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Towards Modern Public Finance

The American War with Mexico, 1846-1848

By: James W Cummings

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Towards Modern Public Finance

The American War with Mexico, 1846-1848

By: James W Cummings

Addresses the financing of the American-Mexican War of 1846-48. This study argues that the successful financing of the American-Mexican War had a long-term beneficial effect on American financial institutions and markets.

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Routledge

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1317313968

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9781317313960

Terrible Revolution

Latter-Day Saints and the American Apocalypse

By: Christopher James Blythe

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Terrible Revolution

Latter-Day Saints and the American Apocalypse

By: Christopher James Blythe

Nineteenth-century Latter-day Saints looked forward to apocalyptic events that would unseat corrupt governments across the globe but would particularly decimate the tyrannical government of the United States. Mormons turned to prophecies of divine deliverance by way of plagues, natural disasters, foreign invasions, American Indian raids, slave uprisings, or civil war unleashed on American cities and American people ... Blythe examines apocalypticism across the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints particularly as it would take shape in localized and personalized forms in the writings and visions of ordinary Latter-day Saints outside of the Church's leadership"--

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349

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0190080280

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9780190080280

A Full and Correct Account of the Military Occurrences of the Late War Between Great Britain and the United States of America - Volume 2

By: William James

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A Full and Correct Account of the Military Occurrences of the Late War Between Great Britain and the United States of America - Volume 2

By: William James

Volume 2 of 2. I must confess I know little, if anything, about the War of 1812 with the USA, which is the subject of this book. For anybody else in the same boat, who wants to learn about it, this 1000-page account will go a long way towards remedying that lack of knowledge. It is a contemporary account, published a few years after the war, which officially ended in December 1814 though hostilities dragged on. As you might expect, the prose is flowery, written at a time when authors were not inclined to simply call a spade a shovel, but rather tended to elaborate with wordy sentences. That said, it is a very comprehensive account with great attention to detail, beginning with the causes for the war during which an American invasion of Canada was sharply seen off. There are numerous appendices containing official correspondence, the wording of the Peace Treaty drawn up in Ghent in December 1814 (though hostilities did not cease for a two or three months) and casualty figures for various engagements. Battle honours awarded to the British forces engaged included Detroit, Niagara, Miami and Queenstown, but on the other hand James is severely critical of what he calls the misbehaviour in action of two British regiments, the 44th and 21st Foot, described as “the two worst disciplined corps on the field at New Orleans.” The problem for the British was the threat from Napoleon, and it wasn't till the Spring of 1814, after his fall, that they were able to reinforce significantly their naval and military forces forces; nevertheless they were certainly pleased to see the end of the war. It was during this conflict that Washington was taken and the Capitol burned – and that reminds me of a story an American officer colleague told me. He was attending a military conference chaired by US colonel and at some point the British representative, also a colonel, was proving difficult. Eventually the exasperated chairman thumped the table saying: “What can you expect from the guys who burned Washington!” The British officer replied: “Really? I know we did Joan of Arc but I didn't know we did George as well!” Evidently I was not alone in my ignorance.

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Andrews UK Limited

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1781507678

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9781781507674

Chlorosulfonic Acid

By: Richard James William Cremlyn

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Chlorosulfonic Acid

By: Richard James William Cremlyn

Since its discovery in 1854, chlorosulfonic acid has demonstrated that it is a truly versatile reagent. It is widely used as a sulfonating and chlorosulfonating agent, particularly of organic compounds, and it provides useful synthetic intermediates for many branches of industry. This book provides a detailed, up to date account of the reactions of chlorosulfonic acid with aliphatic, aromatic and heterocyclic compounds; reactions with elements and inorganic compounds are also discussed, along with the use of the reagent as a powerful acid catalyst, and halogenation and dehydrating agent. Finally, the commercial uses and manufacture of chlorosulfonic acid are reviewed. The detailed coverage in this book, coupled with the many references to recent work, will ensure that it is welcomed as a reference by synthetic chemists in, for example, the pharmaceutical, agrochemical, plastic and detergent industries. Researchers and their students in academia will also find it a valuable addition to their bookshelves.

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344

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Royal Society of Chemistry

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0854044981

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9780854044986

Automation and Autonomy

Labour, Capital and Machines in the Artificial Intelligence Industry

By: James Steinhoff

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Automation and Autonomy

Labour, Capital and Machines in the Artificial Intelligence Industry

By: James Steinhoff

This book argues that Marxist theory is essential for understanding the contemporary industrialization of the form of artificial intelligence (AI) called machine learning. It includes a political economic history of AI, tracking how it went from a fringe research interest for a handful of scientists in the 1950s to a centerpiece of cybernetic capital fifty years later. It also includes a political economic study of the scale, scope and dynamics of the contemporary AI industry as well as a labour process analysis of commercial machine learning software production, based on interviews with workers and management in AI companies around the world, ranging from tiny startups to giant technology firms. On the basis of this study, Steinhoff develops a Marxist analysis to argue that the popular theory of immaterial labour, which holds that information technologies increase the autonomy of workers from capital, tending towards a post-capitalist economy, does not adequately describe the situation of high-tech digital labour today. In the AI industry, digital labour remains firmly under the control of capital. Steinhoff argues that theories discerning therein an emergent autonomy of labour are in fact witnessing labour’s increasing automation.

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259

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Springer Nature

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3030716899

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9783030716899

The Pioneer Heritage of the Miller/Lewis Family

By: James Rodney Lundwall

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The Pioneer Heritage of the Miller/Lewis Family

By: James Rodney Lundwall

This book explores the roots of the Miller/Lewis family. From colonial America, the formation of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the expultions and forced migrations of the early Mormon saints, to the settlement and development of the state of Utah, we learn who we are by seeing who we were. We also learn what great potential we have, for we have been blessed with a heritage rich in sacrifice, hard work and vision.

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268

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Lulu.com

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1300026219

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9781300026211

The Program Evaluation Standards

How to Assess Evaluations of Educational Programs

By: Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation,James R. Sanders

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The Program Evaluation Standards

How to Assess Evaluations of Educational Programs

By: Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation,James R. Sanders

The Program Evaluation Standards is a 'must-have' book for anyone responsible for reviewing evaluation proposals, planning and conducting evaluations, managing evaluation projects, or judging the merit and worth of evaluations once completed. For experienced practitioners, it provides a set of values and principles by which to guide successful practice, that is, a set of criteria that determines whether educational evaluations are trustworthy and fair. The Standards sets expectations of the design and implementation of educational evaluation for all practitioners in all types of educational arenas, even those involved in social programming endeavors. For newcomers and those less experienced who may be responsible for commissioning and using evaluations, the Standards supplies a useful framework of generating a list of questions to raise about any evaluation plan or final report in an effort to assess its pros and cons. The book is an invaluable 'how-to' resource for graduate students venturing out into the field, and it instills a sense of what it means to be a responsible evaluator. For clients or consumers, the book offers advice on what they should expect of an evaluation"--Publisher description.

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SAGE

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0803957327

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9780803957329

Dixie Clockmakers

By: James Gibbs

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Dixie Clockmakers

By: James Gibbs

The first in-depth study of Southern clockmakers and the magnificent artistry they brought to eighteenth- and nineteenth-century timepieces. Entitled Dixie Clockmakers, this volume traces the development of clockmaking and horological history below the Mason-Dixon line and documents the works of those artisans who designed and constructed some of the world’s finest timepieces. Author James W. Gibbs focuses primarily upon clockmaking in Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and the District of Columbia, but attention also is given to eight other states. Included are some sixty photographs illustrating outstanding examples and details of Southern clockmaking. Dixie Clockmakers also lists every known clockmaker and watchmaker in the South during the two centuries, along with nomenclature common at the time, and advertisements used by individual craftsmen.

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Pelican Publishing

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1455603600

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9781455603602

Ramus and Reform

University and Church at the End of the Renaissance

By: James Veazie Skalnik

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Ramus and Reform

University and Church at the End of the Renaissance

By: James Veazie Skalnik

Educator and reformer Peter Ramus (1515-72) was known for his rash assaults on the most esteemed and cherished foundations of religion and learning in France. As a leading figure in both the French Reform and the University of Paris, and author of the pedagogical system known as "Ramism," he consistently promoted an ideology which would make status, influence, and authority dependent on talent and achievement, instead of on birth or wealth. His social ideal attracted a sizeable following and achieved some practical results during his lifetime, but after his death his reforms collapsed. In their place arose the hierarchical, oligarchic, and authoritarian society of Old Regime France. Skalnik presents fresh and solid research in this well-written volume.

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185

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Penn State Press

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1935503634

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9781935503637

English for Research Publication Purposes

Critical Plurilingual Pedagogies

By: Karen Englander,James Corcoran

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English for Research Publication Purposes

Critical Plurilingual Pedagogies

By: Karen Englander,James Corcoran

Scholars who use English as an additional language confront challenges when disseminating their research in the global market of knowledge production dominated by English. English for Research Publication Purposes analyses the experiences and practices of these scholars across the globe and presents "critical plurilingual pedagogies" as a theoretically and empirically informed means of supporting them. This book: • Draws on an empirical study of a Latin American university’s effort to mount a course that provides support to emerging and established scholars who use English as an additional language; • Brings theoretically informed discussions of critical pedagogies, plurilingualism and identity affirmation to better serve plurilingual scholars who seek to publish their research in English-language journals; • Provides examples of classroom activities that can be adapted and adopted to local contexts and realities in a curriculum based on critical plurilingual pedagogies; • Proposes future directions for research into the internationally urgent, growing concerns of global scholars who produce English-medium academic knowledge for the world stage. Incisive and cutting-edge, English for Research Publication Purposes will be key reading for academics and upper-level students working in the areas of ESP, EAP, ERPP, and Applied Linguistics.

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Routledge

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0429628269

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9780429628269

The Voice of the Coyote

By: James Frank Dobie

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The Voice of the Coyote

By: James Frank Dobie

In The Voice of the Coyote, J. Frank Dobie melds natural history with tales and lore in articulating the complex and often contentious relationship between coyotes and humans. Based on his own life experiences in Texas and twenty-five years of research, Dobie forges a sympathetic and nuanced picture of the coyote prefiguring later environmental and conservation movements. He recognizes the impact of human action on the coyote while also examining the prominent role of the coyote in the myths and legends of the West.

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U of Nebraska Press

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0803250509

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9780803250505

Japanese Working Class Lives

An Ethnographic Study of Factory Workers

By: James Roberson

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Japanese Working Class Lives

An Ethnographic Study of Factory Workers

By: James Roberson

This ethnographic study examines the lives of Japanese workers in small firms and analysis their experiences of working life, leisure and education. This unique case study of the Shintani Metals Company illustrates the ways in which employees lives extend beyond their work. Japanese Working Class Lives provides a valuable alternative view of working life outside the large corporations. Roberson demonstrates that the Japanese working class is more diverse than Western stereotypes of be-suited salary-men would suggest.

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Routledge

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113469282X

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9781134692828

Digital Signal Processing Demystified

By: James D. Broesch

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Digital Signal Processing Demystified

By: James D. Broesch

James D. Broesch is a staff engineer for General Atomics, where he is responsible for the design and development of several advanced control systems used on fusion control programs. He also teaches classes in signal processing and hardware design at the University of California-San Diego.·Integrated book/software package allows readers to simulate digital signal processing (DSP) situations and experiment with effects of different DSP techniques.·Gives an applications-oriented approach to DSP instead of a purely mathematical one.·The accompanying CD includes a DSP "calculator" to help solve design problems

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0080504493

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9780080504490

Book's by James W Cummings

Towards Modern Public Finance

Towards Modern Public Finance

Terrible Revolution

Terrible Revolution

A Full and Correct Account of the Military Occurrences of the Late War Between Great Britain and the United States of America - Volume 2

A Full and Correct Account of the Military Occurrences of the Late War Between Great Britain and the United States of America - Volume 2

Chlorosulfonic Acid

Chlorosulfonic Acid

Automation and Autonomy

Automation and Autonomy

The Pioneer Heritage of the Miller/Lewis Family

The Pioneer Heritage of the Miller/Lewis Family

The Program Evaluation Standards

The Program Evaluation Standards

Dixie Clockmakers

Dixie Clockmakers

Ramus and Reform

Ramus and Reform

English for Research Publication Purposes

English for Research Publication Purposes

The Voice of the Coyote

The Voice of the Coyote

Japanese Working Class Lives

Japanese Working Class Lives

Digital Signal Processing Demystified

Digital Signal Processing Demystified

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