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Hawaii’s Past in a World of Pacific Islands

By: James M. Bayman,Thomas S. Dye

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Hawaii’s Past in a World of Pacific Islands

By: James M. Bayman,Thomas S. Dye

Given its relatively late encounter with the West, Hawaii offers an exciting opportunity to study a society whose traditional lifeways and technologies were recorded in native oral traditions and written documents before they were changed by contact with non-Polynesian cultures. This book in the SAA Press Current Perspectives Series chronicles the role of archaeology in constructing a narrative of Hawaii’s cultural past, focusing on material evidence dating from the Polynesians’ first arrival on Hawaii’s shores about a millennium ago to the early decades of settlement by Americans and Europeans in the nineteenth century. A final chapter discusses new directions taken by native Hawaiians toward changing the practice of archaeology in the islands today.

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171

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University Press of Colorado

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1646425138

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9781646425136

Environmental Chemicals Desk Reference

By: John H. Montgomery,Thomas Roy Crompton

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Environmental Chemicals Desk Reference

By: John H. Montgomery,Thomas Roy Crompton

Environmental Chemicals Desk Reference is a concise version of the widely read Agrochemicals Desk Reference and Groundwater Chemicals Desk Reference. This up-to-date volume was inspired by the need for a combination of the material in both references, together with the large number of research publications and the continued interest in the fate, transport, and remediation of hazardous substances. Much new data has been added to this unique edition, including global legislation (REACH) and sustainability, thereby reflecting the wealth of literature in the field. Featured are environmental and physical/chemical data on more than 200 compounds, including pesticides, herbicides, and fungicides.

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2616

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CRC Press

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1351687700

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9781351687706

The Upside of Down

Catastrophe, Creativity, and the Renewal of Civilization

By: Thomas Homer-Dixon

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The Upside of Down

Catastrophe, Creativity, and the Renewal of Civilization

By: Thomas Homer-Dixon

Environmental disasters. Terrorist wars. Energy scarcity. Economic failure. Is this the world's inevitable fate, a downward spiral that ultimately spells the collapse of societies? Perhaps, says acclaimed author Thomas Homer-Dixon - or perhaps these crises can actually lead to renewal for ourselves and planet earth. The Upside of Down takes the reader on a mind-stretching tour of societies' management, or mismanagement, of disasters over time. From the demise of ancient Rome to contemporary climate change, this spellbinding book analyzes what happens when multiple crises compound to cause what the author calls "synchronous failure." But, crisis doesn't have to mean total global calamity. Through catagenesis, or creative, bold reform in the wake of breakdown, it is possible to reinvent our future. Drawing on the worlds of archeology, poetry, politics, science, and economics, The Upside of Down is certain to provoke controversy and stir imaginations across the globe. The author's wide-ranging expertise makes his insights and proposals particularly acute, as people of all nations try to grapple with how we can survive tomorrow's inevitable shocks to our global system. There is no guarantee of success, but there are ways to begin thinking about a better world, and The Upside of Down is the ideal place to start thinking.

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449

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Island Press

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1597266302

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9781597266307

Stealing Lincoln’s Body

By: Thomas J. Craughwell

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Stealing Lincoln’s Body

By: Thomas J. Craughwell

On the night of the presidential election in 1876, a gang of counterfeiters out of Chicago attempted to steal the entombed embalmed body of Abraham Lincoln and hold it for ransom. The custodian of the tomb was so shaken by the incident that he willingly dedicated the rest of his life to protecting the president’s corpse. In a lively and dramatic narrative, Thomas J. Craughwell returns to this bizarre, and largely forgotten, event with the first book to place the grave robbery in historical context. He takes us through the planning and execution of the crime and the outcome of the investigation. He describes the reactions of Mary Todd Lincoln and Robert Todd Lincoln to the theft—and the peculiar silence of a nation. He follows the unlikely tale of what happened to Lincoln’s remains after the attempted robbery, and details the plan devised by the Lincoln Guard of Honor to prevent a similar abominable recurrence. Along the way, Craughwell offers entertaining sidelights on the rise of counterfeiting in America and the establishment of the Secret Service to combat it; the prevalence of grave robberies; the art of nineteenth-century embalming; and the emergence among Irish immigrants of an ambitious middle class—and a criminal underclass. This rousing story of hapless con men, intrepid federal agents, and ordinary Springfield citizens who honored their native son by keeping a valuable, burdensome secret for decades offers a riveting glimpse into late-nineteenth-century America, and underscores that truth really is sometimes stranger than fiction.

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287

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Harvard University Press

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0674253531

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9780674253537

Chemistry of High-Energy Materials

By: Thomas M. Klapötke

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Chemistry of High-Energy Materials

By: Thomas M. Klapötke

The 4th revised edition expands on the basic chemistry of high energy materials of the precious editions and examines new research developments, including hydrodynamics and ionic liquids. Applications in military and civil fields are discussed. This work is of interest to advanced students in chemistry, materials science and engineering, as well as to all those working in defense technology.

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386

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Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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311053651X

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9783110536515

Catalog of Teratogenic Agents

By: Thomas H. Shepard,Ronald J. Lemire

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Catalog of Teratogenic Agents

By: Thomas H. Shepard,Ronald J. Lemire

Links information on experimental teratogenic agents with the congenital defects in human beings.

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564

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JHU Press

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0801879531

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9780801879531

Book's by Thomas S. Dye

Hawaii’s Past in a World of Pacific Islands

Hawaii’s Past in a World of Pacific Islands

Environmental Chemicals Desk Reference

Environmental Chemicals Desk Reference

The Upside of Down

The Upside of Down

Stealing Lincoln’s Body

Stealing Lincoln’s Body

Chemistry of High-Energy Materials

Chemistry of High-Energy Materials

Catalog of Teratogenic Agents

Catalog of Teratogenic Agents

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