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Series
Routledge studies in Middle Eastern politics volume 105
Publisher
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
13) Thence I run
Author
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2021?]
Language
English
Description
"An historical fiction about land surveying by the General Land Office in Arizona in 1901. Based on a number of true events, the reader is exposed to murder, accidental death, love, loyalty, and several surveying terms and processes. The book is a great window into the past of the survey of the Public Lands of the United States and the difficulties encountered by the surveyors in the west at the turn of the century."--
Author
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"When, where, why, and by whom is law used to force desired social change in the name of justice? Why has culture come to be seen as inherently oppressive to women? In this finely crafted book, [the author] examines the history of legal ideas and institutions in Tanzania -- from customary law to human rights -- as specific forms of justice that often reflect elite ideas about gender, culture, and social change. Drawing on evidence from Maasai communities,...