Watery visions is the future potable?

Table of Contents: “…Respect for Water (2:08) -- Polluted Water Causes Human Disease (4:11) -- South Africa Fights Poverty with Water (5:21) -- Water Conservation (2:27) -- Local Water Solutions in India (5:30) -- Access to Water is a Basic Human Right (5:30) -- running water3 (2:07)…”
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The Manhattan Project Trinity Test Witnessing the Bomb in New Mexico. by Österreich, Elva K.

Table of Contents: “…Living Downwind -- 9. Right or Wrong? -- Bibliography -- About the Author…”
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Change leader : learning to do what matters most by Fullan, Michael

Table of Contents: “…Practice drives theory: doing is the crucible of change -- Be resolute: act with purpose and empathy -- Motivate the masses: experiencing is believing -- Collaborate to compete: multiply capacity and win -- Learn confidently: change requires confidence (but true confidence requires humility) -- Know your impact: drowning in data, thirsty for knowledge -- Sustains simplexity: just right simple.…”
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Capitalism, politics, and railroads in Jacksonian New England by Connolly, Michael J., 1971-

Table of Contents: “…: Railroads and Jacksonian entrepreneurial politics -- "Everybody must go to Boston" : railroads, capitalism, and the New Hampshire Jacksonians -- "Mere naked right" : Essex County Whigs and the expansion of public authority -- Desperation and restoration: Essex County Whigs and the economics of railroads.…”
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The ideological origins of the American Revolution by Bailyn, Bernard

Table of Contents: “…Literature of revolution -- Sources and traditions -- Power and liberty: a theory of politics -- Logic of rebellion: Note on conspiracy -- Transportation: Representing and consent -- Constitution and rights -- Contagion of liberty -- Slavery -- Establishment of religion -- Democracy unleashed -- "Whether some degrees of respect be not always due from inferiors to superiors -- Postscript, Fulfillment -- A commentary of the constitution -- Index.…”


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Edmund Burke. by Callaway, H. G.

Table of Contents: “…Intro; Contents; Preface; Edmund Burke, the Whig Ascendancy and the Fate of Empire; Emund Burke; Thomas Jefferson; Burke, America and the Times: A Chronology; Bibliography; Index; Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents; Speech on American Taxation; Speech on Conciliation with the Colonies; Letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol on the Affairs of America; A Summary View of the Rights of British America.…”
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Landlock : paralysing dispute over minerals on Adivasi land in India by Oskarsson, Patrik

Table of Contents: “…Mining Conflicts in Liberalising India; 2. Adivasi Land Rights and Dispossession; 3. The Formation of a Public-Private Alliance; 4. …”
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The ethics of care : personal, political, and global by Held, Virginia

Table of Contents: “…Care and moral theory -- The ethics of care as moral theory -- Care as practice and value -- The caring person -- Justice, utility, and care -- Liberalism and the ethics of care -- Caring relations and the principles of justice -- Care and society -- Care and the extension of markers -- Civil society, rights, and the presumption of care -- Power, care, and the reach of law -- Care and justice in the global context.…”


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The limits of the digital revolution how mass media culture endures in a social media world by Hrynyshyn, Derek

Table of Contents: “…-- Cultural labor as the production of meaning -- Social media in the production of the mass media audience -- Property rights as cultural power -- Social media as surveillance culture -- The pseudo-public sphere -- Social media, culture, and inequality.…”
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The legal protection of foreign investment : a comparative study

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Legal framework governing foreign investment -- General standards of treatment -- Admission and entry requirements -- Investment contracts -- Performance requirements -- Tax regime and incentives -- Property rights, expropriation and compensation -- Monetary transfer -- Dispute settlement -- FDI statistics, policies and authorities -- Trends in foreign investment laws -- General conclusions -- Jurisdictional reports.…”
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Jews and the military a history by Penslar, Derek Jonathan

Table of Contents: “…Jews in the Tsar's army: conscription as national tragedy? -- Fighting for rights: conscription and Jewish emancipation -- The military as a Jewish occupation -- When may we kill our brethren? …”
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Desi land : teen culture, class, and success in Silicon Valley by Shankar, Shalini, 1972-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Welcome to Desi land -- California, here we come, right back where we started from -- Defining Desi teen culture -- Living and desiring the Desi bling life -- Desi fashions of speaking -- Being fobulous on multicultural day -- Remodeling the model minority stereotype -- Dating on the DL and arranged marriages -- In the new millennium.…”
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Ethical Issues in Policing. by Miller, Seumas

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 A Theory of Policing: The Enforcement of Moral Rights -- 2 Authority and Discretion in Policing -- 3 The Moral Justification for Police Use of Deadly Force -- 4 Privacy, Confidentiality and Security in Policing -- 5 Corruption and Anti-Corruption in Policing -- 6 Restorative Justice in Policing -- Bibliography -- Index.…”
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Fostering on the farm : child placement in the rural Midwest by Birk, Megan, 1979-

Table of Contents: “…"The hideous consequences"; Illustrations; 4. "The right of the state to interfere is unquestioned"; 5. …”
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The situation of workers of the occupied Arab territories. ILC 104/2015, Report I Appendix. by ILO

Table of Contents: “…Palestinian workers' rights in a context of discrimination and economic dependence; 4. …”
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Vico and Naples the urban origins of modern social theory by Naddeo, Barbara Ann

Table of Contents: “…The origins of Vico's social theory : Vichian reflections on the Neapolitan Revolt of 1701 and the politics of the metropolis -- Vico's cosmopolitanism : global citizenship and natural law in Vico's pedagogical thought -- Vico's social theory : the conundrum of the Roman metropolis and the struggle of humanity for natural rights -- From social theory to philosophy : Vico's disillusions with the Neapolitan magistracy and the new frontier of philosophy.…”
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Textbook on professional ethics and human values by Naagarazan, R. S.

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Preface; Contents; Chapter 1 Human Values; Chapter 2 Engineering Ethics; Chapter 3 Engineering as Social Experimentation; Chapter 4 Safety, Responsibilities and Rights; Chapter 5 Global Issues; Bibliography; Case Studies; Question Bank Part-A; Question Bank Part-B; Questions and Answers-Beyond the Syllabus.…”
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Representing race : racisms, ethnicities and media by Downing, John (John Derek Hall)

Table of Contents: “…'Race' and ethnicity: definitions and issues -- Research on racism, ethnicity and media -- Racism and the media of the extremist right -- Violence, 'race' and media: comparative perspectives -- The distinctive challenge of indigeneity -- Media monitoring and codes of practice -- Pressurizing the media industry: achievements and limitations -- Communities of practice and the cultures of media production -- The multi-ethnic public sphere and differentiated citizenship.…”
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American Muslim women, religious authority, and activism more than a prayer by Hammer, Juliane

Table of Contents: “…A woman-led Friday prayer: March 18, 2005 -- Women leading prayers: tracing the debate -- Gender justice and Qur'anic exegesis -- History, women's rights, and Islamic law -- Authority, tradition, community -- Space, leadership, voice -- Media, representation(s), politics -- Memoirs, narratives, and marketing -- Covers and other matters: concluding thoughts.…”
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Imperfect cosmopolis : studies in the history of international legal theory and cosmopolitan ideas by Cavallar, Georg, 1962-

Table of Contents: “…-- British enlightenment: the triumph of commercial cosmopolitanism -- Kant and the 'miserable comforters': contractual cosmopolitanism -- Late eighteenth-century international legal theory: from cosmopolis to the idea of Europe -- Immigration, rights and the global community: Pufendorf, Vattel, Bluntschli and Verdross -- Conclusion.…”
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