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Prior to 1862, when the Department of Agriculture was established, the report on agriculture was prepared and published by the Commissioner of Patents, and forms volume or part of volume, of his annual reports, the first being that of 1840. Cf. Checklist of public documents ... Washington, 1895, p. 148.
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This contemporary text—the first in over a decade on the region—presents the geography of the Middle East and North Africa, defined as the Arab World, Israel, Turkey, Iran, and Afghanistan. Thematically organized, the book’s eleven chapters focus on the region’s physical and climatic setting, demographic characteristics, migration patterns, religious and linguistic diversity, political map, offshore claims, oil and gas resources, and subregions and states. Within this framework, Drysdale emphasizes pressing current problems: the impact of climate change in a region where some areas already suffer from extreme summer heat and aridity, the challenge of providing additional water in a r...
Blake'Â,,s Spelling Guide is a vital tool for anyone wanting t o be a great speller. It contains information about how to:Â, represent spoken words in written formÂ, app ly the rules and conventions of English spellingÂ, change words to ÂefitÂ,, the grammar of written text Practice exercises (with answers) and a comprehensive glossary are included to help studen ts improve their knowledge and understanding of spelling. There a re also 12 Word Lists for quick reference covering:Â, homonymsÂ, homophonesÂ, antonymsÂ, frequently misspelt wordsÂ, Latin and Greek rootsÂ, homographsÂ, prefixesÂ, suffixesÂ, compound w ordsÂ, high-Â Â...frequency words The guide also in cludes Curriculum Correlation tables that link the content to the new Au stralian Curriculum and is an ideal resource for all primary students. A nswers for the TRY THIS activities are also provided.
This groundbreaking book on modern Palestinian culture goes beyond the usual focal point of the 1948 war to address the earlier, formative years. Drawing on previously unavailable biographies of Palestinians (including Palestinian Jews), Salim Tamari offers eleven vignettes of Palestine's cultural life in the momentous first half of the twentieth century. He brings to light the memoirs, diaries, letters, and other writings of six Jerusalem intellectuals whose lives spanned (and defined) the period of 1918-1948: a musician, a teacher, a former aristocrat, a doctor, a Bolshevik revolutionary, and a Jewish novelist. These essays present an integrated cultural history that illuminates a watershed in the modern social history of the Arab East, the formulation of the Arab Enlightenment.
Eurasia offers a wide-ranging and original interpretation of territory, boundaries and borderlands in Europe, Asia and the Far East. This forms part of a unique series of books focussing on world boundaries which embrace the theory and practice of boundary delimitation and management, boundary disputes and conflict resolution, and territorial change in the new world order.