Black America

Table of Contents: “…"Black power is my mental health": accomplishments of the Civil Rights Movement / Emma Jones Lapsansky -- How little has changed, how much remains to be done / Nat Hentoff -- Slavery and the Afro-American world / Sidney W. …”


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Contending issues in African development : advances, challenges, and the future

Table of Contents: “…Nyang'oro -- The state and human rights in Africa / Julius O. Ihonvbere -- Democratization in sub-Saharan Africa: problems, advances, and prospects / Harold A. …”
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Calling Power to Account : Law, Reparations, and the Chinese Canadian Head tax. by Dyzenhaus, David

Table of Contents: “…-- The Head Tax Case and the Rule of Law: The Historical Thread of Judicial Resistance to 'Legalized' Discrimination -- Limits on Institutional Capacity to Address Injustice -- The Limits of Constitutionalism: Requiring Moral Behaviour from Government -- Delivering the Goods and the Good: Repairing Moral Wrongs -- Rights and Wrongs, Institutions and Time: Species of Historic Injustice and Their Modes of Redress -- Redress for Unjust State Action: An Equitable Approach to the Public/Private Distinction -- Legal Theory and Gross Statutory Injustice -- Gross Statutory Injustice and the Canadian Head Tax Case -- The Juristic Force of Injustice -- Private Right and Public Wrong -- The Timing of Injustice -- Mack v. …”
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Activism in American librarianship, 1962-1973

Table of Contents: “…Stielow -- Part One: Movements -- The civil rights movement and American librarianship: the opening round / E.J. …”


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The promises of liberty : the history and contemporary relevance of the Thirteenth Amendment

Table of Contents: “…Oshinsky -- The Thirteenth Amendment and a new deal for civil rights / Risa L. Goluboff -- The workers' freedom of association under the Thirteenth Amendment / James Gray Pope -- The badges and incidents of slavery and the power of Congress to enforce the Thirteenth Amendment / George A. …”
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The making of Englishmen : debates on national identity, 1550-1650 by Larkin, Hilary

Table of Contents: “…The Growth of a Rhetoric of Liberty; 8. The Rights-Bearing Englishman; Early Statements in Parliament.…”
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National minorities in inter-state relations

Table of Contents: “…/ Francesco Palermo -- Diversity and co-existence in international society : the Bolzano/Bozen recommendations in historical perspective / Jennifer Jackson Preece -- Minorities, states and international security : the contribution of the Bolzano/Bozen recommendations to managing the "minority problem" / Petra Roter -- The "kinterested" state and the HCNM Bolzano "rules of engagement" / Bogdan Aurescu -- A reconsideration and more in-depth analysis of the relationship between the prohibition of (racial) discrimination and minority protection : the Bolzano/Bozen recommendations on national minorities in inter-state relations revisited / Kristin Henrard -- The rights of minorities and their interstate dimension : interrelationship between the HCNM recommendations and the framework convention / Alan Phillips -- The Bolzano/Bozen recommendations on national minorities in inter-state relations, minority rights and trends in minority protection / Mitja Zagar -- The conferral of citizenship en masse by kin-states : creeping annexation or responsibility to protect? …”
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Appropriating the past philosophical perspectives on the practice of archaeology

Table of Contents: “…The ethics of repatriation: rights of possession and duties of respect Janna Thompson; 6. …”
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Troubleshooting switching power converters : a hands-on guide by Maniktala, Sanjaya

Table of Contents: “…The practical relationship between efficiency and duty cycle; Understanding datasheets and selecting the right components; Power IC bench evaluation and Selection; Proper PCB layout Practices; Practical buck converters; The Forward Converter; Practical boost converters; The PFC boost pre-regulator; Practical buck-boost converters; The off-line Flyback converter; Bench setup and grounding issues; Lab Instrumentation; General Measurements and Troubleshooting Techniques; Specific Troubleshooting Scenarios: High Output ripple and noise, Poor Load transient response, Poor Output voltage regulation, Start-up problems, Unwanted and Desirable Jitter, Alternate Cycle Instabilities, Loop compensation issues, Catastrophic Blow-ups, Output foldback or shutdown, Improperly set Current limit issues, Short circuit, Over-voltage, Short-term and Long-term Thermal failures, Mysterious System Shutdowns, Magnetic saturation failures, Safety issues, Troubleshooting EMI, Line surge test failures, ESD related failures, Acoustic noise issues and techniques to circumvent, Mechanical failures, Diagnosing Low efficiency, Poor reliability and Stress testing, Vibration Testing, Burn-in/HAST/HALT/Overstress/DRT Tests, Design for Manufacturability issues; Sample Component Datasheets; Choosing the Right Inductor for your Application; 5 years of reported problems; Reference Tables and Graphs for Quick Design and Validation.…”
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Letters to young filmmakers : creativity & getting your films made by Suber, Howard, 1937-

Table of Contents: “…; The golden age of independent film ; Making an independent film ; Agents ; Managers ; Hip-pocketing ; Getting started as a director ; Getting started as a producer ; Doing things for the good of the film ; Exhibition and distribution ; Marketing ; Minorities and women in the industry ; Ageism and youthism ; Copy and other rights ; Life rights and Roman à Clef ; Being screwed ; Other opportunities ; The end of the industry ; What determines success? …”


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Is Our House in Order? : Canada'a Implementation of International Law

Table of Contents: “…""6 Economic and Social Rights in an Era of Governance and Governance Arrangements in Canada: The Need to Re-visit the Issue of the Implementation of International Human Rights Law""""7 Canadaâ€?…”
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Demanding justice and security : Indigenous women and legal pluralities in Latin America

Table of Contents: “…Voices within Silences: Indigenous Women, Security, and Rights in the Mountain Region of Guerrero9. Grievances and Crevices of Resistance: Maya Women Defy Goldcorp; 10. …”
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The Sixties

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: The Sixties (1:34) -- Kennedy Runs For Office (3:01) -- The Age of Camelot (2:09) -- Rarely Supported by Congress (1:27) -- The Space Race (3:17) -- Cuban Missile Crisis (2:45) -- The Berlin Wall (1:54) -- Limited Test Ban Treaty, 1963 (1:04) -- Civil Rights (3:18) -- Dallas Texas (1:54) -- Lydon B. Johnson (2:33) -- Determined to Leave Great Legacy (2:59) -- War on Poverty (2:12) -- Johnson Wins in a Landslide (2:17) -- Guns and Butter (3:31) -- Legacy of Divisiveness and War (1:15) -- Credits: The Sixties (0:34) -- Introduction: The Sixties (1:34) -- Kennedy Runs For Office (3:01) -- The Age of Camelot (2:09) -- Rarely Supported by Congress (1:27) -- The Space Race (3:17) -- Cuban Missile Crisis (2:45) -- The Berlin Wall (1:54) -- Limited Test Ban Treaty, 1963 (1:04) -- Civil Rights (3:18) -- Dallas Texas (1:54) -- Lydon B. …”
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Women's History in Russia : (Re)Establishing the Field. by Muravyeva, Marianna

Table of Contents: “…LABOR, ECONOMY AND THE GENDER SYSTEM IN RUSSIA -- Women's entrepreneurship in provincial Russia before the revolution / Svetlana Filatova -- International Women's Day and the construction of the Soviet gender system / Natalia Kozlova -- Nazi Germany and the status of women in the USSR in the 1930s / Alexander Ermakov -- "Naturally, I'm the one in charge of nutrition" : mother as "food managers" in contemporary Russian families / Olga Gromasheva -- Why are children's rights so dangerous? Interpreting juvenile justice in the light of conservative mobilization in contemporary Russia / Natalia Sherstneva.…”
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Liberalism and Socialism Mortal Enemies or Embittered Kin?

Table of Contents: “…Introduction (Matthew McManus) -- Part 1: Law and Rights in Contemporary Liberalism and Socialism -- Chapter 2. …”
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Trafficking and the global sex industry

Table of Contents: “…Ruiz-Austria -- The challenge of hidden slavery : legal responses to forced labor in the United States / Free the Slaves, Washington DC and the Human Rights Center, University of California, Berkeley -- Human rights and human trafficking in Thailand : a shadow tip report / Anne Gallagher -- From home to hell : the telling story of an African woman's journey and stay in Europe / William A.E. …”


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The color of food : stories of race, resilience and farming by Bowens, Natasha

Table of Contents: “…Front Cover; Praise; Title Page; Rights Page; Contents; Prologue: Sowing Seeds for the Road; Part 1: Brown Girl Farming; Part 2: Rooted in Rights; Portrait 1: Land Is Freedom; Portrait 2: Forced Migration; Portrait 3 :Lifeblood of the Land; Portrait 4: Home, Land; Portrait 5: Black Land Loss; Part 3: Seeds of Resilience; Portrait 1: Katrina to Chickens; Portrait 2: Transitioning to Sovereignty; Portrait 3: BuckingDependence; Portrait 4: Surviving as Transplants; Portrait 5: Transforming the South; Part 4: Preserving Culture and Community; Portrait 1: Cherokee Seed Bank.…”
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Reducing global poverty the case for asset accumulation

Table of Contents: “…Carter -- The stages-of-progress methodology and results from five countries / Anirudh Krishna -- Asset accumulation policy and poverty reduction / Caroline Moser -- Addressing vulnerability through asset building and social protection / Sarah Cook -- Social protection and asset accumulation by the middle class and the poor in Latin America / Andres Solimano -- Building natural resource-based assets in southern Africa : workable scenarios / Paula Nimpuno-Parente -- Protecting land rights in post-tsunami and postconflict Aceh, Indonesia / Lilianne Fan -- Hurricane Katrina : impact on assets and asset-building approaches to poverty reduction / Amy Liu -- Gangs, violence, and asset building / Dennis Rodgers -- Beyond microfinance / Vijay Mahajan -- Using microinsurance and financial education to protect and accumulate assets / Monique Cohen and Pamela Young -- Migrant foreign savings and asset accumulation / Manuel Orozco -- Transnational communities of the United States and Latin America / Hector Cordero-Guzman and Victoria Quiroz-Becerra -- Gender and transnational asset accumulation in El Salvador / Sarah Gammage -- Claiming rights : citizenship and the politics of asset distribution / Clare Ferguson, Caroline Moser, and Andy Norton.…”
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American cinema and the southern imaginary

Table of Contents: “…Bernstei -- Viewing the civil rights South. Black passing and white pluralism: imitation of life in the civil rights struggle / Ryan DeRosa -- Remembering Birmingham Sunday: Spike Lee's 4 little girls / Valerie Smith -- Exploitation movies and the freedom struggle of the 1960s / Sharon Monteith -- Crossing borders. …”
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Criminological and legal consequences of climate change

Table of Contents: “…: some of the possible consequences of climate change for the criminological research agenda / Stephen Farrall -- International legal responses to the challenges of a lower carbon future : energy law for the twenty-first century / Catherine Redgwell -- UK climate change litigation : between hard and soft framing / Chris Hilson -- Climate change and paradoxical harm / Rob White -- Corporate governance and climate change / Sally Wheeler -- Climate change, environmental (in)security, conflict and crime / Nigel South -- Analysis of climate change from a human rights perspective / Tom Obokata -- Climate change and aid funding : an appraisal of recent developments / Anna La Chimia -- Climate change : effects on mobility of EU workers and the need to safeguard supplementary (occupational) pension rights / Konstantina Kalogeropoulou -- Defining pollution down : forestry, climate change and the dark figure of carbon emissions / Mark Halsey -- Personal carbon trading : towards sustainable consumption in an age of climate change and energy constraints / Peter Doran -- State responsibility for the adverse impacts of climate change on individuals : assessing the potential for an interdisciplinary approach / Matthew Hall -- Situating climate change in (international) law : a triptych of competing narratives / Tawhida Ahmed and Duncan French.…”
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