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This volume represents a case study of African responses to American missionary efforts in colonial and post-colonial Zaire.

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minorities tended to have an inferior status, subordinated to the ruling, dominant ethnic class.

While Athens provides an early example of a state formed by alliance and association, the Romans advanced this concept when they extended to subjected peoples the status by means of citizenship.

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In this globalised and militarised everywhere, all citizens are becoming one citizen - saturated, standardised and synchronised - ever more reliant on a media fabricating a world of fear. For the panic of the 21st century is simply the final phase of the pincer movement.

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Has the college experience of women been an influence on the number of children desired and the number and spacing of their children Do women come to college with their attitudes and values in this regard already formed This study of 15,000 women, freshmen and seniors in 45 American colleges and universities, both secular and nonsecular, attempts

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A searing assessment of the meaning of Hurricane Katrina combining interviews with survivors of the disaster and the historical context that has been sorely missing from public conversation.

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Gleason's Gym is the last remaining institution of New York's Golden Age of boxing. Jake LaMotta, Muhammad Ali, Hector Camacho, Mike Tyson--the alumni of Gleason's are a roster of boxing greats. Founded in the Bronx in 1937, Gleason's moved in the mid-1980s to what has since become one of New York's wealthiest residential areas--Brooklyn's DUMBO. G

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America's inner cities, recovering from pervasive crime and social disorder that plagued them only a decade ago, are now revived - producing results beyond expectations and reawakening America's toughest neighborhoods

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Drawing on local interviews but global in scope, this book is the first to examine the lives of a generation for whom the rise of the far-right, the discourse of Trump and Brexit and the growing polarisation of politics seems normal in the long aftermath of 9/11. It's about time we hear what they have to say.

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Schorr presents in-depth stories of large-scale social programs that are successfully transforming troubled inner-city neighborhoods and communities--and tells the reasons why they work. "Read and act on this important book".--Marian Wright Edelman.

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This study takes a systematic look at the incredible rise in the life expectancy of the population in Albania, one of the world's poorest countries. Through an analysis of archive documents and statistics, the author examines the social, economic and political factors behind this rise.

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The contributors to this volume demonstrate that it is now possible to undertake community prevention trials of alcohol-involved problems with the same precision, good design, and careful planning that has characterized similar prevention trials for heart disease and cancer prevention.

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Questioning the myth of unconditional love between parents and children, this study examines the strength of the parental bond when children are born with physical defects.

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The author guides readers through five stages of the research process: choosing what to compare, specifying the research problem, collecting information, organizing and summarizing information, interpreting the results, and reporting the outcomes.

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The author guides readers through five stages of the research process: choosing what to compare, specifying the research problem, collecting information, organizing and summarizing information, interpreting the results, and reporting the outcomes.

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