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21st century urban race politics representing minorities as universal interests /

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French Language Policies and the Revitalisation of Regional Languages in the 21st Century

Table of Contents: “…William Amos -- Chapter 9: Picard in the digital world: A language that is seen; Jean-Michel Eloy, Fanny Martin and Cécile Mathieu -- Chapter 10: Publishing in a regional language: the case of Breton in the 21st century; Hervé Baudry -- Part IV The long-term impact of French public policy and the resistance to the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages -- Chapter 11: Public language policy and the revitalisation of Basque; Jean-Baptiste Coyos -- Chapter 12: The evolution of regional language maintenance in southern Alsace and Northern Catalonia: A longitudinal study of two regional communities; Judith Broadbridge and Dawn Marley -- Chapter 13: The influence of teachers' language attitudes on classroom practices in Alsace; Michelle A. …”
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Public-private partnerships, capital infrastructure project investments and infrastructure finance : public policy for the 21st century / by Beckett-Camarata, Jane

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Animate form / by Lynn, Greg

Addressing the Climate in Modern Age's Construction History Between Architecture and Building Services Engineering /

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Yearbook on Space Policy 2015 Access to Space and the Evolution of Space Activities /

Table of Contents: “…The year in space 2015 -- Views and insights: Issues and perspectives on space launch vehicles' development -- Space at a crossroads: government programmes can benefit from commercial space and other changes if long-standing challenges are addressed -- Virgin Galactic: creating safe, reliable, and frequent access to space -- The future of satellite applications: the end-user perspective -- Efficient access to space-implications for space astronomy -- Potentially transformative technologies for 21st century space -- Big data from outer space: opportunities and challenges for crisis response -- Some ethical constraints on near-earth resource exploitation -- Governance, strategies and approaches in 2030 -- The economics of launch vehicles: towards a new business model -- Facts and figures.…”
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Conservation of Modern Oil Paintings

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Industrial Revolution 4.0, Tech Giants, and Digitized Societies by Lim, Tai Wei

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Aging Welfare and Social Policy China and the Nordic Countries in Comparative Perspective /

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1: Welfare States with Nordic Characteristics -- Chapter 2: Building a Welfare System with Chinese Characteristics: From a Residual Type to Moderate Universalism -- Chapter 3: Evolution and Construction of China's Social Protection System: A Discussion from the Perspective of Shared Development -- Chapter 4: "Aging in Community": Historical and Comparative Study of Aging Welfare and Social Policy -- Chapter 5: Sweden: Ageing Welfare, and Social Policy in the 21st Century -- Chapter 6: Looking for the Easy Way Out: Demographic Panic and the Twists and Turns of Long-term Care Policy in Finland -- Chapter 7: Policy Responses to Ageing: Care Services for the Elderly in Norway -- Chapter 8: Is Finland Connected for e-Health and e-Welfare? …”
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Patrimonial capitalism and empire

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Sociology in Hungary A Social, Political and Institutional History / by Karády, Victor, Nagy, Péter Tibor

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Swansea and Nantgarw Porcelains A Scientific Reappraisal / by Edwards, Howell G.M

Table of Contents: “…Foreword -- Preface -- Prologue: The Origins of Porcelain -- 1 Introduction and Present-Day Scenario -- 2 Porcelain Manufacture in South Wales in the 19th Century. 3 Historical Research Issues -- 4 A Chronological Summary of the Billingsley Family and Their Contribution to Porcelain Manufacture and Decoration -- 5 Burnishing and Gilding -- 6 Commercial Exploitation -- 7 Service Types and the Importance of Nomenclature in Their Attribution -- 8 Armorial Porcelains -- 9 Documentary Porcelain and Historical Provenancing -- 10 The Production of Porcelain Services -- 11 The Scientific Analysis of Porcelain -- 12 Named Artists -- 13 Classification of Factory Output -- 14 Nantgarw Porcelain: Named Services -- 15 Swansea Porcelain: Named Services -- 16 Miscellaneous Named Services -- 17 Conclusions -- 18 The Discovery of a Long-Lost Nantgarw Dinner-Dessert Service -- 19 The Attribution of Unknown Porcelain to Swansea and Nantgarw: A Protocol -- 20 Statement Made by Henry Morris to Colonel Grant Davidson in 1850 -- 21 William Billingsley - An Epilogue -- Appendix 1 Notes on the Experimental Production of Swansea Porcelain -- Appendix 2 Transcript of an Interview given by Henry Morris -- Appendix 3 Some Scientific Thoughts on Swansea and Nantgarw Porcelains -- Appendix 4. …”
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Explorations in the History of Machines and Mechanisms Proceedings of the Fifth IFToMM Symposium on the History of Machines and Mechanisms /

Table of Contents: “…Goryachkin, by Vera Chinenova -- The Transformation of the Largest Aircraft Factory of Romania in Tractors Factory as Result of the Soviet Occupation, by Horia Salca and Dan Savescu -- New Trends in Learning through 3D modeling of Historical Mechanism's Model, by Olga Egorova, Kirill Samsonov and Alexandra Sevryukova -- Some Inventions by Engineers of the Hellenistic Age, by Cesare Rossi -- DING Gongchen, by Baichun Zhang and Yexin Liu -- Lewis Mumford revisited, by Teun Koestier -- Analysis of Structure, Kinematic and 3D Modeling of Ferguson's Mechanisms, by‏ Valentin Tarabarin and Alexey Kozov -- 19th Century String Models at Cornell University: Ruled Surfaces in Gear Design, by Francis Moon and John Abel -- Mechanism of Laoguanshan Pattern Looms from Late 2nd Century BCE, Chengdu, China, by Feng Zhao, Yi Wang, Qun Luo, Bo Long, Baichun Zhang, Yingchong Xia and Tao Xie -- On the battleship by Ansaldo for Chinese Imperial Navy, by Yibing Fang and Marco Ceccarelli -- Dynamic Analysis of an Ancient Tilt-Hammer, by Umberto Meneghetti -- An Analysis of Micro Scratches on Typical Southern Chinese Bronzes - A case study of Crawler-pattern Nao and Chugong Ge, Lie Sun. .…”
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The Emigrant Communities of Latvia National Identity, Transnational Belonging, and Diaspora Politics /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Rita Kaša and Inta Mieriņa -- Part I Contemporary Latvian Migration: An Integrated Approach to Surveying Emigrants Worldwide: Inta Mieriņa -- Emigration from Latvia: A Brief History and Driving Forces in the 21st Century: Mihails Hazans -- The Complex Identities of Latvians Abroad: What Shapes a Migrant's Sense of Belonging?…”
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Historical perspectives on teacher preparation in Aotearoa New Zealand : tensions and continuities / by Fitzgerald, Tanya, Knipe, Sally

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Innovation for Engineers Developing Creative and Entrepreneurial Success / by Mehregany, Mehran

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Advanced literacy practices from the clinic to the classroom /

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Recycled Aggregate Concrete Structures by Xiao, Jianzhuang

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The East Asian World-System Climate and Dynastic Change / by Anderson, Eugene N.

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Women of color in higher education changing directions and new perspectives /

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