“…Vivant entre deux langues et deux cultures, elle a conquis tant les publics francophone qu'anglophone. …”

“…Ainsi surgissent de l’ombre l’agglomération lilloise et le sucre, le littoral dunkerquois et la noblesse d’extraction récente, Roubaix-Tourcoing et le textile, le Cambrésis-Valenciennois où la fortune foncière se lie au notariat et à l’industrie minière. Beaucoup d’élus sont demeurés muets et peu actifs. …”

“…Dans les villes où la majorité de la population vit en location, la maison n’a pas attiré de grands rassembleurs de pierre. …”

“…Si la comparaison peinture/musique, vision/audition, est courante, en revanche il n’existe pas de réflexion théorique qui, en les comparant, fasse appel à des spécialités aussi différentes que l’esthétique philosophique, l’histoire des sciences, l’histoire de l’art, la logique, l’iconographie, la psychosociologie, la théorie musicale, la théorie littéraire. …”

“…Literary references both to Wittgenstein as a person, as well as to his work, are much more pervasive than to other equally well-known 20th-century philosophers, and this study seeks to explain why, and to what end. …”

“…Going back to pre-independence, colonial India, Manali Desai takes a long historical view of Kerala and compares it with the state of West Bengal, which like Kerala has been ruled by leftists but has not had the same degree of success in raising equal access to welfare, lit…”

“…If one uses Facebook, Facetime, Skype, Netflix, or any application of the internet internationally, a submarine cable is involved. Fibre optic cables bind the world together and computer server farms, maintained by major telecom and content companies, allow vast amounts of data to be stored and retrieved from the cloud. …”

“…La consulta de una amplia variedad de fuentes localizadas, entre otras instituciones, en el Archivo General de Indias en España, el Archivo General de la Nación en Colombia y el Archivo Nacional de Cuba, así como la aplicación del método de la crítica histórica, permitieron demostrar que la legislación y los discursos producidos por el despotismo ilustrado con el fin de controlar la vida familiar reforzaron la normatividad patriarcal, destinada a consolidar la subordinación femenina ante la autoridad de los varones. …”

“…It has even been proposed a couple of years ago that platelets can present antigen to T-lymphocytes by using their HLA class I molecules. …”

“…The aim of the book is therefore to present and share experience, expertise and lessons in such a way that enables its effective and immediate use across the full spectrum of country contexts, whether in the developing or developed world. …”

“…En cada escenario, se entretejen los trazos biográficos con el gran peso de la experiencia de la temporalidad histórica y vital en el discurso sociológico, permeado también por el circunstancialismo y el historicismo, la sociología weberiana, el férreo cuestionamiento frente al funcionalismo, así como por sus críticas a los modelos modernizadores para América Latina…”

“…Mediante el recurso a innumerables fuentes chinas, en la mayoría inéditas, la autora reconstruye un capítulo de la historia de los contactos culturales entre Europa y China durante la última dinastía Qing. …”

“…She discusses in detail the experiences of Colonel Margarethe Cammermeyer, who was dishonorably discharged from the National Guard after 27 years of service when she revealed that she was a lesbian, and Roberta Achtenberg, who was nominated by Clinton for the job of Assistant Director of Housing and Urban Development and became the first gay or lesbian to face the confirmation process. …”

“…Transference of orientalist images and identities to the American landscape and its inhabitants, especially in the West-in other words, portrayal of the West as the "Orient"-has been a common aspect of American cultural history. Place names, such as the Jordan River or Pyramid Lake, offer notable examples, but the imagery and its varied meanings are more widespread and significant. …”

“…Making Mala argues that in essence Malaitans are no different from other Solomon Islanders, and that their dominance, both in numbers and their place in the modern nation, can be explained through their recent history. A grounding theme of the book is its argument that, far than being conservative, Malaitan religions and cultures have always been adaptable and have proved remarkably flexible in accommodating change. …”

“…In ambito storico-artistico il dibattito, di portata europea, si è concentrato sulle rotte tra i maggiori centri del Mediterraneo occidentale, i grandi empori commerciali e le grandi capitali da cui i linguaggi artistici si sono diffusi per essere accolti e reinterpretati con tempi e modi differenti a seconda del contesto politico, sociale e culturale di ricezione. …”

“…It is an accessible treatment of what makes war and how to make peace ideal for all readers interested in how violent international conflicts can be managed, informed by the experience of a practitioner. Daniel Serwer is Professor and Director of the Conflict Management program at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, USA. …”

“…Au Croisic, au début du XVIe siècle, l’activité maritime permet la montée en puissance d’un milieu de marchands mariniers qui contribue à l’affirmation de cette ville avant les redéploiements consécutifs aux Grandes Découvertes…”

“…Dès lors, les cultures fruitières deviennent un puissant vecteur de rencontres sociales et d'échanges entre la Ville, la Cour et le Village. À la charnière entre l'histoire économique et sociale et l'histoire culturelle, entre le monde rural et le monde urbain, cette étude propose une approche des sociétés rurales parisiennes sous un nouvel angle : partir d'une production, et non d'un groupe socioprofessionnel, partir des campagnes parisiennes et non de Paris, afin de rechercher les spécificités créées dans une société traditionnelle par le développement d'une culture permanente et fortement visible…”