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A Dictionary of Contemporary World History

By: Christopher Riches,Jan Palmowski

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A Dictionary of Contemporary World History

By: Christopher Riches,Jan Palmowski

This authoritative dictionary provides expansive coverage on the most important people, organizations, events, movements, and ideas from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present day. This new edition has been updated to reflect recent developments and contains new entries on people, organizations and events that have come to prominence, or had a major impact, in the last year. Recent new entries include [b]Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), Brexit, Donald Trump, Erna Solberg, Justin Trudeau,[/b] and [b]Moon Jae In[/b]. Maps complement the text to allow for easy reference, and tables include lists of office-holders for countries and organizations and winners of the Nobel Peace Prize. This dictionary is updated regularly throughout the year, and via annual new editions, ensuring that all recent developments are included in its coverage. It is a reliable resource for students of history, politics, and international relations as well as for journalists, policy-makers, and general readers interested in the modern world.

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Oxford University Press

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0192661043

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Global White Supremacy

Anti-Blackness and the University as Colonizer

By: Christopher S. Collins,Christopher B. Newman,Alexander Jun

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Global White Supremacy

Anti-Blackness and the University as Colonizer

By: Christopher S. Collins,Christopher B. Newman,Alexander Jun

Knowledge is more expansive than the boundaries of the Western university model and its claim to be the dominant—or only—rigorous house of knowledge. In the former colonies of Europe (e.g., South Africa, Brazil, and Oceania), the curriculum, statues, architectures, and other aspects of the university demonstrate the way in which it is a fixture in empire maintenance. The trajectory of global White supremacy is deeply historical and contemporary—it is a global, transnational, and imperial phenomenon. White supremacy is sustained through the construction of inferiority and anti-Blackness. The context, history, and perspective offered by Collins, Newman, and Jun should serve as an introduction to the disruption of the ways in which university and academic dispositions have and continue to serve as sites of colonial and White supremacist preservation—as well as sites of resistance.

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Rutgers University Press

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1978831862

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National Geographic Traveler

Panama

By: Christopher P. Baker

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National Geographic Traveler

Panama

By: Christopher P. Baker

Panama's natural beauty, colonial history, and glossy hotels give it a unique and diverse appeal. This guide illustrates all that the country has to offer, such as its fine beaches and magnificent mountain scenery, to pre-Columbia sites and important colonial architecture.

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National Geographic Books

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1426207158

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National Geographic Traveler Colombia

By: Christopher Baker

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National Geographic Traveler Colombia

By: Christopher Baker

From the storied capital of Bogotá to Medelín to the Amazon Basin, this guide to Colombia, South America, offers readers practical advice on planning your trip and explains the country in the context of its history, culture, cuisine, landscape, and flora and fauna. Acclaimed travel writer Christopher Baker explores the Eastern Highlands, the Caribbean Lowlands, the Western and Southern Highlands, the Pacific & San Andrés, and Los Llanos & the Amazon Basin. Contemporary editorial features and experiential sidebars highlight every aspect of life and every activity under the Colombian sun: how emeralds are mined and marketed, the history of pirates off Colombia's shores, parrots and macaws, volcanoes, whale watching, and poison dart frogs. Gorgeous National Geographic photography and useful maps help you navigate your way around Colombia and its many landscapes: Take a walk through Bogotá's historic Candelaria district, take a drive through coffee country, follow in the footsteps of Gabriel García Márquez, or enjoy a drive around San Andrés.

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Community of Peace

Performing Geographies of Ecological Dignity in Colombia

By: Christopher Courtheyn

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Community of Peace

Performing Geographies of Ecological Dignity in Colombia

By: Christopher Courtheyn

Achieving peace is often thought about in terms of military operations or state negotiations. Yet it also happens at the grassroots level, where communities envision and create peace on their own. The San José de Apartadó Peace Community of small-scale farmers has not waited for a top-down peace treaty. Instead, they have actively resisted forced displacement and co-optation by guerrillas, army soldiers, and paramilitaries for two decades in Colombia’s war-torn Urabá region. Based on ethnographic action research over a twelve-year period, Christopher Courtheyn illuminates the community’s understandings of peace and territorial practices against ongoing assassinations and displacement. San José’s peace through autonomy reflects an alternative to traditional modes of politics practiced through electoral representation and armed struggle. Courtheyn explores the meaning of peace and territory, while also interrogating the role of race in Colombia’s war and the relationship between memory and peace. Amid the widespread violence of today’s global crisis, Community of Peace illustrates San José’s rupture from the logics of colonialism and capitalism through the construction of political solidarity and communal peace.

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University of Pittsburgh Press

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082298878X

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Research Methods for the Behavioral and Social Sciences

By: Bart L. Weathington,Christopher J. L. Cunningham,David J. Pittenger

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Research Methods for the Behavioral and Social Sciences

By: Bart L. Weathington,Christopher J. L. Cunningham,David J. Pittenger

A comprehensive introduction to research methods and best practices for designing,conducting, interpreting, and reporting findings This text is designed to develop in students a passion for conducting research and an understanding of the practical value of systematic information- gathering and decision-making. It features step-by-step coverage of the research process including research design, statistical considerations, and guidance on writing up and presenting results. Recognized leaders in the field—authors Bart Weathington, Christopher Cunningham, and David Pittenger—present: Introductions to multiple research designs—including single-participant, multi-group, longitudinal, correlational, and experimental designs—accompanied by examples Bibliographic research and methods for appropriate sampling Identifying, developing, and evaluating reliable and valid approaches to measurement The issues and steps common to all single-factor and multifactor studies, as well as single-subject and nonexperimental methods How to summarize research in writing that conforms to the editorial guidelines of the American Psychological Association A comprehensive review of research methods and the statistical concepts that support them, Research Methods for the Behavioral and Social Sciences offers the best techniques for studying behavior and social phenomena.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119470072

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Explorer's Guide Panama

A Great Destination

By: Christopher P. Baker

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Explorer's Guide Panama

A Great Destination

By: Christopher P. Baker

Christopher P. Baker provides an exciting overviewwhere other guidebooksnatural and social historyin a comprehensive newguide that also coversrecreational opportunitiesregion by region. With thisbook in hand, you'll haveall the resources you needto explore and enjoy therich experiences to be hadin this hot new destination.

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The Countryman Press

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1581571089

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Mobilizing Teachers

Education Politics and the New Labor Movement in Latin America

By: Christopher Chambers-Ju

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Mobilizing Teachers

Education Politics and the New Labor Movement in Latin America

By: Christopher Chambers-Ju

Illustrates how the politics of education and characteristics of the new labor movement have shaped teacher mobilization.

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Cambridge University Press

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1009368052

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Heroes of the Borderlands

The Western in Mexican Film, Comics, and Music

By: Christopher B. Conway

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Heroes of the Borderlands

The Western in Mexican Film, Comics, and Music

By: Christopher B. Conway

Christopher Conway's lavishly illustrated Heroes of the Borderlands tells the surprising story of the Mexican Western for the first time, exploring how Mexican authors and artists reimagined US film and comic book Westerns to address Mexican politics and culture.

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University of New Mexico Press

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0826361110

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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Brazil

By: Alex Robinson,Christopher Pickard

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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Brazil

By: Alex Robinson,Christopher Pickard

With beautifully commissioned photographs, and spectacular 3-D aerial views revealing the charm of each destination, these amazing travel guides show what others only tell. DK Eyewitness Travel Guides have been updated to include: expanded hotel & restaurant listings, better maps, enhanced itineraries, and easier-to-read print!

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0756683378

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Escaping Poverty Traps and Unlocking Prosperity in the Face of Climate Risk

Lessons from Index-Based Livestock Insurance

By: Nathaniel D. Jensen,Francesco P. Fava,Andrew G. Mude,Christopher B. Barrett,Brenda Wandera-Gache,Anton Vrieling,Masresha Taye,Kazushi Takahashi,Felix Lung,Munenobu Ikegami,Polly Ericksen,Philemon Chelanga,Sommarat Chantarat,Michael Carter,Hassan Bashir,Rupsha Banerjee

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Escaping Poverty Traps and Unlocking Prosperity in the Face of Climate Risk

Lessons from Index-Based Livestock Insurance

This Element outlines the origins and evolution of an international award-winning development intervention, index-based livestock insurance (IBLI), which scaled from a small pilot project in Kenya to a design that underpins drought risk management products and policies across Africa. General insights are provided on i) the economics of poverty, risk management, and drylands development; ii) the evolving use of modern remote sensing and data science tools in development; iii) the science of scaling; and iv) the value and challenges of integrating research with operational implementation to tackle development and humanitarian challenges in some of the world's poorest regions. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

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1009558277

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Religion at Ground Zero

Theological Responses to Times of Crisis

By: Christopher Craig Brittain

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Religion at Ground Zero

Theological Responses to Times of Crisis

By: Christopher Craig Brittain

The world will never be the same!' How many times have human beings uttered this cry after a tragic event? This book analyzes how such emotive reactions impact on the way religion is understood, exploring theological responses to human tragedy and cultural shock by focusing on reactions to the terrorist attacks of 9/11 and 7/7, the two World Wars and the Holocaust, the 2004 South-East Asian tsunami, Hurricane Katrina and the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. It discusses themes such as the theodicy question, the function of religious discourse in the face of tragedy, and the relationship between religion and politics. The book explores the tension between religion's capacity to both cause and enhance the suffering and destruction surrounding historical tragedies, but also its potential to serve as a powerful resource for responding to such disasters. Analyzing this dialectic, it engages with the work of Slavoj Žižek, Karl Barth, Theodor Adorno, Emil Fackenheim and Rowan Williams, examining the role of belief, difficulties of overcoming the influence of ideology, and the significance of trust and humility.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1441177957

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RIGOROUS DAP in the Early Years

From Theory to Practice

By: Christopher Pierce Brown,Beth Smith Feger,Brian Nelson Mowry

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RIGOROUS DAP in the Early Years

From Theory to Practice

By: Christopher Pierce Brown,Beth Smith Feger,Brian Nelson Mowry

RIGOROUS DAP in the Early Years: From Theory to Practice provides teachers with a roadmap for teaching that helps children meet academic expectations and maintains focus on the appropriate development of the whole child. A construct of eleven practices, RIGOROUS DAP supplies teachers with strategies for 1) making instructional decisions that meet the needs of the individual child; 2) sustaining culturally relevant practices; 3) engaging stakeholders in conversations about educating young children for school success through practices that attend to their individual, sociocultural, and developmental needs; and 4) ensuring all children experience high-level learning and succeed in school. The eleven practices comprising the construct are: Reaching all children Integrating content areas Growing as a community Offering choices Revisiting new content Offering challenges Understanding each learner Seeing the whole child Differentiating instruction Assessing constantly Pushing every child forward An academically rigorous learning environment allows all children to learn at high levels through hands-on learning experiences that address the whole child and connect to the child's world in and out of school. A developmentally appropriate learning environment considers the children's developmental, cognitive, social, emotional, linguistic, and physical development, as well as the sociocultural worlds in which they live.

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Redleaf Press

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1605545597

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Understanding and Conducting Research in the Health Sciences

By: Christopher J. L. Cunningham,Bart L. Weathington,David J. Pittenger

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Understanding and Conducting Research in the Health Sciences

By: Christopher J. L. Cunningham,Bart L. Weathington,David J. Pittenger

A comprehensive introduction to behavioral and social science research methods in the health sciences Understanding and Conducting Research in the Health Sciences is designed to develop and facilitate the ability to conduct research and understand the practical value of designing, conducting, interpreting, and reporting behavioral and social science research findings in the health science and medical fields. The book provides complete coverage of the process behind these research methods, including information-gathering, decision formation, and results presentation. Examining the application of behavioral and social science research methodologies within the health sciences, the book focuses on implementing and developing relevant research questions, collecting and managing data, and communicating various research perspectives. An essential book for readers looking to possess an understanding of all aspects of conducting research in the health science field, Understanding and Conducting Research in the Health Sciences features: Various research designs that are appropriate for use in the health sciences, including single-participant, multi-group, longitudinal, correlational, and experimental designs Step-by-step coverage of single-factor and multifactor studies as well as single-subject and nonexperimental methods Accessible chapter explanations, real-world examples, and numerous illustrations throughout Guidance regarding how to write about research within the formatting styles of the American Medical Association and the American Psychological Association The book is an excellent educational resource for healthcare and health service practitioners and researchers who are interested in conducting and understanding behavioral and social science research done within the health sciences arena. The book is also a useful resource for students taking courses in the fields of medicine, public health, epidemiology, biostatistics, and the health sciences.

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1118594363

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Management Consultancy for Innovation

By: Christopher Williams

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Management Consultancy for Innovation

By: Christopher Williams

This book provides a new perspective on innovation in consultancy firms. Focusing on how consultancy firms can innovate in the modern era, it exposes and discusses key drivers for innovation in the industry. These are broken down into 5 dimensions - or ‘Poles’ - relating to forms of capital (human capital, social capital, and three types of organizational capital) that consultancy firms can use in order to innovate, both for themselves and for their clients. Readers of this book will not only gain insight into the "innovative consultancy" from the perspective of each of these Poles. They will also discover how consultancy firms need to find the right way of connecting these Poles together in order to produce the desired innovation. Readers will learn about the dangers of misaligning the Poles, as well as implications of innovative consultancy for ethics, academic research in the field of consultancy, and for careers. In addition to the academic literature, the book draws from real-world examples, cases and practice insights from various parts of the world. This book will be of great use to those interested in pursuing a career in the consultancy industry, whether they are undergraduate and postgraduate Business & Management students, students not necessarily studying in Business Schools, or others seeking a career move into consultancy. It will also be valuable to seasoned consultants and managers of consultancy firms seeking new ideas on how to develop innovative capabilities in an increasingly competitive industry.

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Routledge

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Panama

By: Christopher P. Baker

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Panama

By: Christopher P. Baker

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National Geographic Books

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Beyond Critique

Exploring Critical Social Theories and Education

By: Bradley A. Levinson,Jacob P. K. Gross,Christopher Hanks,Julia Heimer Dadds,Kafi Kumasi,Joseph Link

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Beyond Critique

Exploring Critical Social Theories and Education

By: Bradley A. Levinson,Jacob P. K. Gross,Christopher Hanks,Julia Heimer Dadds,Kafi Kumasi,Joseph Link

This book introduces educational practitioners, students, and scholars to the people, concepts, questions, and concerns that make up the field of critical social theory. It guides readers into a lively conversation about how education can and does contribute to reinforcing or challenging relations of domination in the modern era. Written by a group of experienced educators and scholars, in an engaging style, Critical Social Theories and Education introduces and explains the preeminent thinkers and traditions in critical social theory, and discusses the primary strands of educational research and thought that have been informed and influenced by them.

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Routledge

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British Reports on Greece 1943-1944

By: John Melior Stevens,Christopher Montague Woodhouse,David John Wallace

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British Reports on Greece 1943-1944

By: John Melior Stevens,Christopher Montague Woodhouse,David John Wallace

A collection of reports from British liaison officers operating in Greece 1943-44. They are historically important both for the information they contain and because they express the views of British officers sent into occupied Greece with considerable responsibilities.

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Museum Tusculanum Press

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8788073203

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Secrets, Gossip, and Gods

The Transformation of Brazilian Candomblé

By: Paul Christopher Johnson

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Secrets, Gossip, and Gods

The Transformation of Brazilian Candomblé

By: Paul Christopher Johnson

A comprehensive look at the development, beliefs, and practices of Candomblé, exploring its transformation from a secret society of slaves - hidden, persecuted, and marginalized - to a public religion that is very much part of Brazilian culture.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0195150589

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Risk Transfer

Derivatives in Theory and Practice

By: Christopher L. Culp

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Risk Transfer

Derivatives in Theory and Practice

By: Christopher L. Culp

Based on an enormously popular "derivative instruments and applications" course taught by risk expert Christopher Culp at the University of Chicago, Risk Transfer will prepare both current practitioners and students alike for many of the issues and problems they will face in derivative markets. Filled with in-depth insight and practical advice, this book is an essential resource for those who want a comprehensive education and working knowledge of this major field in finance, as well as professionals studying to pass the GARP FRM exam. Christopher L. Culp, PhD (Chicago, IL), is a Principal at CP Risk Management LLC and is also Adjunct Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago. He is the author of Corporate Aftershock (0-471-43002-1) and The ART of Risk Management (0-471-12495-8).

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118160886

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Lost City of the Templars

By: Paul Christopher

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Lost City of the Templars

By: Paul Christopher

A Templar legend is revealed as one man’s obsession takes him on a globe-spanning quest into the jungles of the Amazon in the new novel from New York Times bestselling author Paul Christopher… Retired Army Ranger John Holliday has thwarted the plots of Rex Deus, the twenty-first-century incarnation of the Templars, all over the world. Now, the lost journal of explorer Percy Fawcett leads Holliday into the South American jungles—and a Templar mystery… Trailed by an infamous tomb raider and menaced by a tribe of hostile natives, Holliday and his crew uncover a five-hundred-year-old society hidden in the cauldron of the Amazon. Descendants of the Templar Knights, they exist for one reason: to hide and protect the holy artifact taken from the original Temple of Jerusalem by the first Templars: the legendary Ark of the Covenant.

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Penguin

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Higher Education and Global Poverty

University Partnerships and the World Bank in Developing Countries

By: Christopher S. Collins

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Higher Education and Global Poverty

University Partnerships and the World Bank in Developing Countries

By: Christopher S. Collins

This study is founded on several case studies which examine countries, including Thailand and Uganda, where impact analyses were done on World Bank loans dedicated to the expansion of higher education in science and technology. These two countries were chosen because they are in two different regions with dissimilar colonial histories and their loans are relatively recent. A case study on crossborder university partnerships also provides a model which other universities and development agencies may utilize when positioning higher education as a poverty reduction strategy. Delivering extensive frontline information on education, international development, and the challenges that follow, this book also includes a review of poverty reduction strategies as well as a theoretical framework that covers colonialism, development, and indigenous knowledge. This research conducted on the World Bank and the impact of its policies in two developing countries offers primary source information on work related to the topic. A major portion of the book looks at the effort put forth by U.S. universities in partnership with universities in developing countries for the purpose of using knowledge creation and dissemination as a poverty reduction strategy. The policy recommendations presented are useful for international development agencies like the World Bank, and the model demonstrated can be used by universities interested in cross-border partnerships across lines of economic development. This book will be invaluable to educational researchers, qualitative and ethnographic researchers, international development specialists, and scholars in international education.

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Cambria Press

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The Blueprint

How the New England Patriots Beat the System to Create the Last Great NFL Superpower

By: Christopher Price

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The Blueprint

How the New England Patriots Beat the System to Create the Last Great NFL Superpower

By: Christopher Price

An award-winning sportswriter examines the structure and inner workings of the iconic New England Patriots' franchise, from its humble start to its unprecedented pinnacle, and describes how this institution stretches beyond just the boundaries of sports. Photos.

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Macmillan

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0312384858

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Triple Jeopardy

By: Christopher Lowery

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Triple Jeopardy

By: Christopher Lowery

The gripping fourth installment in the bestselling Blood Diamonds series. After lying undisturbed for almost a half century, a mysterious batch of diamonds reappears to be sold at public auctions in Switzerland. But where do these priceless stones come from and who is behind their discovery and sale? Jenny Bishop knows the gems are surrounded by a legacy of death and corruption and sets out to foil the conspiracy. Deception, murder, and revenge abound in Lowery's new, compelling international thriller. The perfect page-turning thriller read for fans of James Patterson, LJ Ross, Gregg Dunnett and Mary Higgins Clark.

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Open Road Media

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1504093364

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A Gil Vicente Bibliography, 1975-1995

With a Supplement for 1940-1975

By: Constantine Christopher Stathatos

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A Gil Vicente Bibliography, 1975-1995

With a Supplement for 1940-1975

By: Constantine Christopher Stathatos

This bibliography lists those contributions to the study of Gil Vicente that were published between 1975 and 1995. It also supplements the 1940-75 Gil Vicente bibliography. Entries are organized into three main sections: editions and adaptations, translations, and critical studies.

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Lehigh University Press

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0934223483

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Health and Wellness Measurement Approaches for Mobile Healthcare

By: Gita Khalili Moghaddam,Christopher R. Lowe

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Health and Wellness Measurement Approaches for Mobile Healthcare

By: Gita Khalili Moghaddam,Christopher R. Lowe

This book reviews existing sensor technologies that are now being coupled with computational intelligence for the remote monitoring of physical activity and ex vivo biosignatures. In today’s frenetic world, consumers are becoming ever more demanding: they want to control every aspect of their lives and look for options specifically tailored to their individual needs. In many cases, suppliers are catering to these new demands; as a result, clothing, food, social media, fitness and banking services are all being democratised to the individual. Healthcare provision has finally caught up to this trend and is currently being rebooted to offer personalised solutions, while simultaneously creating a more effective, scalable and cost-effective system for all. The desire for personalisation, home monitoring and treatment, and provision of care in remote locations or in emerging and impoverished nations that lack a fixed infrastructure, is leading to the realisation that mobile technology might be the best candidate for achieving these goals. A combination of several technological, healthcare and financial factors are driving this trend to create a new healthcare model that stresses preventative ‘health-care’ rather than ‘sick-care’, and a shift from volume to value. Mobile healthcare (mhealth), which could also be termed the “internet of people”, refers to the integration of sensors and smartphones to gather and interpret clinical data from patients in real-time. Most importantly, with an ageing population suffering multiple morbidities, mhealth could provide healthcare solutions to enhance chronically ill patients’ quality of life.

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Springer

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3030015572

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Nineteenth-Century Spanish America

A Cultural History

By: Christopher Conway

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Nineteenth-Century Spanish America

A Cultural History

By: Christopher Conway

Nineteenth-Century Spanish America: A Cultural History provides a panoramic and accessible introduction to the era in which Latin America took its first steps into the Modern Age. Including colorful characters like circus clowns, prostitutes, bullfighters, street puppeteers, and bestselling authors, this book maps vivid and often surprising combinations of the new and the old, the high and the low, and the political and the cultural. Christopher Conway shows that beneath the diversity of the New World there was a deeper structure of shared patterns of cultural creation and meaning. Whether it be the ways that people of refinement from different countries used the same rules of etiquette, or how commoners shared their stories through the same types of songs, Conway creates a multidisciplinary framework for understanding the culture of an entire hemisphere. The book opens with key themes that will help students and scholars understand the century, such as the civilization and barbarism binary, urbanism, the divide between conservatives and liberals, and transculturation. In the chapters that follow, Conway weaves transnational trends together with brief case studies and compelling snapshots that help us understand the period. How much did books and photographs cost in the nineteenth century? What was the dominant style in painting? What kinds of ballroom dancing were popular? Richly illustrated with striking photographs and lithographs, this is a book that invites the reader to rediscover a past age that is not quite past, still resonating into the present.

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Vanderbilt University Press

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0826520618

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Brutality Garden

Tropicália and the Emergence of a Brazilian Counterculture

By: Christopher Dunn

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Brutality Garden

Tropicália and the Emergence of a Brazilian Counterculture

By: Christopher Dunn

In the late 1960s, Brazilian artists forged a watershed cultural movement known as Tropicalia. Music inspired by that movement is today enjoying considerable attention at home and abroad. Few new listeners, however, make the connection between this music and the circumstances surrounding its creation, the most violent and repressive days of the military regime that governed Brazil from 1964 to 1985. With key manifestations in theater, cinema, visual arts, literature, and especially popular music, Tropicalia dynamically articulated the conflicts and aspirations of a generation of young, urban Brazilians. Focusing on a group of musicians from Bahia, an impoverished state in northeastern Brazil noted for its vibrant Afro-Brazilian culture, Christopher Dunn reveals how artists including Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Gal Costa, and Tom Ze created this movement together with the musical and poetic vanguards of Sao Paulo, Brazil's most modern and industrialized city. He shows how the tropicalists selectively appropriated and parodied cultural practices from Brazil and abroad in order to expose the fissure between their nation's idealized image as a peaceful tropical "garden" and the daily brutality visited upon its citizens.

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National Geographic Traveler - Panama

By: Christopher P. Baker

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National Geographic Traveler - Panama

By: Christopher P. Baker

Vols. for 3rd ed. (2015)- by: Christopher P. Baker.

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Comrade Kryuchkov's Instructions

Top Secret Files on KGB Foreign Operations, 1975-1985

By: Christopher M. Andrew,Oleg Gordievsky

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Comrade Kryuchkov's Instructions

Top Secret Files on KGB Foreign Operations, 1975-1985

By: Christopher M. Andrew,Oleg Gordievsky

This revealing selection of highly classified material provides a fascinating inside look at the workings and the thinking of the KGB. The informative commentary by Christopher Andrew is based on joint analysis of the documents with Oleg Gordievsky, a former KGB colonel who had been working as a double agent for British intelligence.

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0804722285

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