Laurent Millet's Books

The Roots of Old Chinese

By: Laurent Sagart

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The phonology, morphology and lexicon of late Zhou Chinese are examined in this volume. It is argued that a proper understanding of Old Chinese morphology is essential in correctly reconstructing the phonology. Based on evidence from word-families, modern dialects and related words in neighboring languages, Old Chinese words are claimed to consist of a monosyllabic root, to which a variety of derivational affixes attached. This made Old Chinese typologically more like modern languages such as Khmer, Gyarong or Atayal, than like Middle and modern Chinese, where only faint traces of the old morphology remain. In the first part of the book, the author proposes improvements to Baxter's system of reconstruction, regarding complex initials and rhymes, and then reviews in great detail the Old Chinese affixal morphology. New proposals on phonology and morphology are integrated into a coherent reconstruction system. The second part of the book consists of etymological studies of important lexical items in Old Chinese. The author demonstrates in particular the role of proportional analogy in the formation of the system of personal pronouns. Special attention is paid to contact phenomena between Chinese and neighboring languages, and — unlike most literature on Sino-Tibetan — the author identifies numerous Chinese loanwords into Tibeto-Burman. The book, which contains a lengthy list of reconstructions, an index of characters and a general index, is intended for linguists and cultural historians, as well as advanced students.

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John Benjamins Publishing

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9027284490

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Industrial Objectives and Industrial Performance

Concepts and Fuzzy Handling

By: Lamia Berrah,Vincent Clivillé,Laurent Foulloy

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Industrial Objectives and Industrial Performance

Concepts and Fuzzy Handling

By: Lamia Berrah,Vincent Clivillé,Laurent Foulloy

This book aims to provide a synthesis of work and ideas done by our team over the last fifteen years in the field of information processing for expression of industrial performance. The statement of objectives on the one hand and the calculation of the other performances are discussed, with the search for the explanation of the link between these two basic steps of an industrial improvement. Beyond the synthetic and typological character of this study, the originality of this work lies in the consideration of the temporal dimension of the objectives, and spread on performance expressions. A fuzzy processing and multi-criteria aggregations time information that can be quantitative, qualitative or symbolic are proposed, in line with industrial practice and literature in the field of performance management.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1848219555

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The Nine Books of the History of Herodotus tr. from the Text by T. Gaisford

Vol. I

By: Peter Laurent

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The Nine Books of the History of Herodotus tr. from the Text by T. Gaisford

Vol. I

By: Peter Laurent

Reprint of the original, first published in 1837.

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3385612748

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History of Photography

A Bibliography of Books

By: Laurent Roosens,Luc Salu

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History of Photography

A Bibliography of Books

By: Laurent Roosens,Luc Salu

The fourth volume in a history of photography, this is a bibliography of books on the subject.

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A&C Black

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0720123542

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The Mind of Jihad

By: Laurent Murawiec

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The Mind of Jihad

By: Laurent Murawiec

This book examines contemporary jihad as a cult of violence and power. All jihadi groups, whether Shiite or Sunni, Arab or not, are characterized by a similar bloodlust. Murawiec characterizes this belief structure as identical to that of Europe's medieval millenarians and apocalyptics, arguing that both jihadis and their European cousins shared in a Gnostic ideology: a God-given mission endowed the Elect with supernatural powers and placed them above the common law of mankind. Although the ideology of jihad is essentially Islamic, Murawiec traces the political technologies used by modern jihad to the Bolsheviks. Their doctrines of terror as a system of rule were appropriated by radical Islam through multiple lines of communication. This book brings history, anthropology, and theology to bear to understand the mind of jihad that has declared war on the West and the world.

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Cambridge University Press

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1139474626

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The Second Part of the Popular Errors

By: Laurent Joubert

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The Second Part of the Popular Errors

By: Laurent Joubert

English translation of the second volume of Laurent Joubert’s 1578 French work Erreurs Populaires Joubert proposed to dispel folk remedies and folklore still relied on by doctors and care-givers in France. It also challenged medical theories and advice from classical Greek and Latin writers that French doctors followed uncritically. Gregory de Rocher’s skill as a translator brings this highly readable and very funny book to life. Many topics central to Joubert’s thesis in the 1500s remain contemporary themes in the popular and scholarly literature of the 1980s.

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University of Alabama Press

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0817354158

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Mentor

Guiding the Journey of Adult Learners (with New Foreword, Introduction, and Afterword)

By: Laurent A. Daloz

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Mentor

Guiding the Journey of Adult Learners (with New Foreword, Introduction, and Afterword)

By: Laurent A. Daloz

With a new introduction and afterword, this revised second edition is a practical, engaging exploration of mentoring and its power to transform learning. Filled with inspiring vignettes, Mentor shows how anyone who teaches can become a successful mentor to students. Topics covered include adult learning and development; the search for meaning as a motive for learning; education as a transformational journey; how adults change and develop; how learning changes the learner; barriers and incentives to learning and growth; and guiding adults through difficult transitions.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118416686

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Local Networks and the Internet

From Protocols to Interconnection

By: Laurent Toutain,Ana Minaburo

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Local Networks and the Internet

From Protocols to Interconnection

By: Laurent Toutain,Ana Minaburo

This title covers the most commonly used elements of Internet and Intranet technology and their development. It details the latest developments in research and covers new themes such as IP6, MPLS, and IS-IS routing, as well as explaining the function of standardization committees such as IETF, IEEE, and UIT. The book is illustrated with numerous examples and applications which will help the reader to place protocols in their proper context.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118599896

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Uncoupling Language and Religion

An Exploration into the Margins of Turkish Literature

By: Laurent Mignon

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Uncoupling Language and Religion

An Exploration into the Margins of Turkish Literature

By: Laurent Mignon

This book is an invitation to rethink our understanding of Turkish literature as a tale of two “others.” The first part of the book examines the contributions of non-Muslim authors, the “others” of modern Turkey, to the development of Turkish literature during the late Ottoman and early republican period, focusing on the works of largely forgotten authors. The second part discusses Turkey as the “other” of the West and the way authors writing in Turkish challenged orientalist representations. Thus this book prepares the ground for a history of literature which uncouples language and religion and recreates the spaces of dialogue and exchange that have existed in late Ottoman Turkey between members of various ethno-religious communities.

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Academic Studies PRess

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1644695812

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Cataclysms

An Environmental History of Humanity

By: Laurent Testot

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Cataclysms

An Environmental History of Humanity

By: Laurent Testot

Humanity is by many measures the biggest success story in the animal kingdom; but what are the costs of this triumph? Over its three million years of existence, the human species has continuously modified nature and drained its resources. In Cataclysms, Laurent Testot provides the full tally, offering a comprehensive environmental history of humanity’s unmatched and perhaps irreversible influence on the world. Testot explores the interconnected histories of human evolution and planetary deterioration, arguing that our development from naked apes to Homo sapiens has entailed wide-scale environmental harm. Testot makes the case that humans have usually been catastrophic for the planet, “hyperpredators” responsible for mass extinctions, deforestation, global warming, ocean acidification, and unchecked pollution, as well as the slaughter of our own species. Organized chronologically around seven technological revolutions, Cataclysms unspools the intertwined saga of humanity and our environment, from our shy beginnings in Africa to today’s domination of the planet, revealing how we have blown past any limits along the way—whether by exploding our own population numbers, domesticating countless other species, or harnessing energy from fossils. Testot’s book, while sweeping, is light and approachable, telling the stories—sometimes rambunctious, sometimes appalling—of how a glorified monkey transformed its own environment beyond all recognition. In order to begin reversing our environmental disaster, we must have a better understanding of our own past and the incalculable environmental costs incurred at every stage of human innovation. Cataclysms offers that understanding and the hope that we can now begin to reform our relationship to the Earth.

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University of Chicago Press

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022660926X

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9780226609263

Haiti: The Aftershocks of History

By: Laurent Dubois

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Haiti: The Aftershocks of History

By: Laurent Dubois

A passionate and insightful account by a leading historian of Haiti that traces the sources of the country's devastating present back to its turbulent and traumatic history Even before the 2010 earthquake destroyed much of the country, Haiti was known as a benighted place of poverty and corruption. Maligned and misunderstood, the nation has long been blamed by many for its own wretchedness. But as acclaimed historian Laurent Dubois makes clear, Haiti's troubled present can only be understood by examining its complex past. The country's difficulties are inextricably rooted in its founding revolution—the only successful slave revolt in the history of the world; the hostility that this rebellion generated among the colonial powers surrounding the island nation; and the intense struggle within Haiti itself to define its newfound freedom and realize its promise. Dubois vividly depicts the isolation and impoverishment that followed the 1804 uprising. He details how the crushing indemnity imposed by the former French rulers initiated a devastating cycle of debt, while frequent interventions by the United States—including a twenty-year military occupation—further undermined Haiti's independence. At the same time, Dubois shows, the internal debates about what Haiti should do with its hard-won liberty alienated the nation's leaders from the broader population, setting the stage for enduring political conflict. Yet as Dubois demonstrates, the Haitian people have never given up on their struggle for true democracy, creating a powerful culture insistent on autonomy and equality for all. Revealing what lies behind the familiar moniker of "the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere," this indispensable book illuminates the foundations on which a new Haiti might yet emerge.

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Metropolitan Books

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0805095624

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Old Chinese

A New Reconstruction

By: William H. Baxter,Laurent Sagart

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Old Chinese

A New Reconstruction

By: William H. Baxter,Laurent Sagart

This book introduces a new linguistic reconstruction of the phonology, morphology, and lexicon of Old Chinese, the first Sino-Tibetan language to be reduced to writing. Old Chinese is the language of the earliest Chinese classical texts (1st millennium BCE) and the ancestor of later varieties of Chinese, including all modern Chinese dialects. William Baxter and Laurent Sagart's new reconstruction of Old Chinese moves beyond earlier reconstructions by taking into account important new evidence that has recently become available: better documentation of Chinese dialects that preserve archaic features, such as the Min and Waxiang dialects; better documentation of languages with very early loanwords from Chinese, such as the Hmong-Mien, Tai-Kadai and Vietnamese languages; and a flood of Chinese manuscripts from the first millennium BCE, excavated or discovered in the last several decades. Baxter and Sagart also incorporate recent advances in our understanding of the derivational processes that connect different words that have the same root. They expand our knowledge of Chinese etymology and identify, for the first time, phonological markers of pre-Han dialects, such as the development of *r to -j in a group of east coast dialects, but to -n elsewhere. The most up-to-date reconstruction available, Old Chinese: A New Reconstruction brings the methodology of Old Chinese reconstruction closer to that of comparative reconstructions that have been used successfully in other language families. It is critical reading for anyone seeking an advanced understanding of Old Chinese.

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Oxford University Press

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0199945381

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Popular Errors

By: Laurent Joubert

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Popular Errors

By: Laurent Joubert

Laurent Joubert was an important figure in the medical world of the French Renaissance. Born in 1529, he became a doctor at age 29 and shortly thereafter was appointed personal physician to Catherine de Medici and later became physician to three French monarchs. Joubert was an educator as well as a physician, and he wrote several works of medical literature, including his most controversial work, Erreurs populaires. While the work focuses on popular misconceptions concerning medicine and physicians in France in the 1500s, it also represents a wealth of information on the social, economic, political, and religious worldviews that framed and thus supported the development and conduct of medical science. Gregory de Rocher’s skill as a translator brings this highly readable and very funny book to life. Many topics central to Joubert’s thesis in the 1500s remain contemporary themes in the popular and scholarly literature of the 1980s.

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University of Alabama Press

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0817352899

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All That I Have

By: Laurent Joffrin

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All That I Have

By: Laurent Joffrin

On a moonlit night in 1943 an Indian princess was parachuted in to occupied France to join the Resistance as a radio operator code-named Aurora. Daughter of a Sufi mystic, she had declined the Special Operations Executive firearms training because she did not want to kill anyone - yet she landed in Brittany knowing that she had a 50 per cent chance of arrest, interrogation and torture by the Gestapo, and death - which for captured agents could sometimes not come soon enough. But the Nazis have to catch her first, and she has work to do in the meantime, together with a growing involvement with John Sutherland, a British Commando serving alongside her. It is his voice that tells the story of the months that follow as he and Noor travel to Paris to join the Prosper network and participate in their own parts of the resistance. And as if escaping arrest and fighting the occupying forces is not enough, Sutherland has been told that there is a traitor in the network, and he must find out who it is before they are all betrayed. And yet, maybe London wants the betrayal...

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Random House

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1448150094

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A Colony of Citizens

Revolution and Slave Emancipation in the French Caribbean, 1787-1804

By: Laurent Dubois

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A Colony of Citizens

Revolution and Slave Emancipation in the French Caribbean, 1787-1804

By: Laurent Dubois

The idea of universal rights is often understood as the product of Europe, but as Laurent Dubois demonstrates, it was profoundly shaped by the struggle over slavery and citizenship in the French Caribbean. Dubois examines this Caribbean revolution by focusing on Guadeloupe, where, in the early 1790s, insurgents on the island fought for equality and freedom and formed alliances with besieged Republicans. In 1794, slavery was abolished throughout the French Empire, ushering in a new colonial order in which all people, regardless of race, were entitled to the same rights. But French administrators on the island combined emancipation with new forms of coercion and racial exclusion, even as newly freed slaves struggled for a fuller freedom. In 1802, the experiment in emancipation was reversed and slavery was brutally reestablished, though rebels in Saint-Domingue avoided the same fate by defeating the French and creating an independent Haiti. The political culture of republicanism, Dubois argues, was transformed through this transcultural and transatlantic struggle for liberty and citizenship. The slaves-turned-citizens of the French Caribbean expanded the political possibilities of the Enlightenment by giving new and radical content to the idea of universal rights.

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UNC Press Books

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0807839027

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Climate Change and Chronic Food Insecurity in Sub-Saharan Africa

By: Diogo Miguel Salgado Baptista,Mrs. Mai Farid,Dominique Fayad,Laurent Kemoe,Loic S Lanci,Ms. Pritha Mitra,Tara S Muehlschlegel,Cedric Okou,John A Spray,Kevin Tuitoek,Ms. Filiz D Unsal

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Climate Change and Chronic Food Insecurity in Sub-Saharan Africa

By: Diogo Miguel Salgado Baptista,Mrs. Mai Farid,Dominique Fayad,Laurent Kemoe,Loic S Lanci,Ms. Pritha Mitra,Tara S Muehlschlegel,Cedric Okou,John A Spray,Kevin Tuitoek,Ms. Filiz D Unsal

Climate change is intensifying food insecurity across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) with lasting adverse macroeconomic effects, especially on economic growth and poverty. Successive shocks from the war in Ukraine and COVID-19 pandemic have increased food prices and depressed incomes, raising the number of people suffering from high malnutrition and unable to meet basic food consumption needs by at least 30 percent to 123 million in 2022 or 12 percent of SSA’s population. Addressing the lack of resilience to climate change—that critically underlies food insecurity in SSA—will require careful policy prioritization against a backdrop of financing and capacity constraints. This paper presents some key considerations and examples of tradeoffs and complementarities across policies to address food insecurity. Key findings include (1) Fiscal policies focused on social assistance and efficient public infrastructure investment can improve poorer households’ access to affordable food, facilitate expansion of climate-resilient and green agricultural production, and support quicker recovery from adverse climate events; (2) Improving access to finance is key to stepping up private investment in agricultural resilience and productivity as well as improving the earning capacity and food purchasing power of poorer rural and urban households; and (3) Greater regional trade integration, complemented with resilient transport infrastructure, enables sales of one country’s bumper harvests to its neighbors’ facing shortages. The international community can help with financial assistance—especially for the above-mentioned social assistance and key infrastructure areas—capacity development, and facilitating transfers of technology and know-how.

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International Monetary Fund

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The Roots of Old Chinese

The Roots of Old Chinese

Industrial Objectives and Industrial Performance

Industrial Objectives and Industrial Performance

The Nine Books of the History of Herodotus tr. from the Text by T. Gaisford

The Nine Books of the History of Herodotus tr. from the Text by T. Gaisford

History of Photography

History of Photography

The Mind of Jihad

The Mind of Jihad

The Second Part of the Popular Errors

The Second Part of the Popular Errors

Mentor

Mentor

Local Networks and the Internet

Local Networks and the Internet

Uncoupling Language and Religion

Uncoupling Language and Religion

Cataclysms

Cataclysms

Haiti: The Aftershocks of History

Haiti: The Aftershocks of History

Old Chinese

Old Chinese

Popular Errors

Popular Errors

All That I Have

All That I Have

A Colony of Citizens

A Colony of Citizens

Climate Change and Chronic Food Insecurity in Sub-Saharan Africa

Climate Change and Chronic Food Insecurity in Sub-Saharan Africa

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