Author: Anne Commire
Publisher: Gale Research International, Limited
ISBN: 9780810384132
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This is volume five in a five-volume biographical resource, which presents the lives, times and significant contributions of social, political and religious leaders from earliest recorded times to the present - both the best-known and lesser-known figures. This particular volume deals with the United States, Canada and South and Latin America.
Historic World Leaders: North & South America (M-Z)
Author: Anne Commire
Publisher: Gale Research International, Limited
ISBN: 9780810384132
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This is volume five in a five-volume biographical resource, which presents the lives, times and significant contributions of social, political and religious leaders from earliest recorded times to the present - both the best-known and lesser-known figures. This particular volume deals with the United States, Canada and South and Latin America.
Publisher: Gale Research International, Limited
ISBN: 9780810384132
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This is volume five in a five-volume biographical resource, which presents the lives, times and significant contributions of social, political and religious leaders from earliest recorded times to the present - both the best-known and lesser-known figures. This particular volume deals with the United States, Canada and South and Latin America.
Historic World Leaders
Author:
Publisher:
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Category : Heads of state
Languages : en
Pages : 634
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Heads of state
Languages : en
Pages : 634
Book Description
Historic World Leaders: North & South America (A-L)
Author: Anne Commire
Publisher: Gale Research International, Limited
ISBN: 9780810384125
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This is volume four in a five-volume biographical resource, which presents the lives, times and significant contributions of social, political and religious leaders from earliest recorded times to the present - both the best-known and lesser-known figures. This particular volume deals with Africa and the Middle East.
Publisher: Gale Research International, Limited
ISBN: 9780810384125
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This is volume four in a five-volume biographical resource, which presents the lives, times and significant contributions of social, political and religious leaders from earliest recorded times to the present - both the best-known and lesser-known figures. This particular volume deals with Africa and the Middle East.
The World Factbook 2003
Author: United States. Central Intelligence Agency
Publisher: Potomac Books
ISBN: 9781574886412
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
By intelligence officials for intelligent people
Publisher: Potomac Books
ISBN: 9781574886412
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
By intelligence officials for intelligent people
Global Trends 2040
Author: National Intelligence Council
Publisher: Cosimo Reports
ISBN: 9781646794973
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
"The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic marks the most significant, singular global disruption since World War II, with health, economic, political, and security implications that will ripple for years to come." -Global Trends 2040 (2021) Global Trends 2040-A More Contested World (2021), released by the US National Intelligence Council, is the latest report in its series of reports starting in 1997 about megatrends and the world's future. This report, strongly influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic, paints a bleak picture of the future and describes a contested, fragmented and turbulent world. It specifically discusses the four main trends that will shape tomorrow's world: - Demographics-by 2040, 1.4 billion people will be added mostly in Africa and South Asia. - Economics-increased government debt and concentrated economic power will escalate problems for the poor and middleclass. - Climate-a hotter world will increase water, food, and health insecurity. - Technology-the emergence of new technologies could both solve and cause problems for human life. Students of trends, policymakers, entrepreneurs, academics, journalists and anyone eager for a glimpse into the next decades, will find this report, with colored graphs, essential reading.
Publisher: Cosimo Reports
ISBN: 9781646794973
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
"The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic marks the most significant, singular global disruption since World War II, with health, economic, political, and security implications that will ripple for years to come." -Global Trends 2040 (2021) Global Trends 2040-A More Contested World (2021), released by the US National Intelligence Council, is the latest report in its series of reports starting in 1997 about megatrends and the world's future. This report, strongly influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic, paints a bleak picture of the future and describes a contested, fragmented and turbulent world. It specifically discusses the four main trends that will shape tomorrow's world: - Demographics-by 2040, 1.4 billion people will be added mostly in Africa and South Asia. - Economics-increased government debt and concentrated economic power will escalate problems for the poor and middleclass. - Climate-a hotter world will increase water, food, and health insecurity. - Technology-the emergence of new technologies could both solve and cause problems for human life. Students of trends, policymakers, entrepreneurs, academics, journalists and anyone eager for a glimpse into the next decades, will find this report, with colored graphs, essential reading.
People in History: N-Z
Author: Susan K. Kinnell
Publisher: Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-Clio
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Publisher: Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-Clio
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Natural History
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 640
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 640
Book Description
Humanities
Author:
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Category : Humanities
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Humanities
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
The Cambridge History of Western Textiles
Author: D. T. Jenkins
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521341073
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
Sample Text
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521341073
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
Sample Text
A Different Mirror
Author: Ronald Takaki
Publisher: eBookIt.com
ISBN: 1456611062
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 787
Book Description
Takaki traces the economic and political history of Indians, African Americans, Mexicans, Japanese, Chinese, Irish, and Jewish people in America, with considerable attention given to instances and consequences of racism. The narrative is laced with short quotations, cameos of personal experiences, and excerpts from folk music and literature. Well-known occurrences, such as the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, the Trail of Tears, the Harlem Renaissance, and the Japanese internment are included. Students may be surprised by some of the revelations, but will recognize a constant thread of rampant racism. The author concludes with a summary of today's changing economic climate and offers Rodney King's challenge to all of us to try to get along. Readers will find this overview to be an accessible, cogent jumping-off place for American history and political science plus a guide to the myriad other sources identified in the notes.
Publisher: eBookIt.com
ISBN: 1456611062
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 787
Book Description
Takaki traces the economic and political history of Indians, African Americans, Mexicans, Japanese, Chinese, Irish, and Jewish people in America, with considerable attention given to instances and consequences of racism. The narrative is laced with short quotations, cameos of personal experiences, and excerpts from folk music and literature. Well-known occurrences, such as the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, the Trail of Tears, the Harlem Renaissance, and the Japanese internment are included. Students may be surprised by some of the revelations, but will recognize a constant thread of rampant racism. The author concludes with a summary of today's changing economic climate and offers Rodney King's challenge to all of us to try to get along. Readers will find this overview to be an accessible, cogent jumping-off place for American history and political science plus a guide to the myriad other sources identified in the notes.