Author: Showkat Hayat Khan
Publisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 9780739100509
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
United They Survive examines the relationship between rural elites and the impoverished majority in contemporary Bangladesh. This relationship is both demonstrated and reinforced by the traditional practices of dana-pana (giving-taking) and dan-khairat (redistribution) that operates between the classes. Showkat Khan argues that the culturally mandated redistribution of wealth from rich to poor is not only vital to the survival of most rural Bangladeshis but also determines the shape of local politics. Moreover, these redistributive practices instill a sense of unity among members of the village community, regardless of personal wealth or status. This book will have especially strong appeal for anthropologists, international social workers, scholars of South Asia, and community organizers in the United States and abroad.
United They Survive
Author: Showkat Hayat Khan
Publisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 9780739100509
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
United They Survive examines the relationship between rural elites and the impoverished majority in contemporary Bangladesh. This relationship is both demonstrated and reinforced by the traditional practices of dana-pana (giving-taking) and dan-khairat (redistribution) that operates between the classes. Showkat Khan argues that the culturally mandated redistribution of wealth from rich to poor is not only vital to the survival of most rural Bangladeshis but also determines the shape of local politics. Moreover, these redistributive practices instill a sense of unity among members of the village community, regardless of personal wealth or status. This book will have especially strong appeal for anthropologists, international social workers, scholars of South Asia, and community organizers in the United States and abroad.
Publisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 9780739100509
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
United They Survive examines the relationship between rural elites and the impoverished majority in contemporary Bangladesh. This relationship is both demonstrated and reinforced by the traditional practices of dana-pana (giving-taking) and dan-khairat (redistribution) that operates between the classes. Showkat Khan argues that the culturally mandated redistribution of wealth from rich to poor is not only vital to the survival of most rural Bangladeshis but also determines the shape of local politics. Moreover, these redistributive practices instill a sense of unity among members of the village community, regardless of personal wealth or status. This book will have especially strong appeal for anthropologists, international social workers, scholars of South Asia, and community organizers in the United States and abroad.
United States Army Aviation Digest
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Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
Flight 232: A Story of Disaster and Survival
Author: Laurence Gonzales
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393244148
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
"A richly detailed story that is equal parts heartbreaking, inspiring…and full of fascinating science…masterful." —San Francisco Chronicle As hundreds of rescue workers waited on the ground, United Airlines Flight 232 wallowed drunkenly over the bluffs northwest of Sioux City. The plane slammed onto the runway and burst into a vast fireball. The rescuers didn't move at first: nobody could possibly survive that crash. And then people began emerging from the summer corn that lined the runways. Miraculously, 184 of 296 passengers lived. No one has ever attempted the complete reconstruction of a crash of this magnitude. Drawing on interviews with hundreds of survivors, crew, and airport and rescue personnel, Laurence Gonzales, a commercial pilot himself, captures, minute by minute, the harrowing journey of pilots flying a plane with no controls and flight attendants keeping their calm in the face of certain death. He plumbs the hearts and minds of passengers as they pray, bargain with God, plot their strategies for survival, and sacrifice themselves to save others. Ultimately he takes us, step by step, through the gripping scientific detective work in super-secret labs to dive into the heart of a flaw smaller than a grain of rice that shows what brought the aircraft down. An unforgettable drama of the triumph of heroism over tragedy and human ingenuity over technological breakdown, Flight 232 is a masterpiece in the tradition of the greatest aviation stories ever told.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393244148
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
"A richly detailed story that is equal parts heartbreaking, inspiring…and full of fascinating science…masterful." —San Francisco Chronicle As hundreds of rescue workers waited on the ground, United Airlines Flight 232 wallowed drunkenly over the bluffs northwest of Sioux City. The plane slammed onto the runway and burst into a vast fireball. The rescuers didn't move at first: nobody could possibly survive that crash. And then people began emerging from the summer corn that lined the runways. Miraculously, 184 of 296 passengers lived. No one has ever attempted the complete reconstruction of a crash of this magnitude. Drawing on interviews with hundreds of survivors, crew, and airport and rescue personnel, Laurence Gonzales, a commercial pilot himself, captures, minute by minute, the harrowing journey of pilots flying a plane with no controls and flight attendants keeping their calm in the face of certain death. He plumbs the hearts and minds of passengers as they pray, bargain with God, plot their strategies for survival, and sacrifice themselves to save others. Ultimately he takes us, step by step, through the gripping scientific detective work in super-secret labs to dive into the heart of a flaw smaller than a grain of rice that shows what brought the aircraft down. An unforgettable drama of the triumph of heroism over tragedy and human ingenuity over technological breakdown, Flight 232 is a masterpiece in the tradition of the greatest aviation stories ever told.
Professional Journal of the United States Army
Author:
Publisher:
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Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
The Practice in Courts of Justice in England and the United States
Author: Conway Robinson
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Category : Actions and defenses
Languages : en
Pages : 804
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Actions and defenses
Languages : en
Pages : 804
Book Description
Cases Argued and Decided in the Supreme Court of the United States
Author: United States. Supreme Court
Publisher:
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 972
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 972
Book Description
Japanese Industrial Transplants in the United States
Author: Atsushi Sumi
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135677255
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135677255
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Congressional Record
Author: United States. Congress
Publisher:
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1350
Book Description
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1350
Book Description
Individual-tree Probability of Survival Model for the Northeastern United States
Author: Richard M. Teck
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Category : Forest productivity
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Describes a distance-independent individual-tree probability of survival model for the Northeastern United States. Survival is predicted using a six-parameter logistic function with species-specific coefficients. Coefficients are presented for 28 species groups. The model accounts for variability in annual survival due to species, tree size, site quality, and the tree's competitive position within the stand. Model performance is evaluated using the chi-square goodness-of-fit test. Results are presented for the calibration data and an independent validation data set. The model has been incorporated into NE-TWIGS.
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Category : Forest productivity
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Describes a distance-independent individual-tree probability of survival model for the Northeastern United States. Survival is predicted using a six-parameter logistic function with species-specific coefficients. Coefficients are presented for 28 species groups. The model accounts for variability in annual survival due to species, tree size, site quality, and the tree's competitive position within the stand. Model performance is evaluated using the chi-square goodness-of-fit test. Results are presented for the calibration data and an independent validation data set. The model has been incorporated into NE-TWIGS.
United States and Soviet Civil Defense Programs
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. Subcommittee on Arms Control, Oceans, International Operations, and Environment
Publisher:
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Category : Civil defense
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civil defense
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description