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UNINA9910789748603321 |
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Titolo |
Black Subjects in Africa and Its Diasporas [[electronic resource] ] : Race and Gender in Research and Writing / / edited by B. Talton, Q. Mills |
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New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2011 |
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1-283-26626-1 |
9786613266262 |
0-230-11994-8 |
0-230-34633-2 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed. 2011.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (217 p.) |
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HIS001000SOC056000SOC001000SOC026000SOC002000 |
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Disciplina |
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Africa - History |
Race |
United States - History |
African Americans |
Culture |
Sociology |
Anthropology |
African History |
Race and Ethnicity Studies |
US History |
African American Culture |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-207) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Machine generated contents note: -- Race, Gender and the Research Subject: An Introduction -- Benjamin Talton and Quincy T. Mills * Researching while Black: Interrogating and Navigating Boundaries of Belonging in the Andes -- Sara Busdiecker * Posing as Subject: Compromise and the Art of Access in Trinidad -- Harvey Neptune * Translating Hybrid Cultures: Quandaries of an Indian-Australian Ethnographer in Cuba -- Sujatha Fernandes -- Where to Find Black Identity in Buenos Aires -- Judy Anderson * "You Don't Look Groomed": |
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Rethinking Black Barber Shops as Public Spaces in the United States -- Quincy T. Mills * The 'Dark Sheep' of the Atlantic World: Following the Transnational Trail of Blacks to Canada -- Dann J. Broyld * The Strange Life of Lusotropicalism in Luanda: On Race, Nationality and Sexuality in Angola -- Jessica Krug * Quenching the Thirst for Data: Beer, Local Connections and Fieldwork in Ghana -- Benjamin Talton * (African-) American Woman Outsider: Nationality, Race and Gender in Field Research in Mozambique -- Frances Henderson * Mamatoma "the chief's namesake": Strategies for Research and Belonging in Sierra Leone -- Lynda R. Day. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Through the research and experiences of 16 scholars whose native homes span ten countries, this collection shifts the discussion of belonging and affinity within Africa and its diaspora toward local perceptions and the ways in which these notions are asserted or altered. |
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UNINA9910811165303321 |
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Autore |
Haugen Gary A |
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Titolo |
The locust effect : why the end of poverty requires the end of violence / / by Gary A. Haugen and Victor Boutros |
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New Nork, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-993788-5 |
0-19-997540-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (625 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Violence - Developing countries |
Poor - Violence against - Developing countries |
Poverty - Developing countries |
Human rights - Developing countries |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; CONTENTS; Introduction; |
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1 WHAT ARE WE MISSING?; 2 THE HIDDEN CRISIS AT HISTORY'S INFLECTION POINT; 3 THE LOCUST EFFECT; 4 "NO ONE'S DRIVEN THAT TRUCK IN DECADES"; 5 THE EMPEROR HAS NO CLOTHES-AT ALL; 6 A DREAM DEVASTATED; 7 COLONIAL LEGACIES AND A FAILURE THAT MAKES SENSE; 8 PRIVATE JUSTICE AND PUBLIC LAWLESSNESS; 9 YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR; 10 IT'S BEEN DONE BEFORE; 11 DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS OF HOPE; Conclusion; Appendix: The Math; Acknowledgements; Notes; Bibliography Note; The Authors; International Justice Mission; Index; Footnotes; Ch01fn |
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While the world has made encouraging strides in the fight against global poverty, there is a hidden crisis silently undermining our best efforts to help the poor. It is a plague of everyday violence. Beneath the surface of the world's poorest communities, common violence -- like rape, forced labor, illegal detention, land theft, police abuse and other brutality -- has become routine and relentless. And like a horde of locusts devouring everything in their path, the unchecked plague of violence ruins lives, blocks the road out of poverty, and undercuts development. How has this plague of violen |
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Record Nr. |
UNICAMPANIAVAN00124512 |
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Autore |
Selch, Daniela A. |
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Titolo |
A Multivariate Claim Count Model for Applications in Insurance / Daniela Anna Selch, Matthias Scherer |
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Titolo uniforme |
A Multivariate Claim Count Model for Applications in Insurance |
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Descrizione fisica |
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xii, 158 p. : ill. ; 24 cm |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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62Pxx - Applications of statistics [MSC 2020] |
91B05 - Risk models (general) [MSC 2020] |
97M30 - Financial and insurance mathematics (aspects of mathematics education) [MSC 2020] |
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