Off the Grid : American Communities in the Wake of the Financial Crisis

Table of Contents: “…(0:57) -- Local Reaction to Financial Crisis: Pavement Recycling (1:26) -- Detroit's Vacated Communities (1:42) -- Energy Boycott in Austin, TX (3:26) -- How Walmart Creates Ghost Towns (1:25) -- Political Protest in Austin, TX (2:18) -- Frontier Ideology & Citizen-Approved Taxation in Colorado Springs (1:47) -- Arguments Against Federal Government (1:04) -- Colorado Springs Taxpayer Bill of Rights (2:40) -- Cutting Public Services in Colorado Springs (4:09) -- Debate Over Decline of Public Services (2:36) -- Debate Over Privatization of Public Services (3:47) -- Seattle Tent City (2:14) -- Path from Home Ownership to Tent City Life (3:14) -- Survivalist Movement in Response to Financial Crisis (5:44) -- Peak Oil, Transition Town Movement, & Sandpoint, Idaho (3:32) -- Sustainable Growth in Sandpoint, ID (3:13) -- Transition: the Social Movement (2:07) -- Conservative Opposition to Transition Town Movement (2:29) -- Transition Town: Progress Despite Conflict (2:19) -- Transition Town: Small Changes, Radical Effects (2:16) -- Rejecting the System; Rejected by the System (1:48) -- Credits: Off the Grid: American Communities in the Wake of the Financial Crisis (0:32)…”
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Color Adjustment

Table of Contents: “…1948-1968 (2:14) -- Television Finding Itself (1:45) -- "Amos 'n Andy" (1:51) -- Black Actors Respond to "Amos 'n Andy" (0:59) -- End of "Amos 'n Andy" (2:56) -- "The Beulah Show" (2:41) -- Reality of Domestic Workers (1:17) -- White Families as Center of Prime Time (1:52) -- Relatable Black Perfomers (1:47) -- "Nat King Cole Show" (4:12) -- "Nat King Cole Show" Cancelled (2:15) -- Network & Sponsor Perspective (1:48) -- Civil Rights Movement in America's Living Rooms (3:24) -- East Side/West Side (3:05) -- "Julia" - Perfect and One Dimensional (3:41) -- Aunt Jemima and Uncle Tom are Dead (3:13) -- The White Negro (2:13) -- Two Black Americas: News & Prime Time (2:13) -- Mandate to Amuse (2:11) -- Part II - Coloring the Dream 1968 -1988 (2:26) -- "All in the Family" (2:21) -- The Changing Prime Time Family (1:52) -- "Good Times" (3:00) -- "Good Times" Potential and Failure (2:16) -- Ghetto Sitcoms of the '70s (2:22) -- "Roots" (3:12) -- Kunta Kinte (2:04) -- "Positive Stories Can Be Equally Negative" (2:04) -- "The Cosby Show" (2:23) -- 1980s Polarization of Rich and Poor (2:18) -- Reaffirming Middle Class Values (1:05) -- "Frank's Place" (4:15) -- What is Television's Responsibility? …”
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Bilateral agreements and memoranda of understanding on migration of low skilled workers. by Wickramasekara, Piyasiri

Table of Contents: “…In what ways can bilateral agreements promote and protect the rights of migrant workers? ; 7.3. In what ways can bilateral agreements promote migration and development linkages?…”
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International social work : professional action in an interdependent world by Healy, Lynne M.

Table of Contents: “…; I: THE CONTEXT OF INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL WORK: CONCEPTS, ISSUES, AND ORGANIZATIONS; 2 Theories and Concepts Underpinning International Social Work: Globalization; 3 Theories and Concepts Underpinning International Social Work: Development and Human Rights; 4 Global Social Issues; 5 International Social Welfare Organizations and Their Functions; II: THE PROFESSION INTERNATIONALLY; 6 The History of the Development of Social Work; 7 International Professional Action: A Selective History.…”
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Color Adjustment

Table of Contents: “…1948-1968 (2:14) -- Television Finding Itself (1:45) -- "Amos 'n Andy" (1:51) -- Black Actors Respond to "Amos 'n Andy" (0:59) -- End of "Amos 'n Andy" (2:56) -- "The Beulah Show" (2:41) -- Reality of Domestic Workers (1:17) -- White Families as Center of Prime Time (1:52) -- Relatable Black Perfomers (1:47) -- "Nat King Cole Show" (4:12) -- "Nat King Cole Show" Cancelled (2:15) -- Network & Sponsor Perspective (1:48) -- Civil Rights Movement in America's Living Rooms (3:24) -- East Side/West Side (3:05) -- "Julia" - Perfect and One Dimensional (3:41) -- Aunt Jemima and Uncle Tom are Dead (3:13) -- The White Negro (2:13) -- Two Black Americas: News & Prime Time (2:13) -- Mandate to Amuse (2:11) -- Part II - Coloring the Dream 1968 -1988 (2:26) -- "All in the Family" (2:21) -- The Changing Prime Time Family (1:52) -- "Good Times" (3:00) -- "Good Times" Potential and Failure (2:16) -- Ghetto Sitcoms of the '70s (2:22) -- "Roots" (3:12) -- Kunta Kinte (2:04) -- "Positive Stories Can Be Equally Negative" (2:04) -- "The Cosby Show" (2:23) -- 1980s Polarization of Rich and Poor (2:18) -- Reaffirming Middle Class Values (1:05) -- "Frank's Place" (4:15) -- What is Television's Responsibility? …”
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Risk management and corporate governance

Table of Contents: “…Malbert -- Legal and regulatory dimensions of corporate governance and risk management -- Corporate political spending & shareholders' rights : why the U.S. should adopt the British approach / Ciara Torres-Spellicy -- Disclosure 2.0 : leveraging technology to address "complexity" and -- Information failures in the financial crisis / Erik Gerding -- Data integrity preservation and identity theft prevention : operational and strategic imperatives to enhance shareholder and consumer value / Galvin Govern and John Winn -- Credit derivatives and corporate governance : a review of corporate theory / P.M. …”
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Institutional approach to global corporate governance : business systems and beyond

Table of Contents: “…Kim -- Corporate governance and interlisted stocks : the persistence of country-specific traits / Sandra Dow, Jean McGuire -- The information content of ticker symbol change : evidence from multiple class shares / Najah Attig -- The dual roles of Japanese main banks : contrast before and after the bubble-bursting / Yong-Cheol Kim, Kooyul Jung -- Probing corporate governance globally : impacts of business systems and beyond / Raj Aggarwal, Jongmoo Jay Choi, Sandra Dow -- Legal rights matter : evidence from panel data on creditor protection and debt / Thomas W. …”
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Teaching and learning in two languages : bilingualism & schooling in the United States by García, Eugene E., 1946-

Table of Contents: “…The policy debate and related policies regarding U.S. bilinguals -- The Federal courts -- Rights and language-minority students -- State and local policies -- English-only state policies -- Convergence of other state and local policies -- Federal policy -- 6. …”


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The specter of genocide : mass murder in historical perspective

Table of Contents: “…Genocides of indigenous peoples: rhetoric of human rights / Elazar Barkan -- Military culture and the production of "final solutions" in the colonies: the example of Wilhelminian Germany / Isabel V. …”
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A companion to ethics

Table of Contents: “…Goodin -- Virtue theory / Greg Pence -- Rights / Brenda Almond -- World poverty / Nigel Dower -- Environmental ethics / Robert Elliot -- Euthanasia / Helga Kuhse -- Abortion / Mary Anne Warren -- Sex / Raymond A. …”


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America Is to Blame for Mexico's Drug War : A Debate

Table of Contents: “…(2:10) -- Q/A Moral Issue of Individual Rights (1:50) -- Q/A Consequences of Legalization (2:13) -- Q/A Alternatives for Drug Use Reduction (2:18) -- Q/A Why Blame President Calderón? …”
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Hot spot : North America and Europe by Rudolph, Joseph R. (Joseph Russell), 1942-

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Timeline: Historical background and recent developments involving hot spots in the Western democratic world and post-communist Europe -- Introduction: Delineating the hot spots in the worlds of Europe and North America -- 1: Globalization and anti-globalization protest -- Part 1: Europe -- 2: Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean -- Cyprus -- International rivalries -- Nationalism -- Refugee issues -- Turkey -- Ataturk's secular Islamic state -- Keeping the Republic -- International politics -- Religious extremism -- 3: Balkans -- Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina -- State and peace building -- Constitutional reform -- Disarming the paramilitaries -- Economy -- Education reform -- Human rights -- Police reform -- Refugees and returnees -- Kosovo -- Kosovo Liberation Army -- NATO intervention -- Quest for conflict resolution: UNMIK -- UN's "supervised Kosovo" plan -- Macedonia -- Border tensions -- Ohrid agreement -- 4: Central Europe -- Romani -- 5: Eastern Europe -- Corruption and criminal activity -- Economic decline and austerity -- Imperial remnants -- International territorial disputes -- Lukashenko's regime in Belarus -- Ukraine's democracy -- Moldova -- Transnistria -- 6: Russia and the Caucasus -- Armenia and Azerbaijan -- Nagorno-Karabakh conflict -- Politics and oil -- Georgia -- Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Ajara -- Political turmoil -- Russia -- Chechnya -- Instability in the autonomous republics -- Terrorism -- 7: Western Europe -- Anti-foreigner violence -- Homegrown terrorism -- Muslim cultures -- France -- Immigration and ethno-cultural conflict -- Nationalism and separatism in Corsica -- Spain -- Basque nationalism and separatism -- Euzkadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA) terrorism -- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland -- Great Britain: racial unrest and homegrown terrorism -- Northern Ireland: partition or London rule? …”
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Global Perspectives on Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health Across the Lifecourse

Table of Contents: “…. - Abortion as empowerment: Reproductive rights activism in a context of illegality -- Claiming the abortion narrative: a qualitative exploration of mainstream and social media reflections on abortion -- Women's reproductive autonomy and engaging men on termination of pregnancy in Zambia and Uganda -- Women and development: A critical examination of the Sustainable Development Goals -- The promise of cash-incentive programs for improving reproductive health of marginalized women -- The critical role of education in sexual behavior and reproductive life planning for young women in Kenya -- Multilevel influences of women's education on vulnerability to HIV in two Caribbean countries -- Education and Fertility in Egypt: The Role of Women's Empowerment.…”
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Minorities in wartime : National and Racial groupings in Europe, North America and Australia during the two world wars

Table of Contents: “…Frontier Zones: Phase 1, the Russian Retreat of 1915Frontier Zones: Phase 2, the Russian Civil War, 1918-1920; Frontier Zones: Phase Three, Operation Barbarossa, 1941; Conclusion; 5 Sex and Semitism: Jewish Women in Britain in War and Peace; Jewish Women in War and Peace: 1870-1939; The Second World War; After the War; Gender and Race; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; 6 'British Justice at Work': Internment in the Second World War; I; II; III; IV; V; Part III: North America; 7 Citizenship and Rights on the Home Front during the First World War: The 'Great Migration' and the 'New Negro'…”
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The legal guide for museum professionals

Table of Contents: “…Lewis -- Crowdfunding for museums / Alyssa L. Reiner, Esq -- Rights and reproduction : the rapidly changing landscape / Julia Courtney and Katherine E. …”
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A-Z common reference questions for academic librarians by Dawson, Heather

Table of Contents: “…Data visualisation -- Development studies -- Dictionaries and encyclopedias -- Disabled students -- Doctoral students and early career researchers -- E-books -- East European and Russian studies -- Economics -- Economic history -- Education -- Electronic journals -- Engineering -- English literature -- Environment -- European Union -- Films, documentaries and TV programmes -- Food science and agriculture -- Freedom of information requests -- Geography -- Government and parliamentary publications -- Grants and funding -- Grey literature -- Higher education -- History -- Human rights…”
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The handbook of social control

Table of Contents: “…Jenkins and John Casey -- Human rights and social control / Joachim J. Savelsberg and Brooke B. …”
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Concepts in Male Health Perspectives Across the Lifespan. by Leone, James E.

Table of Contents: “…SEXUAL HEALTH, SEXUALITY, AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION -- SEXUAL DEVIANCE -- VIOLENCE, AGGRESSION, AND BULLYING -- DRUG USE -- JUVENILE OFFENDERS AND INCARCERATION -- Chapter 8: Young Adulthood -- PHYSICAL HEALTH -- SOCIAL HEALTH -- EMOTIONAL HEALTH -- NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS AND ANABOLIC-ANDROGENIC STEROIDS -- OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH -- Chapter 9: Middle Adulthood -- PHYSICAL HEALTH -- EMOTIONAL HEALTH -- FATHERS' RIGHTS -- Chapter 10: Older Adulthood -- PHYSICAL HEALTH -- EMOTIONAL HEALTH -- Chapter 11: Elder Years -- PHYSICAL HEALTH -- EMOTIONAL HEALTH -- SOCIAL HEALTH -- Chapter 12: Death…”
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The new Latino studies reader : a twenty-first-century perspective

Table of Contents: “…Hayes-Bautista, Werner Schink, and Jorge Chapa -- Life after prison / Martin Guevara Urbina -- Climate of fear / Southern Poverty Law Center -- What explains the immigrant rights marches of 2006? / Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo and Angelica Salas -- Wet foot, dry foot ... wrong foot / Ann Louise Bardach.…”
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China's domestic private firms multidisciplinary perspectives on management and performance

Table of Contents: “…Vanhonacker, David Zweig, and Siu Fung Chung -- The sweatshop and beyond : authority relations in domestic private enterprises / Yi-min Lin -- Property rights regimes and firm behavior : theory versus evidence / Xueguang Zhou, He Cai, and Qiang Li -- Observing private business in China / Thomas B. …”
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