The Statesman's Year-Book 1981-82
The Statesman's Year-Book 1981-82

Author: J. Paxton

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-12-21

Total Pages: 1719

ISBN-13: 0230271103

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The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.

Swaziland
Swaziland

Author: Christian P. Potholm

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2023-04-28

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 0520317327

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This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1972.

Quarterly Publications of the American Statistical Association
Quarterly Publications of the American Statistical Association

Author: American Statistical Association

Publisher:

Published: 1921

Total Pages: 1088

ISBN-13:

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A scientific and educational journal not only for professional statisticians but also for economists, business executives, research directors, government officials, university professors, and others who are seriously interested in the application of statistical methods to practical problems, in the development of more useful methods, and in the improvement of basic statistical data.

Lineages of Despotism and Development
Lineages of Despotism and Development

Author: Matthew Lange

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2009-08-01

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13: 0226470709

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Traditionally, social scientists have assumed that past imperialism hinders the future development prospects of colonized nations. Challenging this widespread belief, Matthew Lange argues in Lineages of Despotism and Development that countries once under direct British imperial control have developed more successfully than those that were ruled indirectly. Combining statistical analysis with in-depth case studies of former British colonies, this volume argues that direct rule promoted cogent and coherent states with high levels of bureaucratization and inclusiveness, which contributed to implementing development policy during late colonialism and independence. On the other hand, Lange finds that indirect British rule created patrimonial, weak states that preyed on their own populations. Firmly grounded in the tradition of comparative-historical analysis while offering fresh insight into the colonial roots of uneven development, Lineages of Despotism and Development will interest economists, sociologists, and political scientists alike.

Monthly Labor Review
Monthly Labor Review

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1936

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13:

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Publishes in-depth articles on labor subjects, current labor statistics, information about current labor contracts, and book reviews.

Destruction and Conservation of Cultural Property
Destruction and Conservation of Cultural Property

Author: R Layton

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2003-09-02

Total Pages: 346

ISBN-13: 113460498X

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In 1991 the mosque at Ayodhya in India was demolished by Hindu fundamentalists who claim that it stood on the birthplace of a legendary Hindu hero. During recent conflicts in former Yugoslavia, ethnic groups destroyed mosques and churches to eliminate evidence of long-term settlement by other communities. Over successive centuries, however, a single building in Cordoba functioned as a mosque, a church and a synagogue. The Roman Emperor Diocletian's Palace in Split is occupied today by shops and residential apartments. What circumstances have lead to the survival and reinterpretation of some monuments, but the destruction of others? This work asks whether the idea of world heritage is an essential mechanism for the protection of the world's cultural and natural heritage, or whether it subjugates a diversity of cultural traditions to specifically Western ideas. How far is it acceptable for one group of people to comment upon, or intercede in, the way in which another community treats the remains which it claims as its own? What are the responsibilities of multinational corporations and non-governmental organisations operating in the Developing World? Who actually owns the past: the landowner, indigenous people, the State or humankind?

Hitler's Spies
Hitler's Spies

Author: Evert Kleynhans

Publisher: Jonathan Ball Publishers

Published: 2021-04-16

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 1776190211

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The story of the intelligence war in South Africa during the Second World War is one of suspense, drama and dogged persistence. In 1939, when the Union of South Africa entered the war on Britain's side, the German government secretly reached out to the political opposition, and to the leadership of the anti-war movement, the Ossewabrandwag. The Nazis' aim was to spread sedition in South Africa and to undermine the Allied war effort. The critical strategic importance of the sea route round the Cape of Good Hope meant that the Germans were also after naval intelligence. Soon U-boat packs were sent to operate in South African waters, to deadly effect. With the help of the Ossewabrandwag, a network of German spies was established to gather important political and military intelligence and relay it back to the Reich. Agents would use a variety of channels to send coded messages to Axis diplomats in neighbouring Mozambique. Meanwhile, police detectives and MI5 agents hunted in vain for illegal wireless transmitters. Hitler's Spies presents an unrivalled account of the German intelligence networks that operated in wartime South Africa. It also details the hunt in post-war Europe for witnesses to help the government bring charges of high treason against key Ossewabrandwag members.

Current Catalog
Current Catalog

Author: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

Publisher:

Published:

Total Pages: 1728

ISBN-13:

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First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.