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The Linguist of Ancient and Medieval Days

The Linguist of Ancient and Medieval Days

From: Interpreters as Diplomats

As anthropologists know, even the most primitive of peoples maintained an intertribal communication which must be deemed an elementary form of diplomacy. But since not all tribes spoke the same … 31 $4.03 Add
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The Literary Archive and the Telling of Modernist Lives: Retrieving Anne Marriott

The Literary Archive and the Telling of Modernist Lives: Retrieving Anne Marriott

From: The Canadian Modernists Meet

The centrality of archives to the process of literary biography is undeniable. Archives must be plumbed and it is only when every relevant archive with respect to a subject has been mined that … 19 $1.71 Add
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The Literary Work of Art

The Literary Work of Art

From: Roman Ingarden's Ontology and Aesthetics

Ingarden recognized that his treatment of the literary work of art offered only a first step in his preparatory analysis, and immediately upon completing The Literary Work of Art he undertook … 40 $4.40 Add
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"The Love of Lies" 1989

"The Love of Lies" 1989

From: The Quebec Anthology

The present story, "L’amour du mensonge," translated by David Homel as "The Love of Lies," was first published in XYZ in 1989 and is part of a second collection of … 5 $0.30 Add
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The Management Assault on the Public Service Commission: 1967-1979

The Management Assault on the Public Service Commission: 1967-1979

From: Defending a Contested Ideal

This chapter has focused on how the Public Service Commission was caught up in various attempts to play down the role of merit and was increasingly asked to see its role as helping to elevate the … ; 27 $2.70 Add
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The Maritime Borders of Europe: Upstream Migratory Controls

The Maritime Borders of Europe: Upstream Migratory Controls

From: Borderlands

This chapter explores the migration-monitoring devices that were set up in the 1990s surrounding the Mediterranean Sea. ; 22 $1.76 Add
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"The Mass of Florent Letourneau" 1930

"The Mass of Florent Letourneau" 1930

From: The Quebec Anthology

The story included here, "La messe de Florent Létourneau," translated by Sheila Fischman, is a fine example of Dantin’s classical mind. It first appeared in the periodical … 11 $0.66 Add
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The Meaning of Myth

The Meaning of Myth

From: Myths We Live By

To appreciate myth in this comprehensive and engaging sense, we have to get away from the popular equation of myth with falsehood, and we must distinguish the personal sense of myth from the … 17 $2.21 Add
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The Militarization of Nigerian Society

The Militarization of Nigerian Society

From: Colonial Systems of Control

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
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The Multicultural Wheel: The Texture of Canadian Society and Literature in the Twenty-first Century

The Multicultural Wheel: The Texture of Canadian Society and Literature in the Twenty-first Century

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

Literature reflects the times, and immigrant literary texts serve as major points of reference for the dual purpose of exploring and evaluating the different racial, cultural, religious, and … 14 $1.12 Add
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The Nationalists of 1968 and the Search for Canadian Independence
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The Nationalists of 1968 and the Search for Canadian Independence

From: 1968 in Canada

The year 1968 marked a decisive break in the history of English-Canadian nationalism. An older generation of nationalists, mostly located in rural Canada and concerned with the loosening of … 24 $2.40 Add
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The Nations of Australia

The Nations of Australia

From: From Subjects to Citizens

It is still the case that Indigenous people have neither a clear nor a just place within the ambit of the Australian polity. This fact, and the continuing disputes over the status of Indigenous … 19 $1.90 Add
The New Geo-Governance

The New Geo-Governance

A Baroque Approach

Over the last few decades, the Westphalian nation-state has lost its hegemonic position in the system of geo-governance. A dispersive revolution has led to the emergence of powerful newly … 362 View
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The Nisga'a Common Bowl in Tradition and Politics

The Nisga’a Common Bowl in Tradition and Politics

From: Aboriginal Canada Revisited

In the year 1887; a delegation of Nisga a travelled by canoe and steamboat to Victoria in order to discuss their land question with the governor of British Columbia. […] In 1913 they … ; 14 $1.40 Add
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The Old RMC and the New Canadian Services Colleges

The Old RMC and the New Canadian Services Colleges

From: To Serve Canada

The history of the old RMC and the establishment of the new college in 1948. 15 $1.95 Add
The Origins of Simultaneous Interpretation

The Origins of Simultaneous Interpretation

The Nuremberg Trial

This book offers the first complete analysis of the emergence of simultaneous interpretation a the Nuremburg Trail and the individuals who made the process possible. Francesca Gaiba offers new … 191 View