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African American Recipients of the Medal of Honor

A Biographical Dictionary, Civil War through Vietnam War

By: Charles W. Hanna

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African American Recipients of the Medal of Honor

A Biographical Dictionary, Civil War through Vietnam War

By: Charles W. Hanna

The Medal of Honor, one of the world's most highly revered military decorations, has been awarded to 3,457 men and one woman since its inception on December 21, 1861. This honor is bestowed upon those individuals who demonstrate courage in a life-threatening situation, who put their own lives at risk for the sake of others, and who display valor above and beyond the call of duty. This text details the stories of the 88 African Americans who have been awarded the Medal of Honor. Each entry chronicles the acts of bravery and courage that led to the serviceman's receiving this honor. Beginning with a brief history of the Medal of Honor, the book is then divided into eight sections covering every major conflict from the Civil War through the Vietnam War. An appendix of the number of medals awarded by wars and campaigns, a bibliography, and an index are included.

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200

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McFarland

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ISBN 10

1476604630

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9781476604633

Utopias on Puget Sound, 1885-1915

By: Charles Pierce LeWarne

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Utopias on Puget Sound, 1885-1915

By: Charles Pierce LeWarne

Postmaster General James A Farley�s famous toast �to the forty-seven states and the soviet of Washington� introduces and sets the tone for this study of Washington State radicalism. The state�s colorful reputation for radical movements was established in the 1920s and 1930s by free speech fights, strikes, strong labor organizations, and woman suffrage reforms. Charles LeWarne finds the roots of this radicalism in the communitarian experiments of the late nineteenth century. Through analyses of several of these experiments, LeWarne demonstrates that the influence of a coterie of liberals and radicals centered on Puget Sound in such communities as Home, Burley, Freeland, Equality, and Port Angeles was felt in the state long after the �utopias� they came to colonize had ceased to exist. Probably the most famous of the experiments was Home Colony on Joe�s Bay near Tacoma. From a nucleus of three families, Home grew to over two hundred residents and lasted for more than twenty years. Its reputation for anarchism and flamboyance contributed to a jail sentence conviction for one editor of the Home newspaper for publishing an editorial called �The Nude and the Prudes.� Readers interested in current social movements and lifestyles will find many enlightening parallels with recent communal attempts, particularly the rejection of traditional values and the belief in a perfectible world. Whatever the differences within individual colonies, the communitarian ideal has certain general characteristics that find their way into each of these attempts to form a perfect society. Historians will welcome this treatment of an important part of the social and cultural history of the area. The book contains a mine of previously scattered information on the subject. It is a delightful footnote to the history of the Puget Sound region.

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349

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University of Washington Press

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0295741058

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9780295741055

The Casquet of Literature

Vol. I

By: Charles Gibbon

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The Casquet of Literature

Vol. I

By: Charles Gibbon

Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.

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814

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3368824392

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9783368824396

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

A History of the Early Years 1974–1997

By: Charles Goodhart

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The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

A History of the Early Years 1974–1997

By: Charles Goodhart

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) sets the guidelines for world-wide regulation of banks. It is the forum for agreeing international regulation on the conduct of banking. Based on special access to the archives of the BCBS and interviews with many of its key players, this book tells the story of the early years of the Committee from its foundation in 1974/5 right through until 1997 - the year that marks the watershed between the Basel I Accord on Capital Adequacy and the start of work on Basel II. In addition, the book covers the Concordat, the Market Risk Amendment, the Core Principles of Banking and all other facets of the work of the BCBS. While the book is primarily a record of the history of the BCBS, it also provides an assessment of its actions and efficacy. It is a major contribution to the historical record on banking supervision.

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619

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Cambridge University Press

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1139499386

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9781139499385

The Equations of Life

How Physics Shapes Evolution

By: Charles S. Cockell

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The Equations of Life

How Physics Shapes Evolution

By: Charles S. Cockell

A groundbreaking argument for why alien life will evolve to be much like life here on Earth We are all familiar with the popular idea of strange alien life wildly different from life on earth inhabiting other planets. Maybe it's made of silicon! Maybe it has wheels! Or maybe it doesn't. In The Equations of Life, biologist Charles S. Cockell makes the forceful argument that the laws of physics narrowly constrain how life can evolve, making evolution's outcomes predictable. If we were to find on a distant planet something very much like a lady bug eating something like an aphid, we shouldn't be surprised. The forms of life are guided by a limited set of rules, and as a result, there is a narrow set of solutions to the challenges of existence. A remarkable scientific contribution breathing new life into Darwin's theory of evolution, The Equations of Life makes a radical argument about what life can -- and can't -- be.

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366

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Basic Books

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154164459X

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9781541644595

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African American Recipients of the Medal of Honor

African American Recipients of the Medal of Honor

Utopias on Puget Sound, 1885-1915

Utopias on Puget Sound, 1885-1915

The Casquet of Literature

The Casquet of Literature

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

The Equations of Life

The Equations of Life

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