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The Mughal Empire

By: John F. Richards

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This traces the history of the Mughal empire from its creation in 1526 to its breakup in 1720. It stresses the quality of Mughal territorial expansion, their innovation in land revenue, military organization, and the relationship between the emperors and I

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Cambridge University Press

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0521566037

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9780521566032

Power, Administration and Finance in Mughal India

By: John F. Richards

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Power, Administration and Finance in Mughal India

By: John F. Richards

From the mid-16th to the early 18th centuries the Mughal empire was the dominant power in the Indian subcontinent. Contrary to what is sometimes suggested, John Richards argues that this centralised state was dynamic and skillfully run. The studies here consider its links with the wider early modern world, and focus on three related aspects of its history. The first concerns the nature of imperial authority, in terms both of the dynastic ideology created by Akbar and his successors, and the extent to which this authority could be enforced in the countryside. The second aspect is that of fiscal and monetary policy and administration: how did the Mughals collect, track and expend their vast revenues, and what effects did this have? Finally, the author asks why the system could not cope with the changes it had helped engender, and what were the weaknesses and pressures that led to the breakup of the empire in the first decades of the 18th century. De la moitié du 16e siècle au début du 18e, l’empire moghol était le pouvoir dominant du sous-continent indien. Contrairement à ce qui peut parfois être suggéré, John Richards soutient que cet état centralisé était dynamique et adroitement mené. Les études examinent ses liens avec le reste du monde moderne et se concentrent sur trois aspects de son histoire. Le premier concerne la nature de l’autorité impériale, en termes d’idéologie dynastique, telle qu’elle avait été créée par Akbar et ses successeurs et du point jusqu’auquel cette autorité pouvait être imposée dans les milieux ruraux. Le second aspect est celui de l’administration et de la politique fiscale et monétaire: comment les Moghols faisaient-ils pour collecter, retrouver et dépenser leurs vastes revenus et quel était l’effet d’une telle politique? Enfin, l’auteur cherche à savoir pourquoi ce système n’arrivait pas à faire face aux changements qu’il avait contribué à engendrer et quelles avaient été

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Taylor & Francis

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104023447X

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9781040234471

The Unending Frontier

An Environmental History of the Early Modern World

By: John F. Richards

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The Unending Frontier

An Environmental History of the Early Modern World

By: John F. Richards

It was the age of exploration, the age of empire and conquest, and human beings were extending their reach—and their numbers—as never before. In the process, they were intervening in the world's natural environment in equally unprecedented and dramatic ways. A sweeping work of environmental history, The Unending Frontier offers a truly global perspective on the profound impact of humanity on the natural world in the early modern period. John F. Richards identifies four broadly shared historical processes that speeded environmental change from roughly 1500 to 1800 c.e.: intensified human land use along settlement frontiers; biological invasions; commercial hunting of wildlife; and problems of energy scarcity. The Unending Frontier considers each of these trends in a series of case studies, sometimes of a particular place, such as Tokugawa Japan and early modern England and China, sometimes of a particular activity, such as the fur trade in North America and Russia, cod fishing in the North Atlantic, and whaling in the Arctic. Throughout, Richards shows how humans—whether clearing forests or draining wetlands, transporting bacteria, insects, and livestock; hunting species to extinction, or reshaping landscapes—altered the material well-being of the natural world along with their own.

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Univ of California Press

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0520939352

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9780520939356

The World Hunt

An Environmental History of the Commodification of Animals

By: John F. Richards

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The World Hunt

An Environmental History of the Commodification of Animals

By: John F. Richards

Presented here is the final and most coherent section of a sweeping classic work in environmental history, The Unending Frontier. The World Hunt focuses on the commercial hunting of wildlife and its profound global impact on the environment and the early modern world economy. Tracing the massive expansion of the European quest for animal products, The World Hunt explores the fur trade in North America and Russia, cod fishing in the North Atlantic, and whaling and sealing on the world’s oceans and coastlands.

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Univ of California Press

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0520958470

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9780520958470

Teaching the Book of Mormon, Part 2

By: John S. Bushman,Reed Romney,John R. Manis,Curt T. Wakefield

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Teaching the Book of Mormon, Part 2

By: John S. Bushman,Reed Romney,John R. Manis,Curt T. Wakefield

Teaching the Book of Mormon is full of powerful teaching ideas to change lives. Helpful components include creative object lessons, group activities, discussion questions and more to build an influential atmosphere of learning and interaction. With this all-inclusive resource, you will engage your children, your seminary students, or your Sunday School class in powerful learning.

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Cedar Fort Publishing & Media

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1462105378

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9781462105373

Climate Change and the Course of Global History

A Rough Journey

By: John L. Brooke

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Climate Change and the Course of Global History

A Rough Journey

By: John L. Brooke

The first global study by a historian to fully integrate the earth-system approach of the new climate science with the material history of humanity.

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655

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Cambridge University Press

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0521871646

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9780521871648

1688: A Global History

By: John E. Wills Jr.

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1688: A Global History

By: John E. Wills Jr.

A totally absorbing book...imaginative and erudite, full of startling juxtapositions and flashes of real perception."—Jonathan D. Spence John E. Wills's masterful history ushers us into the worlds of 1688, from the suicidal exaltation of Russian Old Believers to the ravishing voice of the haiku poet Basho. Witness the splendor of the Chinese imperial court as the Kangxi emperor publicly mourns the death of his grandmother and shrewdly consolidates his power. Join the great caravans of Muslims on their annual pilgrimage from Damascus and Cairo to Mecca. Walk the pungent streets of Amsterdam and enter the Rasp House, where vagrants, beggars, and petty criminals labored to produce powdered brazilwood for the dyeworks. Through these stories and many others, Wills paints a detailed picture of how the global connections of power, money, and belief were beginning to lend the world its modern form. "A vivid picture of life in 1688...filled with terrifying violence, frightening diseases...comfortingly familiar human kindnesses...and the intellectual achievements of Leibniz, Locke, and Newton."—Publishers Weekly

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393253643

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9780393253641

Macromolecular Crystallization and Crystal Perfection

By: Naomi E Chayen,John R Helliwell,Edward H Snell

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Macromolecular Crystallization and Crystal Perfection

By: Naomi E Chayen,John R Helliwell,Edward H Snell

The crystallization of proteins and nucleic acids and/or their complexes has become more highly automated but is still often a trial and error based approach. In parallel, a number of X-ray diffraction based techniques have been developed which explain the physical reasons limiting the resulting crystallographic data and thus show how that data may be improved. Crystal growth is also pivotal in neutron crystallography, which establishes the hydrogen and hydration aspects. Thus this book is aimed at addressing the science behind obtaining the best and most complete structural data possible for biological macromolecules, so that the detailed structural biology and chemistry of these important molecules emerge. Crystal imperfections such as twinning and lattice disorders, as well as multiple crystal situations, and their possible remedies, are also described. The small crystal frontier in micro-crystal crystallography, crystallites in powders and finally down to the proposed single molecule structure determination of X-ray lasers are covered. Overall this interdisciplinary book will interest crystal growers, X-ray and neutron physicists and the biological crystallographers, including graduate students.

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240

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OUP Oxford

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0191550027

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9780191550027

Raf Fighter Command Victory Claims

By: John Foreman

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Raf Fighter Command Victory Claims

By: John Foreman

This reference work will provide a vital tool for those researching the combats that took place over Europe, whether from the RAF or Luftwaffe view point.

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Red Kite / Air Research

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0954620151

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9780954620158

Secondary Science 11 to 16

A Practical Guide

By: Gren Ireson,Mark Crowley,Ruth Richards,John Twidle

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Secondary Science 11 to 16

A Practical Guide

By: Gren Ireson,Mark Crowley,Ruth Richards,John Twidle

Are you looking for teaching ideas to make your science lessons come alive? Full of suggestions for exciting practical work to engage children, this book addresses and explains the science behind the experiments, and emphasises the need to engage the learner through minds-on activities. It shows you where to make links to the national curricula in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and it covers the three sciences: chemistry, biology and physics. The detailed subject knowledge helps you grasp key concepts, and there are lots of useful diagrams to illustrate important points. Experiments include: - extracting DNA from a kiwi fruit - capturing rainbows - the chromatography of sweets - removing iron from cornflakes - a plate tectonic jigsaw These practical activities will provide you with ways to ensure your students respond enthusiastically to science, and the book will also help you develop your subject knowledge and ensure you meet your Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) standards. Perfect reading for Secondary Science PGCE students, as well as those on the Graduate Teacher Programme (GTP), this book is also ideal for non-specialists who are looking for support as they get to grips with the sciences. Gren Ireson is Professor of Science Education at Nottingham Trent University. Mark Crowley is a Teaching Research Fellow in the Centre for Effective Learning in Science, Nottingham Trent University. Ruth Richards is Subject Strand Leader for the PGCE and Subject Knowledge Enhancement (SKE) courses in Science at Nottingham Trent University, and an examiner for A-level Geology. John Twidle is Subject Leader for the PGCE and MSc Science programmes at Loughborough University.

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SAGE

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1446244946

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Book's by John F. Richards

The Mughal Empire

The Mughal Empire

Power, Administration and Finance in Mughal India

Power, Administration and Finance in Mughal India

The Unending Frontier

The Unending Frontier

The World Hunt

The World Hunt

Teaching the Book of Mormon, Part 2

Teaching the Book of Mormon, Part 2

Climate Change and the Course of Global History

Climate Change and the Course of Global History

1688: A Global History

1688: A Global History

Macromolecular Crystallization and Crystal Perfection

Macromolecular Crystallization and Crystal Perfection

Raf Fighter Command Victory Claims

Raf Fighter Command Victory Claims

Secondary Science 11 to 16

Secondary Science 11 to 16

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