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The Blue Frontier

Author : Ronald C. Po
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108594174
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book The Blue Frontier written by Ronald C. Po and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-08-23 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this revisionist history of the eighteenth-century Qing Empire from a maritime perspective, Ronald C. Po argues that it is reductive to view China over this period exclusively as a continental power with little interest in the sea. With a coastline of almost 14,500 kilometers, the Qing was not a landlocked state. Although it came to be known as an inward-looking empire, Po suggests that the Qing was integrated into the maritime world through its naval development and customs institutionalization. In contrast to our orthodox perception, the Manchu court, in fact, deliberately engaged with the ocean politically, militarily, and even conceptually. The Blue Frontier offers a much broader picture of the Qing as an Asian giant responding flexibly to challenges and extensive interaction on all frontiers - both land and sea - in the long eighteenth century.

The Blue Frontier

Author : Ronald C. Po
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108424619
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book The Blue Frontier written by Ronald C. Po and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-08-23 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Argues that Qing China was not just a continental empire, but a maritime power protecting its interests at sea.

50 Ways to Save the Ocean

Author : David Helvarg
Publisher : New World Library
ISBN 13 : 1577317033
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (773 download)

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Download or read book 50 Ways to Save the Ocean written by David Helvarg and published by New World Library. This book was released on 2010-09-24 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The oceans, and the challenges they face, are so vast that it’s easy to feel powerless to protect them. 50 Ways to Save the Ocean, written by veteran environmental journalist David Helvarg, focuses on practical, easily-implemented actions everyone can take to protect and conserve this vital resource. Well-researched, personal, and sometimes whimsical, the book addresses daily choices that affect the ocean's health: what fish should and should not be eaten; how and where to vacation; storm drains and driveway run-off; protecting local water tables; proper diving, surfing, and tide pool etiquette; and supporting local marine education. Helvarg also looks at what can be done to stir the waters of seemingly daunting issues such as toxic pollutant runoff; protecting wetlands and sanctuaries; keeping oil rigs off shore; saving reef environments; and replenishing fish reserves.

Seasteading

Author : Joe Quirk
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 145169928X
Total Pages : 373 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (516 download)

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Download or read book Seasteading written by Joe Quirk and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-03-21 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In these “thought-provoking visions of the future” (The Wall Street Journal), Joe Quirk and Patri Friedman of the Seasteading Institute explain how ocean cities can solve many of our environmental, technological, and civic problems, and introduce the visionaries and pioneers who are now making seasteading a reality. Our planet has been suffering from serious environmental problems and their social and political consequences. But imagine a vast new source of sustainable and renewable energy that would also bring more equitable economies. A previously untapped source of farming that could produce significant new sources of nutrition. Future societies where people could choose the communities they want to live in, free from the restrictions of conventional citizenship. This extraordinary vision of our near future as imagined in Seasteading attracted the powerful support of Silicon Valley’s Peter Thiel—and it may be drawing close to reality. Facing growing environmental threats, French Polynesia has already signed on to build some of the world’s first seasteads. Joe Quirk and Patri Friedman show us how cities built on floating platforms in the ocean will work, and they profile some of the visionaries who are implementing basic concepts of seasteading today. An entrepreneur’s dream, these floating cities will become laboratories for innovation and creativity. Seasteading “offers hope for a future when life on land has grown grim” (Kirkus Reviews), proving the adage that yesterday’s science fiction is tomorrow’s science fact.

Blue Gemini

Author : Mike Jenne
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1631580574
Total Pages : 702 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Blue Gemini written by Mike Jenne and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-05-05 with total page 702 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scott Ourecky wanted to fly; he never dreamed he'd end up in a secret military space program. The year is 1968. The Cold War is far from over, and nuclear annihilation is always only a heartbeat away. America is racing the Soviet Union to land men on the moon, a war is raging, and a pivotal presidential election looms on the horizon. A child of the early space age, Lieutenant Scott Ourecky joins the Air Force with aspirations of going to flight school. A brilliant engineer, he repeatedly fails the aptitude test to become a pilot but is selected to work on a highly classified military space program—the innocuously named Aerospace Support Project—n which Air Force astronauts are slated to fly missions to intercept and destroy suspect Soviet satellites. When one of the astronauts in training abruptly falls out of the project, Ourecky is asked to fill in for the two-man simulated missions and survival training only, serving with a headstrong and abrasive test pilot, Major Drew Carson, until another astronaut can be assigned. By far the most proficient pilot assigned to the project, Carson has a dangerous propensity to engage in pickup dogfighting sessions while on cross-country training flights. And although Ourecky was only a temporary placeholder, not destined to fly in space, he soon finds himself much more involved than he ever anticipated—and in deepest peril. Based on a real secret space program, Blue Gemini combines high-altitude action with edge-of-your-seat storytelling to create a modern classic Cold War thriller.

Frontiersmen in Blue

Author : Robert Marshall Utley
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803295506
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (955 download)

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Download or read book Frontiersmen in Blue written by Robert Marshall Utley and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1967-01-01 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frontiersmen in Blue is a comprehensive history of the achievements and failures of the United States Regular and Volunteer Armies that confronted the Indian tribes of the West in the two decades between the Mexican War and the close of the Civil War. Between 1848 and 1865 the men in blue fought nearly all of the western tribes. Robert Utley describes many of these skirmishes in consummate detail, including descriptions of garrison life that was sometimes agonizingly isolated, sometimes caught in the lightning moments of desperate battle.

Midnight Blue

Author : Dorothy Garlock
Publisher : Hachette+ORM
ISBN 13 : 0759522979
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (595 download)

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Download or read book Midnight Blue written by Dorothy Garlock and published by Hachette+ORM. This book was released on 2001-04-11 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leaving her finishing school behind, Mara Shannon McCall comes back to Wyoming, determined to reclaim the ranch that was her father's legacy.

The Deep Range

Author : Arthur C. Clarke
Publisher : Rosetta Books
ISBN 13 : 0795325096
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book The Deep Range written by Arthur C. Clarke and published by Rosetta Books. This book was released on 2012-11-30 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A man discovers the planet’s destiny in the ocean’s depths in this near-future novel by one of the twentieth century’s greatest science fiction authors. In the very near future, humanity has fully harnessed the sea’s immense potential, employing advanced sonar technology to control and harvest untold resources for human consumption. It is a world where gigantic whale herds are tended by submariners and vast plankton farms stave off the threat of hunger. Former space engineer Walter Franklin has been assigned to a submarine patrol. Initially indifferent to his new station, if not bored by his daily routines, Walter soon becomes fascinated by the sea’s mysteries. The more his explorations deepen, the more he comes to understand man’s true place in nature—and the unique role he will soon play in humanity’s future. A lasting testament to Arthur C. Clarke’s prescient and powerful imagination, The Deep Range is a classic work of science fiction that remains deeply relevant to our times.

The Golden Shore

Author : David Helvarg
Publisher : New World Library
ISBN 13 : 1608684415
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book The Golden Shore written by David Helvarg and published by New World Library. This book was released on 2016-09-01 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the first human settlements to the latest marine explorations, The Golden Shore tells the tale of the history, culture, and changing nature of California’s coasts and ocean. David Helvarg takes the reader on both a geographic and literary journey along the state’s 1,100-mile Pacific coastline, from the Oregon border to the San Diego–Tijuana international border fence and out into its whale-, seal-, and shark-rich offshore seamounts, rock isles, and kelp forests. Part history, part travelogue, part love letter, The Golden Shore captures the spirit of the California coast and its mythic place in American culture.

Jonathan Fisher of Blue Hill, Maine

Author : Kevin D. Murphy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jonathan Fisher of Blue Hill, Maine written by Kevin D. Murphy and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the life of Jonathan Fisher (1768-1847), a native of Braintree, Massachusetts, and graduate of Harvard College who moved in his late twenties to Blue Hill, Maine, where he embarked on a multifaceted career as a pioneer minister, farmer, entrepreneur, and artist. Drawing on a vast record of letters, diaries, sermons, drawings, paintings, and buildings, Kevin D. Murphy reconstructs Fisher's story and uses it to explore larger issues of material culture, visual culture, and social history during the early decades of the American republic. Murphy shows how Fisher, as pastor of the Congregational church in Blue Hill from 1796 to 1837, helped spearhead the transformation of a frontier settlement on the eastern shores of the Penobscot Bay into a thriving port community; how he used his skills as an architect, decorative painter, surveyor, and furniture maker not only to support himself and his family, but to promote the economic growth of his village; and how the fluid professional identity that enabled Fisher to prosper on the eastern frontier could only have existed in early America where economic relations were far less rigidly defined than in Europe. Among the most important artifacts of Jonathan Fisher's life is the house he designed and built in Blue Hill. The Jonathan Fisher Memorial, as it is now known, serves as a point of departure for an examination of social, religious, and cultural life in a newly established village at the turn of the nineteenth century. Fisher's house provided a variety of spaces for agricultural and domestic work, teaching, socializing, artmaking, and more. Through the eyes of Jonathan Fisher, we see his family grow and face the challenges of the new century, responding to religious, social, and economic change--sometimes succeeding and sometimes failing. We appreciate how an extraordinarily energetic man was able to capitalize on the wide array of opportunities offered by the frontier to give shape to his personal vision of community.

Thomas Ewing Jr.

Author : Ronald D. Smith
Publisher : University of Missouri Press
ISBN 13 : 0826266665
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (262 download)

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Download or read book Thomas Ewing Jr. written by Ronald D. Smith and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 2008-11-03 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Ohio family with roots in the South, the Ewings influenced the course of the Midwest for more than fifty years. Patriarch Thomas Ewing, a former Whig senator and cabinet member who made his fortune as a real estate lawyer, raised four major players in the nation’s history—including William Tecumseh “Cump” Sherman, taken into the family as a nine-year-old, who went on to marry his foster sister Ellen. Ronald D. Smith now tells of this extraordinary clan that played a role on the national stage through the illustrious career of one of its sons. In Thomas Ewing Jr.: Frontier Lawyer and Civil War General, Smith introduces us to the Ewing family, little known except among scholars of Sherman, to show that Tom Jr. had a remarkable career of his own: first as a real estate lawyer, judge, soldier, and speculator in Kansas, then as a key figure in national politics. Smith takes readers back to Bleeding Kansas, with its border ruffians and land speculators, reconstructing the rough-and-tumble of its courtrooms to demonstrate that its turmoil was as much about claim-jumping as about slavery. He describes the seat-of-the-pants law practice in which Ewing worked with his brothers Hugh and Charlie and foster brother Cump. He then tells how Tom came to national prominence in the fight over the proslavery Lecompton Constitution, was instrumental in starting up the Union Pacific Railroad, and became the first chief justice of the Kansas Supreme Court. Ewing obtained a commission in the Union Army—as did his brothers—and raised a regiment that saw significant action in Arkansas and Missouri. After William Quantrill’s raid on Lawrence, Kansas, he issued the dramatic General Order No. 11 that expelled residents from sections of western Missouri. Then this confidant of Abraham Lincoln’s went on to courageously defend three of the assassination conspirators—including the disingenuous Samuel Mudd—and lobbied the key vote to block the impeachment of Andrew Johnson. Smith examines Ewing’s life in meticulous detail, mining family correspondence for informative quotes and digging deep into legal records to portray lawmaking on the frontier. And while Sherman has been the focus of most previous work on the Ewings, this book fills the gaps in an interlocking family of remarkable people—one that helped shape a nation’s development in its courtrooms and business suites. Thomas Ewing Jr.: Frontier Lawyer and Civil War General retells a chapter of Kansas history and opens up a panoramic view of antebellum America, the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the Gilded Age.

China's Future Nuclear Submarine Force

Author : Lyle J Goldstein
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 1612511503
Total Pages : 435 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (125 download)

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Download or read book China's Future Nuclear Submarine Force written by Lyle J Goldstein and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2012-04-30 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the key concerns of naval strategists and planners today is the nature of the Chinese geostrategic challenge. Conceding that no one can know for certain China s intentions in terms of future conflict, the editors of this hot-topic book argue that the trajectory of Chinese nuclear propulsion for submarines may be one of the best single indicators of China s ambitions of global military power. Nuclear submarines, with their unparalleled survivability, remain ideal platforms for persistent operations in far-flung sea areas and offer an efficient means for China to project power. This collection of essays presents the latest thinking of leading experts on the emergence of a modern nuclear submarine fleet in China. Each contribution is packed with authoritative data and cogent analysis. The book has been compiled by four professors and analysts at the U.S. Naval War College who are co-founders of the college s recently established China Maritime Studies Institute. Given the opaque nature of China s undersea warfare development, readers will benefit from this penetrating investigation that considers the potential impact of even the most revolutionary changes in Chinese nuclear submarine capabilities. The editors believe that to ignore such possibilities would be the height of strategic folly and represent inexcusable negligence in terms of U.S. national defense. Anyone who is interested in the future of the U.S. Navy and the defense of the United States will find this book to be essential reading.

In Pursuit of Justice

Author : Ralph Nader
Publisher : Seven Stories Press
ISBN 13 : 160980242X
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (98 download)

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Download or read book In Pursuit of Justice written by Ralph Nader and published by Seven Stories Press. This book was released on 2011-01-04 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ralph Nader is one of America’s most controversial—and uncompromising— public figures. He is a man on a mission who believes that taking on the powers that be involves more than just talking about it—it also means taking action. From car safety in the 1960s to opposition to the World Trade Organization in the 1990s, Nader’s work has increased government responsiveness to citizens, served as a check against the abuse of power by big business, and shaped the political consciousness of a nation. Nader’s sense of mission is infused in all of his work, especially his weekly columns. In Pursuit of Justice, a collection of Nader’s most recent, trenchant articles written in the years immediately following the publication of The Ralph Nader Reader, Nader addresses a broad array of issues, among them: corporate crime and power, government accountability, media control, consumer rights, healthcare, congressional reform, nuclear power and energy, racial discrimination, poverty, food and drug safety, air and water pollution, fair taxation, product liability protection, union democracy, living family wage, unfair lending practices, community radio, industrial hemp, banking, pension law, telecommunications and the importance of character. Nader has even sponsored consumer initiatives to reform university governance, educational testing, daily newspapers, women's health care, legal services, and professional sports—all of which are reflected in these sharp and sometimes humorous essays. As informative as it is pleasurable to read, section after section of In Pursuit of Justice slices through government and corporate propaganda and reveals the corruption, bias and injustice that all too often connect politics with big business, thereby impeding the pursuit of justice. Collecting more than one hundred of his most recent writings, In Pursuit of Justice conveys Nader's inimitable sense of both the global political economy and our nation's democratic promise.

Bulletin

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Blue Texas

Author : Max Krochmal
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469626764
Total Pages : 555 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)

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Download or read book Blue Texas written by Max Krochmal and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2016-10-07 with total page 555 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about the other Texas, not the state known for its cowboy conservatism, but a mid-twentieth-century hotbed of community organizing, liberal politics, and civil rights activism. Beginning in the 1930s, Max Krochmal tells the story of the decades-long struggle for democracy in Texas, when African American, Mexican American, and white labor and community activists gradually came together to empower the state's marginalized minorities. At the ballot box and in the streets, these diverse activists demanded not only integration but economic justice, labor rights, and real political power for all. Their efforts gave rise to the Democratic Coalition of the 1960s, a militant, multiracial alliance that would take on and eventually overthrow both Jim Crow and Juan Crow. Using rare archival sources and original oral history interviews, Krochmal reveals the often-overlooked democratic foundations and liberal tradition of one of our nation's most conservative states. Blue Texas remembers the many forgotten activists who, by crossing racial lines and building coalitions, democratized their cities and state to a degree that would have been unimaginable just a decade earlier--and it shows why their story still matters today.

The Blue and the Green

Author : Jack Stauder
Publisher : University of Nevada Press
ISBN 13 : 1943859116
Total Pages : 457 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (438 download)

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Download or read book The Blue and the Green written by Jack Stauder and published by University of Nevada Press. This book was released on 2016-03-22 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Blue and the Green, anthropologist Jack Stauder analyzes how large-scale political, social, and environmental processes have transformed ranching and rural life in the West. Focusing on the community of Blue, Arizona, Stauder details how the problems of overgrazing, erosion, and environmental stresses on the open range in the early twentieth century coincided with a push by the newly created US Forest Service to develop fenced grazing allotments on federal lands. Later in the twentieth century, with the enactment of the Endangered Species Act and other laws, the growing power of urban-based environmental groups resulted in the reduction of federal grazing leases throughout the West. The author combines historical research with oral interviews to explore the impact of these transformations on the ranchers residing in the Blue River Valley of eastern Arizona. Stauder gives voice to these ranchers, along with Forest Service personnel, environmental activists, scientists, and others involved with issues on “the Blue,” shedding light on how the ranchers’ rural way of life has changed dramatically over the course of the past century. This is a fascinating case study of the effects of increasing government regulations and the influence of outsiders on ranching communities in the American West.

Blue Water Thesis

Author : Fouad Sabry
Publisher : One Billion Knowledgeable
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (661 download)

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Download or read book Blue Water Thesis written by Fouad Sabry and published by One Billion Knowledgeable. This book was released on 2024-09-04 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the untold story of maritime power's impact on global politics in "Blue Water Thesis." This book delves into how naval strategies shape international relations and maritime law, providing valuable insights for professionals, students, and enthusiasts. 1-Blue Water Thesis-Introduces the concept, exploring its origins and significance in today's geopolitics. 2-Colony-Examines how maritime power has influenced colonial expansion and governance. 3-Self-determination-Explores the role of self-determination in maritime contexts. 4-Decolonization-Focuses on the impact of naval power on the dissolution of empires. 5-Status of Gibraltar-Analyzes Gibraltar's strategic maritime significance and ongoing disputes. 6-Act of Free Choice-Reviews pivotal moments of self-determination influenced by maritime control. 7-Decolonisation of Africa-Traces Africa’s decolonization, highlighting naval power’s importance. 8-UN List of Non-Self-Governing Territories-Reviews the UN's role in monitoring self-governance, with maritime insights. 9-Western Sahara Advisory Opinion-Delves into the legal and political intricacies of Western Sahara, a key maritime region. 10-Special Committee on Decolonization-Examines the UN's Special Committee's efforts in maritime contexts. 11-Political Status of Western Sahara-Discusses ongoing debates and conflicts over Western Sahara’s status. 12-Independence-Explores paths to independence with a focus on maritime power. 13-Associated State-Discusses the influence of maritime power on associated states’ relations. 14-UN Declaration on Independence-Analyzes the declaration's maritime implications. 15-UN Security Council Resolution 312-Investigates its impact on maritime disputes and decolonization. 16-Indigenous Rights-Explores the intersection of indigenous rights and maritime territories. 17-UN General Assembly Fourth Committee-Reviews the Fourth Committee’s role in maritime issues. 18-Political Status of Puerto Rico-Delves into Puerto Rico’s complex status with a maritime focus. 19-UNGA Resolution 1541 (XV)-Examines this resolution's influence on maritime law. 20-UNGA Resolution 1654 (XVI)-Explores its significance in decolonization and maritime power. 21-Sahrawi Nationalism-Understands the rise of Sahrawi nationalism with maritime dimensions. Invest in "Blue Water Thesis" to gain deep insights into how maritime power shapes global politics, offering knowledge that extends far beyond the cost of the book.