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|||B BOUQUET / RECLAIMING ENGLISH KINSHIP, PORTUGUESE REFRACTIONS OF BRITISH KINSHIP THEORY.
|||C CHARSLEY / RITES OF MARRYING, THE WEDDING INDUSTRY IN SCOTLAND.
|||E EYLES (JOHN), WOODS (KEVIN J.) / THE SOCIAL GEOGAPHY OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH.
|||H HARDACRE / LAY BUDDHISM IN CONTEMPORARY JAPAN : REIYUKAI KYODAN.
|||P PASTERNAK / GUESTS IN THE DRAGON : SOCIAL DEMOGRAPHY OF A CHINESE DISTRICT 1895-1946.
|||R RIVERS / SOCIAL ORGANIZATION.
|||S STROH / ZUR SOZIOLOGIE DER ELEKTRONISCHEN MUSIK.
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Reclaiming English Kinship, Portuguese Refractions Of British Kinship Theory
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published by Manchester University Press, Manchester & New York, 1993;
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Rites Of Marrying, The Wedding Industry In Scotland
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Eyles (John), Woods (Kevin J.) /
The Social Geogaphy of Medicine and Health
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Published by Croom Helm, London & Canberra,
1983; 272 pages; 14 X 22cm; John Eyles and Kevin J. Woods
are in the Department of Geography
at Queen Mary College, University of London;
Contents include List of Figures,
List of Tables, Preface, Acknowledgements,
1) Perspectives on Health and Health Care,
2) Changing Conceptions of Health and
Health Care in Urban Society,
3) Man, Disease and Environmental
Associations: from Medical Geography to Health
Inequalities, 4) Perspectives on the Location and
Distribution of Health Services,
5) Practical Responses: the Effects of
Constraints,
6) Societal Constraints and Systems of
Health Care Provision,
7) Directions for Social Geographical Research,
Bibliography, Subject Index and Author Index;
with 32 Figures and 23 Tables in the text;
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Lay Buddhism In Contemporary Japan : Reiyukai Kyodan
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Published by Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey,
1984.
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"Good plus" or better blue cloth HARDBACK
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Guests in the Dragon : Social Demography of a Chinese District 1895-1946
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Published by Columbia University Press,
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Social Organization
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Edited by W.J. Perry. Published by Kegan Paul Etc. & Alfred A. Knopf,
1924; first impression of the first and only edition;
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Zur Soziologie der elektronischen Musik
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Published by Amadeus, Zuerich, 1975;
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THANK YOU FOR READING THROUGH TODAY'S REVISION OF THIS PAGE HEREWITH TOO A BRIEF SELECTION OF TODAY'S HISTORICAL ANNIVERSARIES:-
21st. August
Events
1192 - Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Sh?gun and the de facto
ruler of Japan. (Traditional Japanese date: July 12, 1192)
1680 - Pueblo Indians capture Santa Fe from Spanish during the Pueblo
Revolt.
1760 - The church (later cathedral) of "Our Lady of Candlemas of
Mayag|ez (Puerto Rico)" is founded, establishing the basis for the
founding of the city.
1770 - James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain,
naming it New South Wales.
1810 - Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, Marshal of France, is elected Crown
Prince of Sweden by the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates.
1831 - Nat Turner leads black slaves and free blacks in a
rebellion.
1841 - The Venetian blind is first patented in the United States by
John Hampson.
1842 - The city of Hobart, Tasmania, is founded.
1852 - Tlingit Indians destroy Fort Selkirk, Yukon Territory.
1856 - America's first consul to Japan, Townsend Harris, arrives in
Shimoda. (Traditional Japanese date: July 21, 1856)
1862 - The Vienna Stadtpark opens its gates.
1888 - The first successful adding machine in the United States is
patented by William Seward Burroughs.
1942 - The Battle of Stalingrad began.
1942 - Allied forces involved in the Guadalcanal campaign defeated an
attack by Imperial Japanese Army soldiers in the Battle of the
Tenaru.
1944 - Dumbarton Oaks Conference, prelude to the United Nations,
begins.
1963 - Xa Loi Pagoda raids: The Army of the Republic of Vietnam
Special Forces loyal to Ngo Dinh Nhu, brother of President Ngo Dinh
Diem, vandalises Buddhist pagodas across the country, arresting
thousands and leaving an estimated hundreds dead.
1968 - Soviet Union-dominated Warsaw Pact troops invade
Czechoslovakia, crushing the Prague Spring; on the same day, Nicolae
Ceau?escu, leader of Communist Romania, publicly condemns the Soviet
maneuver, encouraging the Romanian population to arm itself against
possible Soviet reprisals.
1983 - Philippine opposition leader Benigno Aquino, Jr. was
assassinated at the Manila International Airport (now renamed Ninoy
Aquino International Airport).
1986 - Carbon dioxide gas erupts from volcanic Lake Nyos in Cameroon,
killing up to 1,800 people within a 20-kilometer range.
1991 - Latvia declares renewal of its full independence
after the occupation of Soviet Union.
1991 - Coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev collapses.
1993 - NASA loses contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft.
2001 - NATO decides to send a peace-keeping force to Macedonia.
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