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Langston Hughes - Google Books
http://books.google.de/books?id=qnIvgnRMPC8C&pg=PA60&dq=%22Langston+Hughes%22+scat&hl=de&ei=GCrdTKnxBYuMswb12NGJDA&sa=X&oi=book_
While his short stories and two autobiographies, The Big Sea and I Wonder as I Wander remain very readable, the permanent fame of Langston Hughes is assured by his poetry. This edition of Bloom examines the author's poetry, including his us
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Collective Decisions and Voting: The Potential for Public Choice - Nicolaus Tideman - Google Books
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Voting is often the most public and visible example of mass collective decision-making. But how do we define a collective decision? And how do we classify and evaluate the modes by which collective decisions are made? This book examines these crucial ques
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The Making of Informal States: Statebuilding in Northern Cyprus and ... - D. Isachenko - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=L7tn5gonRswC&pg=PA39&dq=Turkish+resistance+cyprus&hl=en&sa=X&ei=9xDxVPCfHcvWPc3egfgG&ved=0CDAQ6
Using the cases of Northern Cyprus and Transdniestria, the author examines state-building as practiced by informal states. Exploring symbolic and economic dimensions of state-building projects and using insights from political sociology, she investigates…
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Social Transformation and the Family in Post-Communist Germany - Google Books
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The unification of Germany set in motion one of the most interesting and uncharted developments of our era: the transformation of a whole society. This book examines key areas of transformation with special reference to the place and future of the family.
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Seventy-five Years of the Turkish Republic - Google Books
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This collection examines the issues which - over the first 75 years of the Turkish Republic - have shaped, and will continue to influence, Turkey's foreign and domestic policy: the legacy of the Ottoman empire, the concept of citizenship, secular…
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Tibet in the Western Imagination - T. Neuhaus - Google Books
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Neuhaus explores the roots of the long-standing European fascination with Tibet, from the Dalai Lama to the Abominable Snowman. Surveying a wide range of travel accounts, official documents, correspondence and fiction, he examines how different people…
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The Rise and Fall of the Hashimite Kingdom of Arabia - Joshua Teitelbaum - Google Books
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The Hashemite Kingdom of Arabia was forged in the crucible of the Arab Revolt in 1916, during World War I. Its leader, Sharif Husayn ibn 'Ali, struggled to put together a tribal confedereacy. This study examines Husayn's efforts at state formations,…
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Love's $weet Return: The Harlequin Story - Margaret Ann Jensen - Google Books
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Over one hundred twenty formula romance novels are churned out every month. These romantic fantasies for women are big business and earn huge profits for the companies that publish them. Love’s $weet Return examines the phenomenon of romance fiction,…
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The Presidents of the French Fifth Republic - D. Bell, J. Gaffney - Google Books
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In the French Republic political leadership is normally provided by the presidency, albeit from a very narrow constitutional base. This volume examines the strengths and weaknesses of that leadership as well as the way that executive power has been…
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Language and Society in a Changing Italy - Arturo Tosi - Google Books
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This book examines the interrelation between language and society in contemporary Italy. It aims to provide an up to date account of linguistic diversity, social variation, special codes and language varieties within Italian society, and in situations of…