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As one of the original Thirteen Colonies and birthplace of the American Revolution, Massachusetts has continued the rich tradition of liberty throughout its storied history, becoming a primary contributor to many fields of human endeavor in American society.

Massachusetts native August C. Bolino profiles two hundred significant historical personages from this state in "Men of Massachusetts." Beginning with a brief history, Bolino traces the role individual men have played throughout the state's nearly four-hundred-year history, offering a concise and informative profile of each one. He discusses how Massachusetts has been a leader in reform movements, including education, the abolition of slavery, and women's and African American suffrage.

In addition, Bolino depicts how people of Massachusetts spread culture in literature, music, entertainment, and sports, championed liberty, encouraged entrepreneurship, and paved the way for us in the twenty-first century. Profiles include such storied figures as John Adams and Oliver Wendell Holmes, Henry David Thoreau and Nathaniel Hawthorne, Elias Howe and Calvin Coolidge, and, of course, the Kennedy family.

A true testament to the remarkable achievements of the people of Massachusetts, this compendium shows the fruits of true liberal philosophy.

The cataclysmic collision of two great religions
As the Seljuk Turks pressed ever closer to the Byzantine Empire, the stage became set for a conflict of faith and political interest which would bathe the known world with blood and create lasting animosities the ramifications of which would be felt through the centuries to the present day. The original ideological mission clearly offered opportunities of the most material kind which were readily apparent to the soldiers of fortune of Northern Europe. What began, for some, as essentially a relief mission quickly acquired a new objective, which because of its inspirational as well as its financial potential soon became its primary one-the taking of the city of Jerusalem, sacred to both religious factions. The First Crusade was to become the precursor of many wars of belief and power between the West and East. It brought to the fore men of great military ability, avarice and influence on both sides. It was a long, hard campaign fought across the Middle East and brought collisions in open battle and the sieges of great cities and citadels-both assaulted and defended. This book chronicles that crusade's history.

Poised on the verge of World War II, America in 1939 was a land of contrasts. The nation was finally pulling out of the Great Depression, but war-clouds gathered on the horizon. Scientific developments offered promising new advances, yet they would soon become the tools of war. This study offers a detailed look at life in this watershed year to determine how Americans understood the conditions of their day and how they turned to escapism when their burdens became too heavy. From the royal visit to the World's Fairs, most Americans looked ahead to a brighter future. Professional athletics, Hollywood films, and the Big Bands were a welcome diversion to hard times and troubling events abroad in Europe and Asia. This account highlights the most important political, economic, and social concerns of 1939. The first part, Documenting America, focuses on the major social and economic concerns of the American people in 1939. Chapter one examines religion, race, and crime, while chapters two and three consider economic difficulties and proposed solutions. Part Two, Some Golden Ages, includes chapters on the Studio era in Hollywood, Big Bands and Broadway musicals, art and architecture of the period, scientific breakthroughs, and sports notables. The final part, It Happened Over There, completes the picture with two chapters on the ominous international situation and early American efforts to deal with the impending war.

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This work documents the rise and fall of Pacific American Fisheries, a salmon packing company based in Bellingham, Washington, which also had a substantial presence in Alaska. It covers the company's history from its beginnings when Roland Onffroy arrived in early 1898 and saw an opportunity to start a business and make a mint using the abundant supply of salmon in nearby Puget Sound, up until its closing in 1966. The company's story is presented chronologically as unfolding local, regional, national, and international events impacted the fortunes of the company, its employees, and the town that housed it. It also takes a close look at the entrepreneurs, developers, businessmen, and Asian labor force that were associated with the company. PAF's history can also be read as the story of how the United States was developed as people moved from the Atlantic to Pacific coasts and how the Pacific coast was targeted for development due to its natural resources that could easily be exploited for profit.

Die 13. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaftfur Operations Research fand vom 12. bis 14. September 1984 an der Hochschule St. Gallen statt. Ca. 350 Tagungsteil- nehmern bot sich die Gelegenheit, an einem vielfaltigen wissenschaftlichen Pro- gramm teilzunehmen, das aus zwei Plenarvortragen, sechs Ubersichtsvortragen, 140 Fachvortragen sowie funf Tutorien bestand. Besonders erwahnenswert ist, dass ca. 30% aller Referenten aus der Praxis kamen, so dass das Ziel der Tagung, praktische Erfahrungen und wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse zu prasentieren und den Erfah- rungsaustausch zwischen den Praktikern und Hochschulangehorigen zu fordern, als erreicht angesehen werden kann. Die Tagung war in bewahrter Weise in Sektionen organisiert, wobei den Sektions- leitern wiederum weitgehende Gestaltungsfreiheit ihrer Themenschwerpunkte ein- geraumt wurde. Mit den Sektionen "Decision Support Systems" sowie "OR im Perso- nal Computing" wollte der Programmausschuss thematische Schwerpunkte fur die Tagung setzen; auch der Festvortrag von P. THORNTON "Expertensysteme - eine Herausforderung fur OR!" sowie zwei Tutorien behandelten diese Themen. Eine Sektion wurde - nun bereits traditionell-dem Studentenwettbewerb reser- viert, der auch in diesem Jahr wieder mit grossem Erfolg durchgefuhrt wurde. In einer anderen Sektion berichteten Arbeitsgruppen der DGOR uber die von ihnen erarbei- teten Ergebnisse. Sowohl das Programm der Jahrestagung als auch dieser Ta- gungsband dokumentieren somit sie vielfaltigen Aktivitaten der DGOR, Operations Research in der Wirtschaft, in der Wissenschaft und in der Verwaltung zu fordern.

Das Aufkommen der Thyristoren fuhrte zu einer neuen Entwicklungsphase der Energieelektronik. Mit den Vorlauferelementen der Thyristoren auf Gasentladungs basis war nur ein Teil der vielen Ideen aus dem Gebiet der Energieelektronik technisch-wirtschaftlich realisierbar. Mit Hilfe der Thyristoren konnten einige alte, bisher praktisch nicht losbare Ideen zum Erfolg gebracht werden. Die besseren technischen Eigenschaften der Thyristoren gestatten auch ganz neuartige tech nische Anwendungen. Auch werden heute Gerate und Anlagen, in welchen bisher das Quecksilberdampfgefass vorherrschte, mit Halbleiterbauelementen ausgefuhrt. Bei der grossen Fulle der Arbeit, die hier im letzten Jahrzehnt geleistet wurde, ist es besonders erfreulich, dass zwei Fachleute, die als Forscher und Entwickler beim Aufbau dieser neuen Technik massgeblich beteiligt waren, die Muhe nicht gescheut haben, das bisher Erarbeitete in Buchform niederzulegen. Es trifft sich dabei besonders glucklich, dass der eine der beiden Autoren die Entwicklung der Bau elemente durch die Erarbeitung der neuartigen Messtechnik und vieler Grund schaltungen, der andere die Entwicklung komplexer Gerate, wie Gleichstrom steller und Drehstrompulswandler, massgeblich beeinflusst hat. Beide Verfasser sind in Fachkreisen bestens bekannt, nicht zuletzt durch ihre intensive Mitarbeit bei Fachtagungen und Diskussionssitzungen der Fachgruppe "Energieelektronik" des Wissenschaftlichen Ausschusses des Verbandes Deutscher Elektrotechniker. Es ist mir deshalb ein personliches Bedurfnis, den Autoren fur ihre Arbeit zu danken und dem Buch zu wunschen, dass es ein Markstein in der Entwicklung der Energieelektronik werde."

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1921 Edition.

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1918 Edition.

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1921 Edition.

In the eleventh century, medieval Europe more closely resembled a post-apocalyptic hellscape than almost any other time in the history of western civilization. In the absence of centralized authority and the rule of law, self-sufficient local populations survived on their ability to exert violence on other local populations, typically at the behest of a warlord who called himself count, duke, or king. What if the Dead walked among this population? What if zombies, as we understand them in our post-Night of the Living Dead culture, had existed as long as anyone in the eleventh century could remember? What if the First Crusade (1096-1099) was a call to arms against, not only the Muslim inhabitants of the Levant, but also the Dead that walked among them? In this work, Justin Barber, an independent scholar and member of the Zombie Research Society, answers these and other questions by rewriting August Krey's classic translation of the historical accounts of the First Crusade. By transforming this authentic historical narrative of the West into one that includes the revenant Dead, Barber challenges readers to confront the fanaticism, brutality, and heroism of the Crusaders in a fashion typically reserved for stories regarding how our own civilization will end-not with a bang but a bite.