Women in Congress, 1917-2006

Women in Congress, 1917-2006

Author: Matthew Andrew Wasniewski

Publisher:

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 1020

ISBN-13:

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Contains profiles, contextual essays, historical images, and appendices that provide information about the 229 women who have served in Congress from 1917 through 2006.


The Birth of NASA

The Birth of NASA

Author: Manfred "Dutch" von Ehrenfried

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-03-23

Total Pages: 374

ISBN-13: 3319284282

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This is the story of the work of the original NASA space pioneers; men and women who were suddenly organized in 1958 from the then National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics (NACA) into the Space Task Group. A relatively small group, they developed the initial mission concept plans and procedures for the U. S. space program. Then they boldly built hardware and facilities to accomplish those missions. The group existed only three years before they were transferred to the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, Texas, in 1962, but their organization left a large mark on what would follow.Von Ehrenfried's personal experience with the STG at Langley uniquely positions him to describe the way the group was structured and how it reacted to the new demands of a post-Sputnik era. He artfully analyzes how the growing space program was managed and what techniques enabled it to develop so quickly from an operations perspective. The result is a fascinating window into history, amply backed up by first person documentation and interviews.


The Roma Struggle for Compensation in Post-war Germany

The Roma Struggle for Compensation in Post-war Germany

Author: Julia Von dem Knesebeck

Publisher: Univ of Hertfordshire Press

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 9781907396113

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Thirty years passed before it was accepted, in West Germany and elsewhere, that the Roma (Germany's Gypsies) had been Holocaust victims. And, similarly, it took thirty years for the West German state to admit that the sterilisation of Roma had been part of the 'Final Solution'. Drawing on a substantial body of previously unseen sources, this book examines the history of the struggle of Roma for recognition as racially persecuted victims of National Socialism in post-war Germany. Since modern academics belatedly began to take an interest in them, the Roma have been described as 'forgotten victims'. This book looks at the period in West Germany between the end of the War and the beginning of the Roma civil rights movement in the early 1980s, during which the Roma were largely passed over when it came to compensation. The complex reasons for this are at the heart of this book.


Napoleon's Egypt

Napoleon's Egypt

Author: Juan Cole

Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Published: 2007-08-07

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 0230607411

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In this vivid and timely history, Juan Cole tells the story of Napoleon's invasion of Egypt. Revealing the young general's reasons for leading the expedition against Egypt in 1798 and showcasing his fascinating views of the Orient, Cole delves into the psychology of the military titan and his entourage. He paints a multi-faceted portrait of the daily travails of the soldiers in Napoleon's army, including how they imagined Egypt, how their expectations differed from what they found, and how they grappled with military challenges in a foreign land. Cole ultimately reveals how Napoleon's invasion, the first modern attempt to invade the Arab world, invented and crystallized the rhetoric of liberal imperialism.


Final Reports

Final Reports

Author: United States Airforce-Navy-Civil Landing Aids Experiment Station

Publisher:

Published: 1949

Total Pages: 262

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Virtuality and Virtualization

Virtuality and Virtualization

Author: Kevin Crowston

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2007-10-05

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 0387730257

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This book begins with consideration of possible frameworks for understanding virtuality and virtualization. It includes papers that consider ways of analyzing virtual work in terms of work processes. It examines group processes within virtual teams, focusing in particular on leadership and group identity, as well as the role of knowledge in virtual settings and other implications of the role of fiction in structuring virtuality.