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New World Soundings

Culture and Ideology in the Americas

By: Richard M. Morse

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New World Soundings

Culture and Ideology in the Americas

By: Richard M. Morse

Originally published in 1989. In New World Soundings, cultural historian Richard Morse takes a series of sharply focused looks at the Americas. He inquires into the ways in which speech and poetry evoke the common historical experience of North and South America and examines the transatlantic "sea changes" of European languages. He uses political ideology to contrast the traditions of Anglo and Latin America, while surveying contemporary pressures for ideological change. In the book's final sections, he addresses the North-South transaction from yet three more angles, ruminating on the problems involved in conveying the Latin American experience to U.S. students, considering the impediments to U.S.-Puerto Rican understanding, and recounting the mythic adventures of McLuhanaima, "the world's first Brazilianist," as he travels through the exotic land he has chosen for definitive research.

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JHU Press

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1421435101

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9781421435107

Haciendas and Economic Development

Guadalajara, Mexico, at Independence

By: Richard B. Lindley

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Haciendas and Economic Development

Guadalajara, Mexico, at Independence

By: Richard B. Lindley

Agriculture, commerce, and mining were the engines that drove New Spain, and past historians have treated these economic categories as sociological phenomena as well. For these historians, society in eighteenth-century New Spain was comprised, on the one hand, of creoles, feudalistic land barons who were natives of the New World, and, on the other, of peninsulars, progressive, urban merchants born on the Iberian peninsula. In their view, creole-peninsular resentment ultimately led to the wars for independence that took place in the American hemisphere in the early nineteenth century. Richard B. Lindley’s study of Guadalajara’s wealthy citizens on the eve of independence contradicts this view, clearly demonstrating that landowners, merchants, creoles, and peninsulars, through intermarriage, formed large family enterprises with mixed agricultural, commercial, and mining interests. These family enterprises subdued potential conflicts of interest between Spaniards and Americans, making partners of potential competitors. When the wars for national independence began in 1810, Spain’s ability to protect its colonies from outside influence was destroyed. The resultant influx of British trade goods and finance shook the structure of colonial society, as abundant British capital quickly reduced the capital shortage that had been the main reason for large-scale, diversified family businesses. Elite family enterprises survived, but became less traditional and more specialized institutions. This transformation from traditional, personalized community relations to modern, anonymous corporations, with all that it implied for government and productivity, constitutes the real revolution that began in 1810.

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University of Texas Press

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1477304614

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Dirichlet's Principle, Conformal Mapping, and Minimal Surfaces

By: Richard Courant

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Dirichlet's Principle, Conformal Mapping, and Minimal Surfaces

By: Richard Courant

Originally published: New York: Interscience Publishers, 1950, in series: Pure and applied mathematics (Interscience Publishers); v. 3.

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Courier Corporation

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0486445526

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The Cultural Life of the American Colonies

By: Louis B. Wright,Henry Steele Commager,Richard Brandon Morris

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The Cultural Life of the American Colonies

By: Louis B. Wright,Henry Steele Commager,Richard Brandon Morris

Sweeping survey of 150 years of colonial history (1607-1763) offers authoritative views on agrarian society and leadership, non-English influences, religion, education, literature, music, architecture, and much more. 33 black-and-white illustrations.

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0486422232

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Fighting Firewater Fictions

Moving Beyond the Disease Model of Alcoholism in First Nations

By: Richard Thatcher

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Fighting Firewater Fictions

Moving Beyond the Disease Model of Alcoholism in First Nations

By: Richard Thatcher

Fighting Firewater Fictions calls for community re-organization around a band development policy that looks beyond the reserve

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University of Toronto Press

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0802086470

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Feeding the City

From Street Market to Liberal Reform in Salvador, Brazil, 1780–1860

By: Richard Graham

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Feeding the City

From Street Market to Liberal Reform in Salvador, Brazil, 1780–1860

By: Richard Graham

On the eastern coast of Brazil, facing westward across a wide magnificent bay, lies Salvador, a major city in the Americas at the end of the eighteenth century. Those who distributed and sold food, from the poorest street vendors to the most prosperous traders—black and white, male and female, slave and free, Brazilian, Portuguese, and African—were connected in tangled ways to each other and to practically everyone else in the city, and are the subjects of this book. Food traders formed the city's most dynamic social component during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, constantly negotiating their social place. The boatmen who brought food to the city from across the bay decisively influenced the outcome of the war for Brazilian independence from Portugal by supplying the insurgents and not the colonial army. Richard Graham here shows for the first time that, far from being a city sharply and principally divided into two groups—the rich and powerful or the hapless poor or enslaved—Salvador had a population that included a great many who lived in between and moved up and down. The day-to-day behavior of those engaged in food marketing leads to questions about the government's role in regulating the economy and thus to notions of justice and equity, questions that directly affected both food traders and the wider consuming public. Their voices significantly shaped the debate still going on between those who support economic liberalization and those who resist it.

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University of Texas Press

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0292723261

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Sugar and Slaves

The Rise of the Planter Class in the English West Indies, 1624-1713

By: Richard S. Dunn

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Sugar and Slaves

The Rise of the Planter Class in the English West Indies, 1624-1713

By: Richard S. Dunn

First published by UNC Press in 1972, Sugar and Slaves presents a vivid portrait of English life in the Caribbean more than three centuries ago. Using a host of contemporary primary sources, Richard Dunn traces the development of plantation slave society in the region. He examines sugar production techniques, the vicious character of the slave trade, the problems of adapting English ways to the tropics, and the appalling mortality rates for both blacks and whites that made these colonies the richest, but in human terms the least successful, in English America. "A masterly analysis of the Caribbean plantation slave society, its lifestyles, ethnic relations, afflictions, and peculiarities.--Journal of Modern History "A remarkable account of the rise of the planter class in the West Indies. . . . Dunn's [work] is rich social history, based on factual data brought to life by his use of contemporary narrative accounts.--New York Review of Books "A study of major importance. . . . Dunn not only provides the most solid and precise account ever written of the social development of the British West Indies down to 1713, he also challenges some traditional historical cliches.--American Historical Review

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UNC Press Books

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0807899828

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Patronage and Politics in Nineteenth-Century Brazil

By: Richard Graham

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Patronage and Politics in Nineteenth-Century Brazil

By: Richard Graham

Focusing on the period from 1840 to 1889, one of the leading historians on Brazil explores the specific ways in which granting protection, official positions, and other favors in exchange for political and personal loyalty worked to benefit the interests of wealthy Brazilians.

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Stanford University Press

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0804723362

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9780804723367

Introduction to Calculus and Analysis II/1

By: Richard Courant,Fritz John

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Introduction to Calculus and Analysis II/1

By: Richard Courant,Fritz John

From the reviews: "...one of the best textbooks introducing several generations of mathematicians to higher mathematics. ... This excellent book is highly recommended both to instructors and students." --Acta Scientiarum Mathematicarum, 1991

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3642571492

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Practical Environmental Forensics

Process and Case Histories

By: Patrick J. Sullivan,Franklin J. Agardy,Richard K. Traub

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Practical Environmental Forensics

Process and Case Histories

By: Patrick J. Sullivan,Franklin J. Agardy,Richard K. Traub

A comprehensive practical guide to environmental forensics With real-world examples and advice on both scientific and legal issues, Practical Environmental Forensics stands on the front line of this new interdisciplinary approach to the environmental litigation process. Compiled by experts with decades of combined experience in teaching, research, consulting, and litigation, it is the first book to offer a comprehensive presentation of environmental forensics.The first section provides an introduction to the forensic process, a historical perspective on pollution, and related laws and insurance issues. The book continues with a review of the most commonly used technical approaches and methods employed to support forensic litigation case issues. A third section introduces essential environmental forensic support functions, including admissibility of evidence, expert case management, and the use of mediation methods in settling cases. Finally, the book explores the environmental forensic process through an extensive body of real case studies in which the authors have participated. This comprehensive guidebook includes: * Guidance in the development and presentation of forensic opinions within the litigation process * Stand-alone applications of historical research, groundwater contaminant modeling, chemical fingerprinting, toxicology, and risk assessment to environmental litigation * Chemical and investigative forensic methods presented within the context of environmental forensic case histories * Illustrative problem-solving as an invaluable teaching and learning resource * Typical forensic cases grouped to illustrate the three main areas of environmental litigation: minimizing damages to clients, allocating damages between responsible parties, and resolution of insurance-related issues For engineers, scientists, attorneys, government regulators, financial and real estate professionals, and the broad spectrum of environmental consultants, this book is critical for all whose work involves environmental contamination.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0471437654

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9780471437659

Britain and the Onset of Modernization in Brazil 1850-1914

By: Richard Graham

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Britain and the Onset of Modernization in Brazil 1850-1914

By: Richard Graham

This is a detailed study of British influence in Brazil as a theme within the larger story of modernization. The British were involved at key points in the initial stages of modernization. Their hold upon the import-export economy tended to slow down industrialization, and there were other areas in which their presence acted as a brake upon Brazilian modernization. But the British also fostered change. British railways provided primary stimulus to the growth of coffee exports, and since the British did not monopolize coffee production, a large proportion of the profits remained in Brazilian hands for other uses. Furthermore, the burgeoning coffee economy shattered traditional economic, social and political relationships, opening up the way for other areas of growth. The British role was not confined to economic development. They also contributed to the growth of 'a modern world-view'. Spencerianism and the idea of progress, for instance, were not exotic and meaningless imports, but an integral part of the transformation Brazil was experiencing.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521070783

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9780521070782

Introduction to Matrix Analysis

Second Edition

By: Richard Bellman

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Introduction to Matrix Analysis

Second Edition

By: Richard Bellman

Lucid and concise, this volume covers all the key aspects of matrix analysis and presents a variety of fundamental methods.

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SIAM

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0898713994

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RAND and the Information Evolution

A History in Essays and Vignettes

By: Willis H. Ware,Peter Chalk,Richard Warnes,Lindsay Clutterbuck,Aidan Kirby Winn,Sheila Nataraj Kirby

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RAND and the Information Evolution

A History in Essays and Vignettes

By: Willis H. Ware,Peter Chalk,Richard Warnes,Lindsay Clutterbuck,Aidan Kirby Winn,Sheila Nataraj Kirby

This professional memoir describes RAND's contributions to the evolution of computer science, particularly during the first decades following World War II, when digital computers succeeded slide rules, mechanical desk calculators, electric accounting machines, and analog computers. The memoir includes photographs and vignettes that reveal the collegial, creative, and often playful spirit in which the groundbreaking research was conducted at RAND.

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Rand Corporation

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0833048163

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9780833048165

John Smibert

Colonial America's First Portrait Painter

By: Richard H. Saunders,Saunders,John Smibert

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John Smibert

Colonial America's First Portrait Painter

By: Richard H. Saunders,Saunders,John Smibert

Saunder's explores Smibert's early Scottish and London training as well as his travels in Italy; his portrait practice in London; his arrival in America and his stylistic development; the creation of "The Bermuda Group"; and the business of portrait painting in Boston.

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Yale University Press

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0300042582

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9780300042580

Environmental Chemistry of Selenium

By: William T. Frankenberger,Richard A. Engberg

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Environmental Chemistry of Selenium

By: William T. Frankenberger,Richard A. Engberg

Written as a complement to the definitive work selenium in the Environment (Marcel Dekker, Inc.). Presents basic and the most recent applied research developments in selenium remediation-emphasizing field investigations as well as covering topics from analytical methods and modeling to regulatory aspects from federal and state perspectives.

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CRC Press

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0824701364

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9780824701369

Camp Nelson, Kentucky

A Civil War History

By: Richard D. Sears

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Camp Nelson, Kentucky

A Civil War History

By: Richard D. Sears

Camp Nelson, Kentucky, was designed in 1863 as a military supply depot for the Union Army. Later it became one of the country's most important recruiting stations and training camps for black soldiers and Kentucky's chief center for issuing emancipation papers to former slaves. Richard D. Sears tells the story of the rise and fall of the camp through the shifting perspective of a changing cast of characters—teachers, civilians, missionaries such as the Reverend John G. Fee, and fleeing slaves and enlisted blacks who describe their pitiless treatment at the hands of slave owners and Confederate sympathizers. Sears fully documents the story of Camp Nelson through carefully selected military orders, letters, newspaper articles, and other correspondence, most inaccessible until now. His introduction provides a historical overview, and textual notes identify individuals and detail the course of events.

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University Press of Kentucky

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0813149525

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Urban Images of the Hispanic World, 1493-1793

By: Richard L. Kagan,Fernando Marias,Fernando Marías Franco

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Urban Images of the Hispanic World, 1493-1793

By: Richard L. Kagan,Fernando Marias,Fernando Marías Franco

This fascinating book examines the particular importance of cities in Spanish and Hispanic-American culture as well as the different meanings that artists and cartographers invested in their depiction of New and Old Wold cities and towns. Kagan maintains that cities are both built human structures and human communities, and that representations of the urban form reflect both points of view. He discusses the peculiar character of Spain's empire of towns; the history and development of the cityscape as an independent artistic genre, both in Europe and the Americas; the interaction between European and native mapping traditions; differences between European maps of urban America and those produced by local residents, whether native or creole; and the urban iconography of four different New World towns. Lavishly illustrated with a variety of maps, pictures, and plans, many reproduced here for the first time, this interdisciplinary study will be of interest to general readers and to specialists in art history, cartography, history, urbanism, and related fields.

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Yale University Press

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0300083149

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9780300083149

Algorithms in Real Algebraic Geometry

By: Saugata Basu,Richard Pollack,Marie-Françoise Coste-Roy

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Algorithms in Real Algebraic Geometry

By: Saugata Basu,Richard Pollack,Marie-Françoise Coste-Roy

In this first-ever graduate textbook on the algorithmic aspects of real algebraic geometry, the main ideas and techniques presented form a coherent and rich body of knowledge, linked to many areas of mathematics and computing. Mathematicians already aware of real algebraic geometry will find relevant information about the algorithmic aspects. Researchers in computer science and engineering will find the required mathematical background. This self-contained book is accessible to graduate and undergraduate students.

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3662053551

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