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Constructing Nationhood in Modern East Asia - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=uduUSGj0n9gC&pg=PA331&dq=%22ren+guang%22+%22he+luting%22#v=onepage
A cutting-edge collection exploring identity-making in East Asia This is an interdisciplinary study of the cultural politics of nationalism and national identities in modern East Asia. Combining theoretical insights with empirical research, it explores the…
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Lev Shternberg: Anthropologist, Russian Socialist, Jewish Activist - Sergei Kan - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=9XOfZ6ivgY8C&pg=PA174&lpg=PA174&dq=%22Bruno+Adler%22+(1874%E2%80%931942
This intellectual biography of Lev Shternberg (1861 1927) illuminates the development of professional anthropology in late imperial and early Soviet Russia. Shortly after the formation of the Soviet Union the government initiated a detailed ethnographic…
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Dogs: History, Myth, Art - Catherine Johns - Google Books
http://books.google.de/books?id=KxoIW5QSrXYC&printsec=frontcover#PPA48,M1
Archaeological evidence of truly domestic dogs dates back to the Stone Age, when humans lived as bands of hunter-gatherers. The long association that followed, with dogs living alongside people as hunters and companions, guardians and guides, has a…
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We are the Champions: The Politics of Sports and Popular Music - Ken McLeod - Google Books
http://books.google.de/books?id=SVF5xQCC7OoC&pg=PA122&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false
Sports and popular music are synergistic agents in the construction of identity and community. They are often interconnected through common cross-marketing tactics and through influence on each other's performative strategies and stylistic content.…
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Reichsrock: The International Web of White-Power and Neo-Nazi Hate Music - Kirsten Dyck - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=sREVDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA47&dq=bilskirnir+nsbm&hl=de&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiJop7FsZPfAhXSKewKHYlqCkIQ6AEIMDA
From rap to folk to punk, music has often sought to shape its listeners’ political views, uniting them as a global community and inspiring them to take action. Yet the rallying potential of music can also be harnessed for sinister ends. As this…
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Northern Arts: The Breakthrough of Scandinavian Literature and Art, from ... - Arnold L. Weinstein - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=B9t1ph68T_MC&pg=PA225
Northern Arts is a magnificent and provocative exploration of Scandinavian literature and art. With intellectual power and deep emotional insights, writer and critic Arnold Weinstein guides us through the most startling works created by the writers and…
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China Marches West - Peter C Perdue - Google Books
http://books.google.de/books?id=4Zm_Bj6zc7EC&pg=RA1-PA310&lpg=RA1-PA310&dq=#v=onepage&q&f=false
From about 1600 to 1800, the Qing empire of China expanded to unprecedented size. Through astute diplomacy, economic investment, and a series of ambitious military campaigns into the heart of Central Eurasia, the Manchu rulers defeated the Zunghar Mongols,…
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China Marches West - Peter C Perdue - Google Books
http://books.google.de/books?id=4Zm_Bj6zc7EC&pg=RA1-PA632&lpg=RA1-PA632&dq=%22Turhute+quanbu%22&source=bl&ots=YXJmLkfdKp&sig=uGV
From about 1600 to 1800, the Qing empire of China expanded to unprecedented size. Through astute diplomacy, economic investment, and a series of ambitious military campaigns into the heart of Central Eurasia, the Manchu rulers defeated the Zunghar Mongols,…
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Art for Equality: The NAACP's Cultural Campaign for Civil Rights - Jenny Woodley - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=G9yJAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA144&dq=%22The%2BMan%2Bon%2BAmerica's%2BConscience%22
A native of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, Major General Logan Feland (1869--1936) played a major role in the development of the modern Marine Corps. Highly decorated for his heroic actions during the battle of Belleau Wood in World War I, Feland led the hunt for…
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The Oxford Dictionary of American Political Slang - Google Books
http://books.google.de/books?id=hc7x96jE5EcC&pg=PA105&lpg=PA105&dq=The+Oxford+Dictionary+of+American+Political+Slang+feminazi&so
Here is a wonderful Baedeker to down-and-dirty politics--more than six hundred slang terms straight from the smoke-filled rooms of American political speech. Hatchet Jobs and Hardball: The Oxford Dictionary of American Political Slang illuminates a rich…