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On The Fast Track - French Railway Modernization And The Origins Of The Tgv, 1944-1983

by Jacob Meunier

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 For much of the postwar era, French society had a contradictory view of passenger trains, scorning them as quaint anachronisms on the one hand, yet also fearing their economic and social impact.
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The Hero'S Journey Toward A Second American Century

by Michael E. Salla

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 This moral interventionism can safely be extended well into the 21st century if policy makers wisely combine the moral principles and foreign policy challenges that make up both the Second American Century and America's (Seventh) Hero's journey.
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A Great Russia - Russia And The Triple Entente, 1905 To 1914

by Fiona K. Tomaszewski

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 The Triple Entente of Great Britain, Russia, and France was the foreign policy prong of the Russian imperial government's reaction to the disastrous events of 1905, including the revolution and the near defeat in the Russo-Japanese War.
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The Sociology Of Mental Disorders

by William W. Eaton

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 Revised and expanded for the third edition, this study presents a biosocial model for understanding mental disorders, which integrates the sociological paradigm with current research in the epidemiology of mental disorders and on biological features of mental disorders.
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In Search Of The Unequivocal - The Political Economy Of Measurement In U.S. Labor Market Policy

by Daniel Breslau

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 This volume, which is based on a study of evaluation of US employment and training policy from the passage of the Manpower Development and Training Act of 1963 to the welfare reforms of the 1980s and 1990s, argues that the increasing use of social scientific evaluations has political consequences.
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Evolution Of The Psyche

by David Rosen e Michael Luebbert

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 This analysis of the evolution of the human psyche shows how important markers from our evolutionary path can be discerned in the structure of the human brain, in our similarities to our infrahuman ancestors and in contemporary behaviours.
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Rivalry In Eurasia - Russia, The United States, And The War On Terror

by Minton F. Goldman

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 An expert analysis of current U.S.-Russian relations as they play out in central Asia in the aftermath of the attacks of 9/11.
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Rivalry In Eurasia - Russia, The United States, And The War On Terror

by Minton F. Goldman

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 An expert analysis of current U.S.-Russian relations as they play out in central Asia in the aftermath of the attacks of 9/11.
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Sky Static - The Space Debris Crisis

by Antony Milne

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 Space debris is a growing environmental and space hazard. There could exist in the sky tens of millions of "space objects" measuring one centimetre across or smaller. This title investigates how the satellite industry can be protected from manmade and natural space hazards.
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A History Of Organized Labor In Peru And Ecuador

by Robert J. Alexander

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 This volume traces the history of organized labor in Peru and Ecuador from its first appearance in the late nineteenth century until the end of the twentieth century. It also discusses the negative impact on the trade union movement of the free enterprise-free trade policies of the last decades of the twentieth century.
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A History Of Organized Labor In Panama And Central America

by Robert J. Alexander

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 Studies the history of organized labor in the Central American republics. This title traces the history in the various countries from the early 19th century to the end of the 20th century. It also discusses why they appeared, and what organizational and ideological tendencies characterized the movement in these countries.
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International Labor Organizations And Organized Labor In Latin America And The Caribbean - A History

by Eldon Parker e Robert J. Alexander

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 The first scholarly work to focus exclusively on the roles of pan-regional and worldwide labor organizations in the labor movements across the nations of the Caribbean, Central America, and South America.
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Blue-Collar Women At Work With Men - Negotiating The Hostile Environment

by Jeanie Ahearn Greene

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 Explores the social, political, and economic implications of enduring gender discrimination. The author argues that despite formal protections under the law, women are still routinely harassed and discriminated against, to the detriment not only of individual growth and development, but of workplace productivity and social welfare.
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The Party That Came Out Of The Cold War - The Party Of Democratic Socialism In United Germany

by Franz Oswald

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 A summary of the first decade of post-unification German politics, Oswald's book offers an interpretation of the learning processes within the PDS. It also provides an analysis of the disputes within the PDS characterizing the party as a political subculture.
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About Guilt And Innocence - The Origins, Development, And Future Of Constitutional Criminal Procedure

by Donald A. Dripps

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 This remarkably original and vital work argues that the problems are rooted in a disjunction between prevailing values and the prevailing doctrinal regime in constitutional law.
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Cultural Cognition And Psychopathology

by John F. Schumaker e Tony Ward

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 It provides new perspectives on the etiology, treatment, and prevention of psychopathology by challenging current individualistic models and assumptions, while offering new theoretical formulations that take account of the cultural foundation of the cognition process. This book is divided into three sections.
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We Get What We Vote For... Or Do We? - The Impact Of Elections On Governing

by Paul E. Scheele

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 This work examines the mechanics of American elections, including candidates' political communication, the role of television, advertising, and polling in elections, the growing problem of campaign finance, and the developing roles of political parties in elections.
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We Get What We Vote For... Or Do We? - The Impact Of Elections On Governing

by Paul E. Scheele

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 This work examines the mechanics of American elections, including candidates' political communication, the role of television, advertising, and polling in elections, the growing problem of campaign finance, and the developing roles of political parties in elections.
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The Emerging Strategic Environment - Challenges Of The Twenty-First Century

by Williamson Murray

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 These essays examine the nature of the emerging strategic environment and how this situation affects thinking about U.S. strategy in the 21st century. The US and its allies currently confront a number of major trouble spots around the world. How will this develop in the next millennium?
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Global Capital And National Politics - Reforming Mexico'S Financial System

by Timothy Kessler

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 Argues that economic liberalization can be shaped by political considerations just as much as anti-market policies. The example of Mexico shows financial liberalization providing rent-seeking opportunities for the privileged and helping the state to finance politically inspired obligations.
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The Culture Of Sexism

by Ignacio L. Gotz

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 GÃ¶tz also explores briefly some psychological mechanisms operative in the formation of womb envy, and he examines schooling as one institution that has perpetuated the womb envy that is so much a part of sexism.
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The East German Social Courts - Law And Popular Justice In A Marxist-Leninist Society

by Peter W. Sperlich

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 An interesting read for professional jurists, court administrators, and scholars concerned with lay adjudication or East German legal institutions, this book provides an account of the social courts of the German Democratic Republic (GDR).
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Racial Issues In Criminal Justice - The Case Of African Americans

by Marvin D., Jr. Free

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 Providing a vigilant reminder that the criminal justice system is not a value-neutral system that operates without regard to ethnicity or race, this book contains critical analyses of aspects of the criminal justice system with regard to African Americans. Free Jr. (author of African Americans and t
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The Least Dangerous Branch? - Consequences Of Judicial Activism

by Stanley Rothman e Stephen P. Powers

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 Explores the impact of the federal courts. The text discusses the development of constitutional law and the judiciary's impact in the public policy areas of busing, affirmative action, prison reform, mental health reform, procedural reforms in law enforcement and electoral redistricting.
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