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Europe and the New World, to 1919

From: Interpreters as Diplomats

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We have seen how bilingual Greek scholars, steeped in Byzantine diplomatic lore, relocated to the four corners of Europe and, in the greatest numbers, to Venice. From them the Venetians learned … 41 $5.33 Add
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Human Rights in Cyberspace

From: Cyberidentities

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This essay explores the application of the international human rights regime to the governance of cyberspace. 16 $2.24 Add
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Moonlight and Morning: Women’s Early Contribution to Canadian Modernism

From: The Canadian Modernists Meet

During the early years of the century, Canadian women poets, including Sophia Hensley, Susan Frances Harrison, and Annie Charlotte Dalton, were expanding their thematic horizons but still writing … 21 $1.89 Add
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Passer a l’avenir. Actualiser la canadianite

From: The Canadian Distinctiveness into the XXIst Century - La distinction canadienne au tournant du XXIe siecle

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Si, pour nombre d’habitants du pays, le moyen de passer à l’avenir est à l’évidence de se souvenir d’où ils s’en vont, c’est-à-dire de … 17 $1.36 Add
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Pour une réinterprétation phénoménologique de la question de l’existence de Dieu

From: God and Argument - Dieu et l'argumentation philosophique

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Il se trouve que la pertinence de la métaphysique est questionnée de façon radicale de toutes parts. Cette interrogation, voire cette contestation, qui touche à la … 25 $3.00 Add
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Professors in Place

From: The Elective Mind

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The third section considers the role of professors in bringing an elective course and the curiosity, enthusiasm and desire for learning to life. 38 $3.80 Add
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Prologue: Hospitality—Conditional and Unconditional

From: Multicultural Dynamics and the Ends of History

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Kant’s understanding of hospitality raises a number of interesting questions. Although it is clear that his own definition considers the hospitality that we owe others to be conditional, … 8 $1.04 Add
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Reliablity and Impact of the Interpretation

From: The Origins of Simultaneous Interpretation

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One of the key issues about the interpreting system was its reliability. Could the tribunal wholeheartedly trust the version of the interpreters? In order to ensure a fair trial to the … 25 $3.25 Add
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Rethinking the CSC: Gordon, Heeney and Glassco: 1945-1967

From: Defending a Contested Ideal

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The Civil Service Commission always had an important role to play in creating a public service that was staffed efficiently and effectively, protected from unwelcome political interference, and … 23 $2.30 Add
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Science and Technique: Nurses’ Work in a Canadian Hospital, 1920-1939

From: Caring and Curing

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For the most part, feminist scholars have concluded that until at least the post-World War II years nursing work fell outside the modern paradigm of science. This chapter challenges that … 30 $3.30 Add
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Social Learning, Collaborative Governance, and the Strategic State

From: The New Geo-Governance

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The strategic state undoubtedly has a role to play in jump-starting, catalyzing, and steering the process of social learning, while allowing the other two domains (the private and civic sectors) … 18 $1.62 Add
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Sycophants, Citizens and the Majesty of Nature: Some Thoughts on the History of Australian Civic Debate

From: From Subjects to Citizens

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Throughout the last 150 years of at times active, at times utterly uninspired civic debate, Australia has produced its fair share of sycophants determined to possess the baubles of Empire. … 12 $1.20 Add
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Teaching Professional Prose Translation

From: Teaching Translation from Spanish to English

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The aim of this book is to establish the theoretical and methodological basis for structuring a professional prose-translation class. The students are learning to develop translator-transfer … 5 $0.60 Add
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The Economic Platforms of the Re-formed Political Parties in 1956

From: The 1956 Hungarian Revolution

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The Great Depression and the two world wars created an atmosphere where both politicians and the public saw that direct government involvement in the economy was the only way of preventing the … 40 $5.20 Add
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The Interwar Years, 1919–1939

From: History of the Jews in Quebec

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This chapter focuses on the Interwar Years, examining the political climate of the Jewish communities in Montreal, Jews and the USSR, Montreal Jews and Zionism, relations and tensions with … 57 $5.70 Add
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The Militarization of Nigerian Society

From: Colonial Systems of Control

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This chapter makes a demand not only on Nigeria’s political and civil society leaders but also on the international community, particularly policy-makers in Europe and the United States … 50 $5.00 Add