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This book addresses the numerous national movements of ethnic groups around the world seeking independence, more self-rule, or autonomy-movements that have proliferated exponentially in the 21st century.

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From ancient times to the present, taboos have affected our societies, as demonstrated in this encyclopedia full of unusual information from around the world.

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This encyclopaedia of 230 alphabetically organized entries covers all the major aspects, issues, and personalities of the Clinton administration, but focuses on impeachment and the many scandals that surrounded his presidency, from Whitewater and Travelgate to Paula Jones and Monica Lewinsky.

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A reference guide to all the elements of the Inter-American System from its formal beginning in 1889 to the present, as it developed into a major, multipurpose regional inter-governmental organization (IGO).

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A fully illustrated compendium of pivotal figures, battles, and political strategies of the Mexican-American War.

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The work also features a chronology of events, statistical charts and tables, and photographs and is thoroughly cross-referenced in boldface for ease of use.

The organizing principle of the work is a focus on individuals and events that directly relate to Presidents Reagan and Bush and their administrations.

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A fascinating read for anyone from general readers to hardcore fans and scholars, this encyclopedia covers virtually every aspect of the zombie as cultural phenomenon, including film, literature, folklore, music, video games, and events.

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"With over 1000 entries and 400 illustrations, this volume is the most fact-packed history of the West ever assembled. Crime historian extraordinaire Jay Robert Nash has left no stone unturned in his s"

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More than 200 authoritative contributors from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia examine the subject from the perspectives of offenders, offenses, and theories on offending, victims and victimology, the criminal justice system, punishment and treatment.

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This volume includes an analysis by Karen O'Connor, professor of government, The American University, of more than 25 key issues facing women today. With women taking on more active political roles, this encyclopedia will serve as a reference work about the past, present, and future of women and politics in America.

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This volume by reference book author Victoria Sherrow offers an account of the ways in which young people have suffered as a result of war, particularly since the seventeenth century.

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Ron Paul--the Texas Congressman, Presidential candidate, and #1 New York Times bestselling author--returns with another provocative and controversial treatise that argues we cannot actually fix the broken economy without discussing the 800-lb gorilla in the room: the Federal Reserve.

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Osborn and Hitchcock (both: anthropology, U. of Nebraska at Lincoln) examine groups of people endangered by threats from the biophysical and social realms. As is true for other volumes in this series, each of the 14 chapters is arranged similarly, covering general cultural information, threats to su

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Endangered Peoples of Europe: Struggles to Survive and Thrive profiles more than 12 endangered peoples, ranging from the Scottish Highlanders, the Basques in Spain, the former Yugoslavians, to the Cypriots.

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Endangered Peoples of Latin America: Struggles to Survive and Thrive includes peoples hit hardest by the current globalization trend. Each chapter profiles a specific people or peoples with a cultural overview of their history, subsistence strategies, social and political organization, and religion and world view;

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The relevant issues of their survival in today's global culture will engage students and general readers alike.

Each chapter covers a specific group, including sections on the land, people, traditional subsistence strategies, political and social organization, religion and worldview, threats to survival, and response to those threats.

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The peoples of Oceania are struggling to be economically independent and autonomous while maintaining their distinctive cultural traditions.

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The tremendous cultural diversity and distinct ways of life of many Southeast and East Asian peoples are in serious jeopardy today because of varying combinations of economic, political, and environmental threats, often linked to severe human rights violations.

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An introduction to endangered peoples and cultures of the Arctic regions.

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Using concrete cases drawn from fieldwork in rural Burkina Faso, Engberg-Pedersen shows how nongovernmental organizations' activities with women's groups, natural resource management projects, decentralization policies, and rural democratization advocates must enter an arena of local struggle for resources and status.

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The relative deficiencies of US public schools are a serious concern to parents and policymakers. In this book, a trio of experts on international education policy compares the performance of American schools against that of other nations.

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Using polling data, printed material, and interviews with Lithuanian and Ukrainian diplomats, the book convincingly shows the soundness of the Baltic and Ukrainian security goals without glossing over some difficulties, both internal and external.