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Migrant women and work by Agrawal, Anuja

Table of Contents: “…Asian women workers in international labour migration / Leela Gulati -- Skilled migratory regimes / Parvati Raghuram -- Caring for the Filipino family / Rhacel Salazar Parrenas -- Towards an analysis of social mobility of transnational migrant women / Chi…”

Essays Indian and Islamic, by Khuda Bukhsh, S. (Salahuddin), 1877-1931

Table of Contents: “…--Ghalib: an appreciation.--My father: his life and reminiscences.--Hindustani literature.…”

Barefoot across the nation Maqbool Fida Husain and the idea of India by Ramaswamy, Sumathi, ed

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: barefoot across India: an artist and his country / Sumathi Ramaswamy -- Modernist myths and the exile of Maqbool Fida Husain / Geeta Kapur -- Art on trial: civilisation and religion in the persona and painting of M.F. …”

1599 a year in the life of William Shakespeare by Shapiro, James S.

Table of Contents: “…An intimate history of Shakespeare, following him through a single year--1599--that changed not only his fortunes but the course of literature. How was Shakespeare transformed from being a talented poet and playwright to become one of the greatest writers…”

The theory and practice of history by Ranke, Leopold von

Table of Contents: “…Introduction Bibliographical Note Part I: The Idealistic Theory of Historiography -- The Young Ranke's Vision of history and God (Excerpts from a letter to his brother Heinrich from Frankfurt/Oder End of March 1820) -- On the relations of history and phil…”

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar: writings and speeches. Volume 17 /

Table of Contents: “…Volume 17: Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and his egalitarian revolution. Part 1: Struggle for human rights (483 p.) -- Part 2: Socio-political, religious activities (545 p.) -- Part 3: Speeches (607 p.).…”

Courts and their judgments : premises, prerequisites, consequences / by Shourie, Arun

Table of Contents: “…From "life" to "life with dignity" -- to the pay of Imams 143 -- Some consequences -- 7. "The resultant legal chaos" 201 -- 8. The cascading effect 239 -- Time and place -- 9. …”

A cultural history of humour from antiquity to the present day by Bremmer, Jan, eds

Table of Contents: “…Humor and history / Jan Bremmer and Herman Roodenburg -- Jokes, jokers and jokebooks in ancient Greek culture / Jan Bremer -- Cicero, Plautus and Roman laughter / Fritz Graf -- Laughter in the Middle Ages / Jacques le Goff -- Bakhtin and his theory of car…”

The making of revolutionary Paris by Garrioch, David

Table of Contents: “…Introduction PART I The Social Order of Customary Paris -- The Patterns of Urban Life -- The Poor You Have with You Always -- Not Servants but Workers -- Each According to His Station. PART II City Government and Popular Discontent -- Bread, Police, and P…”

Guardians of God : inside the religious mind of the Pakistani Taliban / by Sheikh, Mona, 1978-

Table of Contents: “…The rise of the Pakistani Taliban ; Jihad to protect God and His laws ; The demolition of Islam's forts ; Anti-Shia and Punjab-based resistance ; Religion in the Taliban narratives ; The justice of violence -- Conclusion : a rational enemy? …”

The end of tradition? /

Table of Contents: “…Jacobs -- The tradition of the end : global capitalism and the contemporary spaces of Apocalypse / Katharyne Mitchell -- Nostalgias of the modern / Ananya Roy -- Nature and tradition at the border : landscaping the end of the nation state / Matthew Sparke -- The tensed embrace of tourism and traditional environments : exclusionary practices in Cancun, Cuba, and southern Florida / Robert Mugerauer -- Architecture and the production of postcard images : invocations of tradition vs. critical transnationalism in Curitiba / Clara Irazabal -- Tradition as a means to the end of tradition : farmer's houses in Italy's Fascist-era new towns / Mia Fuller -- Cultural identity and architectural image in Bo-Kaap, Cape Town / Fabio Todeschini and Derek Japha -- The latency of tradition : on the vicissitudes of walls in contemporary China / Duanfang Lu -- Seizing locality in Jerusalem / Alona Nitzan-Shiftan.…”

Jesuit letters and Indian history: a study of the nature and development of the Jesuit letters from India (1542-1773) and of their value for Indian historiography. by Correia-Afonso, John

Decolonization perspectives from now and then by Duara, Prasenjit, ed

Table of Contents: “…Selections from Lecture 4 / Sun Yat-sen, San Min Chu I -- The path that led me to Leninism / Ho Chi Minh -- The discovery of India, Selections from chapter 10 / Jawaharlal Nehru -- Fr…”

Democracy in a global world : human rights and political participation in the 21st century /

Table of Contents: “…Nussbaum -- Democracy, nationalism, and political globalization -- The varieties of nationalism / Andrew Oldenquist -- Global democracy : international, not cosmopolitan / Kok-Chor Tan -- Global public and the new world order -- Rawls' law of peoples and the new world order / William McBride -- The global public and its problems / Frank Cunningham.…”
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The painter of modern life and other essays / by Baudelaire, Charles, 1821-1867

Table of Contents: “…--The life and work of Eugène Delacroix.--Edgar Allan Poe, his life and works.--Further notes on Edgar Poe.…”

Semantic and conceptual development : an ontological perspective / by Keil, Frank C., 1952-

Policing insurgencies : cops as counterinsurgents /

Table of Contents: “…Ladwig III -- The police must be part of the people and the people part of the police : policing in the Malayan emergency, 1948-60 / Kumar Ramakrishna -- Policing in Kenya during the Mau Mau emergency, 1952-60 / Huw Bennett and Andrew Mumford -- The role of the Royal Ulster Constabulary in Northern Ireland / Mark Cochrane -- Problems and potential : the role of the police in the Colombian Insurgency / Jennifer Morrison Taw -- Policy capacity and insurgency in Pakistan / Adnan Naseemullah -- The police in Afghanistan, 2002-11 /Austin Long -- The role of police in counterinsurgency operations in Iraq, 2003-6 / Matt Sherman and Josh Paul -- The Punjab police and counterinsurgency against Sikh militants in India : the successful convergence of interests, identities, and institutions / Jugdep S. Chima -- The police and India's Maoist insurgency / Arvind Verma -- Police in counterinsurgency : the challenge of comprehensive reformation / David P. …”

Approaches to the Oriental classics; Asian literature and thought in general education.

Table of Contents: “…Sinaiko -- The Lotus Sūtra / Wing-tsit Chan -- The Chinese novel / Yi-tse Mei Feuerwerker -- The Tale of Genji / Donald Keene -- The poetry of the Far East in a general education / Kenneth Rexroth -- Practical problems in the teaching of Oriental humanities. …”

The royal song of Saraha: a study in the history of Buddhist thought /

Table of Contents: “…Tradition and philosophy: The tradition about Saraha and his works. The teaching of the Dohās. Existence versus essence.…”

Robert Schumann, 1810-1856. by Fuller-Maitland, J. A. (John Alexander), 1856-1936

Table of Contents: “…Schumann the critic._ 8. Schumann and his critics._ Chronological table of Robert Schumann's life and works.…”