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Retooling: A Historian Confronts Technological Change

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Report copyright infringementby Rosalind Williams (Author)A humanistic account of the changing role of technology in society, by a historian and a former Dean of Students and Undergraduate Education at MIT.When Warren Kendall Lewis left Spring Garden Farm in Delaware in 1901 to enter MIT, he had no idea that he was becoming part of a profession that would bring untold good to his country but would also contribute to the death of his family's farm. In this book written a century later, Profess...

Cold War Kitchen: Americanization, Technology, and European Users

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Report copyright infringementby Ruth Oldenziel (Editor), Karin Zachmann (Editor)The kitchen as political symbol and material reality in the cold war years. Richard Nixon and Nikita Khrushchev's famous "kitchen debate" in 1958 involved more than the virtues of American appliances. Both Nixon and Khrushchev recognized the political symbolism of the modern kitchen; the kind of technological innovation represented in this everyday context spoke to the political system that produced it. The kitche...

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Report copyright infringementby Louis L. Bucciarelli (Author)Designing Engineers describes the evolution of three disparate projects: an x-ray inspection system for airports, a photoprint machine, and a residential photovoltaic energy system.The products of engineering design are everywhere, but who or what determines their form and function? Their surfaces are usually cold, seemingly objective, as if they existed outside of history of the technologies that are so much a part of our lives. Wr...

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Report copyright infringementby Michael E. Brown (Editor), Owen R. Cote (Editor), Sean M. Lynn-Jones (Editor)An overview of offense-defense theory, which argues that the relative ease of offense and defense varies in international politics.Offense-defense theory argues that the relative ease of offense and defense varies in international politics. When the offense has the advantage, military conquest becomes easier and war is more likely; the opposite is true when the defense has the advantag...

The Book of Deeds of Arms and of Chivalry: by Christine de Pizan

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Report copyright infringementby Charity Cannon Willard (Editor), Sumner Willard (Translator)It is unexpected in any era to find a woman writing a book on the art of warfare, but in the fifteenth century it was unbelievable. Not surprisingly, therefore, Christine de Pizan's The Book of Deeds of Arms and of Chivalry, written around 1410, has often been regarded with disdain. Many have assumed that Christine was simply copying or pilfering earlier military manuals. But, as Sumner Willard and Cha...

Sparks of Liberty: An Insider's Memoir of Radio Liberty

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Report copyright infringementby Gene Sosin (Author)During the Cold War, one of America's most powerful weapons struck a major blow against tyranny every day over the airwaves. Radio Liberty became a critical source of information for listeners within the Soviet Union, broadcasting in Russian and more than a dozen other languages, and covering all aspects of Soviet life. Sparks of Liberty provides an insider's look at the origins, development, and operation of Radio Liberty. Gene Sosin, a key ...

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Report copyright infringementby Gifford Pinchot (Author), Char Miller (Editor)Collection of essays by Gifford Pinchot (1865-1946), founding chief of the U.S. Forest Service and twice governor of Pennsylvania. The social, political, and scientific insights in these essays anticipate many contemporary environmental-policy dilemmas and the growing demand for environmental justice.Author BiographyChar Miller is W. M. Keck Professor of Environmental Analysis at Pomona College. He has published doz...

Ensuring the Durability of Oil-Producing Pumps Through the Use of Laser Spraying Technology

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Report copyright infringementby V. V. Savinkin (Author), O. V. Ivanova (Author), A. V. Sandu (Author)The book focuses on the causes of failures of oil producing pumps as a result of the aggressive action of the oil-producing environment. To ensure a good durability of the pumps, the application of laser spraying technology is investigated.Keywords: Oil Pumping Complexes, Oil Fluids, Gas Dynamic Analysis, Downhole Pumps, Calculation of Cutting Modes, Causes of Failures, Wear Mechanisms, Gas-Dy...

Magnetic Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications

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Report copyright infringementby Martin F. Desimone (Editor), Rajshree B. Jotania (Editor)Magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) have many applications in the biomedical field because of their non-toxicity, high chemical stability, and biocompatibility. They are used in DNA or protein separation, hyperthermia, tissue engineering, magnetic resonance imaging, cancer therapy, drug delivery, bone and dental repair, biosensors, etc. The book focuses on magnetic nanoparticles and coated nanoparticles (ferrit...

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Report copyright infringementby Graham Witt (Author)Sooner or later many technical professionals need to write-or contribute to-documents, such as requirements specifications, user manuals, and standards documents.A major contribution to the success of any project is the quality of the documentation.This book will assist anyone who wants to communicate more effectively when writing in the English language, in the US, the UK, the EU, or the British Commonwealth.It discusses what makes written ...

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Report copyright infringementby Brian Halliday (Author)DO YOU WANT TO MAKE MONEY WITH YOUR DRONE?DO YOU WANT TO SUPERCHARGE YOUR PROFITABILITY?DO YOU WANT TO LEARN HOW TO GAIN FINANCIAL AND CREATIVE FREEDOM THROUGH LEVERAGING YOUR DRONE LICENSE?DO YOU WANT TO SUCCEED WITHIN THE UAV INDUSTRY BY CARVING YOUR OWN NICHE?IF THE ANSWER IS YES, THEN THIS IS THE BOOK FOR YOU!Do you want to quit your job and make money with your drone? Drones: How to Make Money, is the fifth book in the extremely popu...

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Report copyright infringementby Kevin B. Massie (Author), Vantablack [Ai] (Foreword by)With AI-guided Chinese surveillance balloons being shot down by US F-22s over US territorial waters, it is worth revisiting the US Air Force's long-standing interest in militarized airships. This 2009 report by a US Air Force major attending the Air Command And Staff College Air University sets out the case for equipping US balloons with smart bombs. From the author's abstract: Since the advent of aviation,...

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Report copyright infringementby Sean White (Author), Bill Brooks (Author)PV and the NEC presents a straightforward explanation of the National Electrical Code (NEC) in everyday language.Used throughout the United States and many other countries, the NEC is the world's most detailed set of electrical codes pertaining to photovoltaic (PV) systems. This new edition is based on the 2023 NEC, with most of the interpretations and material staying true long after. It interprets the distinct differen...

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Report copyright infringementby Chris Johnson (Author)This is the Black and White version of '5G New Radio in Bullets', printed as a paperback with 590 pages and dimensions of 21.6 x 27.9 cm. This book provides a comprehensive description of the 5G New Radio (NR) radio access network. The content is aimed towards anyone wishing to learn the basics, or to develop a more thorough understanding. The content is presented in the form of bullet points to keep it concise and to allow rapid access to...

Water in the Middle East: A Geography of Peace

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Report copyright infringementby Hussein a. Amery (Editor), Aaron T. Wolf (Editor)Finding "streams in the desert" has never been more urgent for the peoples of the Middle East. Rapid population growth and a rising standard of living are driving water demand inexorably upward, while the natural supply has not increased since Biblical times. Ensuring a fair and adequate distribution of water in the region is vitally important for building a lasting peace among the nations of the Middle East.Addr...

Gardens of New Spain: How Mediterranean Plants and Foods Changed America

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Report copyright infringementby William W. Dunmire (Author)When the Spanish began colonizing the Americas in the late fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, they brought with them the plants and foods of their homeland-wheat, melons, grapes, vegetables, and every kind of Mediterranean fruit. Missionaries and colonists introduced these plants to the native peoples of Mexico and the American Southwest, where they became staple crops alongside the corn, beans, and squash that had traditionally susta...

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Report copyright infringementby William Whittington (Author)Sound is half the picture, and since the 1960s, film sound not only has rivaled the innovative imagery of contemporary Hollywood cinema, but in some ways has surpassed it in status and privilege because of the emergence of sound design. This in-depth study by William Whittington considers the evolution of sound design not only through cultural and technological developments during the last four decades, but also through the attitudes...

Soldaderas in the Mexican Military: Myth and History

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Report copyright infringementby Elizabeth Salas (Author)Since pre-Columbian times, soldiering has been a traditional life experience for innumerable women in Mexico. Yet the many names given these women warriors--heroines, camp followers, Amazons, coronelas, soldadas, soldaderas, and Adelitas--indicate their ambivalent position within Mexican society. In this original study, Elizabeth Salas explores the changing role of the soldadera, both in reality and as a cultural symbol, from pre-Columbi...

Soviet Cinema in the Silent Era, 1918-1935

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Report copyright infringementby Denise J. Youngblood (Author)The golden age of Soviet cinema, in the years following the Russian Revolution, was a time of both achievement and contradiction, as reflected in the films of Eisenstein, Pudovkin, and Kuleshov. Tensions ran high between creative freedom and institutional constraint, radical and reactionary impulses, popular and intellectual cinema, and film as social propaganda and as personal artistic expression. In less than a decade, the creativ...

Living with Coyotes: Managing Predators Humanely Using Food Aversion Conditioning

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Report copyright infringementby Stuart R. Ellins (Author)The coyote may well be North America's most adaptable large predator. While humans have depleted or eliminated most other native predators, the coyote has defied all attempts to exterminate it, simultaneously expanding its range from coast to coast and from wilderness to urban areas. As a result, coyotes are becoming the focus of increasing controversy and emotion for people across the continent- from livestock growers who would like to...

Zapotec Science: Farming and Food in the Northern Sierra of Oaxaca

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Report copyright infringementby Roberto J. González (Author)2003 -- Julian Steward Award - Anthropology & Environment Section, American Anthropological Association2002 -- A CHOICE Outstanding Academic BookHow Zapotec agricultural and dietary theories and practices constitute a valid local science. Zapotec farmers in the northern sierra of Oaxaca, Mexico, are highly successful in providing their families with abundant, nutritious food in an ecologically sustainable fashion, although the pr...

Poison Arrows: North American Indian Hunting and Warfare

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Report copyright infringementby David E. Jones (Author) Biological warfare is a menacing twenty-first-century issue, but its origins extend to antiquity. While the recorded use of toxins in warfare in some ancient populations is rarely disputed (the use of arsenical smoke in China, which dates to at least 1000 BC, for example) the use of "poison arrows" and other deadly substances by Native American groups has been fraught with contradiction. At last revealing clear documentation to support t...

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Report copyright infringementby A. Ray Stephens (Author), Joe B. Frantz (Introduction by) For fifty years the progressive Coleman-Fulton Pasture Company, popularly known as the Taft Ranch, led in the development of South Texas, and in the early twentieth century achieved national and international repute for its contributions to agriculture. The story of the ranch reaches its climax as the firm is absorbed into the community growing up around it--the same community the ranch had nurtured to a...

Four Thousand Hooks: A True Story of Fishing and Coming of Age on the High Seas of Alaska

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Report copyright infringementby Dean J. Adams (Author)As Four Thousand Hooks opens, an Alaskan fishing schooner is sinking. It is the summer of 1972, and the sixteen-year-old narrator is at the helm. Backtracking from the gripping prologue, Dean Adams describes how he came to be a crew member on the Grant and weaves a tale of adventure that reads like a novel--with drama, conflict, and resonant portrayals of halibut fishing, his ragtag shipmates, maritime Alaska, and the ambiguities of family...

Land of the Underground Rain: Irrigation on the Texas High Plains, 1910-1970

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Report copyright infringementby Donald E. Green (Author) The scarcity of surface water which has so marked the Great Plains is even more characteristic of its subdivision, the Texas High Plains. Settlers on the plateau were forced to use pump technology to tap the vast ground water resources--the underground rain--beneath its flat surface. The evolution from windmills to the modern high-speed irrigation pumps took place over several decades. Three phases characterized the movement toward irr...

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Report copyright infringementby Dulcie Sullivan (Author), Loula Grace Erdman (Introduction by)In the spring of 1881, W. M. D. Lee and Lucien B. Scott, wealthy businessmen of Leavenworth, Kansas, purchased land in the upper Texas Panhandle to establish the Lee-Scott Cattle Company. Their range sprawled across four Texas counties and extended into eastern New Mexico. About six months later, fifty thousand head of mixed cattle, branded LS, grazed those thousands of acres of free grass.This book ...

Living Under Contract: Contract Farming and Agrarian Transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa

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Report copyright infringementby Peter D. Little (Author)The transition to democracy in South Africa was one of the defining events in twentieth-century political history. The South African women's movement is one of the most celebrated on the African continent. Shireen Hassim examines interactions between the two as she explores the gendered nature of liberation and regime change. Her work reveals how women's political organizations both shaped, and were shaped by the broader democratic movem...

Irrigated Eden: The Making of an Agricultural Landscape in the American West

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Report copyright infringementby Mark Fiege (Author), William Cronon (Foreword by)Irrigation came to the arid West in a wave of optimism about the power of water to make the desert bloom. Mark Fiege's fascinating and innovative study of irrigation in southern Idaho's Snake River valley describes a complex interplay of human and natural systems. Using vast quantities of labor, irrigators built dams, excavated canals, laid out farms, and brought millions of acres into cultivation. But at each st...

The U.S. Forest Service: A Centennial History

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Report copyright infringementby Harold K. Steen (Author) The U.S. Forest Service celebrates its centennial in 2005. With a new preface by the author, this edition of Harold K. Steen's classic history (originally published in 1976) provides a broad perspective on the Service's administrative and policy controversies and successes. Steen updates the book with discussions of a number of recent concerns, among them the spotted owl issue; wilderness and roadless areas; new research on habitat, bio...

Technology and Place: Sustainable Architecture and the Blueprint Farm

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Report copyright infringementby Steven a. Moore (Author), Kenneth Frampton (Introduction by) Developing "sustainable" architectural and agricultural technologies was the intent behind Blueprint Farm, an experimental agricultural project designed to benefit farm workers displaced by the industrialization of agriculture in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Yet, despite its promise, the very institutions that created Blueprint Farm terminated the project after just four years (1987-1991). In this...

States of Nature: Science, Agriculture, and Environment in the Spanish Caribbean, 1760-1940

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Report copyright infringementby Stuart George McCook (Author) The process of nation-building in Latin America transformed the relations between the state, the economy, and nature. Between 1760 and 1940, the economies of most countries in the Spanish Caribbean came to depend heavily on the export of plant products, such as coffee, tobacco, and sugar. After the mid-nineteenth century, this model of export-led economic growth also became a central tenet of liberal projects of nation-building. As...

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Report copyright infringementby Glenn D. White (Author), Gary J. Louie (Author) The Audio Dictionary is a comprehensive resource, including historical, obsolete, and obscure as well as contemporary terms relating to diverse aspects of audio such as film and TV sound, recording, Hi-Fi, and acoustics.The Third Edition includes four hundred new entries, such as AAC (advanced audio coding), lip synch, metadata, MP3, and satellite radio. Every term from previous editions has been reconsidered and ...