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The Opium War, 1840-1842
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 439

The Opium War, 1840-1842

This book tells the fascinating story of the war between England and China that delivered Hong Kong to the English, forced the imperial Chinese government to add four ports to Canton as places in which foreigners could live and trade, and rendered irreversible the process that for almost a century thereafter distinguished western relations with this quarter of the globe-- the process that is loosely termed the "opening of China." Originally published by UNC Press in 1975, Peter Ward Fay's study was the first to treat extensively the opium trade from the point of production in India to the point of consumption in China and the first to give both Protestant and Catholic missionaries their due; it remains the most comprehensive account of the first Opium War through western eyes. In a new preface, Fay reflects on the relationship between the events described in the book and Hong Kong's more recent history.

Trow (formerly Wilson's) Copartnership and Corporation Directory of the Boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx, City of New York
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1282
The Clean Body
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 337

The Clean Body

How often did our ancestors bathe? How often did they wash their clothes and change them? What did they understand cleanliness to be? Why have our hygienic habits changed so dramatically over time? In short, how have we come to be so clean? The Clean Body explores one of the most fundamental and pervasive cultural changes in Western history since the seventeenth century: the personal hygiene revolution. In the age of Louis XIV bathing was rare and hygiene was mainly a matter of wearing clean underclothes. By the late twentieth century frequent - often daily - bathing had become the norm and wearing freshly laundered clothing the general practice. Cleanliness, once simply a requirement for go...

Official Register
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1500

Official Register

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1897
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Proceedings ...
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 562

Proceedings ...

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1888
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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The Medea Hypothesis
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 205

The Medea Hypothesis

In The Medea Hypothesis, renowned paleontologist Peter Ward proposes a revolutionary and provocative vision of life's relationship with the Earth's biosphere--one that has frightening implications for our future, yet also offers hope. Using the latest discoveries from the geological record, he argues that life might be its own worst enemy. This stands in stark contrast to James Lovelock's Gaia hypothesis--the idea that life sustains habitable conditions on Earth. In answer to Gaia, which draws on the idea of the "good mother" who nurtures life, Ward invokes Medea, the mythical mother who killed her own children. Could life by its very nature threaten its own existence? According to the Medea...

Official Register of the United States
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1522

Official Register of the United States

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1897
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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The City Record
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1174

The City Record

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1888
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Out of Thin Air
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 296

Out of Thin Air

For 65 million years dinosaurs ruled the Earth-until a deadly asteroid forced their extinction. But what accounts for the incredible longevity of dinosaurs? A renowned scientist now provides a startling explanation that is rewriting the history of the Age of Dinosaurs. Dinosaurs were pretty amazing creatures-real-life monsters that have the power to fascinate us. And their fiery Hollywood ending only serves to make the story that much more dramatic. But fossil evidence demonstrates that dinosaurs survived several mass extinctions, and were seemingly unaffected by catastrophes that decimated most other life on Earth. What could explain their uncanny ability to endure through the ages? Biologi...

Personnel Literature
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 636

Personnel Literature

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1984
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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