Stronger Than A Hundred Men

Author : Terry S. Reynolds
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : History
ISBN : 0801872480

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Stronger Than a Hundred Men by Terry S. Reynolds Pdf

Like many apparently simple devices, the vertical water wheel has been around for so long that it is taken for granted. Yet this "picturesque artifact" was for centuries man's primary mechanical source of power and was the foundation upon which mills and other industries developed. Stronger than a Hundred Men explores the development of the vertical water wheel from its invention in ancient times through its eventual demise as a source of power during the Industrial Revolution. Spanning more than 2000 years, Terry Reynolds's account follows the progression of this labor-saving device from Asia to the Middle East, Europe, and America-covering the evolution of the water wheel itself, the development of dams and reservoirs, and the applications of water power.

Author : Jonathan Daly
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 629 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2013-12-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781441144751

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The Rise of Western Power by Jonathan Daly Pdf

The West's history is one of extraordinary success; no other region, empire, culture, or civilization has left so powerful a mark upon the world. The Rise of Western Power charts the West's achievements-representative government, the free enterprise system, modern science, and the rule of law-as well as its misdeeds-two frighteningly destructive World Wars, the Holocaust, imperialistic domination, and the Atlantic slave trade. Adopting a global perspective, Jonathan Daly explores the contributions of other cultures and civilizations to the West's emergence. Historical, geographical, and cultural factors all unfold in the narrative. Adopting a thematic structure, the book traces the rise of Western power through a series of revolutions-social, political, technological, military, commercial, and industrial, among others. The result is a clear and engaging introduction to the history of Western civilization.

Author : Harvard University
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1888
Category : College sports
ISBN : HARVARD:HN4YYA

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Report of the Committee Appointed to Consider the Subject of College Athletics, and to Report Thereon to the Faculty by Harvard University Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1860
Category : Physical education and training
ISBN : UCBK:C063733453

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Pamphlets on Physical Education by Anonim Pdf

Author : Albert Bushnell Hart
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1880
Category : United States
ISBN : WISC:89081301020

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Periodical and Occasional Publications by Albert Bushnell Hart Pdf

A collection of miscellaneous writings.

Author : George Graham Suggs (Jr.)
Publisher : Editorial Galaxia
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0806122595

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Water Mills of the Missouri Ozarks by George Graham Suggs (Jr.) Pdf

Author : Michael Mitterauer
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2010-07-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226532387

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Why Europe? by Michael Mitterauer Pdf

Why did capitalism and colonialism arise in Europe and not elsewhere? Why were parliamentarian and democratic forms of government founded there? What factors led to Europe’s unique position in shaping the world? Thoroughly researched and persuasively argued, Why Europe? tackles these classic questions with illuminating results. Michael Mitterauer traces the roots of Europe’s singularity to the medieval era, specifically to developments in agriculture. While most historians have located the beginning of Europe’s special path in the rise of state power in the modern era, Mitterauer establishes its origins in rye and oats. These new crops played a decisive role in remaking the European family, he contends, spurring the rise of individualism and softening the constraints of patriarchy. Mitterauer reaches these conclusions by comparing Europe with other cultures, especially China and the Islamic world, while surveying the most important characteristics of European society as they took shape from the decline of the Roman empire to the invention of the printing press. Along the way, Why Europe? offers up a dazzling series of novel hypotheses to explain the unique evolution of European culture.

Author : Joshua Getzler
Publisher : Oxford Studies in Modern Legal
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0198265816

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A History of Water Rights at Common Law by Joshua Getzler Pdf

Water resources were central to England's precocious economic development in the thirteenth and sixteenth centuries, and then again in the industrial, transport, and urban revolutions of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Each of these periods saw a great deal of legal conflict over water rights, often between domestic, agricultural, and manufacturing interests competing for access to flowing water. From 1750 the common-law courts developed a large but unstable body of legal doctrine, specifying strong property rights in flowing water attached to riparian possession, and also limited rights to surface and underground waters. The new water doctrines were built from older concepts of common goods and the natural rights of ownership, deriving from Roman and Civilian law, together with the English sources of Bracton and Blackstone. Water law is one of the most Romanesque parts of English law, demonstrating the extent to which Common and Civilian law have commingled. Water law stands as a refutation of the still-common belief that English and European law parted ways irreversibly in the twelfth century. Getzler also describes the economic as well as the legal history of water use from early times, and examines the classical problem of the relationship between law and economic development. He suggests that water law was shaped both by the impact of technological innovations and by economic ideology, but above all by legalism.

Author : P. Kroes,M. Bakker
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9789401580106

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Technological Development and Science in the Industrial Age by P. Kroes,M. Bakker Pdf

Historians and philosophers of technology are searching for new approaches to the study of the interaction between science and technology. New conceptual frameworks are necessary since the idea that technology is simply applied science is nothing short of a myth. The papers contained in this volume deal primarily with cognitive and social aspects of the science-technology issue. One of the most salient features of these papers is that they show a major methodological shift in studying the interaction between science and technology. Discussions of the science-technology issue have long been dominated by the demarcartion problem and related semantic issues about the notions `science' and `technology', and the `technology is applied science' thesis. Instead of general `global' interpretation schemes and models of the interaction between science and technology, detailed empirical case studies of cognitive and institutional connections between `science' and `technology' constitute the hard core of this book. The book will be of interest to philosophers of science, historians and philosophers of technology and science and sociologists of science.

Author : William Doyle
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 583 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2011-11-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191617188

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The Oxford Handbook of the Ancien Régime by William Doyle Pdf

In The Oxford Handbook of the Ancien Régime, an international team of thirty contributors survey and present current thinking about the world of pre-revolutionary France and Europe. The idea of the Ancien Régime was invented by the French revolutionaries to define what they hoped to destroy and replace. But it was not a precise definition, and although historians have found it conceptually useful, there is wide disagreement about what the Ancien Régime's main features were, how they worked, how old they were, how far they stretched, how dynamic or inert they were, and how far the revolutionaries succeeded in their ambitions to eradicate them. In this wide-ranging and authoritative collection, old and newer areas of research into the Ancien Régime are presented and assessed, and there has been no attempt to impose any sort of consensus. The result shows what a lively field of historical enquiry the Ancien Régime remains, and points the way towards a range of promising new directions for thinking and writing about the intriguing complex of historical problems which it continues to pose.

Author : Shearon Roberts
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2020-03-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781793604026

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Recasting the Disney Princess in an Era of New Media and Social Movements by Shearon Roberts Pdf

In the late 2000s, the Walt Disney Company expanded, rebranded, and recast itself around “woke,” empowered entertainment. This new era revitalized its princess franchise, seeking to elevate its female characters into heroes who save the day. Recasting the Disney Princess in an Era of New Media and Social Movements analyzes the way that the Walt Disney Company has co-opted contemporary social discourse, incorporating how audiences interpret their world through new media and activism into the company’s branding initiatives, programming, and films. The contributors in this collection study the company’s most iconic franchise, the Disney princesses, to evaluate how the company has addressed the patriarchy its own legacy cemented. Recasting the Disney Princess outlines how the current Disney era reflects changes in a global society where audiences are empowered by new media and social justice movements.

Author : Edward J. Kealey
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2023-11-10
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780520329256

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Harvesting the Air by Edward J. Kealey Pdf

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1987.

Author : Joel Osteen
Publisher : FaithWords
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2021-10-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781546041788

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You Are Stronger than You Think by Joel Osteen Pdf

With this inspiring guide, New York Times bestselling author Joel Osteen encourages readers to discover a strength that pushes them forward, a power to do what they couldn’t do before. You were designed with the ability and inner strength to stretch to the next level, to stand strong and overcome the opposition, to learn new skills, to believe bigger, dream bigger, and to take on new challenges. In You Are Stronger than You Think, #1 New York Times bestselling author Joel Osteen encourages you to stand firm when the difficulty is not turning around. When the pressure mounts, when you feel overwhelmed, when the struggle looks too big, or the goal is out of reach, you have to remember that is not your destiny. You are more powerful than you think. You need to see yourself the right way and realize what’s already inside you. You were made to outlast the competition, to go further than you thought you could, and live a life beyond what limits you. As you read You Are Stronger than You Think, you will find the power to break the cycle of defeat, the courage to set a new standard for your family, the hope to conquer your fear, and the confidence to accomplish every dream. You will discover that you have more strength, more talent, more determination, and more endurance than you ever imagined. Nothing can hold you back…because You Are Stronger than You Think!

Author : Joan Wolf
Publisher : Untreed Reads
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2021-08-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781949135558

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Born of the Sun by Joan Wolf Pdf

This compelling saga about a beautiful Celtic princess who gives her heart to a Saxon prince explodes with the passions of love and war. When the Saxon army, in its bloody charge against the Celts, captures the child-princess Niniane, they bring her to Cynric, King of the West Saxons. Enchanted by her innocence and beauty, he makes Niniane a favored prisoner. But she soon discovers that the King’s court abounds with tempestuous intrigues and tormented rivalries. And when the adulterous and envious Queen arranges for a duel between the King’s beloved illegitimate son and her own son, heir to the throne, intrigue turns to deadly peril. With this epic novel of the star-crossed passion that swept the Celts and Saxons to the brink of war—and two lovers to the edge of oblivion--Joan Wolf brilliantly brings alive a little-known but fascinating age.

Author : Charles BEGGS
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1857
Category : Ireland
ISBN : BL:A0018518659

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The First Steps to Irish Liberty by Charles BEGGS Pdf