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Joseph Ellicott and the Holland Land Company by Chazanof, William

“…This study traces the evolution of western New York from the time the Indians relinquished control to the solidification of institutional life. …”
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A Vehicle for Change by Ó Cofaigh, Éamon

“…The ubiquity of the automobile across all social strata provides us with a defined lens through which to examine the evolution of French society in the modern and post-modern eras. …”
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First World War and Its Aftermath by Fraser, TG

“…This book gathers together leading scholars in the field to examine this impact, which is crucial to understanding the region’s current problems and the rise of groups like the Islamic State.In addition to recounting the crucial international politics that drew fierce lines in the sands of the Middle East—a story of intrigue between the British, Russians, Ottomans, North Africans, Americans, and others—the contributors engage topics ranging from the war’s effects on women, the experience of the Kurds, sectarianism, the evolution of Islamism, and the importance of prominent intellectuals like Ziya Gökalp and Michel ’Aflaq. …”
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Biostratigraphic and Geological Significance of Planktonic Foraminifera by BouDagher-Fadel, Marcelle K.

“…Boudagher-Fadel presents a comprehensive analysis of existing data on fossil planktonic foraminifera genera and their phylogenetic evolution in time and space. This important text, now in its Second Edition, is in considerable demand and is now being republished by UCL Press.…”
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Customary Land Tenure & Registration in Australia and Papua New Guinea

“…These pieces of legislation actively contour the progressive evolution of landowner social, territorial and political organisation at all levels in these nation states. …”
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Federalism and Regionalism in Australia

“…How will these competing pressures for centralisation and devolution in the structures of federalism be reconciled? …”
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Archaeological Science Under a Microscope

“…Ranging from early humans to modern kings, from ancient Australian spears or Mayan pots to recent Maori cloaks, the contributions demonstrate how starches, raphides, hair, blood, feathers, resin and DNA have become essential elements in archaeology's modern arsenal for reconstructing the daily, spiritual, and challenging aspects of ancient lives and for understanding human evolution. The book is a fitting tribute to Tom Loy, the pioneer of residue studies and gifted teacher who inspired and mentored these exciting projects.…”
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Altered Ecologies

“…A feature of this collection is the diversity of approaches ranging from interpretation of the biogeographic significance of plant and animal distributional patterns, pollen analysis from peats and lake sediments to discern Quaternary climate change, explanation of the patterns of faunal extinction events, the interplay of fire on landscape evolution, and models of the environmental consequences of human settlement patterns. …”
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Taxonomic Tapestries by Behie, Alison M, Oxenham, Marc F

“…The focus is on the evolution of the human species, the behaviour of primates and other species, and how humans affect the distribution and abundance of other species through anthropogenic impact. …”
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Kulturelle Prägungen wirtschaftlicher Institutionen und wirtschaftspolitischer Reformen.

“…Nach zwei stärker theoretisch orientierten Beiträgen zur kulturellen Evolution von Helmut Leipold und Horst Feldmann, die unter anderem die relevanten Arbeiten von Adam Smith, Max Weber und Friedrich August von Hayek würdigen, werden im zweiten Teil des Bandes die Einflüsse unterschiedlicher Kulturen auf die Ausgestaltung wirtschaftlicher Institutionen sowie den Erfolg wirtschaftspolitischer Reformen anhand ausgewählter Fallbeispiele etwas eingehender analysiert. …”
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Ökonomie und Evolution.

“…Further chapters cast a philosophical perspective on Schumpeter‘s theory of development und inspect normative claims of Hayek’s theory of market evolution.…”
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The Rhythm of Strategy by Dieleman, Marleen

“…The Rhythm of Strategy: A Corporate Biography of the Salim Group of Indonesia criticises existing theories on ethnic Chinese firms and instead provides a more nuanced view of the evolution of a small migrant trading business into the largest family business group in Southeast Asia. …”
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International Migration in Europe

“…In particular, attention has been devoted to analyse new forms of migration, the evolution of regional patterns, the intergenerational process of migrant integration and the use of special survey in migration studies. …”
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From the Manpower Revolution to the Activation Paradigm by Weishaupt, J. Timo

“…Timo Weishaupt contends that the evolution of labor market policy is determined not only by historical trajectories or coalitional struggles, but also by policy makers' changing normative and cognitive beliefs. …”
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Framing Immigrant Integration by Scholten, Peter, Wertheim, David J., de Haan, Ido, Cahen, Joel

“…In addition to an analysis of how immigration is framed and reframed through diverse dialogues, the author provides a highly dynamic overview of integration policy and its evolution alongside migration research.…”
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Tantalisingly Close by de Vries, Imar

“…Our expectations and uses of them are surprisingly similar to those of older media; consequently, they reconfirm the idea that living in an ‘anyone, anything, anytime, anywhere’ world is both a blessing and a curse, and that the desire for sublime communication is a tragic yet highly powerful regulative principle in our media evolution.…”
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ITS Academy: una scommessa vincente?

“…This Report traces the difficult evolution of ITSs from 2007 to the present, investigates what their future developments may be, and sheds a light on their limits – in terms of size, diffusion and ability to attract students – by comparing them with tertiary professional education models currently in place in France, Germany, Spain and Switzerland…”
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AMALPI TREK - Dal Maloja al Gottardo

Subjects: “…climate change, ethnography, geology, geomporphology, hiking, history of the territory, landscape evolution, large landslides, natural hazards, trekking…”
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We Need to Do This by Zabjek, Alexandra

“…Based on dozens of in-depth interviews, it traces the evolution of a progressive social movement in a traditionally conservative province. …”
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Contratos de trabalho flexível nos sistemas jurídicos italiano e brasileiro

“…With the participation of important scholars from both countries, the volumes offer a comprehensive examination of the evolution of flexibility in the Italian and Brazilian labour markets through an in-depth examination of the main forms of relationships other than the traditional but less central one of full-time and open-ended employment. …”
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