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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This w...

The American West is often seen from the historical accounts recorded from the beginning of the Civil War to after the Reconstruction Era. Many of the accounts include historians that promote a European/Anglo-Saxon perspective, these accounts have often led readers to stereotypical perspectives concerning minorities. These accounts also give birth to the "white savior" concept in which white men assume the role as savior to lesser races in mov...

Excerpt from Fruit-Blights and Diseases of Fruit-Trees: Interim ReportThe appointment of inspectors, with power to order the destruction of any affected trees, has been advocated, but no absolute necessity for such a measure has been made out at present, and with the more general diffusion of information about the diseases of plants it is not probable that such need will arise.The codlin-moth Act is strictly permissive, and at present has not ...

Excerpt from Illustrated History of Minnesota: A Hand-Book for Citizens and General ReadersNevertheless, I have had some peculiar advantages. Most of the scenic ground had become familiar to me through frequent visita tio-ns before the thought of writing this outline entered my mind. Since then, no opportunity for exploration has been thrown away. It has been of inestimable profit, also, to meet and converse with many of the historic cha actor...

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In three lectures on magnetohydrodynamics, on kinetic plasma physics and on particle acceleration, leading experts describe the physical basis of their subjects and extend the discussion to several applications in modern problems of astrophysics. The themes developed in this book will be helpful in understanding many processes in the universe from the solar corona to active galaxies.

Social and cultural memory theory examines the ways communities and individuals reconstruct and commemorate their pasts in light of shared experiences and current social realities. Drawing on the methods of this emerging field, this volume both introduces memory theory to biblical scholars and restores the category "memory" to a preeminent position in research on Christian origins. "Paperback edition is available from the Society of Biblical L...

Excerpt from Illustrated History of Minnesota: A Hand-Book for Citizens and General ReadersNevertheless, I have had some peculiar advantages. Most of the scenic ground had become familiar to me through frequent visita tio-ns before the thought of writing this outline entered my mind. Since then, no opportunity for exploration has been thrown away. It has been of inestimable profit, also, to meet and converse with many of the historic cha actor...

Excerpt from Fruit-Blights and Diseases of Fruit-Trees: Interim Report The climate of New Zealand is exceptionally favourable to the rapid increase and vigorous growth of insects and plants introduced from temperate countries. European insects and weeds, when intro duced, ¿ourish with a vigour rarely exhibited in their native country, and increase with greater rapidity. But this is not all: under the new conditions induced by extensive cultiv...

Covering over 90 species and with over 500 color photographs, this book has been long awaited by both tree professionals and anyone who wants to identify a tree in the Virgin Islands and south Florida.Rare for field guides, this user-friendly book provides for all the species the same categories of complete text: form, leaves and bark, flowers, fruits, habitat, and uses. Also for each species there are photos of the whole tree, bark, leaves, f...

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In three lectures on magnetohydrodynamics, on kinetic plasma physics and on particle acceleration, leading experts describe the physical basis of their subjects and extend the discussion to several applications in modern problems of astrophysics. The themes developed in this book will be helpful in understanding many processes in the universe from the solar corona to active galaxies.

Provides an interdisciplinary account of the key role of light in determining the operation and biological composition of aquatic ecosystems, accessible to scientists in various fields. An important resource for graduate courses on marine optics, aquatic photosynthesis, or ocean remote sensing, and for aquatic scientists, both oceanographers and limnologists.