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Industrialization and Under-developed Countries

Industrialization and Under-developed Countries

First published in 1966 Industrialization and Under-Developed Countries traces the distribution causes and problems of under-development and from the point of view of the economic geographer goes on to examine the difficulties and possibilities of industrialization as a remedy. Particular emphasis is laid upon the demographic factor both in the world situation and as affecting the way of life of individual countries. This book will be of interest to students of economics and geography.

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American Government Constitutional Democracy Under Pressure

American Government Constitutional Democracy Under Pressure

American Government: Constitutional Democracy Under Pressure highlights the necessary tension between our constitutional principles and institutions and the populist heat that sometimes roils our national politics especially at the current political moment. Our constitutional democracy has been under pressure for some time but few would deny that fears for its fate have deepened in just the past few years. We assume that our political institutions will limit and contain contemporary populism just as the Founders intended and as they have in the past but will they? An increasingly polarized electorate urging their representatives to fight and never to compromise may be stressing Constitutional limits. This new edition offers to help American government teachers lead their students to a nuanced theoretical and practical understanding of what is happening in the politics of their Constitutional democracy today. New to the Second Edition Further develops and highlights the distinguishing theme of the book Constitutional Democracy Under Pressure in light of Trump Administration events over the last two years. Expands coverage of all media aspects including fake news social media responsible journalism and related topics including foreign manipulation of the news. Includes the most recent election results. Addresses issues specific to the Trump Administration including unique coverage of the 25th Amendment cabinet instability election interferences executive power and unitary action and impact on the courts. Updates in all tables figures suggested readings plus photo updates throughout. | American Government Constitutional Democracy Under Pressure

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The Politics of Chinese Medicine Under Mongol Rule

The Politics of Chinese Medicine Under Mongol Rule

Under the rule of the descendants of Chinggis Khan (1167-1227) China saw the development of a new culture in which medical practice came to be considered a highly respected occupation for elite men. During this period further major steps were also taken towards the codification of medical knowledge and promotion of physicians’ social status. This book traces the history of the politics institutions and culture of medicine of China under Mongol rule through the eyes of a successful South Chinese official Yuan Jue (1266-1327). As the first comprehensive monograph on history of medicine in China under the Mongols it argues that this period was a separate moment in Chinese history when a configuration of power different from that of previous and succeeding periods created its own medical culture. The Politics of Chinese Medicine under Mongol Rule emphasizes the impact of the political and institutional changes caused by the Mongols and their collaborators on the social and cultural history of medicine which culminated in the medical theory of Zhu Zhenheng (1282–1358) still influential in East Asian medicine. Using a variety of Chinese-language sources including gazetteers legal texts biographies poems and medical texts it analyses the roles of the Mongols and West and Central Asians as cultural brokers and also as unifiers of China. Further it views North and South Chinese elites as agents of historical change rather than as victims of Mongol oppression. Underlining the complexity of the history of China under the Mongols and the significance of time and geography for the study of this history this book will be of great interest to students and scholars of Chinese medical history Chinese social and cultural history and medieval global history.

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Emerging Business Ventures under Market Socialism Entrepreneurship in China

Emerging Business Ventures under Market Socialism Entrepreneurship in China

The rapidly changing market environment in China requires more research to understand fully the empirical processes of management practice and the business landscape in which they operate. Based on longitudinal case study research between 2005 and 2010 this book explores the distinctive characteristics of emerging forms of economic enterprise under market socialism in China. Adopting a holistic view it explores how rapid environmental and institutional changes in economic reforms are impacting upon their practice and assesses the role of government policy in shaping their ownership and management processes. Through the changing patterns in the development of business ventures it outlines the dynamics of industrial and organizational change under the transitional phases of a market socialist economy and explores the tensions which emerge. This comparative perspective will be of interest to academics researchers and advanced students of business growth and enterprise management particularly those wishing to explore China Chinese business and emerging economies. | Emerging Business Ventures under Market Socialism Entrepreneurship in China

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Shakespeare in the Present Political Lessons under Biden

Shakespeare in the Present Political Lessons under Biden

Shakespeare in the Present: Political Lessons under Biden is the first case study in applying the lessons of Shakespeare’s plays to post-Trump America. It looks at American politics through the lens of Shakespeare not simply equating figures in the contemporary world to Shakespearean characters but showing how the broader conditions of Shakespeare’s imagined worlds reflect and inform our own. Clearly written in a direct and engaging style it shows that reading Shakespeare with our contemporary Washington in mind can enrich our understanding of both his works and our world. Shakespeare wrote for his own time but we always read him in our present. As such the way we read him now is always affected by our own understanding of our own political world. This book provides quick critical analyses of Shakespeare’s plays and contemporary American politics while serving as an introduction for undergraduates and general readers to this kind of topical presentist criticism of Shakespeare. | Shakespeare in the Present Political Lessons under Biden

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Urban Governance Under the Ottomans Between Cosmopolitanism and Conflict

Urban Governance Under the Ottomans Between Cosmopolitanism and Conflict

Urban Governance Under the Ottomans focuses on one of the most pressing topics in this field namely the question why cities formerly known for their multiethnic and multi- religious composition became increasingly marked by conflict in the 19th century. This collection of essays represents the result of an intense process of discussion among many of the authors who have been invited to combine theoretical considerations on the question sketched above with concrete case studies based upon original archival research. From Istanbul to Aleppo and from the Balkans to Jerusalem what emerges from the book is a renewed image of the imperial and local mechanisms of coexistence and of their limits and occasional dissolution in times of change and crisis. Raising questions of governance and changes therein as well as epistemological questions regarding what has often been termed 'cosmopolitanism' this book calls for a closer investigation of incidents of both peaceful coexistence as well as episodes of violence and conflict. A useful addition to existing literature this book will be of interest to scholars and researchers in the fields of Urban Studies History and Middle Eastern Studies. | Urban Governance Under the Ottomans Between Cosmopolitanism and Conflict

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Ghana Under Military Rule 1966-1969

Ghana Under Military Rule 1966-1969

Originally published in 1972 this book examines the way in which the military/police regime in Ghana which overthrew President Nkrumah in February 1966 performed two overlapping tasks – those of establishing itself as a recognised government and of pursuing its chosen objective of eventually restoring democratic civilian rule. The author who conducted interviews with people at many levels in Ghanaian politics including the majority of members of General Ankrah’s Cabinet traces the progress of the military regime showing that it was successful in building up public support and opening up new political avenues but that it was unable to make any fundamental economic changes. He argues that to understand the operation of the military government it is necessary to look at its relationship with most influential sections of the civilian population and clearly demonstrates that without the co-operation of such civilians the new regime could never have achieved as much as it did. | Ghana Under Military Rule 1966-1969

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Circus Psychology An Applied Guide to Thriving Under the Big Top

Circus Psychology An Applied Guide to Thriving Under the Big Top

The lives of circus artists can be mentally and physically demanding. Circus Psychology: An Applied Guide to Thriving Under the Big Top is an evidence-based guide to nurturing the mental health of circus artists while enabling them to perform at the peak of their capacities. The book is organised into three accessible sections: mental health in circus optimising the circus environment to facilitate thriving and mental skills for thriving in circus. The first section introduces general mental health concepts provides insight into the mental health of circus artists the stress process and the role of psychological resilience and perfectionism in mental health. The second section offers insight into motivation and engagement in circus the features of a psychologically safe circus environment and advice on psychologically supportive talent development environment. The final section explains applies and provides practice material for mental skills including goal setting self-talk mental imagery arousal regulation and visual anticipation. Written by Dr Fleur van Rens a circus artist and lecturer in sport psychology this book is an essential resource for those passionate about the mental health of amateurs and professionals in the circus industry. | Circus Psychology An Applied Guide to Thriving Under the Big Top

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The Development of Disability Rights Under International Law From Charity to Human Rights

The Development of Disability Rights Under International Law From Charity to Human Rights

The adoption of the Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (CPRD) by the United Nations in 2006 is the first comprehensive and binding treaty on the rights of people with disabilities. It establishes the right of people with disabilities to equality dignity autonomy full participation as well as the right to live in the community and the right to supported decision-making and inclusive education. Prior to the CRPD international law had provided only limited protections to people with disabilities. This book analyses the development of disability rights as an international human rights movement. Focusing on the United States and countries in Asia Africa the Middle East the book examines the status of people with disabilities under international law prior to the adoption of the CPRD and follows the development of human rights protections through the convention’s drafting process. Arlene Kanter argues that by including both new applications and entirely new approaches to human rights treaty enforcement the CRPD is significant not only to people with disabilities but also to the general development of international human rights by offering new human rights protections for all people. Taking a comparative perspective the book explores how the success of the CRPD in achieving protections depends on the extent to which individual countries enforce domestic laws and policies and the changing public attitudes towards people with disabilities. This book will be of excellent use and interest to researchers and students of human rights law discrimination and disability studies. | The Development of Disability Rights Under International Law From Charity to Human Rights

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Routledge International Handbook of Schools and Schooling in Asia

Routledge International Handbook of Schools and Schooling in Asia

This comprehensive handbook is the ultimate reference work providing authoritative and international overviews of all aspects of schools and schooling in Asia. Split into 19 sections it covers curriculum learning and assessment private supplementary tutoring special education gender issues ethnic minority education and LGBTQI students in Asian schools. The volume displays the current state of the scholarship for schools and schooling in Asia including emerging controversial and cutting-edge contributions using a thematic approach. The content offers a broad sweep of the region with a focus on theoretical cultural and political issues as well as identifying educational issues and priorities such as curriculum assessment teacher education school leadership etc. all of which impact students and learning in multiple ways. The Routledge International Handbook of Schools and Schooling in Asia brings together experts in each area to contribute their knowledge providing a multidimensional and rich view of the issues confronting the region’s school and education systems. Chapter 34 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3. 0 license. https://s3-us-west-2. amazonaws. com/tandfbis/rt-files/docs/Open+Access+Chapters/9781138908499_oachapter34. pdfChapter 35 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3. 0 license. https://www. routledgehandbooks. com/doi/10. 4324/9781315694382-35Chapter 36 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3. 0 license. https://www. routledgehandbooks. com/doi/10. 4324/9781315694382-36Chapter 37 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3. 0 license. https://www. routledgehandbooks. com/doi/10. 4324/9781315694382-37Chapter 38 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3. 0 license. https://www. routledgehandbooks. com/doi/10. 4324/9781315694382-38

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Agriculture and East-west European Integration

Agriculture and East-west European Integration

This title was first published in 2000: This volume analyzes key issues of the process of integrating Central and Eastern European countries with the European Union related to agriculture. The issues include the comparative advantage of CEEC agriculture and its development under various accession policy scenarios; the likely policy developments in both the CEECs and the EU based on economic social and political economy considerations; the expected economic impacts and adjustment costs for the agro-food sector under various policy outcomes; the most important constraints for integration including policy convergence issues and internal constraints; and how integration will potentially affect trade and labour flows in the Union. The country combines detailed country-specific and region-wide empirical and theoretical analysis. | Agriculture and East-west European Integration

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Early Music Printing in German-Speaking Lands

Early Music Printing in German-Speaking Lands

The book draws upon the rich information gathered for the online database Catalogue of early German printed music / Verzeichnis deutscher Musikfrühdrucke (vdm) the first systematic descriptive catalogue of music printed in the German-speaking lands between c. 1470 and 1540 allowing precise conclusions about the material production of these printed musical sources. Chapter 9 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3. 0 license. https://s3-us-west-2. amazonaws. com/tandfbis/rt-files/docs/OA+PDFs+for+Cara/9781138241053_oachapter9. pdfChapter 8 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3. 0 license. https://s3-us-west-2. amazonaws. com/tandfbis/rt-files/docs/Open+Access+Chapters/9781138241053_oachapter8. p | Early Music Printing in German-Speaking Lands

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Innovation in Music Performance Production Technology and Business

Innovation in Music Performance Production Technology and Business

Innovation in Music: Performance Production Technology and Business is an exciting collection comprising of cutting-edge articles on a range of topics presented under the main themes of artistry technology production and industry. Each chapter is written by a leader in the field and contains insights and discoveries not yet shared. Innovation in Music covers new developments in standard practice of sound design engineering and acoustics. It also reaches into areas of innovation both in technology and business practice even into cross-discipline areas. This book is the perfect companion for professionals and researchers alike with an interest in the Music industry. Chapter 31 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www. taylorfrancis. com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4. 0 license. | Innovation in Music Performance Production Technology and Business

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Geographical Aesthetics Imagining Space Staging Encounters

Geographical Aesthetics Imagining Space Staging Encounters

Geographical Aesthetics places the terms 'aesthetics' and 'geography' under critical question together responding both to the increasing calls from within geography to develop a 'geographical aesthetics' and a resurgence of interdisciplinary interest in conceptual and empirical questions around geoaesthetics environmental aesthetics as well as the spatialities of the aesthetic. Despite taking up an identifiable role within the geographical imagination and sensibilities for centuries and having what is arguably a key place in the making of the modern discipline aesthetics remains a relatively under-theorized field within geography. Across 15 chapters Geographical Aesthetics brings together timely commentaries by international interdisciplinary scholars to rework historical relations between geography and aesthetics and reconsider how it is we might understand aesthetics. In renewing aesthetics as a site of investigation but also an analytic object through which we can think about worldly encounters Geographical Aesthetics presents a reworking of our geographical imaginary of the aesthetic. | Geographical Aesthetics Imagining Space Staging Encounters

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Passive Cooling of Buildings

Passive Cooling of Buildings

Energy use in buildings in the EU represents about 40% of the total annual energy consumption. With greater awareness of the need to reduce energy consumption comes a growth of interest in passive cooling particularly as an alternative to air-conditioning. This book describes the fundamentals of passive cooling together with the principles and formulae necessary for its successful implementation. The material is comprised largely of information and results compiled under the SAVE European Research Programme. | Passive Cooling of Buildings

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The New Tenement Residences in the Inner City Since 1970

The New Tenement Residences in the Inner City Since 1970

This book examines new tenements—dense medium-rise multi-storey residences that have been the backbone of European inner-city regeneration since the 1970s and came with a new positive view on urban living. Focusing principally on Berlin Copenhagen Glasgow Rotterdam and Vienna it relates architectural design to an evolving intellectual framework that mixed anti-modernist criticism with nostalgic images and strategic goals and absorbed ideas about the city as a generator of creativity locale of democratic debate and object of personal identification. This book analyses new tenements in the context of the post-functionalist city and its mixed-use neighbourhoods redeveloped industrial sites and regenerated waterfronts. It demonstrates that these buildings are both generators and outcome of an urban environment characterised by information exchange rather than industrial production individual expression rather than mass culture visible history rather than comprehensive renewal and conspicuous difference rather than egalitarianism. It also shows that new tenements evolved under a welfare state that all over Europe has come under pressure but still to a certain degree balances and controls heterogeneity and economic disparities. | The New Tenement Residences in the Inner City Since 1970

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Science Advice to the President

Science Advice to the President

This is a provocative behind-the-scenes introduction to the vital and complex role science plays in United States politics. It includes the first formal statement from former President Clinton's former Science Advisor John H. Gibbons; a fresh retrospective from D. Allan Bromley on science advice in the George H. W. Bush Administration; and a unique viewpoint from John McTague about his brief tenure under President Reagan. Among the twenty-four contributors are former members of the President's Science Advisory Committee distinguished scholars and industrialists. | Science Advice to the President

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Real Estate in Central America Mexico and the Caribbean

Real Estate in Central America Mexico and the Caribbean

This book examines real estate markets and urban development in Central America Mexico and The Caribbean (CAMEC). It considers both residential and commercial real estate with a focus on industrial and hospitality sectors infrastructure and logistics. The CAMEC region is besieged by complexity. Prone to natural disasters and with the Mexico/US border constituting the largest human migration corridor on Earth the region is also a vital trading hub for goods linking commerce between the world’s two largest oceans and the Americas. The real estate markets in this area are dynamic rapidly developing and under researched. This book analyses the particularities of these markets and the context in which investors and developers operate. The authors present case studies and contributions from key players in major cities in the region. The book exposes the regional risks and opportunities connected to urban development including market transparency urban equity and development regulation. The research presented in this volume gives the reader a comprehensive picture of each country under study detailing their individual commercial residential industrial leisure and infrastructure sectors. This is essential reading for international investors real estate students researchers and professionals with an interest in the region. | Real Estate in Central America Mexico and the Caribbean

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Economic Crisis and Austerity in Southern Europe Threat or Opportunity for a Sustainable Welfare State

Economic Crisis and Austerity in Southern Europe Threat or Opportunity for a Sustainable Welfare State

Southern Europe has been hit hard by the global economic crisis and as such their welfare states have come under acute strain. Unmet need has sharply increased while significant welfare reforms and deep social spending cuts have been prominent in the crisis management solutions implemented by governments labouring under EU constraints and the strict rescue-deal requirements for Greece and Portugal. This volume provides a systematic comparative appraisal of welfare-state reform trajectories across Southern Europe prior to and during the crisis and traces the impact of austerity policies and wider recession upon income inequality and poverty. It brings together a number of cross-country studies on major social policy areas raising crucial questions. What policy choices are driving reforms as Southern European economies work their way out of fiscal difficulty? Can the crisis provoke the improvement of institutional capabilities and recalibration of social? Or instead does structural adjustment indicate a significant policy turn towards the erosion of social rights? The contributions critically approach these issues and bring evidence to bear upon whether Southern European welfare capitalisms are becoming more dissimilar. This book was originally published as a special issue of South European Society & Politics. | Economic Crisis and Austerity in Southern Europe Threat or Opportunity for a Sustainable Welfare State

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The Coherence of EU Regional Policy Contrasting Perspectives on the Structural Funds

The Coherence of EU Regional Policy Contrasting Perspectives on the Structural Funds

This book brings together a rich selection of up-to-date practical experience of EU regional policy from across Europe. It provides different perspectives on the design and operation of regional development strategies under the Structural Funds from people closely involved in studying managing or advising on the process at EU national and regional levels. It therefore offers a more comprehensive and detailed understanding of the structural policies than has been available hitherto. This will prove particularly useful to researchers practitioners and students interested in European regional policies and processes. | The Coherence of EU Regional Policy Contrasting Perspectives on the Structural Funds

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The Italian Diaspora in South Africa Nostalgia Identity and Belonging in the Second and Third Generations

The Italian Diaspora in South Africa Nostalgia Identity and Belonging in the Second and Third Generations

This book investigates the experiences of second- and third-generation Italians living in South Africa exploring how nostalgia for Italy influences their sense of identity and belonging. The Italian community in South Africa is a unique diaspora with a complex history including roots in Italian colonial activities in Africa and in World War II. This book looks at how the descendants of these early migrants take pride in being Italian and value the Italian language. They also ascribe much importance to their family roots and have often created a romanticized image of Italy mostly based on childhood vacation visits. The longing for an imaginary idealized version of Italy is closely linked to their wider search for a sense of identity and belonging against the backdrop of South African society currently still grappling with its own multicultural identity. Interdisciplinary by design this book draws on insights from both cultural studies and psychology in order to shine a light on an important and under-studied diasporic community. The book will be of interest to scholars from across migration studies and the Humanities in general. The Open Access version of this book available at http://www. taylorfrancis. com has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4. 0 license. | The Italian Diaspora in South Africa Nostalgia Identity and Belonging in the Second and Third Generations

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The Illustrated Guide to the Mass Communication Research Project

The Illustrated Guide to the Mass Communication Research Project

This book makes mass communication research projects more accessible to the new student researcher through a balance between an academically rigorous guide and an informal and humorous student-centered approach. The Illustrated Guide to the Mass Communication Research Project’s unique visual approach brings to life concepts and tactics under discussion through vivid illustrations. The book follows the universal format of the academic research paper: abstract introduction literature review methodology hypotheses/research questions quantitative and qualitative analysis/findings discussion and conclusion. It guides the reader through using key methods central to much of mass communication research: observation interviews focus groups case studies content analysis surveys experiments and sampling. Each chapter contains examples of the segment under discussion using excerpted research studies that provide writing models for the student’s own research report. Ideal for students in research-centered courses in mass media communication studies marketing and public relations whether at the undergraduate or graduate level this text will continue to serve as a valuable resource into a future communications and marketing career. Online resources are provided to support the book: examples of an in-depth interview guide a focus group moderator guide a content analysis coding form observation field notes and an experiment cover story; templates for a personal SWOT analysis and an informed consent form; a research topic worksheet; a literature review matrix; and coding exercises. Please visit www. routledge. com/9781032080758.

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Comparative Rhetoric The Art of Traversing Rhetorical Times Places and Spaces

Comparative Rhetoric The Art of Traversing Rhetorical Times Places and Spaces

Rhetoric and Communication scholars have recently made notable advances in discovering and/or recovering rhetorical practices of various under-represented and under-recognized cultures. Building on this growing body of scholarship this book initiates a new line of interdisciplinary inquiry. By turning attention to how histories of cross-border and cross-cultural contacts mobilize different conditions of possibility and engagement this collection of essays by established and emergent scholars develops a range of new approaches to comparative rhetorical studies in our age of globalization. Using Chinese Egyptian Indian and Japanese rhetorical practices as examples these essays both challenge current assumptions and methodological perspectives about comparative rhetoric and illustrate how to navigate between the native’s point of view and a critical vantage point outside the native tradition and between the meanings of the past and the exigencies of the present. To promote critical reflection on the challenges opportunities and implications of traversing rhetorical times places and spaces the collection concludes with a response essay that takes the reader on a Tao Trek revisiting some of the earliest Eastern and Western rhetorical encounters and further illuminating the complexities of comparative engagement in the present moment. This book was originally published as a special issue of Rhetoric Society Quarterly. | Comparative Rhetoric The Art of Traversing Rhetorical Times Places and Spaces

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