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Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West (East-West Center)
Examines programs of the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West established in 1960 at the University of Hawaii with a State Dept grant-in-aid. Includes memo on East-West Center team visit during Oct.-Dec. 1960 to 19 countries in Asia and the Pacific to help plan programs, William Wachter et al. (p. 249-309). Dec. 13-14 hearings were held in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Cultural Values and Human Ecology in Southeast Asia
Ecologists have long based their conceptual frameworks in the natural sciences. Recently, however, they have acknowledged that ecosystems cannot be understood without taking into account human interventions that may have taken place for thousands of years. And for their part, social scientists have recognized that human behavior must be understood in the environment in which it is acted out. Researchers have thus begun to develop the area of “human ecology.” Yet human ecology needs suitable conceptual frameworks to tie the human and natural together. In response, Cultural Values and Human Ecology uses the framework of cultural values to collect a set of highly diverse contributions to th...
Congressional Record
The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)
Census Catalog and Guide
Includes subject area sections that describe all pertinent census data products available, i.e. "Business--trade and serivces", "Geography", "Transportation", etc.
Energy Perspectives on Singapore and the Region
Contains selected papers based on the lectures delivered over 2005/2006 at the ISEAS Energy Forum. Covers a range of energy issues and trends in Singapore, Southeast Asia and the wider region.
Secessionist Movements and Ethnic Conflict
This book analyses how national independence movements’ rhetoric can inflame or dampen ethnic violence. It examines the extent to the power of words matters when a region tries to break away to become a nation state. Using discourse analysis, this book examines how the process of secession affects internal ethnic relations and analyses how politicians interpret events and present arguments with the intention to mobilize their constituencies for independence. With in-depth case studies on the Slovenian, the Croatian and the Montenegrin independence movements, and by looking at cases from Indonesia and Spain, the author investigates how rhetoric affect internal ethnic relations during secess...
Asia-Pacific Issues
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