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Vilnius Between Nations, 1795-2000The inhabitants of Vilnius, the present-day capital of Lithuania, have spoken various languages and professed different religions while living together in relative harmony over the years. The city has played a significant role in the history and development of at least three separate cultures--Polish,...
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Unsettled Families: Refugees, Humanitarianism, and the Politics of KinshipAgainst the backdrop of the global refugee crisis, Unsettled Families investigates the parameters that Global North governments and international humanitarian organizations use to classify most displaced families--more than 99% globally--as ineligible for resettlement, and often as fraudulent. But "fraud" as a category is not...
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Unity and StruggleOne of the world's greatest revolutionary leaders, Am?lcar Cabral's long and arduous campaign for the liberation of Portuguese-dominated Africa is explored in this vivid compilation of his most influential speeches and writings. Unity and Struggle is the compelling account of Am?lcar Cabral's fight against...
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Ukraine: Putin's War for Russia's "Near Abroad": How the War Over Ukraine Reflects Putin's Broader Effort to Re-Establish Moscow's Control Over the WhRetired US Ambassador John J. Maresca draws on his personal papers to offer a first-hand account of his role in negotiating the end of the Cold War with the USSR. As a special American Ambassadorial envoy, he symbolically opened direct US diplomatic relations with...
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Trouble! at Coal CreekThis gripping graphic novel tells the story of the 1891 Coal Creek War--one of the most significant yet overlooked labor and abolitionist uprisings in the history of the United States. Told through the eyes of a young Welsh immigrant, Trouble! at Coal Creek is...
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Toward a Paradigm Shift in International Relations Studies: (Re)Claiming World PeaceThis book asks why the current IR paradigm has outlasted its utility and argues that despite changes to world politics, the paradigm of IR remains far more preoccupied with the dynamics of war and almost silent, when it comes to commenting on the conditions...
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Toward a Materialist Conception of Music HistoryThis book argues for the relevance, appropriateness, and usefulness of historical materialism to the musicological project. It interrogates the history of encounters between Marxism and music studies -- both within and without the Soviet sphere -- before staging the missed encounter between classical musicology...
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Torture and the Twilight of Empire: From Algiers to BaghdadTorture and the Twilight of Empire looks at the intimate relationship between torture and colonial domination through a close examination of the French army's coercive tactics during the Algerian war from 1954 to 1962. By tracing the psychological, cultural, and political meanings of torture...
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This Indian Country: American Indian Activists and the Place They MadeAuthor: Frederick HoxiePublisher: Penguin Publishing GroupPublished: 11/26/2013Pages: 496Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.00dISBN: 9780143124023Audience: Young AdultAbout the AuthorFrederick E. Hoxie is the Swanlund Professor of History, Law, and American Indian Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He had written and...
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The Warren Court and the Democratic ConstitutionA timely history of the profound impact of Earl Warren's Supreme Court on many areas of modern American government and societyFrom 1953 to 1969, Earl Warren served as chief justice of the US Supreme Court. During that time, the Warren Court made a number...
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The Trump Carnival: Populism, Transgression and the Far RightDonald Trump's campaign and presidency represented a radical departure from political norms that are often classified by media and researchers as 'populist'. Instead, this book theorizes Trump's campaign and presidency with reference to Mikhail Bakhtin's "carnival" - a medieval festival of transgression, ridicule, and...
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The Translocal Island of Okinawa: Anti-Base Activism and Grassroots RegionalismThe Translocal Island of Okinawareveals the underrepresented memories, visions and actions that are involved in the making of Okinawan resistance against its subordinated status under the US-Japan security system beyond the narrowly defined political, cultural and geographical borders of locality. As Okinawa's base politics...
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The Struggle for Pakistan: A Muslim Homeland and Global PoliticsEstablished as a homeland for India's Muslims in 1947, Pakistan has had a tumultuous history. Beset by assassinations, coups, ethnic strife, and the breakaway of Bangladesh in 1971, the country has found itself too often contending with religious extremism and military authoritarianism. Now, in...
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The Struggle for Europe: The Turbulent History of a Divided Continent 1945 to the PresentFrom the ashes of World War II to the conflict over Iraq, William Hitchcock examines the miraculous transformation of Europe from a deeply fractured land to a continent striving for stability, tolerance, democracy, and prosperity. Exploring the role of Cold War politics in Europe...
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The Spirit of Monarchy"All we want is to aggrandize our own vainglory at second hand; and the less of real superiority or excellence there is in the person we fix upon as our proxy in this dramatic exhibition, the more easily can we change places with him,...
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The Smart and the Dumb: The Politics of Education in India'When racial and sexual injustice have been reduced, we shall still be left with the grave injustice of the smart and the dumb'--Thomas NagelEducation achieves many things--it pulls people out of poverty, enables socio-economic mobility and promises a route to dignity. But what does...
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The Siege WithinA remarkable thriller crafted out of politics and high finance, this knockout expos? is all the more shocking for the ring of truth behind every act The 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) scandal has been framed in many ways by state agencies, lawyers, judges, journalists,...
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There Will Be No Palestinian State: Notes of a Negotiator in Palestine"I bought an El Al ticket. Destination Ben Gurion airport. Tel Aviv. Israel. 60 years ago, my mother was born a few dozen kilometers away. In Haifa, Palestine." So begins the story of the "return" of Ziyad Clot, grandson of Palestinian exiles. In Ramallah,...
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There's No Such Thing as Free Speech: And It's a Good Thing, TooIn an era when much of what passes for debate is merely moral posturing--traditional family values versus the cultural elite, free speech versus censorship--or reflexive name-calling--the terms "liberal" and "politically correct," are used with as much dismissive scorn by the right as "reactionary" and...
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The Republican Reversal: Conservatives and the Environment from Nixon to TrumpNot long ago, Republicans could take pride in their party's tradition of environmental leadership. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the GOP helped to create the Environmental Protection Agency, extend the Clean Air Act, and protect endangered species. Today, as Republicans denounce climate...
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