Countering piracy in the modern era : notes from a RAND workshop to discuss the best approaches for dealing with piracy in the 21st century / by Chalk, Peter

Table of Contents: “…Countering piracy in the modern era : notes from a RAND workshop to discuss the best approaches for dealing with piracy in the 21st century -- The current legal framework for countering piracy -- The economic burden imposed by piracy -- Anti-piracy off the Horn of Africa and the opportunities for interstate collaboration -- The wisdom of using armed contractors to protect shipping in the Gulf of Aden -- The extent to which industry talks as single voice in terms of maritime security -- How to confront piracy off the Horn of Africa.…”
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Exchange rate regimes in the modern era / by Klein, Michael W., 1958-

Table of Contents: “…Exchange rates regimes in the modern era -- Exchange rate regimes in theory and practice -- Exchange rate regime classifications -- The dynamics of exchange rate regimes -- The empirics of exchange rate regime choice -- Exchange rate regimes and bilateral exchange rates -- Exchange rate regimes and multilateral real exchange rates -- Exchange rates regimes and monetary autonomy -- Exchange rates regimes and international trade -- Exchange rates regimes and inflation -- Exchange rate regimes and economic growth -- Exchange rate regimes in an interdependent world.…”
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Bottled poetry : Napa winemaking from Prohibition to the modern era / by Lapsley, James T.

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Port cities and intruders : the Swahili Coast, India, and Portugal in the early modern era / by Pearson, M. N. 1941-

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The state in contemporary Islamic thought : a historical survey of the major Muslim political thinkers of the modern era / by Balqazīz, ʻAbd al-Ilāh

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The history of Sweden / by Nordstrom, Byron J.

Table of Contents: “…Creating Sweden, 1000-1800 : the medieval and early modern eras --…”
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Chaim Perelman / by Gross, Alan G.

“…SUNY series, rhetoric in the modern era…”
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George Campbell : rhetoric in the Age of Enlightenment / by Walzer, Arthur E., 1944-

“…SUNY series, rhetoric in the modern era…”
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The president's call : executive leadership from FDR to George Bush / by Michaels, Judith E., 1948-

Table of Contents: “…Presidential appointees in the modern era -- Politicization and depoliticization in the nation's pressure cooker -- Appointments and appointees in a politicized atmosphere -- PAS quality and qualifications -- Political-career relations in the modern era -- The Bush Senate-confirmed presidential appointees -- Intrabureaucratic issues : "here, ruining people is considered sport" -- Interbureaucratic issues : the end of village isolation.…”
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Does ethics have a chance in a world of consumers? / by Bauman, Zygmunt, 1925-2017

Table of Contents: “…-- Categorial murder, or the legacy of the twentieth century and how to remember it -- Freedom in the liquid-modern era -- Hurried life, or liquid-modern challenges to education -- Out of the frying pan and into the fire, or the arts between administration and the markets -- Making the planet hospitable to Europe.…”
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Ecocide : a short history of mass extinction of species / by Broswimmer, Franz J.

Table of Contents: “…; Etiology of ecocide ; chapter outline -- Part I : Human odyssey : from biological to cultural evolution -- Beginnings ; From tree shrews to primates ; Fire use and dietary changes ; Rise of modern humans ; Megafauna extinction ; Pivotal role of language -- Part II : Problematic society--nature relations before the modern era -- Neolithic revolution ; Ecological blunders of antiquity : Mesopotamians, Southwest Asia : 3700 BCE to 1600 BCE ; Greeks, Mediterranean : 770 BCE to 30 BCE ; Romans, Mediterranean : 500 BCE to 500 CE ; Chaco Anasazi, Northwestern New Mexico : 700 CE to 1300 CE ; Mayas, Mesoamerica : 200 CE to 900 CE ; Easter Islanders, Rapa Nui : 700 CE to 1700 CE -- Part III : Modern assault on nature : the making of ecocide -- Capitalist system : a brief historical and sociological overview ; Rise of scientific and technological thinking ; Capitalist ethos : ecological and social values ; Social and ecological implications of the Columbian exchange ; Enslavement of land and nature ; Early modern fur trade ; Mass slaughter of the North American bison ; Rise of commercial whaling -- Part IV : Planet as sacrifice zone -- Enclosure of the commons : a global phenomenon ; Industrial Revolution ; Ecology and modern warfare ; Ecocide and modern warfare ; Planet as national sacrifice zone ; Planet as demographic sacrifice zone -- Part V : Ecocide and globalization -- Impact of globalism ; Poverty and ecocide ; Terminal grand buffet? …”
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