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Deadly Baggage

What Cortes Brought to Mexico and How It Destroyed the Aztec Civilization

By: Al Sandine

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Deadly Baggage

What Cortes Brought to Mexico and How It Destroyed the Aztec Civilization

By: Al Sandine

In 1519, a few hundred Europeans led by Hernan Cortes sailed from Cuba to the Mexican mainland, where they encountered representatives of the Aztec Empire. Their Iberian history, culture and religion, and their experience in the Greater Antilles made conquest and riches the aim of these adventurers. They regarded themselves as heroes in a romantic crusade of good against evil. Each member of the expedition sought to acquire precious metals and to become a lord of enslaved native labor. Their horses and steel swords, aided by native disunity and susceptibility to Old World diseases, ensured their success. This analysis of the conquest of Mexico stands in contrast to previous narratives that either reduce the conquest to a contest between Cortes and Montezuma, or describe a near miraculous victory of European ingenuity and Western values over Indian superstition and savagery. The author re-frames the clash of civilizations in New World prehistory that left inhabitants at a disadvantage.

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254

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McFarland

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ISBN 10

1476622221

ISBN 13

9781476622224

Sterilization of Food in Retort Pouches

By: A.G. Abdul Ghani Al-Baali,Mohammed M. Farid

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Sterilization of Food in Retort Pouches

By: A.G. Abdul Ghani Al-Baali,Mohammed M. Farid

The subject of sterilization of food in cans has been studied both experimentally and theoretically, but limited work has been undertaken to study the sterilization of food in pouches. This book examines the interaction between fluid mechanics, heat transfer and microbial inactivation during sterilization of food in pouches. Such interaction is complex and if ignored would lead to incorrect information not only on food sterility but also on food quality.

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219

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Springer Science & Business Media

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0387311297

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9780387311296

The Taming of the American Crowd

From Stamp Riots to Shopping Sprees

By: Al Sandine

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The Taming of the American Crowd

From Stamp Riots to Shopping Sprees

By: Al Sandine

The history of the United States has been largely shaped, forbetter or for worse, by the actions of large groups of people. Rioters on a village green, shoppers lurching about a labyrinthine mall, slaves packed into the dark hold of a ship, strikers assemblingoutside the factory gates, all have their place in the rich and sometimes tragic history of the American crowd. This unique study traces that history from the days of anti-colonial revolt to today’s passive, "colonized crowds" that fill our sports arenas, commercial centers, and workplaces. In clear and lively prose, Al Sandine argues for the progressive role crowds have played in securing greater democracy, civil rights, and free speech. But he also investigates crowds in their more dangerous forms, such as lynch mobs and anti-immigrant riots. The Taming of the American Crowd explains how the crowd as an active subject of change—often positive, sometimes not—has been replaced by the passive crowd as object of control and regulation.Today, the imperatives of mass society organize people in large numbers to consume goods and conform to permissiblebehavioral patterns; not to openly contest power. But, with the world entering a new period of economic uncertainty and mass protests erupting across the globe, it is time to reversethat trend. This book shows us the history of the untamed crowd and urges us to reclaim its legacy.

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240

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Monthly Review Press

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1583671986

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9781583671986

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Deadly Baggage

Deadly Baggage

Sterilization of Food in Retort Pouches

Sterilization of Food in Retort Pouches

The Taming of the American Crowd

The Taming of the American Crowd

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