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The dawn of the modern warship
This interesting, illustrated work concerns the considerable
variety of ships of war that were designed and launched during the
latter part of the nineteenth century. The author takes as his
starting point the era of the American Civil War and the time of
the emergence of Monitors, ironclads, early submersibles and,
indeed, the coming of powered ships which would shortly consign the
age of naval sail to history. In warfare there can be no room for
sentiment since every nation must be able to bring armaments to
bear equal at least to any potential enemy. So on the oceans, just
as it was with land armies, the navies of the world raced into the
industrial age and machine powered warfare. The new vessels adopted
a host of innovations in construction, capability, function,
weaponry and ordnance and quickly replaced famous fighting ships of
sail and a mode of fighting that had endured for centuries. This
overview, covers the period up to 1887 and examines the warships of
the world's navies. The expansive text is supported by many line
drawings of the vessels described as well as technical and cross
section drawings. A number of statistical charts are also included,
making this an indispensable reference work for all those
interested in naval warfare during the second half of the 19th
century.
Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each
title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our
hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their
spines and fabric head and tail bands.
This book argues that road-building was naturalised in the
twentieth century to the point of common sense, integrating
roadbuilding into a system of climate change denial hidden within a
broad international development imperative. But if we can 'read'
South Asian roads as forms of governance and knowledge, we can
challenge the region's established geopolitical narratives, and the
idea of a never-ending future. Highways to the End of the World
explores the political economy of these ideas by focusing on the
history of this phenomenon, and on the road-builders of South Asia
themselves. How do these flamboyant and controversial 'roadmen'
think about their work and the future of the planet? What do roads
do, and why? And how did they become central to the region's
nationalist and developmental projects in the first place? Edward
Simpson's fascinating ethnographic account takes us from
fume-filled toll booths in the heart of India, via overworked
government offices in Pakistan, to pharaonic bridges in the Indian
Ocean. Simpson follows the money, explores the politics of
evidence, and argues against the utopian hyperbole of present-day
'road talk', finding both humanitarian crises and freewheeling
international capital in the hedgerows. Roads have never been so
interesting, or so controversial.
Based on substantial ethnographic, textual and archival
research, this interesting book offers a new perspective on the
anthropology of the western Indian Ocean. Writing in a clear,
engaging style, and covering an impressive range of theoretical
terrain, Simpson critically explores the relationships between
people and things that give life to the region and drive shifting
patterns of social change among Muslims in the highly-politicized
state of Gujarat.
Scholars of the Indian Ocean, Muslim society in South Asia, and
Hindu nationalism, as well as anthropologists in general, will find
this a fascinating read and a major contribution to research in
this area.
Based on substantial ethnographic, textual and archival
research, this interesting book offers a new perspective on the
anthropology of the western Indian Ocean. Writing in a clear,
engaging style, and covering an impressive range of theoretical
terrain, Simpson critically explores the relationships between
people and things that give life to the region and drive shifting
patterns of social change among Muslims in the highly-politicized
state of Gujarat.
Scholars of the Indian Ocean, Muslim society in South Asia, and
Hindu nationalism, as well as anthropologists in general, will find
this a fascinating read and a major contribution to research in
this area.
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Modern Ships of War
Edward J. Reed, Edward Simpson, J. D. Jerrold 1847-1922 Kelley
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R630
Discovery Miles 6 300
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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For those so-minded, the aftermath of an earthquake presents
opportunities to intervene. Thus, in Gujarat, following the
disaster of 2001, leaders were deposed, proletariats created,
religious fundamentalism incubated, the state restructured, and
industrial capital- ism expanded exponentially. Rather than gazing
in at those struggling in the ruins, as is commonplace in the
literature, this book looks out from the affected region at those
who came to intervene. Based on extensive research amid the dust
and noise of re- construction, the author focuses on the survivors
and their interactions with death, history, and with those who came
to use the shock of disaster to change the order of things. Edward
Simpson takes us deep into the experience of surviving a 'natural'
disaster. We see a society in mourning, further alienated by
manufactured conditions of uncertainty and absurdity. We witness
arguments about the past. What was important? What should be
preserved? Was modernisation the cause of the disaster or the
antidote? As people were putting things back together, they also
knew that future earthquakes were inevitable. How did they learn to
live with this terrible truth? How have people in other times and
places come to terms with the promise of another earthquake,
knowing that things will fall apart again?
The dawn of the modern warship
This interesting, illustrated work concerns the considerable
variety of ships of war that were designed and launched during the
latter part of the nineteenth century. The author takes as his
starting point the era of the American Civil War and the time of
the emergence of Monitors, ironclads, early submersibles and,
indeed, the coming of powered ships which would shortly consign the
age of naval sail to history. In warfare there can be no room for
sentiment since every nation must be able to bring armaments to
bear equal at least to any potential enemy. So on the oceans, just
as it was with land armies, the navies of the world raced into the
industrial age and machine powered warfare. The new vessels adopted
a host of innovations in construction, capability, function,
weaponry and ordnance and quickly replaced famous fighting ships of
sail and a mode of fighting that had endured for centuries. This
overview, covers the period up to 1887 and examines the warships of
the world's navies. The expansive text is supported by many line
drawings of the vessels described as well as technical and cross
section drawings. A number of statistical charts are also included,
making this an indispensable reference work for all those
interested in naval warfare during the second half of the 19th
century.
Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each
title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our
hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their
spines and fabric head and tail bands.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
PublishingA AcentsAcentsa A-Acentsa Acentss Legacy Reprint Series.
Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks,
notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this
work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of
our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's
literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of
thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of intere
This book tells the story of Palmers Green Bus Garage, from it's
beginnings as a skating rink in 1910, through to 2007. It was the
idea of the then, three Transport and General Workers Union
Officers of that Branch, It follows the history of the building as
to why it was built and it's later conversion to a motor bus garage
and comes up with some amazing and little known facts and figures.
Along the way we see some anecdotes that are both funny and sad but
which have all done their part to make the garage what it is. But
it also gives testamony as to how the actual staff felt about their
place of work, the like of which we shall probably never see again.
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