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TWISTED TAILS & NUT JOBS It was a year when the world went wonky. When planet earth broke down completely, and we discovered it couldn't be swapped at the shops for an upgraded product, because nobody had bothered to keep the receipt. Luckily The Herald's Diary column was available to cover lockdown lows, Boris bungles and the curious case of a Scottish rock legend's 'smashing' behaviour. And let's not forget our intrepid investigation into the mystery of the century - exactly who was plonking fancy-schmancy woollen hats on the postboxes of Greenock? In this era of chaos and cataclysmic change, some things stayed reassuringly the same. Scotland remained triumphantly average at footy, and the Diary had a chortle about that, too. This chucklesome compilation presents our favourite tales and quirky comments from a year like no other. Included, too, are longer stories set in the mysterious worlds of pubs and ukulele strummers. It's been a funny old year. And this is a funny new book. Brace yourself for a deluge of daffy Diary delights.
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TERI Energy & Environment Data Diary and Yearbook (TEDDY) 2021/22 by A TERI Publication Pdf
TERI Energy & Environment Data Diary and Yearbook (TEDDY) is an annual publication brought out by TERI since 1986. It is the only comprehensive energy and environment yearbook in India that provides updated information on the energy supply sectors (coal and lignite, petroleum and natural gas, power, and renewable energy sources), energy demand sectors (agriculture, industry, transport, household, buildings), and environment (local and global). Recent changes in the energy sector and environment are depicted with the help of graphs, figures, maps, and tables. The publication also reviews government policies associated with energy and environment. TEDDY 2021/22 gives an account of India’s commercial energy balances, extensively covering energy flows within different sectors of the economy and how they have been changing over time. These energy balances and conversion factors are a valuable reference for researchers, scholars, and organizations engaged in energy and related sectors. Contents of the book are organized into three sections—Energy Supply, Energy Demand, and Local and Global Environment. Interlinkage of SDGs with energy and environment also forms the subject matter of TEDDY 2021/22. The thirty seventh edition continues to remain less prose intensive with inclusion of more data, represented with the help of infographics, thus making the publication an authentic and interesting read. Key Features: - Provides a review of government policies, programmes, and initiatives that have implications for energy sector and the Indian economy - The analyses are based on the exhaustive data, sourced from energy supply, energy demand, and local and global environment sectors - Traces the trend exhibited by energy generation and consumption and its association with the environment Contents: Energy and environment: an overview Energy supply: Coal and lignite • Petroleum and natural gas • Power • Renewable energy Energy demand: Agriculture • Industry • Transport • Household energy • Buildings Local and global environment: Air • Solid waste management • Water resource management • Land and forest resource management • Climate change Audience: Researchers and Professionals from industries, government organizations, and public sector undertakings. Research scholars from different NGOs, bilateral and multilateral institutions, and academic institutions. Shelving: Energy, Environmental Sciences and Studies, Industry (Coal and lignite, oil and gas, power, renewable energy), climate change, Agriculture sector, Transport sector, domestic sector For sample chapters and Sankey diagram, please visit: www.teriin.org/projects/teddy List of Tables Coal and Lignite 1 New environmental norms for TPSs 2 FGD implementation status of TPSs—general summary (capacity in MW) 3 FGD implementation status of TPSs situated in NCR (capacity in MW) · Pithead run of mine price of non-coking coal applicable for Eastern Coalfields Limited, Bharat Coking Coal Limited, Central Coalfields Limited, Northern Coalfields Limited, Mahanadi Coalfields Limited, South Eastern Coalfields Limited, and North Eastern Coalfields Limited, with effect from 27 November 2020 · Revised price of coking coal for NRS · Pit head price of non-coking coal applicable for Western Coalfields Limited, with effect from 27 November 2020 Petroleum and Natural Gas 1 Hydrocarbon reserve status (as on 1 April 2021) 2 Trend in installed refining capacity of Indian refineries (in MTPA) 3 Trend in subsidies for the sale of petroleum and natural gas in India 4 List of taxes for the production and sale of crude oil in India 5 List of taxes for the production and sale of natural gas in India 6 Retail selling price and taxes on petrol and diesel in India and other countries in 2019/20 7 Phasing of minimum work programme 8 Trend in CNG stations, CNG vehicles, and CNG sales in India 9 Allocation for MoPNG under the budget estimate for 2021/22 · City gas distribution bidding parameters · Year-wise work programme for successful CGD bidders · Major crude oil and product pipeline network (as on 1 April 2022) · Existing major LPG and petroleum products’ pipelines in India (as on 31 March 2021) · Status of existing natural gas pipeline infrastructure · Price build-up of subsidised domestic LPG in Delhi as on 1 April 2022 · Price build-up of PDS SKO in Mumbai as on 1 April 2022 · Price buildup of MS (petrol) in Delhi as on 1 April 2022 · Price buildup of HSD in Delhi as on 1 April 2022 · Present status of CGD infrastructure in India Power 1 Sector-wise fuel-wise break-up of achieved capacity addition (in MW) 2 Addition in transmission lines and transformation capacity 3 Plan-wise growth of transmission lines (220 kV and above) 4 Import/export of energy by India from/to neighbouring countries (in MU) 5 Status of eight states as on 31 March 2021 6 Comparison of length of lines operating at various voltages as on 31 March 2021 7 Achievements in infrastructure under electrification schemes by Ministry of Power 8 Set targets and achievements under IPDS system 9 Details of electricity infrastructure created under DDUGJY (including additional infra) as on 31 October 2021 10 Set targets and achievements under UDAY scheme 11 Inter-regional power transfer capacity of national grid during the last three years 12 Sanctioned smart grid pilot projects and implementation status Agriculture 1 Production, imports, and consumption of fertilizers (thousand tonnes of nutrients) 2 Shift in different sources of commercial energy consumption in Indian agriculture (in %) 3 Source-wise net irrigated area in India (in Mha) 4 Irrigation water productivity of rice, wheat, and sugar cane in major growing states 5 On-farm solar energy interventions linking water and land use in different states in India · Policy categories and key nodal agency impacting energy use in agriculture · Electricity consumption in agriculture sector Industry 1 Brief overview of different PAT cycles for aluminium sector 2 Production of aluminium (in tonnes) 3 SEC in aluminium smelting 4 Brief overview of different PAT cycles for cement sector 5 Cement production 6 Indian and global average specific energy consumption of cement plant 7 Brief overview of different PAT cycle for chlor-alkali sector 8 Production of alkali chemicals 9 Section-wise energy consumption in caustic soda production 10 Brief overview of different PAT cycles for fertilizer sector 11 Production of urea, DAP and complex fertilizers (in MT) 12 Benchmarking energy consumption in the fertilizer sector 13 Brief overview of different PAT cycles for iron and steel sector 14 Crude steel production and capacity utilization 15 Comparison of Indian and international SEC for steel industry 16 Brief overview of different PAT cycles for pulp and paper sector 17 Benchmarking energy consumption in different industry groups of pulp and paper sector 18 Brief overview of different PAT cycles for textile sector 19 Production of yarn and fabric 20 Brief overview of different PAT cycles for petrochemical sector 21 Production (in MT) of major petrochemicals Transportation 1 Road category along with the length (in km) for 2018 and 2019 2 Cargo traffic handled at major ports (in tonne) in 2021/22 3 Cargo traffic handled at non-major ports (in tonne) for 2021/22 4 Number of projects and project cost under Sagarmala · App-based solution project in round II cities · Growth of metro rail over the years · Number of E-buses sanctioned under FAME-II scheme Household Energy 1 A timeline of government acts, policies, and schemes for providing energy access to households · Per capita consumption during 2019 · Per capita consumption of electricity in India · Energy consumption by countries · Village electrification in India · State-wise monthly average duration of power cuts in urban areas at 11 kV feeder level during May 2019 · Distribution of households based on energy source for lighting · Source of energy for cooking in residential sector in India · Percentage distribution of households by primary energy source for lighting (2001/02–2011/12) · Percentage distribution of households by primary energy source for lighting (2001/02–2011/12) · Percentage distribution of households by primary energy source for cooking (2001/02–2011/12) · Consumption of LPG and kerosene · Residential consumption of LPG Buildings 1 Climate characteristics 2 Suggested P/A ratios for cooling dominated regions 3 Climate-specific shading responses for passive cooling 4 Green building rating systems and daylight benchmarks 5 Status of energy-efficiency policies in India Air 1 State-/UT-wise distribution of manual and continuous monitoring stations in operation under NAMP 2 Revised ambient air quality standards 3 Breakpoints for AQI scale: 0–500 4 Active fire counts on crop land in different states of India during the last 10 years 5 Stack emission standards for major air-polluting industries 6 New emission standards for thermal power plants 7 Emission standards for two-wheeler and three-wheeler categories 8 Emission standards for four-wheeler category 9 Emission norms for heavy diesel vehicles 10 Emission standards for generator sets 11 Deaths attributable to air pollution along with total and per-capita economic loss due to premature deaths and morbidity attributable to air pollution in the states of India 12 Dose response study of short-term effects of criteria air pollutants on all daily mortality in India 13 Dose response study of short-term effects of criteria air pollutants all-cause mortality around the globe 14 Recent policies in different sectors to improve air quality in India 15 Planned and proposed source apportionment studies under NCAP and their status as of May 2022 · Comparison of ambient air quality standards of different countries · Number of days different states exceeded the NAAQS of PM2.5 · Summary of estimated source contributions including the contribution of sources outside the city air sheds · Studies conducted relating to health effects of air pollution Solid Waste Management · MSW gasification technologies · Various treatment technologies for plastic waste and their environmental impacts · Recycling facilities located in different cities of India · Management of C&D waste in major cities of India Water Resource Management 1 Estimated utilizable flows and average annual potentials of the main basins of the country 2 Criteria for categorization of assessment units 3 Irrigated area covered under different forms of irrigation 4 Indicators developed by MoSPI for tracking/monitoring the progress of nationally defined SDGs Land and Forest Resource Management 1 Forest cover of India 2 State-wise forest cover of India 3 Forest cover under different fire-prone classifications 4 Forest carbon stock under different pools and changes w.r.t. previous assessment 5 Key statistics of Indian hotspots 6 Floral diversity of India 7 Distribution of species in different IUCN categories 8 Protected areas of India (as on December 2021) 9 Current statistics as per 2020/21 SDG INDIA for SDG 14 and SDG 15 Climate Change 1 Emission scenario 2 Level of CO2 emissions 3 Emission trends across four major CO2 emitters 4 Global emissions and emission gap under the implementation of NDCs for 2030 (median and range in GTCO2e) 5 Sector-wise national GHG emission (in MT) 6 Current status of state action plans on climate change · Carbon dioxide emissions across regions (in MTCO2) · Missions under National Action Plan on Climate Change · Projects sanctioned under National Adaptation Fund on Climate Change · State-wise projects with outlay sanctioned under National Adaptation Fund on Climate Change List of Figures Energy and Environment: an overview 1 Fuel-wise end-use energy consumption in 2020/21 2 Overall energy supply and consumption in India in 2020/21 3 Coal reserves in India as on 1 April 2021 4 Coal transportation by various modes 5 Trend in natural gas production and import dependency 6 Trend in petroleum products’ consumption in India 7 Installed generation capacity (as of March 2022) 8 Growth rate of electricity generation (2021/22) 9 Grid power and their percentage share till May 2022 10 Growth of renewable energy sources 11 Installed solar capacity (2017–22) 12 Electricity consumption in the agriculture sector 13 Number of diesel and electric pumps used in India 14 Global CO2 emission from transport subsectors (2000–20 15 Percentage of electricity consumers in residential sector to total power consumed by all sectors 16 Commercial energy consumption by use 17 Residential energy consumption by use 18 State-/UT-wise average ambient air quality status of different pollutant parameters for 2008–21 19 Per capita water availability in relation to population 20 Trend of average water table in India from 1980 to 2015 21 Forest cover of India 22 Emission trends across four major CO2 emitters 23 CO2 emissions (in MTCO2) in India in comparison to GDP (PPP) 24 CO2 emissions within subsectors in India Coal and Lignite 1 Coal reserves in India as on 1 April 2021 2 Lignite reserves in India as on 1 April 2021 3 Coal and lignite production in India 4 Coal production by CIL and SCCL 5 Production of coal (in %) from opencast and underground mining 6 Coal off-take (in %) by different sectors in India during 2020/21 7 Lignite off-take (in %) by different sectors in India during 2020/21 8 Coal transportation by various modes 9 Year-wise import of coal in India (in MT) 10 Source-wise import of coal in India (in MT) 11 India’s export of coal (in %) Petroleum and Natural Gas 1 Status of hydrocarbon reserves 2 Total balance recoverable crude oil and natural gas reserves in India 3 Basin-wise ultimate hydrocarbon reserves as on 1 April 2021 4 Basin-wise in-place hydrocarbon reserves as on 1 April 2021 5 Trend in domestic crude oil production 6 Crude import, product imports, and total imports 7 Crude import, product imports, and total imports 8 Country-wise crude oil imports by India 9 Trend in production of petroleum products from refineries and fractionators 10 Trend in petroleum products’ consumption in India 11 Status of petroleum products’ consumption during 2021/22 12 Trend in domestic natural gas production 13 Trend in natural gas production and import dependency 14 Trend in consumption of natural gas by different sectors 15 Crude throughput of Indian refineries 16 Trend in gross refinery margin of Indian refineries 17 Trend in subsidies for the sale of petroleum and natural gas in India 18 Share of tax/ duties to total contribution of petroleum sector to exchequer 19 Contribution of taxes from oil and gas industry to the central exchequer 20 Contribution of taxes from oil and gas industry to the state exchequer 21 Trend of excise duty on petrol and diesel vis-a-vis crude oil price in India 22 State-wise collection of States Tax/ VAT/ SGST/ UTGST from the oil and gas industry in 2021 23 Trends in the price of domestic gas produced in India on GCV basis 24 Details of CGD bidding round, geographical areas, percentage of India’s population and percentage of India’s area with access to CGD network 25 Status of state-/UT-wise PNG - domestic, commercial, and industrial connections Indian sedimentary basins Power 1 Installed generation capacity (as of March 2022) 2 Installed generation capacity by sector as of March 2022 3 Growth rate of installed generating capacity (2021/22) 4 CAGR of installed generating capacity (2012–22) 5 Total generation (including renewable energy sources) 6 Growth percentage of electricity generation 7 Growth rate of electricity generation (2021/22) 8 Electricity generation (2012–22) 9 Growth of gross electricity generation in India by mode (2012–22) 10 PLF of coal- and lignite-based power plants 11 Power supply position: energy 12 Growth rate of energy requirement and availability (2011–22) 13 Power supply position: peak 14 Growth rate of peak demand and met (2011–22) 15 Sector-wise electricity consumption pattern 16 Per capita electricity consumption 17 T&D losses 18 AT&C losses 19 Net import/total export of energy by India 20 Cross-border electricity trade on power exchange platform Renewable Energy 1 Linkages of other SDGs to SDG 7 2 Grid power and their percentage share till May 2022 3 Growth of renewable energy sources 4 Top 10 states in renewable installation (till May 2022) 5 Installed solar capacity (2017–22) 6 Top 10 states grid-connected installed solar capacity (till 12 December 2020) 7 Solar tariff (till March 2020/21) 8 Net solar PV installed from 2018 to 2021 9 State-wise wind power potential at 100 m above ground level 10 Growth of wind energy sector from 2017 to 2022 11 State-wise installed capacity (as on December 2020) 12 Cumulative biomass power, gasification and bagasse cogeneration projects 13 State-/UT-wise cumulative commissioned biomass power, waste-to-power, and bagasse cogeneration grid-connected projects (up to 31 May 2022) 14 Cumulative waste-to-energy/power projects 15 Year-wise cumulative installed capacity of small hydropower 16 Tidal energy potential 17 Target for geothermal energy development Agriculture 1 Production of different agricultural products in India 2 HSD and LDO consumption in the agriculture sector 3 Electricity consumption in the agriculture sector 4 Region-wise electricity consumption in the agriculture sector 5 Production of urea, diammonium phosphate, and other complex fertilizers 6 Consumption pattern of different sources of energy 7 Number of tractors sold 8 Number of power tillers sold 9 Number of diesel and electric pumps used in India 10 Percentage share of major farm machineries used in Indian agriculture 11 Farm power availability and food grain yield 12 Share of major crops in the gross cropped area in India 13 Trend in GHG emission from the agriculture sector in India (in GgCO2e) 14 Distribution of GHG emissions by sub-sectors from the agriculture sector from 2011 to 2016 in India 15 Selected state-/UT-wise area covered under micro-irrigation (drip and sprinkler) in India as on 31 March 2021 Industry 1 Share of different processes in crude steel production Transportation 1 Change in CO2 emission by fossil fuels (2019–21) 2 Global CO2 emission from transport subsectors (2000–20) 3 Sector-wise change in energy demand in fuel (2000–19) 4 Energy use by passenger and freight modes in India (2000–20) 5 Highways constructed in India over the years 6 Number of registered vehicles from 2001 to 2020 7 Passenger traffic over time 8 Railway electrification routes over time 9 Freight traffic from 2018/19 to 2020/21 10 Total revenue from 2018/19 to 2020/21 11 Major commodities carried by the Indian Railways from 2016/17 to 2020/21 12 Cargo traffic handled at major ports 13 Commodity-wise traffic in major ports for 2021/22 14 National waterways’-wise share of traffic for 2020/21 15 National waterways’: commodity profile for 2020/21 16 Passenger traffic over the years 17 Cargo traffic over the years 18 Percentage of domestic cargo as belly cargo and dedicated freighter Comparison of number of EVs over the years Household Energy 1 Source of lighting in Indian households: 2001–11 2 Residential consumers of LPG in India 3 Percentage of power consumer in residential sector to total power consumed by all sectors 4 Consumption of LPG and kerosene in the residential sector 5 Active consumers of LPG in the residential sector 6 Consumption of LPG in the residential sector 7 Consumption of electricity in the residential sector Buildings 1 Daily electricity demand in India in 2019 2 Daily electricity demand in India in the Stated Policies Scenario in 2040 3 Commercial energy consumption by use 4 Residential energy consumption by use 5 Sector-wise growth in cooling demand 6 HVAC load break up in percentage 7 Integrated building design approach 8 Key benefits of integrated design approach 9 Summer sun path and comfort strategy 10 Winter sun path and comfort strategy 11 Building geometry and S/V ratio 12 Rectangular forms and S/V ratios 13 Comparison of single-glazed and triple-glazed, medium-solar-gain low-e glass 14 Building orientation for enhanced ventilation 15 Funneling effect for enhanced natural ventilation 16 Do’s and don’ts for correct window placement 17 Do’s and don’ts for correct window placement (modified form 18 Positive and negative air pressure zones 19 Stack ventilation 20 Fixed horizontal shading devices 21 Adjustable shading devices 22 (a) Shading cloth and (b) pergolas combined with vegetation 23 Horizontal shading versus vertical shading 24 Daylight factor illuminance 25 Daylight area for massing studies for different shapes of floor plan having similar floor area considering lintel level at 7 feet 26 Daylight area window head height thumb rule (section) 27 Daylight evaluation thumb rule for rectangular or square 28 Atrium rule of thumb 29 Energy reduction with increase in design indoor temperature 30 SDGs related to green buildings and infrastructure 31 National Strategic Plan for Energy Efficiency in Building Sector 32 Highlights of ECBC implementation impact for 2020/21 33 Key objectives of SUNREF programme 34 Percentage growth of cooling requirement in India Air 1 Annual ambient concentration of different pollutants across the country during 2008–21 2 State-/UT-wise average ambient air quality status of different pollutant parameters for the period 2008–21 3 Comparison of number of households using different fuels for cooking in rural and urban areas in India 4 Sectorial contribution to ambient PM10 and PM2.5 5 State-/UT-wise number of non-attainment cities in India Institutional framework of air quality governance in India Solid Waste Management 1 MSW composition for waste received from Gurugram 2 Major e-waste contributing states in India 3 Emission points from MSW sector · Management of plastics in India · Average constituents of C&D waste · C&D waste generated in major cities of India · C&D waste management in India · C&D waste recycling in a typical recycling facility Water Resource Management 1 Per capita water availability in relation to population 2 (a) Categorization of groundwater assessment units in India from 2004 to 2020 and (b) the number of groundwater assessment units 3 Depth to water level maps for (a) pre-monsoon, (b) post-monsoon, and (c) decadal water level fluctuation 4 Trend of the average water table in India from 1980 to 2015 5 Number of assessment units affected by fluoride 6 Number of assessment units affected by arsenic 7 Number of districts with electrical conductivity in groundwater above the permissible limit 8 Net irrigated area in India from 1950 to 2018 9 Households provided with tap water supply 10 (a) Schools and (b) AWCs provided with tap water supply 11 Sewage generation, installed treatment capacity, operational capacity, actual utilization, and complied treatment capacity 12 BOD trends of waterbodies in India (in mg/L) 13 Total coliform (in MPN/100 mL) trends of waterbodies in India 14 Feacal coliform (in MPN/100 mL) trends of waterbodies in India 15 Ramsar sites of India (till June 2022) 16 District-wise area coverage under PDMC from 2015 to 2020 17 High-, medium-, and low-performing states on water resource management 18 Vision and missions under Namami Gange Land and Forest Resource Management 1 Percentage of area under various land uses 2 Land degradation map of India (generated using LISS-III data of 2015/16) 3 Forest cover of India 4 Projected demand for wood in India 5 Projected climate change in forest ecosystem in India 6 Top 10 developmental pressures on forest land in 2020 7 Forest carbon stock in different pools (in MT) 8 Biogeographic zones in India 9 Percentage of novelties in Plantae Kingdom published from India 10 Novelties published in Animalia Kingdom from India 11 Percentage of invasive species in different ecosystems 11 Contributions of different factors in biodiversity loss and habitat degradation 13 Arrival of tourists in India from 2015 to 2020 14 Cases registered under WPA in India from 2015 to 2020 15 Bending curve of biodiversity losses 16 Increase in number of PAs from 2000 to 2021 Climate Change 1 Annual total number of extreme climatic events in India 2 All-India annual mean temperature anomalies for 1901–2021 (based on the 1981–2010 average) 3 Spatial patterns of liner trends of (a) maximum and (b) minimum temperatures 4 Spatial pattern of trend (°C/100 years) in mean annual temperature anomalies (1901–2020) Keys Areas having significant at 95% levels are shaded; red denotes warming and blue denotes cooling. 5 Decadal means of all-India summer monsoon rainfall (in percentage departure from mean) 6 All-India annual mean percentage departures for 1901–2020 (based on the 1961–2010 average) 7 Sub-divisional trends of (a) seasonal and (b) monsoon rainfall for 1901–2003 8 Time series of active and break during the monsoon season 9 Cyclone tracks of depressions and cyclonic storms formed during 2021 10 Emission trends across four major CO2 emitters 11 CO2 emissions (in MTCO2) in India in comparison to GDP (PPP) 12 CO2 emissions within subsectors in India 13 Emissions by fuel type in India 14 Comparison of coal cess collected, amount transferred to, and financed from projects recommended under NCEEF List of Maps Petroleum and Natural Gas 1 Crude oil and product infrastructure in India 2 Natural gas infrastructure in India Renewable Energy 1 Solar potential of Indian states/union territories 2 State-wise wind energy potential at 100/120 m above ground level 3 Biomass power (BP), bagasse cogeneration (BC), and waste-to-energy (W2E) 4 Small hydro potential in India 5 Geothermal potential in India Agriculture State-wise distribution of districts based on vulnerability to climate change in India Buildings Climate zone map of India
Catholics, Peasants, and Chewa Resistance in Nyasaland by Ian Linden 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 1974.
The first comprehensive biography of this undervalued writer, who was considered 'far and away the best living woman poet' in her day. 'An exquisitely told account of the life of a half-forgotten London poet whose work was admired by Hardy, Sassoon and Virginia Woolf. Julia Copus does her justice at last.' Claire Tomalin ' This Rare Spirit is a classic - the biography of Mew we have all been waiting for.' Fiona Benson The British poet Charlotte Mew (1869-1928) was regarded as one of the best poets of her age by fellow writers, including Virginia Woolf, Siegfried Sasson, Walter de la Mare and Marianne Moore. She has since been neglected, but her star is beginning to rise again, all the more since her 150th anniversary in 2019. This is the first comprehensive biography, from cradle to grave, and is written by fellow poet Julia Copus, who recently unveiled a blue plaque on Mew's childhood house in Doughty Street and was the editor of the Selected Poetry and Prose (2019). Mew was a curious mix of New Woman and stalwart Victorian. Her poems speak to us strongly today, in these strangely mixed times of exposure and seclusion: they reveal the private agony of an isolated being who was forced to keep secret the tragedies of her personal life while being at the same time propelled by her work into the public arena. Her poetry transfigures that very private suffering into art that has a universal resonance.
Spanning one hundred years and three continents, Letters from the Sphinx tells the story of the William Allens, an Old World family swept up in a New World sea of change. Incorporating sources from the United Kingdom and Egypt; previously unpublished diaries, photographs, and letters held in private collections; and journals housed at the Huntington Library, the biography describes one man's desperate pursuit of self that takes him from England to Egypt and back again before he sets sail, sick and alone, for Southern California. His story-and that of his wife and children-unfolds in unexpected ways against the backdrop of the San Gabriel Valley at a time when the foothills were a riot of golden poppies and the earth was untilled and bursting with opportunity.
Born into a distinguished military family, Fitz John Porter (1822-1901) was educated at West Point and breveted for bravery in the war with Mexico. Already a well-respected officer at the outset of the Civil War, as a general in the Union army he became a favorite of George B. McClellan, who chose him to command the Fifth Corps of the Army of the Potomac. Porter and his troops fought heroically and well at Gaines's Mill and Malvern Hill. His devotion to the Union cause seemed unquestionable until fellow Union generals John Pope and Irvin McDowell blamed him for their own battlefield failures at Second Bull Run. As a confidant of the Democrat and limited-war proponent McClellan, Porter found himself targeted by Radical Republicans intent on turning the conflict to the cause of emancipation. He made the perfect scapegoat, and a court-martial packed with compliant officers dismissed him for disobedience of orders and misconduct before the enemy. Porter tenaciously pursued vindication after the war, and in 1879 an army commission finally reviewed his case, completely exonerating him. Obstinately partisan resistance from old Republican enemies still denied him even nominal reinstatement for six more years. This revealing new biography by William Marvel cuts through received wisdom to show Fitz John Porter as he was: a respected commander whose distinguished career was ruined by political machinations within Lincoln's administration. Marvel lifts the cloud that shadowed Porter over the last four decades of his life, exposing the spiteful Radical Republicans who refused to restore his rank long after his exoneration and never restored his benefits. Reexamining the relevant primary evidence from the full arc of Porter's life and career, Marvel offers significant insights into the intersections of politics, war, and memory.
It began as a small, slow, and unadorned sailing vessel—in a word, ordinary. Later, it was a weary workhorse in the age of steam. But the story of the Edwin Fox reveals how an everyday merchant ship drew together a changing world and its people in an extraordinary age of rising empires, sweeping economic transformation, and social change. This fascinating work of global history offers a vividly detailed and engaging narrative of globalization writ small, viewed from the decks and holds of a single vessel. The Edwin Fox connected the lives and histories of millions, though most never even saw it. Built in Calcutta in 1853, the Edwin Fox was chartered by the British navy as a troop transport during the Crimean War. In the following decades, it was sold, recommissioned, and refitted by an increasingly far-flung constellation of militaries and merchants. It sailed to exotic ports carrying luxury goods, mundane wares, and all kinds of people: not just soldiers and officials but indentured laborers brought from China to Cuba, convicts and settlers being transported from the British Empire to western Australia and New Zealand—with dire consequences for local Indigenous peoples—and others. But the power of this story rests in the everyday ways people, nations, economies, and ideas were knitted together in this foundational era of our modern world.
Russians in Cold War Australia by Sheila Fitzpatrick,Phillip Deery Pdf
Russians in Cold War Australia explores the time during the Cold War when Russian displaced persons, including former Soviet citizens, were amongst the hundreds of thousands of immigrants given assisted passage to Australia and other Western countries in the wake of the Second World War. With the Soviet Union and Australia as enemies, skepticism surrounding the immigrants’ avowed anti-communism introduced new hardships and challenges. This book examines Russian immigration to Australia in the late 1940s and 1950s, both through their own eyes and those of Australia's security service (ASIO), to whom all Russian speakers were persons of interest.
The Kingdom of God Is at Hand by Theodore Kallman Pdf
In Kingdom of God Theodore Kallman illuminates the brief life of a Christian Socialist community founded by four men—a minister, and editor, a professor, and an engineer—on a worn-out cotton plantation just outside of Columbus, Georgia in 1896. While Christian Commonwealth only lasted until 1900, its combination of religious communitarianism and socialist ideology proved attractive to many. It was a place where women enjoyed a sort of political equality and where its school—open to all white students of Muscogee County—emphasized a critique of private property. Kallman explains how particular brand of Tolstoyan anarchism inspired by the Russian novelist’s philosophical treatise The Kingdom of God is Within You (1894) and Christ’s Sermon on the Mount took root in west-central Georgia and attracted attention from famous onlookers--Leo Tolstoy and Jane Addams included. In Kallman's capable hands, what appears to be merely a blip barely worth mentioning for historians of Georgia and the larger United States, instead emerges as a story that has much to teach us about Gilded Age American and provides necessary context for the surging interest in America's socialist past.
Routledge Library Editions: The Labour Movement by Various Pdf
This set of 44 volumes, originally published between 1924 and 1995, amalgamates a wide breadth of research on the Labour Movement, including labour union history, the early stages and development of the Labour Party, and studies on the working classes. This collection of books from some of the leading scholars in the field provides a comprehensive overview of the subject how it has evolved over time, and will be of particular interest to students of political history.
Rude Republic by Glenn C. Altschuler,Stuart M. Blumin Pdf
What did politics and public affairs mean to those generations of Americans who first experienced democratic self-rule? Taking their cue from vibrant political campaigns and very high voter turnouts, historians have depicted the nineteenth century as an era of intense and widespread political enthusiasm. But rarely have these historians examined popular political engagement directly, or within the broader contexts of day-to-day life. In this bold and in-depth look at Americans and their politics, Glenn Altschuler and Stuart Blumin argue for a more complex understanding of the "space" occupied by politics in nineteenth-century American society and culture. Mining such sources as diaries, letters, autobiographies, novels, cartoons, contested-election voter testimony to state legislative committees, and the partisan newspapers of representative American communities ranging from Massachusetts and Georgia to Texas and California, the authors explore a wide range of political actions and attitudes. They consider the enthusiastic commitment celebrated by historians together with various forms of skepticism, conflicted engagement, detachment, and hostility that rarely have been recognized as part of the American political landscape. Rude Republic sets the political parties and their noisy and attractive campaign spectacles, as well as the massive turnout of voters on election day, within the communal social structure and calendar, the local human landscape of farms, roads, and county towns, and the organizational capacities of emerging nineteenth-century institutions. Political action and engagement are set, too, within the tide of events: the construction of the mass-based party system, the gathering crisis over slavery and disunion, and the gradual expansion of government (and of cities) in the post-Civil War era. By placing the question of popular engagement within these broader social, cultural, and historical contexts, the authors bring new understanding to the complex trajectory of American democracy.
Method Infinite: Freemasonry and the Mormon Restoration by Cheryl L. Bruno,Joe Steve Swick III,Nicholas S. Literski Pdf
While no one thing can entirely explain the rise of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the historical influence of Freemasonry on this religious tradition cannot be refuted. Those who study Mormonism have been aware of the impact that Freemasonry had on the founding prophet Joseph Smith during the Nauvoo period, but his involvement in Freemasonry was arguably earlier and broader than many modern historians have admitted. The fact that the most obvious vestiges of Freemasonry are evident only in the more esoteric aspects of the Mormon faith has made it difficult to recognize, let alone fully grasp, the relevant issues. Even those with both Mormon and Masonic experience may not be versed in the nineteenth-century versions of Masonry's rituals, legends, and practices. Without this specialized background, it is easy to miss the Masonic significance of numerous early Mormon ordinances, scripture, and doctrines. Method Infinite: Freemasonry and the Mormon Restoration offers a fresh perspective on the Masonic thread present in Mormonism from its earliest days. Smith's firsthand knowledge of and experience with both Masonry and anti-Masonic currents contributed to the theology, structure, culture, tradition, history, literature, and ritual of the religion he founded.
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From an acclaimed, New York Times bestselling biographer, a timely reassessment of Abraham Lincoln's indispensable Secretary of the Treasury: a leading proponent for black rights both before and during his years in cabinet and later as Chief Justice of the United States. Salmon P. Chase is best remembered as a rival of Lincoln's for the Republican nomination in 1860--but there would not have been a national Republican Party, and Lincoln could not have won the presidency, were it not for the vital groundwork Chase laid over the previous two decades. Starting in the early 1840s, long before Lincoln was speaking out against slavery, Chase was forming and leading antislavery parties. He represented fugitive slaves so often in his law practice that he was known as the attorney general for runaway negroes, and he furthered his reputation as an outspoken federal senator and progressive governor of Ohio. Tapped by Lincoln to become Secretary of the Treasury, Chase would soon prove vital to the Civil War effort, raising the billions of dollars that allowed the Union to win the war, while also pressing the president to emancipate the country's slaves and recognize black rights. When Lincoln had the chance to appoint a chief justice in 1864, he chose his faithful rival, because he was sure Chase would make the right decisions on the difficult racial, political, and economic issues the Supreme Court would confront during Reconstruction. Drawing on previously overlooked sources, Walter Stahr sheds new light on a complex and fascinating political figure, as well as on the pivotal events of the Civil War and its aftermath. Salmon P. Chase tells the forgotten story of a man at the center of the fight for racial justice in 19th century America.
Author : Robert D. Sawrey Publisher : University Press of Kentucky Page : 295 pages File Size : 40,8 Mb Release : 2021-12-14 Category : History ISBN : 9780813193748
"To the victors belong the spoils" is a time-honored cliche. When in 1865 northern armies defeated the greatest challenge ever posed to the Union, issues of spoils and peace terms dominated public debate. But precisely what did the victorious North want from the Reconstruction process? Historians generally have shown far less interest in northern goals than in what terms southerners were willing to accept. Robert Sawrey now seeks to redress the balance by examining the post-Civil War attitudes of a representative northern state, Ohio. Sawrey's probing study explores precisely what the key issues were for politically active Ohioans and what they sought in a Reconstruction policy. Through extensive research in contemporary newspapers, manuscripts, legislative debates, and diaries, he offers the most complete picture ever presented of northern attitudes on the two crucial issues of Reconstruction—the terms of readmission and the fate of the former slaves. Ohioans' struggle to find an equation for restoring a Union that now included nearly four million free blacks was complicated, he finds, by their prejudices and their belief in white superiority. Because they regarded the "planter conspiracy" as a primary cause of the war, they sought to assure future peace through control of the planters—a position that compelled them to advocate basic rights for ex-slaves. At the same time, they continued to support white supremacy throughout the nation. To reconcile these contradictory positions was a daunt-ing task. Yet by 1870, Sawrey finds, most politically involved Ohioans believed Reconstruction had secured their basic goals. Dubious Victory offers a fresh approach to understanding the limits of what was achievable during Reconstruction. It also explains why the achievements of the period now seem to have been so limited.