“…Their results will change the way you think about and take action on both small and large problems, and force us as a society to stop making assumptions and to rely instead upon the evidence of what really works…”

“…George Lane argues that the Mongols were not only subjugators who swept all before them but one of the great organising forces of world history. His book traces the rise of the Great Khan in 1206 to the dissolution of the empire in 1368 by the Ming Dynasty. …”

“…In March 1917, Nicholas II, the last Tsar of All the Russias, abdicated and the dynasty that had ruled an empire for three hundred years was forced from power by revolution. Now, on the hundredth anniversary of that revolution, Robert Service, the eminent historian of Russia, examines Nicholas's reign in the year before his abdication and the months between that momentous date and his death, with his family, in Ekaterinburg in July 1918. …”

“…"Global Media, Biopolitics and Affect shows how mediations of bodily vulnerability have become a strong political force in contemporary societies. In discussions and struggles concerning war involvement, healthcare issues, charity, democracy movements, contested national pasts, and climate change, performances of bodily vulnerability is increasingly used by citizens to raise awareness, create sympathy, encourage political action, and to circulate information in global media networks. …”

“…Over the years, Google has become one of the dominant forces in the online world and they keep coming out with more services to help people stay connected. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Preface Part I. Crime: 1. Classical theory and the idea of crime 2. …”

“…À leur lecture, nous constatons la force de leur engagement et les déboires qui en résultent. …”

“…-Presents a rigorous yet accessible introduction to the major topics in contemporary epistemology -Contains head-to-head chapters offering forceful advocacy of opposing philosophical stances -Focuses on core areas of epistemology -Uses a lively debate format that sharply defines the issues and encourages further discussion -All-new chapters provide fully updated coverage of new and emerging topics in epistemology --…”

“…This objection has considerable force and provides a constraint on efforts to fashion a self-concept. …”

“…Finally, the liberal order has been challenged by authoritarian and populist forces, promoting anti-pluralist agendas. Adopting a synoptic perspective that puts liberal disorder at the center of its investigation, this book uses multiple sources to build a common historical and conceptual framework for understanding major contemporary political currents. …”

“…Hill and Dahlgren offer a new definition of engagement as an energizing internal force, and as such a powerful means to further human agency. …”

“…This groundbreaking account offers an unprecedented view of Stalin's forced-labour camps as experienced by its medical staff…”

“…Si Hegel est un représentant des Lumières par sa valorisation de la raison, il refuse toutefois de voir en elle une forme anhistorique et toujours-déjà achevée. …”

“…"Revising the standard narrative of European-Indian relations in America, Juliana Barr reconstructs a world in which Indians were the dominant power and Europeans were the ones forced to accommodate, resist, and persevere. She demonstrates that between the 1690s and 1780s, Indian peoples including Caddos, Apaches, Payayas, Karankawas, Wichitas, and Comanches formed relationships with Spaniards in Texas that refuted European claims of imperial control. …”

“…A Jew from a disputed area between Germany and Poland who fought on the German side in World War I, he first achieved academic success with Frederick II (1927), a work whose language, in Gabrielle Spiegel's words, "often came perilously close to that of the Nazi party" in its desire to see a reconstituted German nation once again dominant on the world stage. Forced to emigrate when the Nazis came to power, Kantorowicz later became embroiled in controversy when, at Berkeley during the McCarthy era, he refused to sign an oath of allegiance designed to identify Communist Party sympathizers. …”
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“…What few people know is the story about what happened behind the scenes: Emil Hurja was the driving force behind the Democrats during the New Deal Era. …”

“…Drawing on a wide array of sources, Vaughn shows how the East India Company was transformed from a corporation into an imperial power in the service of British political forces opposed to the rising radicalism of the period. …”

“…Pettigrew and David Veevers put forward a new interpretation of the role Europe's overseas corporations played in early modern global history, recasting them from vehicles of national expansion to significant forces of global integration. Across the Mediterranean, Atlantic, Indian Ocean and Pacific, corporations provided a truly global framework for facilitating the circulation, movement and exchange between and amongst European and non-European communities, bringing them directly into dialogue often for the first time. …”

“…Relatios extérieures 55 DEUXIÈME PARTIE : É VOLUTIONS DES TRANSPORTS 1970-1998 Évolution des transports dans les pays d'europe de l'ouest 60 -Environnement économique 60 -Evolution globale des transports 63 -Transports de marchandises 64 -Transports de voyageurs 72 -Accidents de la route 73 Évolution des transports dans les pays en transition membres de la CEMT 77 -Situation générale 77 -Transports de marchandises 91 -Transports de voyageurs 100 -Accidents de la route 102 TROISIÈME PARTIE RÉSOLUTIONS APPROUVÉES PAR LE CONSEIL DES MINISTRES DES TRANSPORTS EN 1999 -Résolution no 99/1 L'intégration des marchés européens de transport terrestre 109 -Résolution no 99/2 La levée des entraves lors des passages aux frontières pour le transport international de marchandises 111 -Résolution no 99/3 La délinquance et la fraude dans les transports 115 -Résolution no 99/4 La communication en sécurité routière 118 -Résolution no 99/5 Les usagers de la route vulnérables : les cyclomotoristes et les motocyclistes 122 -Résolution no 99/6 L'élimination progressive des essences plombées 125 RECOMMANDATIONS ET DÉCISIONS APPROUVÉES PAR LE CONSEIL DES MINISTRES DES TRANSPORTS EN 1999 -Recommandations sur le processus paneuropéen d'harmonisation juridique et d'ajustement des systèmes de transport 131 -Décision concernant l'évolution du système du contingent multilatéral 135 -Décision concernant le contingent spécial pour l'Albanie et l'ERY Macédoine 142 -Décisions concernant les aspects sociaux du transport routier Mandat et lignes directrices pour de futures actions 148 -Décisions concernant les aspects fiscaux du transport routier Mandat et lignes directrices pour de futures actions 150 -Conclusions et recommandations sur le partenariat public et privé (PPP) pour le financement des infrastructures de transport 151 -Décision concernant le contingent pour les nouveaux pays Membres : cas de l'Albanie et l'Azerbaïdjan 153 -Décision concernant le Bogue de l'an 2000 - Déclaration 155 -Décision concernant le transport pour les personnes à mobilité réduite : Charte sur l'accès aux services et infrastructures de transport 157 RAPPORTS APPROUVÉS PAR LE CONSEIL DES MINISTRES DES TRANSPORTS EN 1999 -Aspects fiscaux du transport de marchandises par la route : charges affectant le transport routier international 163 -Tendances récentes des accidents de la route dans les pays de la CEMT 181 -Conclusions et recommandations sur les programmes de mise à la casse et leur rôle afin d'améliorer la performance environnementale du parc automobile 191 -Suivi des émissions de CO2 par les voitures neuves 196 -Les programmes de mise à la casse et leur rôle afin d'améliorer la performance environnementale du parc automobile 205 ANNEXES -I. …”

“…Chaque projet archivistique suscitait sans doute sa part de transferts, de démembrements, de destructions ou de sauvegardes de fonds d'archives. …”