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The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia by Scott, James C.

“…For two thousand years the disparate groups that now reside in Zomia (a mountainous region the size of Europe that consists of portions of seven Asian…”
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Governing through markets: forest certification and the emergence of non-state authority by Cashore, Benjamin William, Auld, Graeme, Newsom, Deanna

“…In recent years a startling policy innovation has emerged within global and domestic environmental governance: certification systems that promote socially…”
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The Theory That Would Not Die: How Bayes' Rule Cracked the Enigma Code, Hunted Down Russian Submarines, and Emerged Triumphant from Two Centuries of Controversy by McGrayne, Sharon Bertsch

“…Bayes' rule appears to be a straightforward, one-line theorem: by updating our initial beliefs with objective new information, we get a new and improved…”
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Two Treatises of Government and A Letter Concerning Toleration by Locke, John, Shapiro, Ian

“…Among the most influential writings in the history of Western political thought, John Locke'sTwo Treatises of GovernmentandA Letter Concerning Tolerationremain…”
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The trouble with ed schools by Labaree, David F

“…American schools of education get little respect. They are portrayed as intellectual wastelands, as impractical and irrelevant, as the root cause of bad…”
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The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race by Jennings, Willie James

“…Why has Christianity, a religion premised upon neighborly love, failed in its attempts to heal social divisions? In this ambitious and wide-ranging work,…”
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Class, Race, and Inequality in South Africa by Seekings, Jeremy, Nattrass, Nicoli

“…The distribution of incomes in South Africa in 2004, ten years after the transition to democracy, was probably more unequal than it had been under apartheid…”
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Global Crisis: War, Climate Change and Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century by Parker, Geoffrey

“…Revolutions, droughts, famines, invasions, wars, regicides, government collapses-the calamities of the mid-seventeenth century were unprecedented in both…”
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Creating the Administrative Constitution: The Lost One Hundred Years of American Administrative Law by Mashaw, Jerry L.

“…This groundbreaking book is the first to look at administration and administrative law in the earliest days of the American republic. Contrary to conventional…”
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Shyness: How Normal Behavior Became a Sickness by Lane, Christopher

“…In the 1970s, a small group of leading psychiatrists met behind closed doors and literally rewrote the book on their profession. Revising and greatly expanding…”
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All Can Be Saved: Religious Tolerance and Salvation in the Iberian Atlantic World by Schwartz, Stuart B.

“…It would seem unlikely that one could discover tolerant religious attitudes in Spain, Portugal, and the New World colonies during the era of the Inquisition,…”
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The Run of the Red Queen: Government, Innovation, Globalization, and Economic Growth in China by Breznitz, Dan, Murphree, Michael

“…Few observers are unimpressed by the economic ambition of China or by the nation's remarkable rate of growth. But what does the future hold? This meticulously…”
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Ancient Christian Martyrdom: Diverse Practices, Theologies, and Traditions by Moss, Candida R.

“…The importance of martyrdom for the spread of Christianity in the first centuries of the Common Era is a question of enduring interest. In this innovative new…”
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Law and the Contradictions of the Disability Rights Movement by Bagenstos, Samuel R.

“…The passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990 was hailed as revolutionary legislation, but in the ensuing years restrictive Supreme Court…”
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Dancing with the River: People and Life on the Chars of South Asia by Lahiri-Dutt, Kuntala, Samanta, Gopa

“…With this book Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt and Gopa Samanta offer an intimate glimpse into the microcosmic world of "hybrid landscapes." Focusing on chars-the…”
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Hitler, the Germans, and the Final Solution by Kershaw, Ian

“…This book is the culmination of more than three decades of meticulous historiographic research on Nazi Germany by one of the period's most distinguished…”
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Metaphors for Environmental Sustainability: Redefining Our Relationship with Nature by Larson, Brendon

“…Scientists turn to metaphors to formulate and explain scientific concepts, but an ill-considered metaphor can lead to social misunderstandings and…”
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The Enlightenment and the Intellectual Foundations of Modern Culture by Dupre, Louis

“…The prestige of the Enlightenment has declined in recent years. Many consider its thinking abstract, its art and poetry uninspiring, and the assertion that it…”
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Before Religion: A History of a Modern Concept by Nongbri, Brent

“…For much of the past two centuries, religion has been understood as a universal phenomenon, a part of the "natural" human experience that is essentially the…”
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The Proteus Paradox: How Online Games and Virtual Worlds Change Us—And How They Don't by Yee, Nick

“…Proteus, the mythical sea god who could alter his appearance at will, embodies one of the promises of online games: the ability to reinvent oneself. Yet…”
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