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 Günter Bischof, "The Marshall Plan in Austria " English | ISBN: 1138536717 | 2020 | 588 pages | EPUB | 5 MB Perhaps no country benefitted more from the Marshall Plan for assistance in reconstruction of Europe after World War II than Austria. On a per capita basis, each American taxpayer invested $80 per person in the Plan; each Austrian received $133 from the European recovery program, more than any other of the sixteen participating countries. Without the Marshall Plan, the Austrian economic miracle of the 1950s would have been unthinkable. Despite this, contemporary Austria seems to have forgotten this essential American contribution to its postwar reconstruction. This volume in the Contemporary Austrian Studies series examines how the plan affected Austria, and how it is perceived today.The political context of the Marshall Plan in Austria is addressed in essays by Jill Lewis and Matthew Berg. Dieter Stiefer describes the vast Soviet economic exploitation of their Austrian occupation zone. Andrea Komlosy shows how the Marshall Plan helped complete the division of Europe. Siegfried Beer suggests the secret involvement of the CIA in the Marshall Plan, while Hans J³rgen Schr÷der analyzes the effectiveness of Marshall Plan propaganda programs in Germany and Austria.The macroeconomic impact of Marshall Plan funds on Austrian economic policy is outlined by Hans Seidel. Kurt Tweraser, Georg Rigele and G³nter Bischof suggest the microeconomic importance of funds for the steel, electricity and tourist sectors of the Austrian economy. Wilhelm Kohler's sweeping analysis compares the American transfer of funds to postwar Europe with current debates about the cost of European Union enlargement. The legacy of the Marshall Plan is addressed by former Austrian Finance Minister Ferdinand Lacina. Kurt Loffler and Hans Fubenegger summarize the activities of the Economic Recovery Program Fund. Coming on the heels of the fiftieth anniversary of the Marshall Plan, this compelling overview of the Plan and its impact will be important for historians, those interested in international politics, and Austrian scholars.G³nter Bischof is professor of history and associate director of Center-Austria at the University of New Orleans; Anton Pelinka is professor of political science at the University of Innsbruck and director of the Institute of Conflict Research in Vienna; Dieter Stiefel is professor of social and economic history at the University of Vienna and executive secretary of the Schumpeter Society in Vienna.This volume offers a collection of articles, mostly by contemporary Austrian-born historians, touching on various phases of the Marshall Plan administered through the European Recovery Program (ERP) and its successors counterfunds' assistance to the present. A splendid introduction followed by the key thirteen articles on the plan is augmented by several nontopical essays and book reviews, along with a survey of Austrian politics in 1998. A number of articles emanated from a 1998 conference at the University of New Orleans. Both novice and specialist will appreciate this book."-The Historian  Joe Scarborough, "The Last Best Hope: Restoring Conservatism and America's Promise" English | 2010 | ISBN: 0307463702, 0307463699 | EPUB | pages: 288 | 2.2 mb In this groundbreaking book, Joe Scarborough tells Republican Party bosses what they don't want to hear, explains why Democrats are making matters so much worse, and then shows leaders of both parties the way forward.  The Lakes Handbook, Volume 2: Lake Restoration and Rehabilitation By 2004 | 560 Pages | ISBN: 063204795X | PDF | 7 MB Continuing concern about water supply and quality, ecosystem sustainability and restoration demands that the modern approach to the management of lakes and reservoirs should be based on a sound understanding of the application of the scientific and ecological principles that underlie freshwater processes. The Lakes Handbook provides an up-to-date overview of the application of ecologically sound approaches, methods and tools using experience gained around the world for an understanding of lakes and their management. Volume one of the Handbook addresses the physical and biological aspects of lakes pertinent to lake management, emphasising those aspects particularly relevant to large, still bodies of water. Volume two then considers lake management, with particular emphasis on sustainability, restoration and rehabilitation.This handbook will be invaluable to ecologists, environmental scientists, physical geographers and hydrologists involved in limnological research, as well as advanced undergraduate and graduate students looking for authoritative reviews of the key areas of limnological study.Content: Chapter 1 On the value of lakes (pages 3-24): Patrick O'SullivanChapter 2 The Assault on the Quality and Value of Lakes (pages 25-61): Wilhelm Ripl and Klaus?Dieter WolterChapter 3 The North American Great Lakes: A Laurentian Great Lakes Focus (pages 65-95): Marlene S. EvansChapter 4 Lake Washington (pages 96-116): W. T. EdmondsonChapter 5 Lakes of Northern Europe (pages 117-158): Heikki Simola and Lauri ArvolaChapter 6 European Alpine Lakes (pages 159-178): Martin T. DokulilChapter 7 Lake Baikal and Other Great Lakes of Asia (pages 179-199): Lyudmila G. ButorinaChapter 8 Lakes in Arid Environments (pages 200-240): W. D. WilliamsChapter 9 Floodplain Lakes and Reservoirs in Tropical and Subtropical South America: Limnology and Human Impacts (pages 241-257): John M. MelackChapter 10 Eutrophication of Shallow Temperate Lakes (pages 261-278): G. L. PhillipsChapter 11 Eutrophication of Shallow Tropical Lakes (pages 279-299): Patrick L. OsborneChapter 12 Reservoirs and Other Artificial Water Bodies (pages 300-327): Milan StraskrabaChapter 13 The Export Coefficient Approach to Prediction of Nutrient Loadings: Errors and Uncertainties in the British Experience (pages 331-353): Helen M. WilsonChapter 14 The Phosphorus Loading Concept and the Oecd Eutrophication Programme: Origin, Application and Capabilities (pages 354-385): Walter Rast and Jeffrey A. ThorntonChapter 15 Models of Lakes and Reservoirs (pages 386-437): Sven?Erik JorgensenChapter 16 The Assessment, Management and Reversal of Eutrophication (pages 438-461): Helmut KlapperChapter 17 Biomanipulation in Shallow Lakes: Concepts, Case Studies and Perspectives (pages 462-482): S. Harry Hosper, Marie?Louise Meijer, R. D. Gulati and Ellen van DonkChapter 18 Restoring Acidified Lakes: An Overview (pages 483-497): Lennart Henrikson, Atle Hindar and Ingemar AbrahamssonChapter 19 The Framework for Managing Lakes in the USA (pages 501-510): Thomas DavenportChapter 20 Nordic Lakes ?Water Legislation with Respect to Lakes in Finland and Sweden (pages 511-522): Marianne LindstromChapter 21 The Problem of Rehabilitating Lakes and Wetlands in Developing Countries: The Case Example of East Africa (pages 523-533): F.W. B. BugenyiChapter 22 South Africa ?Towards Protecting our Lakes (pages 534-542): G. I. Cowan  Aneurin Ellis-Evans, "The Kingdom of Priam: Lesbos and the Troad between Anatolia and the Aegean " English | ISBN: 0198831986 | 2019 | 384 pages | AZW3 | 4 MB How do regions form and evolve? What are the human and geographical factors which help to unify a region, and what are the political considerations which limit integration and curtail co-operation between a region's communities? Through a diverse series of case studies focusing on the regional history of Lesbos and the Troad from the seventh century BC down to the first century AD, The Kingdom of Priam offers a detailed exploration of questions about regional integration in the ancient world. Drawing on a wide range of evidence - from the geography of Strabo and the botany of Theophrastos, to the accounts of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century travellers and the epigraphy, numismatics, and archaeology of the region - these case studies analyse the politics of processes of regional integration in the Troad and examine the insular identity of Lesbos, the extent to which the island was integrated into the mainland, and the consequences of this relationship for its internal dynamic.
 Simon Szreter, "The Hidden Affliction: Sexually Transmitted Infections and Infertility in History " English | ISBN: 1580469612 | 2019 | 450 pages | PDF | 14 MB A multidisciplinary group of prominent scholars investigates the historical relationship between sexually transmitted infections and infertility. Untreated gonorrhea and chlamydia cause infertility in a proportion of women and men. Unlike the much-feared venereal disease of syphilis-"the pox"-gonorrhea and chlamydia are often symptomless, leaving victims unaware of the threat to their fertility. Science did not unmask the causal microorganisms until thelate nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Their effects on fertility in human history remain mysterious. This is the first volume to address the subject across more than two thousand years of human history.  Lance Fortnow, "The Golden Ticket: P, NP, and the Search for the Impossible" English | 2013 | pages: 189 | ISBN: 0691156492, 0691175780 | PDF | 2,6 mb The computer science problem whose solution could transform life as we know it  Larry Allen, "The Global Economic System since 1945 (Contemporary Worlds " English | ISBN: 186189242X | 2004 | 224 pages | PDF | 650 KB The strictly mathematical foundation of conventional economic theories has resulted in circumscribed analyses of world economic history. Larry Allen's groundbreaking The Global Economic System since 1945, in contrast, re-evaluates world economic history in a context that recognizes and avoids the inherent limitations of mathematical models.  Joan Steinau Lester, "The Future of White Men and Other Diversity Dilemmas" English | ISBN: 1504032411 | 2016 | 176 pages | AZW3 | 335 KB This refreshing handbook-equally useful in the boardroom, the classroom, and the living room-captures insightful lessons from personal encounters with diversity.  The Fin-de-Siècle World (Routledge Worlds) by Michael Saler English | 2015 | ISBN: 0415674131 | 762 Pages | True ePUB | 9 MB  R.K. Narayan, "The English Teacher" English | ISBN: 0099282283 | 2001 | 180 pages | AZW3 | 1097 KB This novel completes the informal trilogy which began with "Swami and Friends" and "The Bachelor of Arts," The protagonist, Krishna, is an English teacher at the same college he had attended as a student. Although Krishna has recently married, his wife Susila and their daughter live with his parents-in-law some miles away. The story opens with his immediate family deciding to join him in Malgudi. Krishna is initially frightened by his new state of affairs, but he soon finds that his love for both his wife and child grows deeper than he could have imagined. |
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