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The Origins of the Public Service Commission: 1867-1918

The Origins of the Public Service Commission: 1867-1918

From: Defending a Contested Ideal

The Public Service Commission today is the legitimate heir to the civil service reform movement of the 19th century, which dedicated its efforts to creating an independent public service that … ; 30 $3.00 Add
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The “Other Women”: Canadian Women Writers Blazing a Trail into Germany

The “Other Women”: Canadian Women Writers Blazing a Trail into Germany

From: Translating Canada

This chapter is concerned with German responses to the wave of translations of English Canadian women writers, a response that, in its enthusiasm, undoubtedly had a strong effect on the … ; 14 $1.40 Add
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The Position of Flanders with Regard to Some Internet-Related Matters

The Position of Flanders with Regard to Some Internet-Related Matters

From: Cyberidentities

The issue of illegal and harmful content over electronic networks needs to be addressed in a manner which is proportional to the problem and which recognizes the importance of the principle of … 7 $0.98 Add
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The PSC as a Cautious Reformer: Staffing Reforms during the Mulroney Years: 1984-1993

The PSC as a Cautious Reformer: Staffing Reforms during the Mulroney Years: 1984-1993

From: Defending a Contested Ideal

The events examined in this chapter illustrate how, in contrast to a common misperception, the commission was more than willing to reform itself and the staffing process. While it is clear that … ; 32 $3.20 Add
The Quebec Anthology

The Quebec Anthology

1830-1990

The Quebec Anthology: 1830-1990 provides a complete overview of the Quebec short story from its beginnings to the 1990s and offers a unique opportunity for English readers to discover the essence … ; 427 View
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The Quest for Acceptance and Legitimization in the Literary Periphery

The Quest for Acceptance and Legitimization in the Literary Periphery

Banned Books and Pulp Fiction

From: Suppression of the Erotic in Modern Hebrew Literature

Translators and writers of the sex guides used didactic reasoning: they described their work as fulfilling a “mission,” their duty as teaching and educating (regardless of what the … 53 $5.83 Add
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The Role of Canada in the International Context of the Twenty-first Century

The Role of Canada in the International Context of the Twenty-first Century

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

Our multicultural democracy and our sustained peace is of great interest to many countries as a learning model. One could postulate that this constant accommodation of shared differences has … 6 $0.48 Add
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The Role of Women in the 1956 Revolution

The Role of Women in the 1956 Revolution

From: The 1956 Hungarian Revolution

This paper attempts to characterize the role of women during the 1956 revolution on the basis of photographic records of key moments and events during the revolution, as well as a review of … 22 $2.86 Add
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"The Roussis' Fire" 1872

"The Roussis’ Fire" 1872

From: The Quebec Anthology

"Le Feu des Roussi," translated here by Yves Brunelle as "The Roussis’ Fire," first appeared in two instalments in the journal L ‘Opinion publique in 1872 under … 16 $0.96 Add
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The Second Wave: Australia Transformed

The Second Wave: Australia Transformed

From: From Subjects to Citizens

If citizenship means counting in a society, the recognition of unequal citizenship has led the disadvantaged to seek redress through state intervention, and in Australia women have constituted … 11 $1.10 Add
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"The Secret Voice" 1982

"The Secret Voice" 1982

From: The Quebec Anthology

Le Surveillant was translated in 1990 as The Secret Voice by Matt Cohen, and it is from this collection that the title story has been taken. "The Secret Voice" exemplifies … 6 $0.36 Add
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The Semantic Apparatus of Guy Miège’s New Dictionary French and English, with Another English and French

The Semantic Apparatus of Guy Miège’s New Dictionary French and English, with Another English and French

From: Lexicography, Terminology, and Translation

In the following pages, we will look at the work of one specific lexicographer, Guy Miìge. Miìge’s first bilingual dictionary, entitled A New Dictionary French and English, … 12 $1.68 Add
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The Snowbirds
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The Snowbirds

A Cultural Movement across Borders

From: Borders, Culture, and Globalization

This chapter begins by providing a theoretical overview of how migration and borders have changed in the context of a globalizing world, how seasonal snowbird migration has emerged, and how this … 31 $3.10 Add
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The Southern Border of Mexico in the Age of Globalization

The Southern Border of Mexico in the Age of Globalization

From: Borderlands

This chapter analyzes the importance of Mexico’s southern border as an area involved both in the energy-integration process between Mexico-Central America and in the making of US national … 40 $3.20 Add
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The System I Have Come to Know

The System I Have Come to Know

From: Colonial Systems of Control

I was arrested on April 17,1992. I was taken to the Lagos State Police Command in Ikeja, where I was hung like a monkey from the ceiling, with my hands holding up the rest of my body. 3 $0.30 Add
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The Teaching Context

The Teaching Context

From: Teaching Translation from Spanish to English

Having compared student translator competence with ideal translator competence within the teaching context, it is now possible to adapt the list of general translation teaching objectives to the … 4 $0.48 Add