Big Bends Ancient And Modern Past

Author : Bruce A. Glasrud
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 1623491053
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Big Bend's Ancient and Modern Past written by Bruce A. Glasrud and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2013-09-18 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Big Bend region of Texas—variously referred to as “El Despoblado” (the uninhabited land), “a land of contrasts,” “Texas’ last frontier,” or simply as part of the Trans-Pecos—enjoys a long, colorful, and eventful history, a history that began before written records were maintained. With Big Bend’s Ancient and Modern Past, editors Bruce A. Glasrud and Robert J. Mallouf provide a helpful compilation of articles originally published in the Journal of Big Bend Studies, reviewing the unique past of the Big Bend area from the earliest habitation to 1900. Scholars of the region investigate not only the peoples who have successively inhabited it but also the nature of the environment and the responses to that environment. As the studies in this book demonstrate, the character of the region has, to a great extent, dictated its history. The study of Big Bend history is also the study of borderlands history. Studying and researching across borders or boundaries, whether national, state, or regional, requires a focus on the factors that often both unite and divide the inhabitants. The dual nature of citizenship, of land holding, of legal procedures and remedies, of education, and of history permeate the lives and livelihoods of past and present residents of the Big Bend.

Author : Bruce A. Glasrud
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781461944560
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Big Bend's Ancient & Modern Past written by Bruce A. Glasrud and published by . This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Compilation of articles originally published in the Journal of Big Bend studies.

Author : Tyler
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780890967065
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Big Bend written by Tyler and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A long needed account of the human invasion of this rugged Texas desert land.

Author : Richard F. Steele
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1252 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country written by Richard F. Steele and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 1252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : William Lyman Thomas
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 564 pages
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Download or read book History of Saint Louis County, Missouri written by William Lyman Thomas and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John G. White
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 708 pages
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Download or read book A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania written by John G. White and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ronnie C. Tyler
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Big Bend written by Ronnie C. Tyler and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Hubert Howe Bancroft
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 912 pages
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Download or read book History of the Pacific States of North America: British Columbia. 1887 written by Hubert Howe Bancroft and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 912 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Martin S. Indyk
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
ISBN 13 : 0815724470
Total Pages : 354 pages
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Download or read book Bending History written by Martin S. Indyk and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2013-09-04 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the time of Barack Obama's inauguration as the 44th president of the United States, he had already developed an ambitious foreign policy vision. By his own account, he sought to bend the arc of history toward greater justice, freedom, and peace; within a year he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, largely for that promise. In Bending History, Martin Indyk, Kenneth Lieberthal, and Michael O’Hanlon measure Obama not only against the record of his predecessors and the immediate challenges of the day, but also against his own soaring rhetoric and inspiring goals. Bending History assesses the considerable accomplishments as well as the failures and seeks to explain what has happened. Obama's best work has been on major and pressing foreign policy challenges—counterterrorism policy, including the daring raid that eliminated Osama bin Laden; the "reset" with Russia; managing the increasingly significant relationship with China; and handling the rogue states of Iran and North Korea. Policy on resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, however, has reflected serious flaws in both strategy and execution. Afghanistan policy has been plagued by inconsistent messaging and teamwork. On important "softer" security issues—from energy and climate policy to problems in Africa and Mexico—the record is mixed. As for his early aspiration to reshape the international order, according greater roles and responsibilities to rising powers, Obama's efforts have been well-conceived but of limited effectiveness. On issues of secondary importance, Obama has been disciplined in avoiding fruitless disputes (as with Chavez in Venezuela and Castro in Cuba) and insisting that others take the lead (as with Qaddafi in Libya). Notwithstanding several missteps, he has generally managed well the complex challenges of the Arab awakenings, striving to strike the right balance between U.S. values and interests. The authors see Obama's foreign policy to date as a triumph of discipline and realism over ideology. He has been neither the transformative beacon his devotees have wanted, nor the weak apologist for America that his critics allege. They conclude that his grand strategy for promoting American interests in a tumultuous world may only now be emerging, and may yet be curtailed by conflict with Iran. Most of all, they argue that he or his successor will have to embrace U.S. economic renewal as the core foreign policy and national security challenge of the future.

Author : Hubert Howe Bancroft
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 844 pages
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Download or read book The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft: History of British Columbia. 1887 written by Hubert Howe Bancroft and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 844 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: