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Power over Peoples

Technology, Environments, and Western Imperialism, 1400 to the Present

By: Daniel R. Headrick

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Power over Peoples

Technology, Environments, and Western Imperialism, 1400 to the Present

By: Daniel R. Headrick

A major history of technology and Western conquest For six hundred years, the nations of Europe and North America have periodically attempted to coerce, invade, or conquer other societies. They have relied on their superior technology to do so, yet these technologies have not always guaranteed success. Power over Peoples examines Western imperialism's complex relationship with technology, from the first Portuguese ships that ventured down the coast of Africa in the 1430s to America's conflicts in the Middle East today. Why did the sailing vessels that gave the Portuguese a century-long advantage in the Indian Ocean fail to overcome Muslim galleys in the Red Sea? Why were the same weapons and methods that the Spanish used to conquer Mexico and Peru ineffective in Chile and Africa? Why didn't America's overwhelming air power assure success in Iraq and Afghanistan? In Power over Peoples, Daniel Headrick traces the evolution of Western technologies—from muskets and galleons to jet planes and smart bombs—and sheds light on the environmental and social factors that have brought victory in some cases and unforeseen defeat in others. He shows how superior technology translates into greater power over nature and sometimes even other peoples, yet how technological superiority is no guarantee of success in imperialist ventures—because the technology only delivers results in a specific environment, or because the society being attacked responds in unexpected ways. Breathtaking in scope, Power over Peoples is a revealing history of technological innovation, its promise and limitations, and its central role in the rise and fall of empire. Some images inside the book are unavailable due to digital copyright restrictions.

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Princeton University Press

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1400833590

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The Biography Book

A Reader's Guide To Nonfiction, Fictional, and Film Biographies of More Than 500 of the Most Fascinating Individuals of all Time

By: Daniel S. Burt

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The Biography Book

A Reader's Guide To Nonfiction, Fictional, and Film Biographies of More Than 500 of the Most Fascinating Individuals of all Time

By: Daniel S. Burt

From Marilyn to Mussolini, people captivate people. A&E's Biography, best-selling autobiographies, and biographical novels testify to the popularity of the genre. But where does one begin? Collected here are descriptions and evaluations of over 10,000 biographical works, including books of fact and fiction, biographies for young readers, and documentaries and movies, all based on the lives of over 500 historical figures from scientists and writers, to political and military leaders, to artists and musicians. Each entry includes a brief profile, autobiographical and primary sources, and recommended works. Short reviews describe the pertinent biographical works and offer insight into the qualities and special features of each title, helping readers to find the best biographical material available on hundreds of fascinating individuals.

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636

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313017263

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9780313017261

Complex Geometry

An Introduction

By: Daniel Huybrechts

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Complex Geometry

An Introduction

By: Daniel Huybrechts

Easily accessible Includes recent developments Assumes very little knowledge of differentiable manifolds and functional analysis Particular emphasis on topics related to mirror symmetry (SUSY, Kaehler-Einstein metrics, Tian-Todorov lemma)

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321

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3540266879

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9783540266877

The Case for Christmas

By: Daniel C. Beal

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The Case for Christmas

By: Daniel C. Beal

What do you do if you want to take Christ out of Christmas? You hire the hottest attorney in Los Angeles. Matthew Williams is hired by a powerful atheist group for the biggest case of his careerchanging Christmas to Unity Day. What Matthew doesnt realize is that God has a case for him as well: prove Jesus is the Messiah. By day, he is fighting to end Christmas. As he sleeps, he finds himself fighting for Jesus using Old Testament prophets and the disciples as witnesses. Who will prevail in this spiritual battle?

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WestBow Press

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1973636352

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Dandy: A Jewish Boxer's Journey from Russian Immigrant to Boxing Champion

By: Daniel P. Joseph

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Dandy: A Jewish Boxer's Journey from Russian Immigrant to Boxing Champion

By: Daniel P. Joseph

Moishe Josofsky was an eight-year-old Jew when he and his family came to America in 1911 to escape the pogroms of Russia and the Czar's rule. Following in the footsteps of his brother, Moishe entered the boxing arena as Dandy Dillon and at the tender age of seventeen became a boxing champion.

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Lulu.com

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0615523587

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9780615523583

The Baptistry of Doom

By: Daniel Preston

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The Baptistry of Doom

By: Daniel Preston

A rebellious teenager named Sandy discovers something creepy in the baptistry at her parent's church. That plus physical and emotional abuse from her father makes Sandy push religion aside. She is overwhelmed, confused and frustrated - hoping just to make it to age 18 to escape her parent's home environment. Years later her daughter finds God after finding a scroll that teaches about baptism. And then, the war against condemnation escalates.

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Trafford Publishing

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1412025389

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Imagining Mary

A Psychoanalytic Perspective on Devotion to the Virgin Mother of God

By: Daniel Rancour-Laferriere

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Imagining Mary

A Psychoanalytic Perspective on Devotion to the Virgin Mother of God

By: Daniel Rancour-Laferriere

Imagining Mary breaks new ground in the long tradition of Christian mariology. The book is an interdisciplinary investigation of some of the many Marys, East and West, from the New Testament Mary of Nazareth down to Our Lady of the Good Death in the twentieth century. In Imagining Mary, Professor Rancour-Laferriere examines the mother of God in her multireligious and pan-historical context. The book is a scholarly study, but it is written in a clear, straightforward style and will be comprehensible to an educated – and, above all, intellectually curious – general audience. It will appeal to anyone who has ever wondered, for example, about the flimsy scriptural basis of many beliefs about Mary; or the tendency of many mariologists to depict Mary as an incestuous "bride of Christ"; or the theological notion of Mary’s "loving consent" to her son’s crucifixion; or the idea that Mary was a "priest" officiating at the sacrifice of her son; or the unfortunate association of Mary with Christian anti-semitism; or the curious appeal of Mary to the terminally ill; and so on. Special attention is given to the psychology of representations of Mary, such as: the psychological basis for promoting Mary to the status of a "goddess"; the psychology of Mary’s compassion for her son at the foot of the cross; and the psychological conflict in Mary’s personal relationship with her son Jesus. These topics are admittedly diverse, but they all have long been on the minds of mariologists. The author takes a questioning approach to received wisdom about marian themes – including the assumption that one has to be a theist in order to understand the great appeal of Mary down the centuries. Indeed, Imagining Mary may be regarded as a first step in the direction of an atheist mariology.

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406

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Routledge

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1351349678

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1950s American Style: A Reference Guide (soft cover)

By: Daniel Niemeyer

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1950s American Style: A Reference Guide (soft cover)

By: Daniel Niemeyer

Facets of the Fifties. A reference guide to an iconic Decade of Movie Palaces, Television, Classic Cars, Sports, Department Stores, Trains, Music, Food, Fashion and more

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Lulu.com

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1304201651

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A Brief Description of New York Formerly Called New Netherlands

By: Daniel Denton,Gabriel Furman

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A Brief Description of New York Formerly Called New Netherlands

By: Daniel Denton,Gabriel Furman

Reprint of the original, first published in 1845.

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3385260418

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Pinnacle

By: Daniel Blair Stewart

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Pinnacle

By: Daniel Blair Stewart

IMMORTALITY! Who should receive the gift of Eternal Life? The people of an overpopulated planet? The rich and powerful? Or should it be hoarded by those who made it possible? Rory is an artist and woman of the wilderness. She seeks only creative solitude and refuses to be governed by society or ruled by romantic yearnings. She is targeted by Peter Jarrel who bestows on her a gift she does not want-Eternal Youth and with it, painful and terrifying memories.

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136561221X

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Legal Executions in Georgia

A Comprehensive Registry, 1866-1964

By: Daniel Allen Hearn

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Legal Executions in Georgia

A Comprehensive Registry, 1866-1964

By: Daniel Allen Hearn

In the state of Georgia, 1025 men and women are known to have been hanged or electrocuted for capital crimes in the century after the Civil War. Based on more than twenty years of investigative research, this chronological record of these legal executions was pieced together from diverse sources in and outside of the state, with many details never before made public. The author documents the facts as they occurred without delving into the politics of capital punishment.

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McFarland

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1476620008

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9781476620008

The Hudson River

By: Daniel E. Harmon

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The Hudson River

By: Daniel E. Harmon

Describes the history of the Hudson River, including its origins, first peoples, European exploration, growth, wars and the river today.

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Infobase Publishing

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1438125186

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The Altruism Question

Toward A Social-psychological Answer

By: C. Daniel Batson

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The Altruism Question

Toward A Social-psychological Answer

By: C. Daniel Batson

Are our efforts to help others ever driven solely by altruistic motivation, or is our ultimate goal always some form of self- benefit (egoistic motivation)? This volume reports the development of an empirically-testable theory of altruistic motivation and a series of experiments designed to test that theory. It sets the issue of egoism versus altruism in its larger historical and philosophical context, and brings diverse experiments into a single, integrated argument. Readers will find that this book provides a solid base of information from which questions surrounding the existence of altruistic motivation can be further investigated.

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Psychology Press

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1317785355

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Complex Geometry

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The Case for Christmas

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Dandy: A Jewish Boxer's Journey from Russian Immigrant to Boxing Champion

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The Baptistry of Doom

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Imagining Mary

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1950s American Style: A Reference Guide (soft cover)

1950s American Style: A Reference Guide (soft cover)

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Legal Executions in Georgia

Legal Executions in Georgia

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