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The Cannons of Bull: McGill/HARP Reach for the Sky By: Dr. Raymond E. March and Dr. Donald L. Mordell The Cannons of Bull recounts in a fascinating, insider fashion the remarkable story of the McGill High-Altitude Research Project. Also known as HARP. An exciting endeavor to use cannon instead of rockets to launch vehicles into space. Unique, comprehensive and authoritative.
John Bull was born in 1756 in Ireland. He married Mary Hogan (1761-1832) in 1785. They had four sons. They immigrated to Canada in 1819. Their great grandson, Robert James Bull (1858-1927) married Helen Forsyth Lees (1868-1954), daughter of Francis Lees and Jessie Findlay, 23 January 1894 in Bruce County, Ontario. They had eight children. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Ontario.
This book explains why many governments in Africa are including African languages alongside European languages as media of instruction in elementary schools. It argues that a number of factors have combined to make multilingual education attractive: France has changed its foreign policy toward its former colonies, language NGOs are transcribing more languages, and pressure toward democracy makes African leaders look for ways to divide the opposition.
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This volume introduces key terms of public history and makes them accessible via the most important subject areas and central research perspectives. It is aimed at students, teachers and practitioners who deal with history in the public sphere and offers approaches to the theoretical foundation of public history as part of historical cultural studies.
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
"Gescheiterte Kolonien – Erträumte Imperien" erforscht die Geschichte erfolgloser und zum Teil vergessener Entdecker und Eroberer, die aus England, Frankreich oder deutschen Ländern nach Amerika aufbrachen. Das Buch zeigt, welche Pläne sie schmiedeten, wie sie Rückschläge verarbeiteten und wie ihr Scheitern kolonialen Imperien den Weg bereitete. Die Anfänge der europäischen Expansion bestanden nicht nur aus dem für indigene Kulturen verhängnisvollen Aufstieg der iberischen Kolonialreiche. Es war auch die Geschichte des verlustreichen Scheiterns von Menschen, die mit hohen Erwartungen aus England, Frankreich oder deutschen Ländern aufbrachen, um als Entdecker oder Eroberer berühm...