“…A carelessly worded memo written by mid-level bureaucrats, a bumbling press conference given by an inept member of the East German Politburo, the negligence of government leaders, the bravery of ordinary people in East and West Berlin--these combined to bring about the end of nearly forty years of oppression, fear, and enmity in divided Berlin. …”

“…Pierre Razoux offers an unflinching look at a conflict seared into the region's collective memory but little understood in the West…”

“…Smith) "What we call historicism is a new, unique, categorical-structure of the mind [des Geistes] that began to arise in the West in the eighteenth century and achieved authoritative currency in the nineteenth, particularly in Germany, though not in Germany alone. …”

“…The author addresses central issues such as how Egyptian history can be treated as a whole and how the west has shaped prevailing images of it, both through direct contact and through the lens of western scholarship. …”

“…Now in her early twenties, Maja is haunted by the desire to make sense of the threads of her history; meanwhile, her mother has found comfort in Santería--a faith that melds Catholic saints and the Yoruba gods of West African religion. Maja's narrative is one of two parallel voices in this novel. …”
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“…All these unique developments suggest why the West experienced a singular scientific and economic ascendancy of at least four centuries…”

“…"Examining imagery of urban space in Britain, France and West Germany up to the early 1960s, this book reveals how photography shaped individual architectural projects and national rebuilding efforts alike. …”

“…Tribes and politics in Yemen' tells the story of the Houthi conflict in Sa'dah Province, Yemen, as seen through the eyes of the local tribes. In the West the Houthi conflict, which erupted in 2004, is often defined through the lenses of either the Iranian-Saudi proxy war or the Sunni-Shia divide. …”

“…It does not focus solely on the West (a failing of much of the literature to date), but looks at civil society in both the developed and developing worlds. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…She argues that while fashion refers to a specific system of dress originating in the west, all cultures 'dress' the body in the same way, making it a crucial feature of social order. …”

“…This happened partly because they were active in allegedly minor art centres such as Valencia, Padua, Cordoba, West-Berlin and Munich. However, their works, debates and intellectual networks cast new light on both the art produced during the Cold War and the heightened interest in participatory and collaborative art practices that has characterised the art world of the 2000s and 2010s. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Queen Mary and her Psalter: a Gothic manuscript in Tudor England / Re-framing Saint Denis for the Sun King: a spectacular history / Remnants of a shared past: medieval monumental crucifixes after the Reformation / Montfaucon as reader of the Bayeux Tapestry / An image of Cluny by Emile Sagot / George Petrie, the ordnance survey, and nineteenth-century constructions of the Irish past / L'oeuf sacré: Alexandre Lenoir's Cour arabe and the pointed arch / Reviving "the past greatness of the Florentine people": restoring medieval Florence in the nineteenth century / Nineteenth-century restoration politics: recrafting monarchy in the stained glass windows of the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris / Branner's "court style" and the anxiety of influence / The study of medieval illuminated manuscripts in German scholarship ca. 1750-1850 / The persistence of the royal past on the west façade of Reims Cathedral / The capitals from Moutiers-Saint-Jean (Harvard University Art Museums) and the carving of medieval art study in America after World War I / The martyred cathedral: American attitudes toward Notre-Dame de Reims during the First World War / The cathedral of commerce: French Gothic architecture and Wanamaker's department store / The early Middle Ages in the exhibition Deutsche Grösse (1940-1942)…”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introduction / Suisheng Zhao -- Toward a consultative rule of law regime in China / Pan Wei -- Political liberalization without democratization : Pan Wei's proposal for political reform / Suisheng Zhao -- A government of laws : democracy, rule of law, and administrative law reform in China / Randall Peerenboom -- The rule of law as transition to democracy in China / Larry Diamond -- A comparative politics of democratization in China / Edward Friedman -- Pan Wei's consultative rule of law regime and reforming authoritarianism in China / Gunter Schubert -- Toward the rule of law : why China's path will be different from the West / Baohui Zhang -- The people's court in transition : the prospects for Chinese judicial reform / Qianfan Zhang -- State power and unbalanced legal development in China / Yongshun Cai, Songcai Yang -- Law and labor in post-Mao China / Yunqiu Zhang -- The Internet and emerging civil society in China / Guobin Yang -- The Internet and single-party rule in China / Tamara Renee Shie -- Toward a rule of law regime : political reform under China's fourth generation of leadership / Suisheng Zhao -- Reflections on "consultative rule of law regime" : a response to my critics / Pan Wei…”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Putting people into wetlands / Adrian Wood, Alan Dixon and Matthew McCartney -- The value of wetlands for livelihood support in Tanzania and Zambia / Matthew McCartney -- Catchments and wetlands: a functional landscape approach to sustainable use of seasonal wetlands in central Malawi / Adrian Wood and Patrick Thawe -- Local institutions, social capital and sustainable wetland management: experiences from western Ethiopia / Alan Dixon, Afework Hailu and Tilahun Semu -- The emergence of a systemic view for the sustainable governance and use of wetlands in complex and transforming environments: experiences from Craigieburn, South Africa / Sharon Pollard and Derek du Toit -- Assessing the ecological sustainability of wetland cultivation: experiences from Zambia and Malawi / Donovan Kotze -- Sustainable management of wetlands for livelihoods: Uganda's experiences and lessons / Barbara Nakangu and Robert Bagyenda -- Managing a Ramsar site to support agriculture and fisheries: Lake Chilwa, Malawi / Daniel Jamu and Lisa Rebelo -- Agriculture, livelihoods and fadama restoration in northern Nigeria / Adamu Tanko -- Wetlands and rice development in West Africa / Paul Kiepe and Jonne Rodenburg -- Conclusions: transforming wetland livelihoods / Adrian Wood, Alan Dixon and Matthew McCartney…”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “….-; 1.5.2) Distribución del león africano en el África Occidental(West Africa).-; 1.5.3) Distribución del león africano en África Central (CentralAfrica).-; 1.5.4) Distribución del león africano en África del Este (EastAfrica)…”