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Beyond Tenebrae: Christian Humanism in the Twilight of the WestBeyond Tenebrae is about Christian humanism in all its breadth and depth, and the persons and groups best embodying it in the last century and a half. Readers who sense the greatness of the "Republic of Letters" that has endured for over two millennia...
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Beyond Tenebrae: Christian Humanism in the Twilight of the WestBeyond Tenebrae is about Christian humanism in all its breadth and depth, and the persons and groups best embodying it in the last century and a half. Readers who sense the greatness of the "Republic of Letters" that has endured for over two millennia...
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A Good Tax: Legal and Policy Issues for the Property Tax in the United StatesIn A Good Tax, tax expert Joan Youngman skillfully considers how to improve the operation of the property tax and supply the information that is often missing in public debate. She analyzes the legal, administrative, and political challenges to the property tax in the...
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The History of the PhilippinesUpdated and expanded since it first published in 2008, The History of the Philippines dives deeper into this island nation's history and explores the recent political, cultural, and environmental events of the last decade.Readers will find a wealth of information on pre-colonial and post-colonial...
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Waste Management: A Reference HandbookWaste Management: A Reference Handbook covers the topic of waste management from the earliest pages of human history to the present day.Chapters One and Two provide a historical background of the topic and a review of current problems, controversies, and solutions. The remainder of...
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Bending the ARC: Striving for Peace and Justice in the Age of Endless WarSince the late 1990s the annual Kateri Tekakwitha Interfaith Peace Conference in upstate New York has grown to become the region's premier peace conference. Bending the Arc provides a history of the conference and brings together the inspiring, personal stories from such well-known participants...
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Help (Not) WantedIn Help (Not) Wanted, Michael Strausz offers an original and provocative answer to a question that has long perplexed observers of Japan: Why has Japan's immigration policy remained so restrictive, especially in light of economic, demographic, and international political forces that are pushing Japan...
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Postnormal ConservationSince their inception in the sixteenth century, botanic gardens have been embroiled with matters of governance. In Postnormal Conservation, Katja Grötzner Neves reveals that, throughout its long history, the botanical garden institution has been both a product and an enabler of modernity and the...
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Militant ActsMilitant Acts presents a broad history of the concept and practice of investigations in radical political struggles from the nineteenth century to the present. Radicals launched investigations into the conditions and struggles of the oppressed and exploited to stimulate their political mobilization and organization....
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One America?Despite major advancements in civil rights in the United States since the 1960s, racial inequality continues to persist in American society. While it may appear that presidents do not address the topic of race, it lurks in the background of presidential political speech across...
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The Politics of Institutional Weakness in Latin AmericaAnalysts and policymakers often decry the failure of institutions to accomplish their stated purpose. Bringing together leading scholars of Latin American politics, this volume helps us understand why. The volume offers a conceptual and theoretical framework for studying weak institutions. It introduces different dimensions...
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Communist Pigs: An Animal History of East Germany's Rise and FallThe pig played a key role in the German Democratic Republic's attempts to create a modern, industrial food system built on communist principles. By the mid-1980s, East Germany produced more pork per capita than West Germany and the UK, while also suffering the unintended...
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How to Survive a Terrorist Attack - Become Prepared for a Bomb Threat or Active Shooter Assault: Save Yourself and the Lives of Others - Learn How toRecent improvised explosive device (IED) and active shooter incidents reveal that some traditional practices of first responders need to be realigned and enhanced to improve survivability of victims and the safety of first responders caring for them. This multi-disciplinary edition translates evidence-based response strategies...
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Philosophie de la misèrePubli en 1846, « Syst me des contradictions conomiques ou Philosophie de la mis re est une explication de la soci t fond e sur l'existence de r alit s contradictoires. Ainsi la propri t manifeste l'in galit mais est l'objet m me de...
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Imperial Mud: The Fight for the FensA pre-existing population of proud indigenous people are forced out of their homelands. Then they are materially, culturally and spiritually disenfranchised by a financially mighty imperial state. Their impoverishment is justified to them, and to the outside world, as being necessary for 'progress'. All...
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Writing Politics: An AnthologyExplore the tradition of the political essay with this brilliant anthology. David Bromwich is one of the most well-informed, cogent, and morally uncompromising political writers on the left today. He is also one of our finest intellectual historians and literary critics. In Writing Politics,...
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Value Capture and Land PoliciesValue capture refers to a type of public financing where increases in private land values generated by public investments are "captured" or recouped by the public sector, rather than by individuals, to help pay for the initial investment needed for that development. This approach...
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Cultural Revolution and Revolutionary CultureIn Cultural Revolution and Revolutionary Culture, Alessandro Russo presents a dramatic new reading of China's Cultural Revolution as a mass political experiment aimed at thoroughly reexamining the tenets of communism. Russo explores four critical phases of the Cultural Revolution, each with its own reworking...
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Ignored Racism: White Animus Toward LatinosAlthough Latinos are now the largest non-majority group in the United States, existing research on white attitudes toward Latinos has focused almost exclusively on attitudes toward immigration. This book changes that. It argues that such accounts fundamentally underestimate the political power of whites' animus...
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Keenie Meenie: The British Mercenaries Who Got Away With War CrimesKeenie Meenie Services - the most powerful mercenary company you've never heard of - was involved in war crimes around the world from Sri Lanka to Nicaragua for which its shadowy directors have never been held accountable. Like its mysterious name, Keenie Meenie Services...
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