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Soviet Politics of Emancipation of Ethnic Minority Woman Natsionalka / by Gradskova, Yulia

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The impact of international achievement studies on national education policymaking

Table of Contents: “…Saha -- Analyzing Turkey's data from TIMSS 2007 to investigate regional disparities in eighth grade science achievement / Ebru Erberber -- The impact of standardized testing on education quality in Kyrgyzstan : the case of the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2006 / Duishon Shamatov, Keneshbek Sainazarov -- From equity of access to international quality standards for curbing corruption in secondary and higher education and closing achievement gaps in post-Soviet countries / Mariam Orkodashvili -- A comparative analysis of discourses on equity in education in the OECD and Norway / Cecilie Rønning Haugen -- The impact of international achievement studies on national education policymaking : the case of Slovenia : how many watches do we need? …”
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Troubled regions and failing states the clustering and contagion of armed conflicts /

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Protest technologies and media revolutions : the longue durée /

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Nitrogen Capture The Growth of an International Industry (1900-1940) / by Travis, Anthony S.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Food or Famine -- Agricultural Chemistry -- The Quest for Fixed Nitrogen -- Ammonium Sulphate -- Electricity and the Chemical Industry -- The Direct Synthesis of Ammonia -- A Time of Guns and Grain -- Wartime Expansion of the Nitrogen Industry -- Billingham: "The Synthetic" -- Non-BASF Ammonia Technology and Ammonia Oxidation -- The United States -- New Ideologies and National Security in the 1920s -- International Conferences, and an Adriatic Cruise -- Synthetic Nitrogen in the Soviet Union -- Imperial Japan: From Cyanamide to Synthetic Ammonia -- High-Pressure Synthesis and Later Developments -- Nobel Prizes and a New Technology -- A Legacy of Synthetic Nitrogen -- Catching up: Mainly Italy, Japan, and the Soviet Union -- Conclusion.…”
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Shifting Forms of Continental Colonialism Unfinished Struggles and Tensions /

Table of Contents: “…The Ambiguities of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society's Central Asian Expeditions -- Manchu-Han Relations in Qing China: Reconsidering the Concept of Continental Colonialism in Chinese History -- The Slovak 'Gypsy Fringe' as a Semi-Colonial Entity -- Colonialism Within and Without: The Old Oyo Empire in West Africa -- Part III Co-opted Elites, Local Brokers, and Go-betweens in Nation-Building -- India: The Context of Its Current Internal Colonialism -- Patterns of Domination and State Expansion in Early Colonial and Revolutionary Mexico -- Part IV Post-colonial Dependencies: Internal Legacies of External Colonialism -- Greater Mexico: Homeland, Colonialism, and Genetics -- The Second Conquest: Continental and Internal Colonialism in Nineteenth-Century Latin America -- Legacies of Colonial Agency in Africa: Reflections of an 'Ethnicized' Space in Kenya and Rwanda -- Living under the Soviet Shadow: Postcolonial critique of Soviet politics in Mongolia -- Part V Modes of Resistance and Decolonization -- The Treaty Relationship and Settler Colonialism in Canada -- The Imperial Emancipations: Ending Non-Russian Serfdoms in Nineteenth-Century Russia -- From the Birth of Nations to the European Union: Colonial and Decolonial Developments in the Baltic Region.…”
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Multilingual metal music : sociocultural, linguistic and literary perspectives on heavy metal lyrics /

Table of Contents: “…producing authentic metal music in the Soviet Union -- Chapter 12: Is kawaii metal? Exploring aidoru/metal fusion through the lyrics of babymetal -- Part V: Ancient languages and mythology -- Chapter 13: Nata vimpi curmi da: dead languages and primordial nationalisms in folk metal music -- Chapter 14: Verba Bestiae: how Latin conquered heavy metal -- Chapter 15: Local folk tales, legends, and slavic mythology in Slovenian heavy metal lyrics: a quantitative analysis -- Index.…”
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Politics and technology in the post-truth era /

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Post-socialism is not dead (re)reading the global in comparative education /

Table of Contents: “…Imre -- A framework for understanding dramatic change : educational transformation in post-soviet Russia / Eleoussa Polyzoi, Eduard Dneprov -- The semblance of progress amidst the absence of change : educating for an imagined Europe in Moldova and Albania / Meg P. …”
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The Routledge Handbook of Conference Interpreting. by Albl-Mikasa, Michaela

Table of Contents: “…-- Conclusion -- Notes -- Disclaimer -- References -- 9 Conference Interpreting at the United Nations -- Introduction -- Historical Developments -- Working as an Interpreter at the United Nations -- Outreach Programme: Working With Universities -- Challenges of Interpreting at the UN -- Future Challenges -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Disclaimer -- Further Reading -- References -- Part III Regions -- 10 Conference Interpreting in the United States -- Historical Development -- Main Language Combinations -- Market Features -- American Sign Language (ASL) -- Trends -- Remote Simultaneous Interpreting -- The COVID-19 Pandemic -- English as a Lingua Franca -- Professional Associations -- Training Opportunities -- Research From the Region -- Looking Ahead -- Notes -- Further Reading -- References -- 11 Conference Interpreting in Russia -- The History of Interpreting in Russia -- From Old Rus' to the Russian Empire -- The Soviet Period -- Country-specific Features, Main Languages, and Language Pairs -- Professional Associations -- Market Conditions and Characteristics -- Low Earning Potential of Interpreting as a Business -- Volatility and Seasonality -- Reliance On Local Interpreters -- Gradual Inclusion of Languages of Ex-Soviet Republics -- Research in the Field of Conference Interpreting -- Training Opportunities -- Sign Language Conference Interpreting.…”
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Multilingualism in the Baltic States Societal Discourses and Contact Phenomena /

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From sustainable to resilient cities global concerns and urban efforts /

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The Palgrave Handbook of the Sociology of Work in Europe

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