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Planning of Eco-efficient Process Chains for Automotive Component Manufacturing

by Christopher Schmidt ...

Series series Sustainable Production, Life Cycle Engineering and Management
This book includes the introduction of emerging manufacturing technologies and planning cases with established technologies. The planning of eco-efficient process chains is crucial for manufacturing companies. However, in the state-of-the-art planning, various barriers exist towards the integration of the environmental dimension.Against this background, a concept for the integration of classic ... Read more

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This book includes the introduction of emerging manufacturing technologies and planning cases with established technologies. The planning of eco-efficient process chains is crucial for manufacturing companies. However, in the state-of-the-art planning, various barriers exist towards the integration of the environmental dimension.Against this background, a concept for the integration of classic
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On Captivity

A Spanish Soldier's Experience in a Havana Prison, 1896-1898

by Manuel Ciges Aparicio ...

Translated by Dolores J. Walker ...

Series series Atlantic Crossings
A rare and unfiltered witness to Spain’s colonial collapse—Ciges Aparicio’s prison memoir exposes the political, human, and moral stakes of the Cuban War of Independence.Ciges enlisted in the Spanish army in 1893 at the age of twenty. He served in Africa and then in Cuba, where he opposed Spanish General Valeriano Weyler’s policies in Cuba as well as the war itself. Ciges soon found himself ... Read more

$28.79 USD

A rare and unfiltered witness to Spain’s colonial collapse—Ciges Aparicio’s prison memoir exposes the political, human, and moral stakes of the Cuban War of Independence.Ciges enlisted in the Spanish army in 1893 at the age of twenty. He served in Africa and then in Cuba, where he opposed Spanish General Valeriano Weyler’s policies in Cuba as well as the war itself. Ciges soon found himself
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Slavery, Freedom, and Abolition in Latin America and the Atlantic World

by Christopher Schmidt-Nowara ...

Series series Diálogos Series
The last New World countries to abolish slavery were Cuba and Brazil, more than twenty years after slave emancipation in the United States. Why slavery was so resilient and how people in Latin America fought against it are the subjects of this compelling study.Beginning with the roots of African slavery in the fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Iberian empires, this work explores central issues, ... Read more

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The last New World countries to abolish slavery were Cuba and Brazil, more than twenty years after slave emancipation in the United States. Why slavery was so resilient and how people in Latin America fought against it are the subjects of this compelling study.Beginning with the roots of African slavery in the fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Iberian empires, this work explores central issues,
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Reading the Difficulties

Dialogues with Contemporary American Innovative Poetry

by Thomas Fink, Charles Bernstein, Carrie Conners, Kristen Gallagher, Paolo Javier, Burt Kimmelman, Hank Lazer, Jessica Lewis Luck, Stephen Paul Miller, Sheila E. Murphy0, Elizabeth Robinson1, Christopher Schmidt2, Eileen R. Tabios3, Dr. Judith Halden-Sullivan, Ph.D.5 ...

Series series Modern and Contemporary Poetics
The bold essays that make up Reading the Difficulties offer case studies in and strategies for reading innovative poetry.Definitions of what constitutes innovative poetry are innumerable and are offered from every quarter. Some critics and poets argue that innovative poetry concerns free association (John Ashbery), others that experimental poetry is a “re-staging” of language (Bruce Andrews) or a ... Read more

$25.19 USD

The bold essays that make up Reading the Difficulties offer case studies in and strategies for reading innovative poetry.Definitions of what constitutes innovative poetry are innumerable and are offered from every quarter. Some critics and poets argue that innovative poetry concerns free association (John Ashbery), others that experimental poetry is a “re-staging” of language (Bruce Andrews) or a
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Connections after Colonialism

Europe and Latin America in the 1820s

by Matthew Brown, Will Fowler, Josep M. Fradera, Carrie Gibson, Brian Roger Hamnett, Maurizio Isabella, Iona Macintyre, Scarlett O'Phelan Godoy, Gabriel Paquette, David Rock0, Christopher Schmidt-Nowara1, Jay Sexton2, Reuben Zahler3 ...

Series series Atlantic Crossings
Contributing to the historiography of transnational and global transmission of ideas, Connections after Colonialism examines relations between Europe and Latin America during the tumultuous 1820s.In the Atlantic World, the 1820s was a decade marked by the rupture of colonial relations, the independence of Latin America, and the ever-widening chasm between the Old World and the New. Connections ... Read more

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Contributing to the historiography of transnational and global transmission of ideas, Connections after Colonialism examines relations between Europe and Latin America during the tumultuous 1820s.In the Atlantic World, the 1820s was a decade marked by the rupture of colonial relations, the independence of Latin America, and the ever-widening chasm between the Old World and the New. Connections
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Signposts

New Directions in Southern Legal History

by Alfred L. Brophy, Charles L. Zelden, Christopher Schmidt, Christopher Waldrep, Cynthia Nicoletti, Jennifer M. Spear, Jessica Lowe, Laura F. Edwards, Lisa Lindquist Dorr, Peter Wallenstein, Roman J. Hoyos0, Susan Richbourg Parker1, Thomas N. Ingersoll2, Tim Alan Garrison3, Sally E. Hadden5, Patricia Hagler Minter7, James W. Ely Jr.8 ...

In Signposts, Sally E. Hadden and Patricia Hagler Minter have assembled seventeen essays, by both established and rising scholars, that showcase new directions in southern legal history across a wide range of topics, time periods, and locales. The essays will inspire today's scholars to dig even more deeply into the southern legal heritage, in much the same way that David Bodenhamer and James Ely ... Read more

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In Signposts, Sally E. Hadden and Patricia Hagler Minter have assembled seventeen essays, by both established and rising scholars, that showcase new directions in southern legal history across a wide range of topics, time periods, and locales. The essays will inspire today's scholars to dig even more deeply into the southern legal heritage, in much the same way that David Bodenhamer and James Ely
... Read more
Slavery and Antislavery in Spain's Atlantic Empire

Edited by Josep M. Fradera, Christopher Schmidt-Nowara ...

Series Book 9 - European Expansion & Global Interaction
African slavery was pervasive in Spain’s Atlantic empire yet remained in the margins of the imperial economy until the end of the eighteenth century when the plantation revolution in the Caribbean colonies put the slave traffic and the plantation at the center of colonial exploitation and conflict. The international group of scholars brought together in this volume explain Spain’s role as a ... Read more

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African slavery was pervasive in Spain’s Atlantic empire yet remained in the margins of the imperial economy until the end of the eighteenth century when the plantation revolution in the Caribbean colonies put the slave traffic and the plantation at the center of colonial exploitation and conflict. The international group of scholars brought together in this volume explain Spain’s role as a
... Read more
Slavery and Antislavery in Spain's Atlantic Empire

Edited by Christopher Schmidt-Nowara, Josep M. Fradera ...

Series Book 9 - European Expansion & Global Interaction
African slavery was pervasive in Spain’s Atlantic empire yet remained in the margins of the imperial economy until the end of the eighteenth century when the plantation revolution in the Caribbean colonies put the slave traffic and the plantation at the center of colonial exploitation and conflict. The international group of scholars brought together in this volume explain Spain’s role as a ... Read more

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African slavery was pervasive in Spain’s Atlantic empire yet remained in the margins of the imperial economy until the end of the eighteenth century when the plantation revolution in the Caribbean colonies put the slave traffic and the plantation at the center of colonial exploitation and conflict. The international group of scholars brought together in this volume explain Spain’s role as a
... Read more
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Space Travel

by Dr. Manfred Baur, Mel O'Dee, Sven Lendt, Valentin Boomes, Magnus Moone, Light Beam Music, Christopher Schmidt0, Heiko Klüh1, Doug Collins2, Günther Illi3, Kristiane Semar4 ...

Narrated by Debby Van Dooren, Jean-Luc Julien ...

Series series HOW AND WHY
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33 min

A journey to Mars or Saturn would be a dream come true for many astronauts. From launch pads, such as those at Baikonur, rockets lift off into space. How do astronauts move in zero gravity? Why do they wear spacesuits and what do they eat when in the spaceship? ... Read more

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A journey to Mars or Saturn would be a dream come true for many astronauts. From launch pads, such as those at Baikonur, rockets lift off into space. How do astronauts move in zero gravity? Why do they wear spacesuits and what do they eat when in the spaceship?
... Read more
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The Age Of Dinosaurs

by Dr. Manfred Baur, Tagirijus, Günther Illi, Christopher Schmidt, Ellie, Ghost Of Mars, John Starcluster, M.G. Rizzello, Davinia Leonne, Doug Collins, Kristiane Semar ...

Narrated by Debby Van Dooren, Christopher Karatsonyi ...

Series series HOW AND WHY
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29 min

Once the Earth was ruled by colossal dinosaurs. Whilst giant sauropods were harmless herbivores and peacefully fed on plants, other dinosaur species like Tyrannosaurus Rex were ferocious predators. Yet, how powerful those enormous reptiles may have been: their mighty reign was terminated forever by an enormous catastrophe. ... Read more

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Once the Earth was ruled by colossal dinosaurs. Whilst giant sauropods were harmless herbivores and peacefully fed on plants, other dinosaur species like Tyrannosaurus Rex were ferocious predators. Yet, how powerful those enormous reptiles may have been: their mighty reign was terminated forever by an enormous catastrophe.
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El Norte

The Epic and Forgotten Story of Hispanic North America

by Carrie Gibson ...

A sweeping saga of the Spanish history and influence in North America over five centuries, from the acclaimed author of Empire's Crossroads.Because of our shared English language, as well as the celebrated origin tales of the Mayflower and the rebellion of the British colonies, the United States has prized its Anglo heritage above all others. However, as Carrie Gibson explains with great depth and ... Read more

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A sweeping saga of the Spanish history and influence in North America over five centuries, from the acclaimed author of Empire's Crossroads.Because of our shared English language, as well as the celebrated origin tales of the Mayflower and the rebellion of the British colonies, the United States has prized its Anglo heritage above all others. However, as Carrie Gibson explains with great depth and
... Read more
A Cultural History of the Atlantic World, 1250–1820

by John K. Thornton ...

A Cultural History of the Atlantic World, 1250–1820 explores the idea that strong links exist in the histories of Africa, Europe and North and South America. John K. Thornton provides a comprehensive overview of the history of the Atlantic Basin before 1830 by describing political, social and cultural interactions between the continents' inhabitants. He traces the backgrounds of the populations on ... Read more

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A Cultural History of the Atlantic World, 1250–1820 explores the idea that strong links exist in the histories of Africa, Europe and North and South America. John K. Thornton provides a comprehensive overview of the history of the Atlantic Basin before 1830 by describing political, social and cultural interactions between the continents' inhabitants. He traces the backgrounds of the populations on
... Read more

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