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The rise - and fall - of the outlaw lords of the drug world, from the Cali Cartel, the richest, most powerful crime syndicate in history, to Britain's biggest drug baron, Curtis 'Cocky' Warren and the 'Essex Triple Murders'. From freewheeling cannabis operations to the...
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C & r Crime
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2011-01-27
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Mammoth Books
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Im Verlaufe der 1960er und 1970er Jahre haben zahlreiche Schweizerinnen und Schweizer die «Dritte Welt» entdeckt und zum Gegenstand ihres Interesses und ihres politischen Engagements gemacht. Breit verankert sowohl in reformkirchlichen als auch in studentischen Kreisen...
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Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2011-01-14
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The meaning of the term utopia is rarely questioned, although it is used in widely differing ways. This classic text, first published in 1990, analyses the contested concept of utopia and examines how it has been used by commentators and social theorists. It is the only...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2011-01-14
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Feminist theory is no longer guiding the development of policy interventions in Australia because it is seen to be irrelevant to modern women. Many leading feminists are locked into a politics that is based on liberal or socialist principles and do not want, or know,...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2011-01-14
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This book collects the efforts of a team of scholars working at the University of Torino under the auspices of the Project WWS (World-Wide Style). Focusing on diverse areas of inquiry into the transformations of the American city, the essays in this volume provide...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2011-01-14
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This book reconsiders the body in literature and makes a case for visual representation as a physical and gesticulative domain for rethinking the constructions of gender, nationalism and sexuality. Examining literary production from the eleventh century until the...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2011-01-14
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The 1968 events were profoundly international in character, transcending any one national context and interacting with other movements across the world. Yet the way these events are remembered is often delimited by the national cultural or political experience and is...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2011-01-14
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The volume addresses the hybridisation of knowledge production in space-related research. In contrast with interdisciplinary knowledge, which is primarily located in scholarly environments, transdisciplinary knowledge production entails a fusion of academic and...
Editeur :
Springer
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2011-01-13
Collection :
Urban and Landscape Perspectives
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Finland, Cultural Lone Wolf is the story of an accomplished nation and her extraordinary people. By pursuing a 'Lone Wolf' policy, Finland raised itself from a struggling, war-battered state to one of the most developed countries in the world over the course of only...
Editeur :
John Murray Business
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2011-01-11
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Vietnam stands at a crossroads. Located in the geographical center of Southeast Asia,Vietnam is a complex mixture of the ancient and the modern. A Soviet-style legacy contrasts with an emerging Western-style market economy.Vietnam is faced with pressing political,...
Editeur :
John Murray Business
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2011-01-11
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In the wake of the Cold War and perestroika, the New Russia is finding its place in the global world. No longer a superpower, but still a nation with great influence, Russia remains an enigmatic and mysterious land. Like earlier editions, the new fourth edition of From...
Editeur :
John Murray Business
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2011-01-11
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So we think we know a lot about Germans? After all, more Germans have immigrated to the United States than any other ethnic group, and fifty million American citizens currently claim German heritage. The truth is, though, Germans are different from us—in more ways than...
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John Murray Business
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2011-01-11
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Across the globe, Africa is seen as the final frontier for economic development and has experienced renewed attention from both Western and Eastern nations, particularly in the last decade. The U.S., India, China and parts of Europe have all increased foreign direct...
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John Murray Business
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2011-01-11
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As William Gay, distinguished adviser to the last edition, so aptly notes, the United States is ?a country that is never what you think it is.? Since that edition was introduced nearly ten years ago, the country has been struggling with troubling, divisive events and...
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Intercultural Press
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2011-01-11
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Modern-Day Vikings provides a window into what one world traveler called the most American of European countries: Sweden. Yet, surface similarities between the two nations conceal essential differences. Christina Robinowitz and Lisa Werner Carr provide insights and...
Editeur :
Intercultural Press
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2011-01-11
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Finland, Cultural Lone Wolf is the story of an accomplished nation and her extraordinary people. Pursuing a "Lone Wolf" policy, Finland raised itself from a struggling, war-battered state in 1945 to one of the most developed countries in the world. The exponential rise...
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Quercus
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2011-01-11
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So we think we know a lot about Germans? After all, more Germans have immigrated to the United States than any other ethnic group, and fifty million American citizens currently claim German heritage. The truth is, though, Germans are different from us-in more ways than...
Editeur :
Quercus
Parution :
2011-01-11
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In the wake of the Cold War and perestroika, the New Russia is finding its place in the global world. No longer a superpower, but still a nation with great influence, Russia remains an enigmatic and mysterious land. Like earlier editions, the new fourth edition of From...
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Quercus
Parution :
2011-01-11
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While Japan has been on center stage of the world economy for decades, interactions between the Japanese and Westerners continue to be on the rise. Daily communication in both business and social settings is commonplace, and connections through the Internet and mobile...
Editeur :
John Murray Business
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2011-01-11
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In the study of civil society and social movements, most cases are based in Western Europe and North America. These two areas of the world have similar histories and political ideals and structures in common which in turn, affect the structure of its civil society.In...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2011-01-07
Collection :
Nonprofit and Civil Society Studies
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