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Reaction and Resistance: Feminism, Law, and Social Change - Google Books
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The image of "backlash" is pervasive in contemporary debates about the impact of second-wave feminism on law and policy. But does it really explain the resistance to feminist initiatives for social change in contemporary culture? In this timely volume,…
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Admission to the United Nations: Charter Article 4 and the Rise of Universal ... - Thomas D. Grant - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=5Uuv0NLNdZQC
The United Nations began as an alliance during World War II. Eventually, however, the UN came to approximate a universal organization - i.e., open to and aspiring to include all States. This presents a legal question, for Article 4 of the Charter contains…
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The Forgotten Palestinians: A History of the Palestinians in Israel - Ilan Pappé - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=dUAWMtUH75QC
For more than 60 years, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have lived as Israeli citizens within the borders of the nation formed at the end of the 1948 conflict. Occupying a precarious middle ground between the Jewish citizens of Israel and the…
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Rockets and Missiles: The Life Story of a Technology - A. Bowdoin Van Riper - Google Books
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Beginning with World War II, missiles transformed the art of war. For the first time, cities of warring nations were vulnerable to sudden, unannounced, long-distance attacks. At the same time, rockets made possible one of the great triumphs of the modern…
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Ramblin' on My Mind: New Perspectives on the Blues - Google Books
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This compilation of essays takes the study of the blues to a welcome new level. Distinguished scholars and well-established writers from such diverse backgrounds as musicology, anthropology, musicianship, and folklore join together to examine blues as…
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In Darkest Alaska: Travels and Empire Along the Inside Passage - Robert Bruce Campbell - Google Books
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Before Alaska became a mining bonanza, it was a scenic bonanza, a place larger in the American imagination than in its actual borders. Prior to the great Klondike Gold Rush of 1897, thousands of scenic adventurers journeyed along the Inside Passage, the…
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The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics: Fourth Edition - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=uKiC6IeFR2UC
Through three editions over more than four decades, The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics has built an unrivaled reputation as the most comprehensive and authoritative reference for students, scholars, and poets on all aspects of its subject:…
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Women's Suffrage Memorabilia: An Illustrated Historical Study - Kenneth Florey - Google Books
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While historians have long recognized the importance of memorabilia to the Woman Suffrage movement, the subject has not been explored apart from a few restricted, albeit excellent, studies. Part of the problem is that such objects are scattered about in…
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An Introduction to Buddhism: Teachings, History and Practices - Peter Harvey - Google Books
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In this new edition of the best-selling Introduction to Buddhism, Peter Harvey provides a comprehensive introduction to the development of the Buddhist tradition in both Asia and the West. Extensively revised and fully updated, this new edition draws on…
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Literary Medicine: Brain Disease and Doctors in Novels, Theater, and Film - Google Books
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An amazing and fascinating look at neurological conditions in fiction and film Classical and modern literature is full of patients with interesting neurological, cognitive, or psychiatric diseases, often including detailed and accurate descriptions, which…