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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Routledge Introductory Persian Course
Book SynopsisThe Routledge Introductory Persian Course: Farsi Shirin Ast, Second Edition, is an innovative course designed for students who are new to the language.Focusing on grammatical and communicative competence, the course contains 15 lessons combining dialogues and texts with grammar explanations, exercises and audio materials to guide and support the student through the key skills of reading, writing, speaking and listening.Key features include: Lively, content-based materials â the language is taught and practiced through a variety of dialogues and texts on the culture, history, and traditions of Iran Complete vocabulary lists â each vocabulary entry contains the English meaning, the part of the speech in Persian, as well as a sample sentence in Persian Colloquial situational dialogues â students are introduced to spoken Persian from the outset Carefully controlled exercises â new grammatical points are practiced in a variety of controlled exercises that bridge between studentsâ existing information and the new information Audio material â students can develop natural pronunciation by imitating the audio recordings of the vocabulary, dialogues, and texts available freely online Glossaries â comprehensive Persian to English and English to Persian glossaries. The course provides everything that students and instructors need for an engaging and effective learning environment. Revised and updated, this new edition includes more vocabulary and grammar activities, and clearer learning outcomes.Table of ContentsIntroduction. Lesson 1 The Persian Alphabet Lesson 2 Introduce yourself. Where are you from? Lesson 3 Is Iran or Canada larger? Lesson 4 How many provinces does Iran have? Lesson 5 What do you know about Noruz?Lesson 6 What day is the weekend in Iran?Lesson 7 What is your favourite sport?Lesson 8 Do you haggle?Lesson 9 What do you believe in?Lesson 10 Are women and men equal? Lesson 11 Where is Persepolis?Lesson 12 Is pop music better or traditional music?Lesson 13 What kind of university is your university?Lesson 14 Are you single or married?Lesson 15 Why do you stand on ceremony?Persian-English GlossaryEnglish-Persian glossary
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Taylor & Francis Ltd A History of the Muslim World since 1260
Book SynopsisA History of the Muslim World since 1260 continues the narrative begun by A History of the Muslim World to 1750 by tracing the development of Muslim societies, institutions, and doctrines from the time of the Mongol conquests through to the present day. It offers students a balanced coverage of Muslim societies that extend from Western Europe to Southeast Asia. Whereas it presents a multifaceted examination of Muslim cultures, it focuses on analysing the interaction between the expression of faith and contemporary social conditions. This extensively updated second edition is now in full colour, and the chronology of the book has been extended to include recent developments in the Muslim world. The images and maps have also been refreshed, and the literature has been updated to include the latest research from the last 10 years, including sections dedicated to the roles and status of women within Muslim societies throughout history. Divided chronologicallyTrade Review'Assimilating so many centuries, countries and communities together, especially following the invasions by the Mongols and the Crusaders is a daunting proposition. Egger has accomplished it and to a high quality. Information on Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia, often ignored or found on the margins in historical accounts, is certainly comprehensive here. Students, as well as a general readership, will be able to relate to the various phases, challenges, and dynamics of Muslim societies.'Iftikhar H. Malik, Bath Spa University, UKTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Making of a Civilization 610-1260; Part I: Mongol Hegemony, 1260-1405; Chapter 1: The Great Transformation; Chapter 2: Unity and Diversity in Islamic Traditions; Part II: Muslim Ascendency, 1405-1750; Chapter 3: The Central Muslim Lands; Chapter 4: The Umma in the West; Chapter 5: Central Asia and Iran; Chapter 6: South Asia; Chapter 7: The Indian Ocean Basin; Part III: The World Turned Upside Down, 1750-Present; Chapter 8: Reform and Renewal, 1750-1875; Chapter 9: The Loss of Sovereignty, 1875-1920; Chapter 10: The Interwar Years, 1920-1939; Chapter 11: Regaining Sovereignty, 1939-1970; Chapter 12; New Directions, 1970-Present; Glossary; Index.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The War Against Japan 19411945 RLE World War II
Book SynopsisWith over 5,200 entries, this volume remains one of the most extensive annotated bibliographies on the USAâs fight against Japan in the Second World War. Including books, articles, and de-classified documents up to the end of 1987, the book is organized into six categories: Part 1 presents reference works, including encyclopedias, pictorial accounts, military histories, East Asian histories, hisotoriographies. Part 2: Diplomatic-political aspects of the war against Japan Part 3 contains sources on the economic and legal aspects of the war against Japan. Part 4 presents sources on the military apsects of the war â embracing land, air and sea forces. Religious aspects of the war are covered in Part 5 and Part 6 deals with the social and cultural aspects, including substantial sections on the treatment of Japanese minorities in the USA, Hawaii, Canada and Peru. Table of ContentsIntroduction. Part 1: General Works: A: Reference Works B: General Accounts/Anthologies of World War II C: Documents/Records/Archival Collections/Private Collections D: Military Histories (General) E: East Asian Histories Part 2: Diplomatic and Political Aspects: A: Origins of the War B: Diplomacy of the War Against Japan C: Postwar Affairs (Selected Topics) D: Postwar Affairs in Asia E: Memoirs and Biographies F: Diplomatic Histories of World War II Part 3: Economic and Legal Aspects A: General Accounts B: United Nations Coalition (and Friends) C: Japan and Friends D: Lend-Lease E: China F: Postwar Affairs G: War Crimes/Trials Part 4: Military Aspects A: General Accounts B: Memoirs/Biographies/Correspondence/Diaries C: Grand Strategy and High Command D: Campaigns/Operations/Battles E: Unit Histories F: The Secret War G: Resistance/Collaboration H: Logistics/Technical Support I: Medical Aspects J: Science and Technology Part 5: Relgious Aspects A: General B: Churches/Missionary Work/chaplains (General)/Conscientious Objectors C: Memoirs and Biographies Part 6: Social and Cultural Aspects A:The Arts and the War Against Japan B: Humor C: Music D: Literature E: Intellectual/Educational Aspects F: Reporting the War G: Demographic Aspects/U.S. Home Front/U. N. Coalition H: Military Government I: Civil Affairs J: Japan and Friends K: Prisoners of War L: Memoirs and Biographies. Appendix A: List of Periodicals Appendix B: Abbreviations Appendix C: Japanese-American Relocation Centers Appendix D: Chronology. Author Index. Subject Index.
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Houghton Mifflin From Cold War to Hot Peace
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Scholarship and Controversy
Book SynopsisThe essays collected in this volume were written to mark the centenary of the birth of Sir Kenneth Dover, one of the twentieth century's most influential classical scholars. Between them, they explore the two major sides of his career: his groundbreaking scholarship on Greek language, literature and history, and the more public-facing roles he assumed in universities and at the British Academy which brought him into the national spotlight, not without some notoriety, in his later years. The contributors consider the various facets of Dover's life and work from a range of perspectives which reflect the burgeoning field of the history of scholarship. Some contributors were students and colleagues of Dover's at different stages of his career, while others are themselves leading experts in areas of Classics to which he devoted his energies. Chapters on his academic publications and on the controversies he faced in the public realm are not bland celebrations of his legacy but offer critTrade ReviewDover’s monumental scholarly achievement, clothed in a clarity of exposition that is a lesson to us all, ranks him as the leading Hellenist of his generation, and one of the finest the world has seen. The questions that this admirably wide-ranging book has raised about some aspects of his methodology do not shake that judgment, and suggest as many questions about modern methodologies as they do about Dover’s. As for the ‘searingly honest’ portrait he paints of himself in his autobiography, it remains largely unaffected and an extraordinary testament to the man himself. * Classics for All *Table of ContentsList of Images List of Contributors Preface List of Abbreviations Introduction (Christopher Stray, Swansea University, UK) Part I The Life Dover at school and university (with an Appendix: Two poems by Kenneth Dover) (Christopher Stray, Swansea University, UK) Dover, Oxford and the study of classical literature: the making of a professional scholar (Tim Rood, University of Oxford, UK) Dover and St Andrews (Elizabeth Craik, University of St Andrews, UK ) Dover and Corpus (with two Appendices) (Ewen Bowie, University of Oxford, UK) Dover, Blunt and the British Academy (Robin Osborne, University of Cambridge, UK) Marginal Comment: composition, publication and reception (Christopher Stray, Swansea University, UK) Part II The Work Dover on Thucydides (Christopher Pelling, University of Oxford, UK) Dover and Plato’s Symposium: attraction, aversion and intemperance (Frisbee Sheffield, University of Cambridge, UK) Dover and Greek popular morality (Christopher Stray, Swansea University, UK) Dover and drama (Constanze Güthenke, University of Oxford, UK) After Greek Homosexuality (Carol Atack, University of Cambridge, UK) Dover’s inch: reflections on the art-historical method in Greek Homosexuality (with an Appendix: Dover’s list of vases collated against Beazley’s corpora by provenance) (Jas Elsner, University of Oxford, UK) Dover and Theocritus (Richard Hunter, University of Cambridge, UK) No stone unturned: Dover as historian of Greek language between epigraphy and literature (Lucia Prauscello, University of Oxford, UK) Dover on style (Ben Cartlidge, University of Oxford, UK) Epilogue Dover and the public face of Classics (with an Appendix: Kenneth Dover, ‘The value of Classics’, an article translated from the Italian original) (Stephen Halliwell, University of St Andrews, UK) Memories of Kenneth Dover (Rebecca Dover, Sir Brian Harrison, Jay Parini, David Stuttard) Bibliography Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Modern Japan
Book SynopsisOrganized by theme, this comprehensive encyclopedia examines all aspects of life in Japan, from geography and government to food and etiquette and much more.Japan, or the Land of the Rising Sun, is home to more than 126 million people, nearly 10 million of whom live in Tokyo alone. How did this tiny island nation become such a powerhouse in the 21st century, and where will it go from here? Modern Japan examines history and contemporary life through thematic entries organized into chapters covering such topics as geography; history; government and politics; economy; religion and thought; social classes and ethnicity; gender, marriage, and sexuality; education; language; etiquette; literature and drama; art and architecture; music and dance; food; leisure and sports; and media and popular culture. Each chapter contains an overview of the topic and alphabetized entries on examples of each theme. A chronology covers from prehistoric times to the pre
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Rebuilding Anatolia after the Mongol Conquest
Book SynopsisThis book is a study of Islamic architecture in Anatolia following the Mongol conquest in 1243. Complex shifts in rule, movements of population, and cultural transformations took place that affected architecture on multiple levels. Beginning with the Mongol conquest of Anatolia, and ending with the demise of the Ilkhanid Empire, centered in Iran, in the 1330s, this book considers how the integration of Anatolia into the Mongol world system transformed architecture and patronage in the region. Traditionally, this period has been studied within the larger narrative of a progression from Seljuk to Ottoman rule and architecture, in a historiography that privileges Turkish national identity. Once Anatolia is studied within the framework of the Mongol Empire, however, the region no longer appears as an isolated case; rather it is integrated into a broader context beyond the modern borders of Turkey, Iran, and the Caucasus republics. The monuments built during this period served a number of Trade Review"... this book is an eye-opening stroll through the monumental architecture of early Islamic Anatolia. Interweaving the historical and economic forces in play during the later 13th and early 14th centuries, through a study of archives, a rich scholarly literature and a personal knowledge of the land and its remains, Patricia Blessing examines the predominantly local architectural patronage under the Mongols in the main centres of Konya, Sivas, and Erzurum, and the smaller towns of Tokat, Amasya, and Ankara ... this attractive and clearly written book is far more than just an examination of architectural developments in Mongol Anatolia, but also a study in history that probes back into the Seljuk period and forwards into Ottoman times."- Professor Paul Arthur (Universita del Salento, Italy) in the journal of the Society for Medieval Archaeology"... this book is an eye-opening stroll through the monumental architecture of early Islamic Anatolia. Interweaving the historical and economic forces in play during the later 13th and early 14th centuries, through a study of archives, a rich scholarly literature and a personal knowledge of the land and its remains, Patricia Blessing examines the predominantly local architectural patronage under the Mongols in the main centres of Konya, Sivas, and Erzurum, and the smaller towns of Tokat, Amasya, and Ankara ... this attractive and clearly written book is far more than just an examination of architectural developments in Mongol Anatolia, but also a study in history that probes back into the Seljuk period and forwards into Ottoman times."- Professor Paul Arthur (Universita del Salento, Italy) in the journal of the Society for Medieval Archaeology"This book offers a new approach to the study of the architecture of Mongol-era Islamic architecture in Anatolia, highlighting the specific historical circumstances in which the tradition developed. It successfully charts the formation of local styles by comparing monuments within cities or by the same patron. Blessing’s use of historical documentation is thorough and rigorous; the bibliography is ample and up to date, and the images (with some color plates) are copious and mostly the author’s own."- CAA ReviewsTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: reframing the lands of Rum; A capital without royal patronage: Konya (1240-1280); A capital of learning: three madrasas in Sivas (1271-1272); On the Ilkhanid frontier: Erzurum (1280-1320); Small cities in a global moment: Tokat, Amasya, Ankara (1280-1330); Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd British Pirates and Society 16801730
Book SynopsisThis book shows how pirates were portrayed in their own time, in trial reports, popular prints, novels, legal documents, sermons, ballads and newspaper accounts. It examines how attitudes towards them changed with Britainâs growing imperial power, exploring the interface between political ambition and personal greed, between civil liberties and the power of the state. It throws light on contemporary ideals of leadership and masculinity - some pirate voyages qualifying as feats of seamanship and endurance. Unusually, it also gives insights into the domestic life of pirates and investigates the experiences of women whose husbands turned pirate or were captured for piracy. Pirate voyages contributed to British understanding of trans-oceanic navigation, patterns of trade and different peoples in remote parts of the world. This knowledge advanced imperial expansion and British control of trade routes, which helps to explain why contemporary attitudes towards piracy were often ambivalent. Trade Review'In terms of research, Lincoln employs a fairly comprehensive strategy, encompassing a variety of excellent sources including newspaper accounts, trial reports, parliamentary debates, and ballads as well as most of the leading scholarly works on the topic of British piracy...Well-chosen illustrations, with an assortment of black-and-white figures and color plates taken mainly from the rich collection of the National Maritime Museum, enhance the readability of this book. Sound scholarship, engagingly expressed, such as produced here by Lincoln, should find its mark among educators, researchers, and nonscholars alike.'Michael F. Dove, Western University, H-Net: Humanities and Social Sciences Online"Lincoln has been able to uncover a wide array of representations and the result is a fascinating and thought-provoking book."Rebecca Lush, The University of Sydney, Journal of the Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern StudiesTable of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction: Pirate Lifestyles; Chapter 2 Punishing Miscreants: Pirates and the Metropolis; Chapter 3 Dominion of the Seas: Pirates and the Law; Chapter 4 A Growing Evil: Pirates and Commerce; Chapter 5 The Taste of the Town: Pirates and ‘Polite Society’; Chapter 6 ‘A Nest of Vermin’: Representations of Madagascar; Chapter 7 Alternative Masculinities: Pirates and Family Life; Chapter 8 ‘Stand and Deliver’: The Pirate Inheritance;
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Edinburgh University Press Regime Change in Contemporary Turkey
Book SynopsisThe first full account of the historic change in Turkey between 2007 and 2011, and the only scholarly description of the new order in the immediate aftermath of the change from 2011.
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Edinburgh University Press Contemporary Turkey in Conflict
Book SynopsisNew perspectives on ethnic relations, Islam and neoliberalism have emerged in Turkey since the rise of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in 2002. Placing the period within its historical and contemporary context, Tahir Abbas argues that what it is to be ethnically, religiously and culturally Turkish has been transformed.
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Edinburgh University Press How Isis Fights
Book SynopsisOmar Ashour analyses the military and tactical innovations of ISIS and their predecessors in Iraq, Syria, Libya and Egypt. He shows how their capacity to mix conventional military tactics with innovative guerrilla warfare and urban terrorism strategies allowed ISIS to expand and endure beyond expectations.
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Black Rose Books House of Mirrors Justin Trudeaus Foreign Policy
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The Lilliput Press Ltd Nothing Is Written In Stone: The Notebooks of
Book SynopsisJustin Keating, son of the artist Sean Keating, attended UCD and TCD. He was a Labour Party politician (Minister for Industry 1973-77), academic, journalist, veterinary surgeon, television pioneer (as Head of Agricultural Broadcasting at RTE) and award-winning documentary filmmaker. In later life he served as Member of the European Parliament and became president of the Humanist Association. President Michael D. Higgins called him ‘a man who saw socialism as both essential and adaptable to change’. Keating introduced the first substantial legislation for the development of Ireland's oil and gas, set up the National Film Studios of Ireland at Ardmore and gave impetus to Kilkenny Design. He wrote extensively – and with opinions well ahead of his time – on the natural world, including women’s health, animal welfare, sustainable energy and ecology. ‘A well made, fit thoroughbred really striding out seems to me one of the most beautiful things on earth, on a par with an orchid or porpoise.’ Edited posthumously by his wife, Barbara Hussey, Justin Keating’s notebooks offer an in-depth, often-impassioned account of the interests, musings and opinions of one of Ireland’s most wide-ranging intellectuals. His dealings with J.D Bernal, Noël Browne, Sean McBride, Charles Haughey, Gerry Fitt and Conor Cruise-O’Brien, form part of this absorbing chronicle, aside from myriad friendships with writers and artists. Nothing Is Written in Stone is a brilliant selfportrait of this multi-dimensional man, who did so much to shape twenty-first century Ireland.Trade ReviewThe work is a personal testimony. -- Barry Sheppard * The Irish Story *That [Justin Keating] remained willing to change is clear from this illuminating chronicle of a singular and fulfilling life. Barbara Hussey edited these extracts from her husband’s notebooks with the astute collaboration of Anna Kealy. Together they have succeeded, as John Boorman writes in his affectionate preface, in giving Justin a voice beyond the grave. -- Alex White * The Irish Times *Absorbing tale reliving a political odyssey. -- Deirdre Conroy * The Independent *Table of ContentsAcorns to Oaks- On Education; The Godless Institution- On Marxism; Snake and Ladders- Women Religion and Sexuality; Genesis Vs Gaia- Care of the Earth; Ireland's Future- Entering Irish Politics; Doubt is the Mother of Wisdom- Zionism; The Future of the Left- Globalization and Democracy; Loves, Loss and Leavetaking.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Middle East and North Africa 2019
Book SynopsisNow in its sixty-fifth edition, this title continues to provide the most up-to-date geopolitical and economic information for this important world area.Key Features:- covers the Middle East and North Africa from Algeria to Yemen - includes topical contributions from acknowledged experts on regional affairs- accurately and impartially records the latest political and economic developments - provides comprehensive data on all major organizations active in the countries of the region. General Survey- introductory essays cover a wide range of topics relating to the region as a whole.Country SurveysIndividual chapters on each country incorporating:- essays on the physical and social geography, recent history and economy - an extensive statistical survey of economic and social indicators, which include area and population, health and welfare, agriculture, forestry, fishing, mining, industry, finance, trade, transport, tourism, communications media and education - a full directory with names, addresses and contact details covering the constitution, government, legislature, political organizations, election commissions, diplomatic representation, judiciary, religious groups, the media, finance, trade and industry (including petroleum and natural gas), tourism, defence and education - a country-specific bibliography, providing suggestions for further research. Regional Information- includes all major international organizations active in the Middle East and North Africa; research institutes specializing in the region; and select bibliographies of books and periodicals.Table of ContentsPart 1: General Survey Part 2: Country Surveys Includes sections on geography, history and economy, as well as statistical surveys, directories and bibliographies for each country Part 3: Regional Information Regional Organizations. Calendars. Research Institutes. Select Bibliography (Books). Select Bibliography (Periodicals). Index of Regional Organizations.
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de Gruyter Oldenbourg Vietnam
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de Gruyter Oldenbourg Crossing the Iron Curtain
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de Gruyter Oldenbourg Spatiotemporal Politics in Contemporary Iran
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De Gruyter Sufism in Late Mamluk Cairo
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Bohlau Verlag Generation im Aufbruch: Die
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Dietrich Reimer Wissensdinge: Geschichten Aus Dem
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Lit Verlag Narrating the Self and Nation in Kenyan
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V&R unipress Silesia Superior
Book SynopsisUpper Silesia â transdisciplinary studies of the historical, cultural and natural region
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Springer Verlag, Singapore An Innovative Performance Measurement System Sustainability
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) London
Book SynopsisVictoria R. Williams, PhD, is an independent writer and researcher living in London, UK.
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Oxford University Press Germany Europe and the Politics of Constraint
Book SynopsisThe process of European integration is marked both by continued deepening and widening, and by growing evidence of domestic disquiet and dissent. Against this background, this volume examines three key themes: the challenge to the power of member states - as subjects of European integration - to determine the course of the integrationist project and to shape European public policies; the increasing constraints in the domestic political arena experienced by member states as objects of European integration; and the contestation over both the ''constitutive politics of the EU'' and specific policy choices. These three themes - power, constraint and contestation - and their interdependence are explored with specific reference to contemporary Germany.The main findings call for a revision of the ''conventional wisdom'' about Germany''s Europeanization experience. First, while Germany continues to engage intensively in all aspects of the integration process, its power to ''upload'' - ''hard''Trade ReviewAn important contribution to the updating and re-evaluation of literature on the EU and the German political system. * Perspectives on Political Science *Table of ContentsLiving with Europe: Power, Constraint, and Contestation ; Europeanization in Context; Concept and Theory ; The Federal Executive: Bureaucratic Fusion versus Governmental Bifurcation ; The Bundestag: Institutional Incrementalism Behavioural Reticence ; ; The German Lander: From Milieu-Shaping to Territorial Politics ; Public Law: Towards a Post-National Model ; The Party System: Structure, Policy and Europeanization ; Interest Groups: Opportunity Structures and Organizational Capacity ; The Media Agenda: The Marginalization and Domestication of Europe ; Economic Policies: From Pace-Setter to Beleaguered Player ; ; Competition Policy: From Centrality to Muddling Through? ; Electricity and Telecommunications: Fit for the European Union? ; Social Policy: Transforming Pensions, Challenging Health Care? ; Environmental Policy: A Leader State under Pressure? ; Justice and Home Affairs: Europeanization as a Government-Controlled Process ; Foreign and Security Policy: On the Cusp Between Transformation and Accomodation ; Europeanization Compared: The Shrinking Core and the Decline of 'Soft' Power
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The University of Chicago Press The PanAfrican Nation Oil and the Spectacle of
Book SynopsisWhen Nigeria hosted the Second World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture (FESTAC) in 1977, it celebrated a global vision of black nationhood and citizenship animated by the exuberance of its recent oil boom.Trade Review"This is an important book on an important topic. In The Pan-African Nation, Andrew Apter exposes FESTAC '77 as a foundational cultural moment. Here, FESTAC becomes both a way of thinking about nation-building and also a way of linking specific cultural forms to the political economy of oil. This is a provocative interrogation of the question of culture and its relation to the nation." - Michael Watts, University of California, Berkeley"
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The University of Chicago Press Reinventing Khomeini The Struggle for Reform in
Book SynopsisThis study offers an interpretation of the political battles that paved the way for reform in Iran. The author argues that the struggle for a more democratic Iran can be traced back to the revolution itself, and to the contradictory agendas of the revolution's founding father, Ayatollah Khomeini.
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The University of Chicago Press Civil Society and the Political Imagination in
Book SynopsisThese essays explore the diverse, unexpected and controversial ways in which the idea of civil society has entered into populist politics and public debate throughout Africa. It shows how struggles over civil society reveal much about larger historical forces in the post-Cold War era.
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The University of Chicago Press Black Visions
Book SynopsisA comprehensive analysis of the complex relationship of black political thought to black political identity and behaviour. The book identifies which political ideologies are supported by blacks, then traces their historical roots and examines their effects on black public opinion.
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The University of Chicago Press Opening Up
Book SynopsisMore and more men and women in China are having sex before marriage, creating a new youth sex culture based on romance, leisure and free choice. Farrer explores this change by tracing the basic elements in talk about sex and sexuality in Shanghai.Trade Review"Opening Up conveys a panoramic, vivid, and fully convincing picture of the changing scene in China with remarkable assurance. James Farrer draws on extensive research and interviews with Chinese youth, revealing a rich and deep mastery of his subject. This is an extraordinary new book." - Ann Swidler, author of Talk of Love; "I can think of few books that offer such a layered appreciation for the textures of everyday life in urban China. Written in a hip and contemporary style, Opening Up is a pleasure to read." - Michael Dutton, author of Streetlife China
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The University of Chicago Press Exodus
Book SynopsisThis work shows how the biblical story of suffering and the journey to redemption inspired a pragmatic tradition of racial advocacy among African Americans in the early 19th century. It compares the historical uses of Exodus by black and white Americans and the concepts on "nation" it generated.
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The University of Chicago Press Is It Nation Time Contemporary Essays on Black
Book SynopsisThis work gathers new and classic essays on the Black Power movement and its legacy by renowned thinkers who deal rigorously and unsentimentally with such issues as the commodification of blackness, the piety of cultural recovery, and class tensions within the movement.
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The University of Chicago Press New York and Los Angeles Politics Society and
Book SynopsisThis volume presents advanced studies that consider the fundamental difference of urban center versus decentralization that operates in the cities of New York and Los Angeles, while comparing politics and culture in each area.
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The University of Chicago Press The Lost Promise of Patriotism
Book SynopsisJonathan Hansen tells the story of a group of American intellectuals who believed the solution to the crisis of American identity leading up to World War I lay in rethinking the meaning of liberalism.
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The University of Chicago Press Harlemworld Doing Race and Class in Contemporary
Book SynopsisHarlem is one of the most famous neighbourhoods in the world - a historic symbol of both black cultural acheivements and of the rigid boundaries separating rich from poor. This work illustrates how Harlem is far more culturally diverse than its cariacature suggests.
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The University of Chicago Press Restless Nation
Book SynopsisIn "Restless nation" James M. Jasper isolates a narrative that lies very close to the core of the American character. From colonial times to the present day, Americans have always had a deep-rooted belief in the 'fresh-start' philosophy, explored in this work.Trade Review"Jasper's thesis... is strong and tantalizing. He does not restrict himself to a single discipline or line of argument, but dazzles readers with a stunning combination of literary critique, cultural analysis and economic estimation." - Publishers Weekly "Jasper travels across the American psyche to explore our unique infatuation with movement and personal reinvention.... To the author, this undergirds the cult of individualism as well as conservative, antigovernment politics in America.... The fluidity contributes to the dynamism of U.S. society but ensures a weak sense of community.... Restless Nation is an engaging essay on why we move so much." - Library Journal
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The University of Chicago Press Infamous Desire
Book SynopsisWhat did it mean to be a man in colonial Latin America? This work provides a comprehensive analysis of how males, and specifically homosexual males, were represented in ares under both Spanish and Portugese control.
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The University of Chicago Press Insurgent Communities
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University of Chicago Press Master Plans and Minor Acts
Book SynopsisAn examination of planning, place, and the politics of repair in post-genocide Rwanda. Master Plans and Minor Actsexamines a material politics of repair in post-genocide Rwanda, where in a country saturated with deep historical memory, spatial master planning aims to drastically redesign urban spaces. How is the post-conflict city reconstituted through the work of such planning, and with what effects for material repair and social conciliation? Through extended ethnographic and qualitative research in Rwanda in the decades after the genocide of 1994, this book questions how repair after conflict is realized amidst large-scale urban transformation. Bridging African studies, urban studies, and human geography in its scope,this work tiesRwanda's transformation to contexts of urban change in other post-conflict spaces, bringing to the fore critical questions about the ethics of planning in such complex geographies.
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The University of Chicago Press All the Rage The Story of Gay Visibility in
Book SynopsisFrom the public outing of Ellen DeGeneres to the murder of Matthew Shepard, gay lives and images have moved onto the centre stage of American public life. Combining personal stories with analysis, this book argues that we live in a time where gays are seen, but not necessarily heard.
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McGill-Queen's University Press New Media and Revolution
Book SynopsisInvestigating the root causes of the Syrian uprising of 2011, this book shows how acts of online resistance prepared the ground for better-organised street mobilisation. It interprets the uprising not as the start of Syria's social mobilisation but as a shift from hidden practices of digital dissent to tangible mass protests.Trade Review"Some observers attribute the origins of the Arab Spring revolutions to social media, especially to YouTube (two million uploads during the Syrian conflict's first two years). Brownlee (Univ. of Exeter) demonstrates, however, that the transition from online "revolution" to a real-life people's revolution in Syria resulted from a lengthy process that involved increased access, new professional standards, and privatization under Bashar al-Assad, together transforming the heavily censored "kingdom of silence." Recommended. All readers." Choice"Brownlee's book is a welcome contribution to the scholarship on Syria, Arab media, authoritarianism, and the public sphere in the Middle East. The book approaches the subject of Syrian media -- a subject that deserves greater academic attention -- from a fresh, instructive angle." The Middle East Journal
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Columbia University Press Colonial Citizens Republican Rights Paternal
Book SynopsisThompson shows how post-WWI Syrians and Lebanese mobilized to claim the terms of citizenship enjoyed in the European metropole. Colonial Citizens highlights gender as a central battlefield upon which the relative rights and obligations of states and citizens were established.Trade ReviewThis book deserves to be widely read. One of the most significant contributions to the historiography of modern Syria and Lebanon in recent years. -- Margaret L. Meriwether American Historical ReviewTable of ContentsI. War and the Advent of French Rule: A Crisis of Paternity 1. World War I: Famine, Memory, and a Shattered Social Order 2. Soldiers and Patriarchs: Pillars of Colonial Paternalism 3. Bureaucrats: Mother France's Civilizing Mission II. Paternal Republicanism and the Construction of Subaltern Citizens 4. State Social Policy: Constructing a Hierarchy of Citizens 5. Revolt: The Rise of Subaltern Movements III. Gender and the Legal Boundaries of the Colonial Civic Order 6. Political Rights: Women's Suffrage as a Revolutionary Threat 7. The Veil and the Dual Legal System 8. Civil Rights: Patriotic Motherhood and Religious Law Reform 9. Social Rights: Emergence of a Colonial Welfare State IV. Gendering The Public: Spatial Boundaries Of The Colonial Civic Order 10. Remapping the Urban Landscape 11. Street Violence: Regendering an Old Urban Space 12. Cinemas: Gendering a New Urban Space 13. The Press: Gendering the Virtual Public V. World War II and the Transformation of the Colonial Civic Order 14. Climax of the Colonial Welfare State 15. Claiming Paternity of Independent Republics 16. The Making of Postcolonial Citizens
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Columbia University Press The Politics of AntiWesternism in Asia
Book SynopsisChallenges the notion that anti-Westernism in the Muslim world is a political and Offers a perspective on how religious tradition and the experience of European colonialism interacted with Muslim and non-Muslim discontent with globalization, the international order, and modernization.Trade ReviewThis volume is a rich intellectual history revealing the fascinating ways in which Pan-Islamism and Pan-Asianism were intertwined. -- Matthew Connelly, associate professor of history, Columbia University Cemil Aydin has written a fascinating book of exceptional scholarly quality. It explores elegantly, with impressive learning, the responses of Japanese and Ottoman civilizations to the West in the period 1880 to 1945. This study in the history of ideas is surprisingly relevant to such current concerns as 'the clash of civilizations' and 'the future of world order.' -- Richard A. Falk, Albert G. Milbank Professor of International Law and Practice, emeritus, and emeritus professor of politics and international affairs, Princeton University Cemil Aydin presents a profound analysis of anti-Westernism that transcends simplistic polemics about 'why they hate us' and offers a significant contribution to understanding intercultural relations in the modern era. Combining expertise in Middle Eastern and Asian studies, Aydin joins a clear global perspective with an in-depth historical study. The result is a comprehensive understanding of one of the major themes of modern global affairs. -- John Voll, professor of Islamic history and associate director of the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University [Aydin] has a sure grasp of what is fundamental and what is merely of the moment. -- Lucian W. Pye Foreign Affairs Required reading for anyone researching the history of anti-Western ideology in Asia. -- Sven Saaler Pacific Affairs The Politics of Anti-Westernism in Asia should become required reading. H-Diplo Aydin's book offers a thorough and nuanced portrayal of Pan-Asian and Pan-Islamic thought. -- Michael Facius H-Soz-u-Kult ...an impressive work. -- Michael Farquhar Journal of Global History Aydin convincingly demonstrates that the evolution of anti-Westernisms cannot be divorced from non-Western intellectual and political engagement with concepts, ideals and values originating in Western modernity. Journal of Ottoman StudiesTable of ContentsAcknowledgments 1. Introduction2. The Universal West: Europe Beyond Its Christian and White Race Identity (1840–1882) 3. The Two Faces of the West: Imperialism Versus Enlightenment (1882–1905) 4. The Global Moment of the Russo-Japanese War: The Awakening of the East/Equality with the West (1905–1912)5. The Impact of WWI on Pan-Islamic and Pan-Asianist Visions of World Order 6. The Triumph of Nationalism? The Ebbing of Pan-Islamic and Pan-Asian Visions of World Order During the 1920s 7. The Revival of a Pan-Asianist Vision of World Order in Japan (1931–1945) 8. Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
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Columbia University Press The Politics of AntiWesternism in Asia
Book SynopsisCemil Aydin challenges the notion that anti-Westernism in the Muslim world is a reaction to the liberal democratic values of the West. He compares Ottoman Pan-Islamic and Japanese Pan-Asian visions of world order from the middle of the nineteenth century through World War II, focusing on the agency and achievements of non-Western intellectuals.Trade ReviewThis volume is a rich intellectual history revealing the fascinating ways in which Pan-Islamism and Pan-Asianism were intertwined. -- Matthew Connelly, associate professor of history, Columbia UniversityCemil Aydin has written a fascinating book of exceptional scholarly quality. It explores elegantly, with impressive learning, the responses of Japanese and Ottoman civilizations to the West in the period 1880 to 1945. This study in the history of ideas is surprisingly relevant to such current concerns as 'the clash of civilizations' and 'the future of world order.' -- Richard A. Falk, Albert G. Milbank Professor of International Law and Practice, emeritus, and emeritus professor of politics and international affairs, Princeton UniversityCemil Aydin presents a profound analysis of anti-Westernism that transcends simplistic polemics about 'why they hate us' and offers a significant contribution to understanding intercultural relations in the modern era. Combining expertise in Middle Eastern and Asian studies, Aydin joins a clear global perspective with an in-depth historical study. The result is a comprehensive understanding of one of the major themes of modern global affairs. -- John Voll, professor of Islamic history and associate director of the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown UniversityAydin . . . identifies both deep currents in Asian intellectual history and popular views of power and politics. He has a sure grasp of what is fundamental and what is merely of the moment. -- Lucian W. Pye * Foreign Affairs *Required reading for anyone researching the history of anti-Western ideology in Asia. -- Sven Saaler * Pacific Affairs *[A]n impressive work. -- Michael Farquhar * Journal of Global History *An extremely well-researched book, bursting with arguments and insights . . . [that] will be a boon for scholars who are interested in East-West relations. * Ethics & International Affairs *The Politics of Anti-Westernism in Asia should become required reading. * H-Diplo *Aydin's book offers a thorough and nuanced portrayal of Pan-Asian and Pan-Islamic thought. -- Michael Facius * H-Soz-u-Kult *Aydin convincingly demonstrates that the evolution of anti-Westernisms cannot be divorced from non-Western intellectual and political engagement with concepts, ideals and values originating in Western modernity. * Journal of Ottoman Studies *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 1. Introduction2. The Universal West: Europe Beyond Its Christian and White Race Identity (1840–1882) 3. The Two Faces of the West: Imperialism Versus Enlightenment (1882–1905) 4. The Global Moment of the Russo-Japanese War: The Awakening of the East/Equality with the West (1905–1912)5. The Impact of WWI on Pan-Islamic and Pan-Asianist Visions of World Order 6. The Triumph of Nationalism? The Ebbing of Pan-Islamic and Pan-Asian Visions of World Order During the 1920s 7. The Revival of a Pan-Asianist Vision of World Order in Japan (1931–1945) 8. Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
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Columbia University Press Industrial Policy and Economic Transformation in
Book SynopsisExplores the vital role that industrial policies can play in bringing about a transformation of African economiesTrade ReviewAn invaluable guide for Africa's pursuit of economic transformation and for those concerned with the 'what' and 'how' of government's role. This book highlights where government and industry can collaborate to design and execute a transformation agenda and sharply details why industrial policies should be central to government strategies. -- K. Y. Amoako, president, African Center for Economic Transformation A refreshing and timely intervention in policy debates on the industrialization of African countries. The book is outstanding and should be read not only by those interested in Africa's industrialization but also by readers from other parts of the world who have sought to bring industrial policy back into their own development thinking and endeavors. -- Thandika Mkandawire, London School of Economics This impressive book is about how to generate decent jobs, reduce poverty, and achieve inclusive and sustainable structural transformation through industrialization in Africa. It should be read by anyone who hopes to transform or help transform Africa from a land of poverty to a land of prosperity. -- Justin Yifu Lin, Peking University and former chief economist of the World Bank Marked by breadth and clarity, this is a valuable addition to the literature on economic policy on the African continent... Highly recommended. ChoiceTable of ContentsAcronyms Acknowledgments 1. Introduction and Overview: Economic Transformation and Learning, Industrial, and Technology Policies in Africa, by Akbar Noman and Joseph E. Stiglitz 2. Is Industrial Policy Necessary and Feasible in Africa?: Theoretical Considerations and Historical Lessons, by Ha-Joon Chang 3. Industrial Strategy and Economic Transformation: Lessons from Five Outstanding Cases, by Akio Hosono 4. The Economic Implications of a Comprehensive Approach to Learning on Industrial Policy: The Case of Ethiopia, by Go Shimada 5. Review of Industrial Policies in Ethiopia: A Perspective from the Leather and Cut Flower Industries, by Girum Abebe and Florian Schaefer 6. The Return of Industrial Policy: (What) Can Africa Learn from Latin America?, by Annalisa Primi 7. Can the Financial Sector Deliver Both Growth and Financial Stability in Sub-Saharan Africa?, by Stephany Griffith-Jones with Ewa Karwowski 8. Growth Strategies for Africa in a Changing Global Environment: Policy Observations for Sustainable and Shared Growth, by Danny Leipziger and Shahid Yusuf 9. Measuring Policy Performance: Can We Do Better than the World Bank?, by Julia Cage About the Editors About the Authors Index
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Columbia University Press Away from Chaos
Book SynopsisAway from Chaos is a sweeping political history of four decades of Middle East conflict and its worldwide ramifications. Gilles Kepel offers a clear and persuasive narrative of the long-term causes of tension while seamlessly incorporating on-the-ground observations and personal experiences from the people who lived through them.Trade ReviewGilles Kepel has long been France’s most sophisticated scholar of radical Islam, and Away from Chaos is his personal and political summa—a remarkable synthesis of decades of passionate engagement with the Middle East. -- Robert F. Worth, The New York Times MagazineGilles Kepel has lived the torment of the modern Middle East as a scholar and, ultimately, as a target of the jihadists. In Away from Chaos, he narrates that tortured story and proposes a return for the steadying forces of a century ago—the European nations, a rising Russia, and the internal balancers of the Levant whose destiny is to bridge East and West. -- David Ignatius, Washington PostIf you want to understand the contemporary Middle East, this is the place to begin. Gilles Kepel’s book is a deeply insightful, empathetic, almost elegiac text that both explains how the region ended up in its present predicament and how it may find its way out of it. -- Odd Arne Westad, author of The Cold War: A World HistoryIn Away from Chaos, Gilles Kepel, one of the world’s most prominent scholars of Middle Eastern politics, provides a grand narrative of this region’s history over the last four decades, explaining the rise and possible end of Islamism as a mobilizing force. Relying on his deep personal engagement with the Middle East and also with Islam in Europe, Kepel masterfully charts the region’s upheavals and their grave implications for the West. What emerges is an intimate and deeply learned portrait—the culmination of a lifetime of study and sympathetic observation. -- Bernard Haykel, Princeton UniversityWho else but Gilles Kepel could have written this seductively provocative book? Kepel has drawn on his decades of deliberation and argument in this tour d’horizon of the development of Islamist movements in the Middle East since the 1960s. Away from Chaos offers a review, equally challenging and accessible, of the modern political history of the Middle East. -- Lisa Anderson, author of Pursuing Truth, Exercising Power: Social Science and Public Policy in the Twenty-First CenturyMore than other observers of events in the Middle East and North Africa today, Kepel offers a persuasive framework for understanding the turbulence and uncertainty facing the region—and how events in one country affect those elsewhere in the region and beyond. -- Dale F. Eickelman, coauthor of Muslim PoliticsAn excellent primer for anyone wanting to get up to speed on the region...devoid of the crippling ideological blinders that sometimes disfigure books about a part of the world so rife with ideology. -- Michael J. Totten * The New York Times *A powerful, sweeping overview of major Middle Eastern political change since the 1970s -- W. Andrew Terrill * Middle East Journal *Table of ContentsIntroduction: A Testament for SyriaPart I. The Barrel and the Koran1. The Islamization of the Political Order2. The Onset of International Jihad: Taking on the Near Enemy (1980–1987)3. The Second Jihadist Phase: Against the Distant Enemy (1998–2005)4. The Third Jihadist Generation: Networks and Territories (2005–2019)Part II. From Arab Spring to Jihadist Caliphate5. The Arab Spring in Context6. From the Fall of Despots to Societies in Turmoil7. Sectarianism and Derailed Rebellions: The Shiite-Sunni Fault LinePart III. After ISIS: Disintegration and Regrouping8. The Fracturing of the Sunni Bloc9. The Global Stakes in the Fight for the LevantConclusion: Middle Eastern Fault Lines and Global TectonicsAcknowledgmentsChronologyIndex
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Columbia University Press Oil Powers A History of the U.S.Saudi Alliance
Book SynopsisVictor McFarland challenges the view that the U.S.-Saudi alliance is the inevitable consequence of American energy demand and Saudi Arabia's huge oil reserves. Oil Powers traces the growth of the alliance through a dense web of political, economic, and social connections that bolstered royal and executive power and the national-security state.Trade ReviewThe extraordinary relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia has influenced both countries, often for the worse. There is no better guide to the origins of this complex alliance than McFarland’s new book. Anyone with an interest in the U.S. role in the Middle East should read it. -- Odd Arne Westad, author of The Cold War: A World HistoryA lot of nonsense has been written since 9/11 about the history of United States-Saudi relations. Oil Powers gets it right. -- Robert Vitalis, author of Oilcraft: The Myths of Scarcity and Security That Haunt U.S. Energy PolicyMcFarland’s superb, deeply researched book convincingly shows just how crucial the U.S.–Saudi alliance was in reorienting America’s foreign policy and the global economy in the 1970s. The legacies of these policies—wars in the Middle East, the rise of finance, and others—continue to shape global affairs today. -- Vanessa Ogle, author of The Global Transformation of Time: 1870–1950Erudite and eloquent, Oil Powers is required reading for all those interested in U.S.-Saudi relations, oil politics, and the international political economy. McFarland makes a stirring argument for Saudi influence on the financialization and militarization of U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East in the 1970s. -- Christopher R. W. Dietrich, author of Oil Revolution: Anticolonial Elites, Sovereign Rights, and the Economic Culture of DecolonizationMcFarland charts the growth of deep connections between the Saudi government and American big business, lobbyists and other corporate interests in the Washington DC “swamp”, and shows how these have entrenched executive power in the US, and royal power in Saudi Arabia, with the result that both governments have become less responsive to their people. * Times Literary Supplement *Suitable as a secondary text for a contemporary Middle East studies or international relations course or seminar. * Choice *Erudite and eloquent, Oil Powers is required reading for all those who are interested in the history of U.S.-Saudi relations, oil politics, and the international political economy. -- Christopher Dietrich * H-Diplo *McFarland’s compelling narrative is laced with the panic of oil market experts who warn that America’s oil intensive economy rendered the country vulnerable to market manipulation that soon comes to pass. * Middle East Journal *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsA Note on Arabic Transliteration Introduction: Jeddah, 19741. Wheels of Empire2. Roads to Profit3. Ignition4. Machines in Motion5. The Cutoff6. Unmoored7. Turning Right8. AscentConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex
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