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Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Placing China in the world history of discovery, production, and use -- Welcome to the hometown of rare earths : 1980-2010 -- Rude awakenings -- From the heartland to the head of the dog -- Extraglobal extraction…”

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“…In a large-scale conservation and tourism planning project, selected sites were set up and promoted as images of the Ethiopian nation. This story serves to illustrate UNESCO’s role in constructing a “useful past” in many African countries engaged in the process of nation-building. …”

“…Mseleku recorded with several American jazz greats including Ravi Coltrane, Joe Henderson, Pharoah Sanders, Charlie Haden, Billy Higgins and Abbey Lincoln. His music serves as a vital link to the African-American musical art form that inspired many of the South African jazz legends…”

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“…Through a detailed analysis of their engagements with subjects that span a broad range of historical and thematic contexts (including topics as diverse as literature, children's play, film, photography, history, and television) the book charts the extent to which the concept of imagination plays a central role in Benjamin, Kracauer, and Kluge's explorations of a mode of perception and experience which could serve as a catalyst for the creation and sustenance of a desire for a different kind of future Reviewed in: cultural studies review, 14/2, 9 (2008), Lisa McDonald fsk Hamburg, 09.08.2009, Olaf Berg…”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- 2.6.2 Biosensors as Environmental Monitors -- 2.7 Electrochemical Systems as Energy Sources -- 2.8 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 3 Combined Use of Remediation Technologies with Electrokinetics -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Biological Processes -- 3.2.1 Electrobioremediation -- 3.2.2 Electro‐Phytoremediation -- 3.3 Permeable Reactive Barriers -- 3.4 Advanced Oxidation Processes…”

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