wars? -- Upon retirement.…”
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Andrew Jackson, southerner / by Cheathem, Mark Renfred

Table of Contents: “…"His very soul was grieved" -- "A person of unblemished moral character" -- "Gentlemanly satisfaction" -- "As members of civilized society" -- "You cannot mistake me, or my meaning" -- "Ten dollars extra, for every hundred lashes" -- "We will destroy our enemies" -- "An end to all Indian wars" -- "I feel an unusual sympathy for him" -- "A great field is now open" -- "Pure & uncontaminated by bargain & sale" -- "The old hero stands heedless of the pelting storm" -- "Et tu Brute" -- "To the brink of insurrection and treason" -- "A man indebted is a slave" -- "That my white and red children may live in peace" -- "I have been opposed always to the bank" -- "Firebrands of anarchy and bloodshed" -- "There would be great risk" -- "Texas must, & will be ours".…”
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Mary Edwards Bryan : her early life and works / by Brown, Canter, Rivers, Larry E., 1950-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- "Fictitious prosperity": Florida, to 1842 -- "More poetical than true" : Florida, 1842-1850 -- "A shrinking timidity" : Georgia, 1850-1854 -- "The sleuth-hound of slander": Louisiana, 1854-1855 -- "A vent for ... abundant energies": Georgia, 1854-1858 -- "A harvest of fame": Georgia, 1859-1860 -- "The delusions of hope" : Louisiana, 1860-1863 -- "Hushed as an awe-stricken child": Georgia, 1863 -- "When at last the 'cruel war was over'": Louisiana, 1863-1868 -- "A whirlwind accompanied all this": Florida, 1868 -- "Regretting that we did not choose the other way": Louisiana, 1869-1875 -- "I am a bit of a pharisee": Georgia, 1875-1880 -- Afterword: "Sensational and dramatic enough": 1880-1913.…”
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Andrew Jackson, southerner / by Cheathem, Mark Renfred

Table of Contents: “…"His very soul was grieved" -- "A person of unblemished moral character" -- "Gentlemanly satisfaction" -- "As members of civilized society" -- "You cannot mistake me, or my meaning" -- "Ten dollars extra, for every hundred lashes" -- "We will destroy our enemies" -- "An end to all Indian wars" -- "I feel an unusual sympathy for him" -- "A great field is now open" -- "Pure & uncontaminated by bargain & sale" -- "The old hero stands heedless of the pelting storm" -- "Et tu Brute" -- "To the brink of insurrection and treason" -- "A man indebted is a slave" -- "That my white and red children may live in peace" -- "I have been opposed always to the bank" -- "Firebrands of anarchy and bloodshed" -- "There would be great risk" -- "Texas must, & will be ours".…”
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Mary Edwards Bryan : her early life and works / by Brown, Canter, Rivers, Larry E., 1950-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- "Fictitious prosperity": Florida, to 1842 -- "More poetical than true" : Florida, 1842-1850 -- "A shrinking timidity" : Georgia, 1850-1854 -- "The sleuth-hound of slander": Louisiana, 1854-1855 -- "A vent for ... abundant energies": Georgia, 1854-1858 -- "A harvest of fame": Georgia, 1859-1860 -- "The delusions of hope" : Louisiana, 1860-1863 -- "Hushed as an awe-stricken child": Georgia, 1863 -- "When at last the 'cruel war was over'": Louisiana, 1863-1868 -- "A whirlwind accompanied all this": Florida, 1868 -- "Regretting that we did not choose the other way": Louisiana, 1869-1875 -- "I am a bit of a pharisee": Georgia, 1875-1880 -- Afterword: "Sensational and dramatic enough": 1880-1913.…”
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A History of Force Feeding Hunger Strikes, Prisons and Medical Ethics, 1909–1974 / by Miller, Ian

Table of Contents: “…“I’ve Heard o’ Food Queues, but this is the First Time I’ve ever Heard of a Feeding Queue!”: Hunger Strikers, War and the State, 1914-61 --  5. “I Would Have Gone on with the Hunger Strike, but Force Feeding I could not Take”: The Coercion of Hunger Striking Convict Prisoners, 1913-72 --  6: ‘An Experience Much Worse Than Rape’: The End of Force-Feeding?  …”
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India China : Rethinking Borders and Security / by Ling, L. H. M.

Table of Contents: “…Trans-Himalayas: From the Silk Road to World War II / Adriana Erthal Abdenur; Chapter 2. Borders as Opportunities: Changing Matrices in Northeast India and Southwest China / Mahendra P. …”
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Jewish writing and the deep places of the imagination by Krupnick, Mark, 1939-

Table of Contents: “…-- The art of the obituary -- Why are English departments still fighting the culture wars? -- Upon retirement.…”
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A History of Force Feeding Hunger Strikes, Prisons and Medical Ethics, 1909–1974 / by Miller, Ian

Table of Contents: “…“I’ve Heard o’ Food Queues, but this is the First Time I’ve ever Heard of a Feeding Queue!”: Hunger Strikers, War and the State, 1914-61 --  5. “I Would Have Gone on with the Hunger Strike, but Force Feeding I could not Take”: The Coercion of Hunger Striking Convict Prisoners, 1913-72 --  6: ‘An Experience Much Worse Than Rape’: The End of Force-Feeding?  …”
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India China : Rethinking Borders and Security / by Ling, L. H. M.

Table of Contents: “…Trans-Himalayas: From the Silk Road to World War II / Adriana Erthal Abdenur; Chapter 2. Borders as Opportunities: Changing Matrices in Northeast India and Southwest China / Mahendra P. …”
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History Education and Conflict Transformation Social Psychological Theories, History Teaching and Reconciliation /

Table of Contents: “…Intervening in Textbook Writing and Curriculum Development in Bosnia and Herzegovina after the War of 1992-1995; Falk Pingel -- Chapter 10. Textbook Narratives and Patriotism in Belarus; Anna Zadora -- PART IV: Pedagogical Approaches to History Teaching and Reconciliation -- Chapter 11. …”
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Zukunft der Arbeit – Eine praxisnahe Betrachtung

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Practical applications of engineering economics / by Sharma, Kal Renganathan

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Journal of Women's History Guide to Periodical Literature / by Fischer, Gayle V.

Table of Contents: “….) -- Australia/New Zealand -- Biography -- Individual and Collective Biographies -- Journals and Diaries -- Letters -- Oral History -- Birth Contro -- l Abortion -- Fertility -- Infanticide -- Material Culture -- Reproductive Rights and Options -- Canada -- Economics (see also Work) -- Africa -- Asia -- Australia -- Europe -- Latin America -- Middle East/Near East -- North America -- Soviet Union -- Education Methods -- Students -- Teachers -- Ethnicity -- Asian -- European -- General Immigrants -- Jewish -- Latin American -- Europe -- Central Europ -- e Eastern Europe -- France -- Great Britain -- Northern Europe -- Southern Europe -- Family -- Childbirth -- Childcare -- Demographics -- Ethnicity -- Infant Mortality -- International -- Kinship -- Motherhood -- Feminism -- Biography -- General -- International Organizations -- Politics -- Religion -- Theory -- Friendship -- Health -- Health Care/Preventive Health Care -- Illness -- Maternity/Childbirth -- Medical Issues -- Psychology -- Latin America -- Law/Crime -- Courts, Trials, and Prisons -- Divorce, Family, and Marriage -- Female Criminality -- Lawyers -- Reproductive Rights and Illegitimacy -- Work and Protective Legislation -- Lifestages and Lifestyles (except married) -- Life Courses -- Old Age -- Never-Married Women -- Widowhood -- Youth -- Marriage/Divorce -- Courtship -- Demographics -- Divorce -- Ethnicity -- International -- Polygamy -- Material and Popular Culture -- Architecture/City Planning/Neighborhoods -- Books/Literary Images/Literature -- Crafts/Quilts/Embroidery Fashion/Textiles/Beauty -- Culture -- Food -- Photographs/Paintings/Visual Images/Movies Popular Culture/Mass Media/Advertising -- Science and Technology -- Middle East/Near East -- Military/War -- Home Front -- Jobs -- Peace -- Activism -- War Service -- Politics -- First Ladies -- Government Policy -- Political Participatio -- n International Relations -- Monarchies -- Office Holders Parties -- Women{u2019}s Rights -- Pornography -- Professions -- Professional Career Choices -- White Collar Work -- Prostitution -- Religion -- Catholocism Missions and Missionaries -- Protestantism -- Religious Issues and Witchcraft -- Sexuality Ideology -- Lesbianism (see also Lifestages and Lifestyles) -- Practices -- Sexually Transmitted Diseases -- Virginity/Celibacy -- Social Reform/Community -- Organizing -- Family Planning and Aid To Children -- Health Reform -- Industrial Reform -- Moral Reform -- Social Movements/General Temperance -- Women{u2019}s Clubs -- Women{u2019}s Rights Movements -- Soviet Union -- Sports -- Suffrage -- Anti-Suffrage -- International Suffrage -- United States -- National -- East -- Midwest -- South -- West -- Construction/Deconstruction/Reconstruction -- Women{u2019}s History/Feminist History -- Women{u2019}s History Methodology and Other Disciplines -- Cross-Cultural Theory and Women{u2019}s History -- Biography Women{u2019}s History and Labor -- Historiography and Sources -- U.S. …”
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History Education and Conflict Transformation Social Psychological Theories, History Teaching and Reconciliation /

Table of Contents: “…Intervening in Textbook Writing and Curriculum Development in Bosnia and Herzegovina after the War of 1992-1995; Falk Pingel -- Chapter 10. Textbook Narratives and Patriotism in Belarus; Anna Zadora -- PART IV: Pedagogical Approaches to History Teaching and Reconciliation -- Chapter 11. …”
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Zukunft der Arbeit – Eine praxisnahe Betrachtung

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Practical applications of engineering economics / by Sharma, Kal Renganathan

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Journal of Women's History Guide to Periodical Literature / by Fischer, Gayle V.

Table of Contents: “….) -- Australia/New Zealand -- Biography -- Individual and Collective Biographies -- Journals and Diaries -- Letters -- Oral History -- Birth Contro -- l Abortion -- Fertility -- Infanticide -- Material Culture -- Reproductive Rights and Options -- Canada -- Economics (see also Work) -- Africa -- Asia -- Australia -- Europe -- Latin America -- Middle East/Near East -- North America -- Soviet Union -- Education Methods -- Students -- Teachers -- Ethnicity -- Asian -- European -- General Immigrants -- Jewish -- Latin American -- Europe -- Central Europ -- e Eastern Europe -- France -- Great Britain -- Northern Europe -- Southern Europe -- Family -- Childbirth -- Childcare -- Demographics -- Ethnicity -- Infant Mortality -- International -- Kinship -- Motherhood -- Feminism -- Biography -- General -- International Organizations -- Politics -- Religion -- Theory -- Friendship -- Health -- Health Care/Preventive Health Care -- Illness -- Maternity/Childbirth -- Medical Issues -- Psychology -- Latin America -- Law/Crime -- Courts, Trials, and Prisons -- Divorce, Family, and Marriage -- Female Criminality -- Lawyers -- Reproductive Rights and Illegitimacy -- Work and Protective Legislation -- Lifestages and Lifestyles (except married) -- Life Courses -- Old Age -- Never-Married Women -- Widowhood -- Youth -- Marriage/Divorce -- Courtship -- Demographics -- Divorce -- Ethnicity -- International -- Polygamy -- Material and Popular Culture -- Architecture/City Planning/Neighborhoods -- Books/Literary Images/Literature -- Crafts/Quilts/Embroidery Fashion/Textiles/Beauty -- Culture -- Food -- Photographs/Paintings/Visual Images/Movies Popular Culture/Mass Media/Advertising -- Science and Technology -- Middle East/Near East -- Military/War -- Home Front -- Jobs -- Peace -- Activism -- War Service -- Politics -- First Ladies -- Government Policy -- Political Participatio -- n International Relations -- Monarchies -- Office Holders Parties -- Women{u2019}s Rights -- Pornography -- Professions -- Professional Career Choices -- White Collar Work -- Prostitution -- Religion -- Catholocism Missions and Missionaries -- Protestantism -- Religious Issues and Witchcraft -- Sexuality Ideology -- Lesbianism (see also Lifestages and Lifestyles) -- Practices -- Sexually Transmitted Diseases -- Virginity/Celibacy -- Social Reform/Community -- Organizing -- Family Planning and Aid To Children -- Health Reform -- Industrial Reform -- Moral Reform -- Social Movements/General Temperance -- Women{u2019}s Clubs -- Women{u2019}s Rights Movements -- Soviet Union -- Sports -- Suffrage -- Anti-Suffrage -- International Suffrage -- United States -- National -- East -- Midwest -- South -- West -- Construction/Deconstruction/Reconstruction -- Women{u2019}s History/Feminist History -- Women{u2019}s History Methodology and Other Disciplines -- Cross-Cultural Theory and Women{u2019}s History -- Biography Women{u2019}s History and Labor -- Historiography and Sources -- U.S. …”
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Jonathan Edwards a life / by Marsden, George M., 1939-

Table of Contents: “…A time to be born -- The overwhelming question -- The Pilgrim's Progress -- The harmony of all knowledge -- Anxieties -- "A low, sunk estate and condition" -- On Solomon Stoddard's stage -- And on a wider stage -- The mighty works of God and of Satan -- The politics of the Kingdom -- "A city set on a hill" -- God "will revive the flame again, even in the darkest times" -- The hands of God and the hand of Christ -- "He that is not with us is against us" -- Heavenly Elysium -- Conservative revolutionary -- A house divided -- A model town no more -- Colonial wars -- Thy will be done -- I am born to be a man of strife -- The crucible -- The mission -- Frontier struggles -- Wartice -- Against an "almost inconceivably pernicious" doctrine -- Original sin "in this happy age of light and liberty" -- Challenging the presumptions of the Age -- The unfinished masterworks -- The transitory and the enduring.…”
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