“…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. …”

“…The research plan for the NCS was developed from 2005 to 2007 in collaboration among the Interagency Coordinating Committee, the NCS Advisory Committee, the NCS Program Office, Westat, the Vanguard Center principal investigators, and federal scientists. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Section 3 Research ethics : Get your hands dirty: emerging data practices as challenge for research integrity / Gerwin van Schie, Irene Westra and Mirko Tobias Schäfer -- Research ethics in context: decision-making in digital research / Annette Markham and Elizabeth Buchanan -- Datafication and discrimination / Koen Leurs and Tamara Shepherd. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The quest for democracy / Laura Westra -- 16. Answering the summons: contemporary prospects for global dialogue / Stephen Rowe -- 17. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Blair Mesa -- On public figure howlers / Frederick S. Calhoun, Stephen W. Weston -- Stalking, threatening, and attacking corporate figures / Jens Hoffmann, Lorraine Aheridan -- The public figure assassin as terrorist / James Biesterfeld, J. …”