Local identities and transnational cults within Europe

Table of Contents: “…Francis in Umbria as case in point / Paola de Salvo -- Pilgrimage, religious tourism and heritage in Calabria / Alfonsina Bellio -- Fighting for the saint : ritual rivalries in traditional pilgrimages / Laurent Fournier -- Cinese migrations and pilgrimages around Prato (Italy) and Wenzhou (China) / Daniele Parbuono -- Globalizing romani culture : the pilgrimage to the sea in Les-Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer (France) / Gaëlla Loiseau -- The cult of Senor de los Milagros of Peruvians in Italy / Riccardo Cruzzolin -- Cultural diversity in a local French pilgrimage / Etienne Guillaume -- Mixing sport and religion in the landes area of France / Mathilde Lamothe -- An ethnology of the foreign traveller to the Shrine of St Nicholas of Bari, Italy / André Julliard -- Healing tourists with religion : Saint Rita's cult in Poland / Inga Kuzma -- A transnational cult : St. …”
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Bodies in a broken world : women novelists of color and the politics of medicine by Stanford, Ann Folwell

Table of Contents: “…Wasted blood and rage: social pathologies and the limits of medicine in Toni Cade Bambara's The salt eaters, Paule Marshall's Praisesong for the widow, and Gloria Naylor's The women of Brewster Place -- All we have to fight off illness and death: Leslie Marmon Silko's vision of the restor(y)ed community in Ceremony -- Death is a skipped meal compared to this: rememory and the body in Toni Morrison's Beloved -- Saving you the doctor's way would kill you: seeing and the racial body in Louise Erdrich's Tracks and Toni Morrison's The bluest eye -- It tried to take my tongue: domestic violence, healing, and voice in Sandra Cisneros's "Woman hollering creek," Bebe Moore Campbell's Your blues ain't like mine, and Sapphire's Push -- There was much left unexplained: narrative complications and technological limitations in Gloria Naylor's Mama day and Ana Castillo's So far from God -- Human debris: border politics, body parts, and anatomies of medicine in Leslie Marmon Silko's Almanac of the dead -- A dream of Communitas: Octavia Butler's Parable of the sower and Parable of the talents and roads to the possible.…”
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A different Germany : pop and the negotiation of German culture

Table of Contents: “…Difference : reading progress and the contested spaces of "German" popular culture / Claude Desmarais -- Fatih Akın's take on German-Turkish film : Altona is in Hamburg and East meets West in Istanbul / Anette Guse -- The artist in a foreign land : the liminal spaces of minority literature / Gerd Bayer -- Kismet : P.I. Kayankaya fights ethnocentricity and the Yugosalvian civil war in EthniCity Frankfurt / Claude Desmarais -- Berlin as a "new" metropolis? …”
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Economic imperatives for women's writing in early modern Europe

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: women, professionalisation, and patronage / Carme Font Paz and Nina Geerdink -- Women authors' reputation and its relationship to money earned: some early French writers as examples / Suzan van Dijk -- Words for sale: early modern Spanish women's literary economy / Nieves Baranda -- Fighting for her profession: Dorothe's Engelbretsdatter's discourse of self-defence / Marie Nedregotten Sørbø -- Writing for patronage or patronage for writing: two case studies in seventeenth-century and post-restoration women's poetry in Britain / Carme Font Paz -- Possibilities of patronage: the Dutch poet Elisabeth Hoofman and her German patrons / Nina Geerdink -- Between patronage and professional writing: the situation of eighteenth century women of letters in Venice: the example of Luisa Bergalli Gozzi / Rotraud von Kulessa -- From Queen's librarian to voice of the Neapolitan Republic: Eleonora de Fonseca Pimentel / Irene Zanini-Cordi -- "[S]ome employment in the translating way": economic imperatives in Charlotte Lennox's career as a translator / Marianna D'Ezio -- Beating the odds: Sophie Albrecht (1756-1840), a successful woman writer and publisher in eighteenth-century Germany / Berit C.R. …”
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The native south : new histories and enduring legacies

Table of Contents: “…Nichols -- Quieting the ghosts : how the Choctaws and Chickasaws stopped fighting / Greg O'Brien -- Cherokee and Christian expressions of spirituality through first parents : Eve and Selu / Rowena McClinton -- Andrew Jackson's Indian son : native captives and American empire / Christina Snyder -- Inevitability and the southern opposition to Indian removal / Tim Alan Garrison -- An absolute and unconditional pardon : nineteenth-century Cherokee Indigenous justice / Julie L. …”
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Hell hawks! : the untold story of the American fliers who savaged Hitler's Wehrmacht by Dorr, Robert F.

Table of Contents: “…Chapter Thirteen: Getting Shot DownChapter Fourteen: Moving Up -- Chapter Fifteen: Into the Reich -- Chapter Sixteen: Fighting the Jets -- Chapter Seventeen: The Price of Victory -- Chapter Eighteen: The New Boys -- Chapter Nineteen: Reckoning -- Chapter Twenty: Final Mission -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix: What Happened to Them? …”
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Washington brotherhood : politics, social life, and the coming of the Civil War by Shelden, Rachel A., 1981-

Table of Contents: “…CHAPTER FIVE: The Most Immoral and Corrupt Place in the Union: Vice, Violence, and the Caning of Charles SumnerCHAPTER SIX: We Know No Lecompton Here: Cross-Partisan Relationships and the Fight over Kansas; CHAPTER SEVEN: Like Taking a Last Leave of a Brother: The Washington Community Faces the Secession Crisis; EPILOGUE: The Washington Brotherhood in War and Peace; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.…”
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Mao and the cultural revolution. Volume 3, Battling for China's future by Hu, Angang

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Contents; Chapter 6 The Political Battle between Deng Xiaoping and Jiang Qing (1973-1976); The 10th National Congress of the CPC and the Rise of Wang Hongwen; Mao Zedong Promoted Deng Xiaoping to Important Positions; Attacks against Lin Biao, Confucius, and Zhou Enlai; Political Struggles at the 4th National People's Congress; Deng Xiaoping's Overall Restoration of Order, and Political Fights with Jiang Qing; Critique of Tale of the Marshes and the Campaign against Deng Xiaoping and the Rightist Tendency; Death of Zhou Enlai and the Tiananmen Square Incident…”
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Killer in the Village

Table of Contents: “…AIDS Spreading From America to Britain (1:08) -- Greenwich Village Gay Culture (1:25) -- AIDS (2:52) -- First Indications of AIDS (1:41) -- Tracking Pentamidine (2:01) -- Opportunistic Diseass (2:31) -- AIDS Task Force (1:34) -- Bobbi Campbell (2:28) -- Immune System and AIDS (1:57) -- Stimulants (3:05) -- Immune Overload Theory (2:24) -- Indications of Sexual Transmission (2:27) -- Search for Virus (2:00) -- AIDS and Anal Sex (1:34) -- Heroin Users and AIDS (2:14) -- Toxoplasmosis Case (1:45) -- Investigating Toxoplasmosis (1:13) -- AIDS and Haiti (1:56) -- Hemophiliacs (2:05) -- Fighting Blood Contamination (1:27) -- Women with AIDS (1:53) -- Babies with AIDS and Slow Incubation (1:23) -- Signs of Long Incubation Period (2:13) -- Prisoner Near Death (1:40) -- Identifying AIDS (1:41) -- Attempts at Cure (2:36) -- Painful Changes for Gays (3:03) -- Credits: Killer in the Village (0:27)…”
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Hemingway and Ho Chi Minh in Paris The Art of Resistance by Crowe, David

Table of Contents: “…Joining the resistance in Paris -- Wounded students of empire: Thanh in 1908 and Hemingway in 1918 -- The seed of Europe and Indochina: Thanh in prewar Vietnam and Hemingway in postwar America -- Down and out in London: Ba from 1911 to 1918 -- Labor unrest in Chicago: Hemingway from 1918 to 1921 -- A just and lasting war: Quoc in 1918 and 1919 -- Fights and foolishness: Quoc in 1919 and 1920 -- Choosing Paris: Quoc and Hemingway, late 1920 to late 1921 -- Pound and the economy: Hemingway in early 1922 -- Miss Stein and the Cezanne secret: Hemingway in early 1922 -- The star reporter: Hemingway in 1922 and early 1923 -- Humanity and the pariah: Quoc in 1922 and early 1923 -- Switzerland and peace in our time: Quoc and Hemingway in late 1922 and early 1923 -- Escape from Paris: Quoc in 1923 -- The American Dadas: Hemingway in 1923 -- A crucible of friends: Hemingway in 1924 -- The miraculous year: Hemingway in 1924 -- French colonialism on trial: Quoc in 1925 -- Buying the farm: Hemingway in 1925 -- Leaving Paris to create something: Quoc and Hemingway from 1926 to 1928 -- What should one love?…”
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H5N1 killer flu

Table of Contents: “…A Case of H5N1 Infection (4:00) -- A Timeline of Early H5N1 Infections (1:30) -- H5N1 Adapts (2:47) -- H5N1 Claims a Victim (2:19) -- Staying Ahead of H5N1 (2:01) -- Avian Flu Virus Mutations (3:32) -- H5N1 Infects a Vietnamese Family (5:59) -- Human-to-Human Transmission (3:01) -- A Global Avian Flu Pandemic (2:32) -- Stopping H5N1 in Ho Chi Minh City (3:15) -- Stopping H5N1 in Vietnam's Countryside (2:59) -- Cock Fighting and Avian Flu (2:13) -- Ignoring the Risk (1:51) -- Treating an H5N1 Pandemic (1:59) -- World Health Organization Predictions (2:00) -- H5N1 Spreads (1:45) -- Worst Case Scenario (2:52) -- An H5N1 Vaccine (4:04)…”
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Accountability and responsiveness at the municipal level : views from Canada

Table of Contents: “…Tremblay-Racicot -- Mirror image: the fight against homelessness in Calgary and Montreal / Alison Smith -- Accountability and responsiveness at the municipal level: limitations and opportunities / Ruth Dassonneville -- Do responsiveness and accountability matter at the municipal level? …”
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Congress and the people's contest : the conduct of the Civil War

Table of Contents: “…/ Jenny Bourne -- Why we fight: German American revolutionists confront slavery and secession / Mischa Honeck -- Make mine an abolition war: George Luther Stearns, Frederick Douglass, and the Black soldier / L. …”
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Military adaptation in Afghanistan

Table of Contents: “…Saideman -- Military adaptation by the Taliban, 2001-2011 / Antonio Giustozzi -- Shoulder-to-shoulder fighting different wars : NATO advisors and military adaptation in the Afghan National Army, 2001-2011 / Adam Grissom -- Conclusion : military adaptation and the war in Afghanistan / Frans Osinga and James A. …”
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The Arabs are alive

Table of Contents: “…/ Abdelwahab El-Affendi -- Digital generation / Anne Alexander -- Female and fighting / Fadia Faqir -- Parting the waters / Jamal Mahjoub -- Rebellion In Syria / Shadia Safwan -- Being green in Tehran / Jasmin Ramsey -- Ibn Khaldun and the Arab Spring / Jerry Ravetz -- Art and Letters. …”
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Peace operations and organised crime enemies or allies?

Table of Contents: “…Boucher -- Symbiosis between peace operations and illicit business in Bosnia / Peter Andreas -- Problems of crime fighting by "internationals" in Kosovo / Cornelius Friesendorf -- Understanding criminality in West African conflicts / William Reno -- Peace operations and international crime : the case of Somalia Roland Marchal -- Organized crime, illicit power structures, and threatened peace processes : the case of Guatemala / Patrick Gavigan -- Winning Haiti's protection competition : organized crime and peace operations past, present, and future / James Cockayne -- Counterinsurgents in the poppy fields : drugs, wars, and crime in Afghanistan / Vanda Felbab-Brown -- Organized crime and corruption in Iraq / Phil Williams -- Closing the gap between peace operations and postconflict insecurity : towards a violence reduction agenda / Robert Muggah and Keith Krause -- Conclusion : from iron fist to invisible hand : peace operations, organized crime, and intelligent international law enforcement / James Cockayne and Adam Lupel.…”
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Innovative voices in education : engaging diverse communities

Table of Contents: “…Closing the culture gap in public education: a commentary -- A foot in two worlds: immigrant students in U.S. schools -- Valuing the individual by breaking through assumptions -- Montana's Indian education for all: preparing teacher candidates to embrace culturally responsive pedagogy -- The importance of student stories -- Serving long-term English learners by empowering students in two languages -- Addressing silences: creating a space for classroom conversations that matter to students -- A calling to teach: helping every child succeed -- Serving marginalized children: a new principal fights for equity in the trenches -- Forging relationships with high school students that impact learning and achievement -- The equitable leader: changing beliefs and actions -- From survivors to leaders: stages of immigrant parent involvement in schools -- Ready to learn: the benefits of a neighborhood school readiness team -- The power of family aspirational values on student academic success -- Healing a world of "terror" by valuing "diversity": a new curriculum to encourage deeper understanding and mutual respect -- The passion of a lifelong Australian educator: teaching students first -- Multicultural to intercultural: developing interdependent learners.…”


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Blockades or breakthroughs? : aboriginal peoples confront the Canadian state by Lackenbauer, P. Whitney, Belanger, Yale Deron, 1968-

Table of Contents: “…King -- 10 Blockades, Occupations, and the Bay of Quinte Mohawks' Fight for Sovereignty / Yale D. Belanger -- 11 Your Home on Native Land? …”
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Spirits for Sale The Commercialization of American Indian Rituals

Table of Contents: “…Hijacking Indigenous Culture (1:29) -- A Sweat Lodge in Denmark (3:02) -- Navajo Perspective (1:59) -- Fighting Two Battles (1:21) -- A Quest for Knowledge (1:05) -- Being Indigenous in White Society (1:45) -- Educating Beyond Stereotypes (1:34) -- Native Prayer and Storytelling (2:38) -- Cultural Exploitation (1:41) -- "Pay to Pray" (3:07) -- Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation (2:22) -- Keeper of the Pipe (2:58) -- Sacred Ceremonies (2:18) -- Forgotten People (2:39) -- Reservation Issues (3:15) -- Losing Native American Culture (3:16) -- Save Bear Butte (3:32) -- Gathering of Nations (4:31) -- Negative Impacts of Indigenous Commercialization (3:24) -- Land Theft and Cultural Genocide (1:11) -- Tribal Income (1:35) -- Finding a Balance (2:22) -- Returning a Sacred Object (1:18) -- Hope for Lakota Sovereignty (1:20) -- Journey's End (1:17) -- Credits: Spirits for Sale: The Commercialization of American Indian Rituals (0:52)…”
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WOMEN, ACTIVISM AND SOCIAL CHANGE : Stretching Boundaries. by Mikula, Maja

Table of Contents: “…7 'To struggle for freedom is our responsibility': Tibetan nuns in the Chinese state; 8 The militant nun as political activist and feminist in martial law Philippines; 9 'Harem women seem the happiest to me': novel women, fictions of domesticity and national development in India; 10 'Women, don't interfere with us; we are fighting for Poland': Polish mothers and transgressive others; 11 Germany: myth and apologia in Christa Wolf's novel Medea. …”
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