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  • Intra-Asian Trade and the World Market

    Series series Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia
    Intra-Asian trade is a major theme of recent writing on Asian economic history. From the second half of the nineteenth century, intra-Asian trade flows linked Asia into an integrated economic system, with reciprocal benefits for all participants. But although this was a network from which all gained, there was also considerable inter-Asian competition between Asian producers for these Asian ... Read more

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  • American School Daze

    by Mysterious Q ...
    I call myself Q because I am a Star Trek Fan. No, I'm not a Trekker or Trekkie, just a fan. I don't have a copy of Spock Sings!, but enjoy the "Q" Character from Star Trek: The Next Generation. I like the way he is all powerful, all-knowing, sarcastic and always trying to help humans improve themselves in his own way. Kinda like me! Well, maybe alittle. My real name is not important. Call me Q ... Read more

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  • Von Netzwerken zu Märkten

    Die Entstehung eines globalen Getreidemarktes

    Series Book 5 - Studien zur Weltgesellschaft/World Society Studies
    Globale Märkte werden von den einen gelobt, von den anderen verteufelt. Doch wie sind sie entstanden und wie lassen sie sich soziologisch untersuchen? Dieses Buch zeigt sowohl an modernen als auch an vormodernen Getreidemärkten, wie sich eine Konkurrenz verschiedener Angebote einstellen konnte. Vergleichspraktiken und Publikumsimaginationen haben sich historisch derart verändert, dass während des ... Read more

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  • Aldo Moro e l’Italia repubblicana

    Itinerari di storia, didattica e pedagogia

    by AA.VV. ...
    Il volume raccoglie i testi di esperti, studiosi e storici di professione che hanno preso parte al progetto di aggiornamento e perfezionamento professionale destinato ai docenti «Aldo Moro e l’Italia repubblicana. Un percorso storico e pedagogico».Sulla scorta di uno studio d’insieme, ci si confronta con la biografia di Moro e con la storia della Repubblica, all’interno di itinerari di didattica, ... Read more

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  • Das Tor zur Stadt

    50 Jahre KfW Campus in Frankfurt am Main

    Als die KfW 1948 ihre Arbeit in Frankfurt aufnahm, fand dies angesichts der herrschenden Raumnot in kleinen und kärglich möblierten Büros statt. Der erste Auftrag war es, den Wiederaufbau des kriegszerstörten Deutschlands mithilfe langfristiger Kredite aus den Mitteln des Marshallplans zu unterstützen. Die KfW stellte sich nicht nur dieser Herkulesaufgabe, sondern in der Folgezeit immer wieder ... Read more

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  • Edward Charles Elliott, Educator

    Series series The Founders Series
    A study of the 50-year career of Edward Charles Elliott is a study of the development of American education. Elliott had experience as a high school and college teacher, school system superintendent, state college system chancellor, and president of a Big Ten university, all during a period of change in American attitudes toward public schooling and rapid growth in education institutions. As ... Read more

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  • Critical Ancient World Studies

    The Case for Forgetting Classics

    This volume explores and elucidates critical ancient world studies (CAWS), a new model for the study of the ancient world operating critically, setting itself against a long history of a discipline formulated to naturalise a hierarchical, white supremacist origin story for an imagined modern West.CAWS is a methodology for the study of antiquity that shifts away from the assumptions and approaches ... Read more

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  • Uncover the Secrets of Famen-si’s Hidden Treasure Masterpieces

    by Laura Maya ...
    It was an unusual night but the night sky was very bright as lightning glazed across with strong wind and brightened up the sky that brought on the heavy rainstorm .This happened at 1:57am on 4 August 1981 which led to the dramatic collapse of the Famen Temple, a 13-storey pagoda in Shaanxi province, China. As if it was an indication from an unknown divine power , the Pagoda starts to crack with ... Read more

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  • The Prince Illustrated

    by Mike Leung ...
    A brief, happy history of selling change to the public. The classic text accompanied by 49 illustrations. ... Read more

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    Confronting Inequality in the Information Society

    by Bernardo Sorj ...
    The topic of this book, the digital divide, refers to the unequal distribution of resources associated with information and communication technology between countries and within societies. We will explore how one factor, in this case information technology, can potentially support contradictory tendencies: towards greater freedom and social participation and to deeper social inequality and new ... Read more

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  • Amazing Life in Villages and Sustainability

    Traditional Villages are very rare to be seen. This is the watermark in the history, where the urban population exceeded the rural population. Villages are evolving into towns and cities. The characteristics of the villages are being lost. The sustainability and continuity of villages from past and present are shared here by the author. The author contributed to the development of villages. ... Read more

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  • Inventar zur brandenburgischen Militaergeschichte 1914−1945

    Quellen des Brandenburgischen Landeshauptarchivs ueber das Zeitalter der Weltkriege − Bearbeitet von Klaus Geßner

    Series Book 38 - Quellen, Findbuecher und Inventare des Brandenburgischen Landeshauptarchivs
    Das Spezialinventar erfasst die militärgeschichtlichen Quellen des Brandenburgischen Landeshauptarchivs aus den Jahren 1914−1945 (ca. 5 000 Archivalieneinheiten). Damit hat das dreibändige Inventarprojekt zur brandenburgischen Militärgeschichte (1806−1945) seinen Abschluss gefunden.Überlieferungsschwerpunkte der v.a. in der brandenburgischen Provinzial- und Kommunalverwaltung sowie in der ... Read more

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  • Some Lessons from the Italian Renaissance for the Pursuit of Social Justice

    "Some Lessons from the Italian Renaissance for the Pursuit of Social Justice" is a fascinating essay written by Diego Hidalgo-Oñate and Cristina Zari, inviting us to immerse ourselves in an era of historical and cultural transformation: the Italian Renaissance. This period witnessed a remarkable economic and cultural advancement that left its mark on humanity.In this work, there is a deep analysis ... Read more

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  • Mine bedste flådehistorier

    by Søren Nørby ...
    Søkrig og flådernes virke til søs har interesseret mig lige så længe, som jeg kan huske. Som barn og ung dreng læste jeg bog på bog om søkrigen under 1. og 2. Verdenskrig, og da jeg kom på universitetet fik jeg selvtilliden til selv at begynde at skrive artikler og bøger. Igennem årene er det foreløbigt blevet til 29 bøger og over 120 artikler.I mit arbejde med disse mange bøger og artikler har ... Read more

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  • Everybody’s Friend

    by Raghu Karnad ...
    Raghu Karnad’s “Everybody’s Friend” is a poignant pilgrimage to the military grave of a great-uncle, fallen defending the obsolescent Raj against the oncoming army of imperial Japan. The most brutal fighting unfolded on the unforgiving northeast Indian border with Burma, and Karnad takes himself and the reader deep into Nagaland to find the war graves of Imphal. There he broods without heavy ... Read more

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  • How Iowa Conquered the World: The Story of a Small Farm State's Journey to Global Dominance

    by Scott Rank ...
    Iowa is considered a backward farm state full of bumpkins who wear Carhartt jackets and do little besides give the world corn. But what if that understanding is wrong? What if Iowa has done more to influence the modern world than any other population group?Turns out it has.In this new book by #1 best-selling author Michael Rank -- himself a native Iowan -- he discovers how this underdog state-- ... Read more

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  • Contemporary France

    Politics and Society since 1945

    Many recent studies of French politics have tended to concentrate on the French political system in isolation. Contemporary France aims to set the working of the French political system into its historical, social and economic context. The first section gives a succinct description of the main developments since 1944 in all major contexts - economy, society, domestic politics and foreign relations ... Read more

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  • Warme Wandeling

    Beweging . net blaast 100 kaarsjes uit.Ga mee op een informatieve maar vooral warme en zorgzame tocht door Herentals!Je passeert langs mooie plekjes en de vele initiatieven die illustreren hoe bewegingspunt Herentals en haar mandatarissen – van vroeger en nu – onze stad op de kaart zetten als Zorgstad. ... Read more

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  • Reading Prehistoric Human Tracks

    Methods & Material

    This Open Access book explains that after long periods of prehistoric research in which the importance of the archaeological as well as the natural context of rock art has been constantly underestimated, research has now begun to take this context into focus for documentation, analysis, interpretation and understanding. Human footprints are prominent among the long-time under-researched features ... Read more

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  • ‘ANZAC: Diary of Harold Rydon 1914-1917’

    by Rupert Mayhew ...
    Harold Rydon was working at Euri Creek, a few miles from Bowen, Queensland when war was declared on August 5th 1914. He rode to Bowen that afternoon, joining up as a private in the Australian Army, and, after training, was shipped to Egypt, Lemnos and eventually Gallipoli where his unit was in the vanguard of the ANZAC landings on April 25th 1915.Rydon reached deep inland before being injured and ... Read more

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  • Würda - ein Dorf macht Geschichte(n)

    Ein Dorf im Wandel der Zeiten

    Dieses Buch ist die Gesamtfassung der Würda-Trilogie.Bei der Lektüre des Buches könnte man den Eindruck gewinnen, Schildbürgern der Neuzeit zu begegnen. Dem ist nicht ganz so. Man liest von den Bewohnern des Dorfes Würda und von denen der Nachbargemeinden Weckelnheim und Bimstedt. Würda steht allerdings im Mittelpunkt des Geschehens, weil hier der Protagonist der Handlung beheimatet ist und er das ... Read more

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  • Howdy My Name Is: -

    A Short collection of Bible Heroes from Adam to Moses.Each character tells his story in his own words. ... Read more

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  • Jews and Science

    Edited by Sander L. Gilman ...
    Series series The Jewish Role in American Life: An Annual Review
    Jews and Science examines the complicated relationship between Jewish identities and the evolving meanings of science throughout the history of Western academic culture. Jews have been not only the agents for study of things Jewish, but also the subject of examination by “scientists” across a range of disciplines, from biology and bioethics to anthropology and genetics. Even the most recent ... Read more

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  • Vorbulla

    by Meriman Braha ...
    Vorbullat është një roman historik i bazuar në karaktere dhe ngjarje të vërteta, që përshkruan golgotën e familjave shqiptare të internuara në Vojvodinë, nën kushte të rënda jete. ... Read more

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