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Category : Inland navigation
Languages : en
Pages : 880
Book Description
The Waterways Journal
Author: John H. Overton Lock and Dam, Red River Waterway, Mississippi River to Shreveport, LA.
Author: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Vicksburg DistrictPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Flood control
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Trust in Numbers
Author: Theodore M. PorterPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691210543
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
A foundational work on historical and social studies of quantification What accounts for the prestige of quantitative methods? The usual answer is that quantification is desirable in social investigation as a result of its successes in science. Trust in Numbers questions whether such success in the study of stars, molecules, or cells should be an attractive model for research on human societies, and examines why the natural sciences are highly quantitative in the first place. Theodore Porter argues that a better understanding of the attractions of quantification in business, government, and social research brings a fresh perspective to its role in psychology, physics, and medicine. Quantitative rigor is not inherent in science but arises from political and social pressures, and objectivity derives its impetus from cultural contexts. In a new preface, the author sheds light on the current infatuation with quantitative methods, particularly at the intersection of science and bureaucracy.
Notes on Sedimentation Activities
Author: In the Heart of Louisiana
Author: Chad PartainPublisher:
ISBN: 9781935377665
Category : Rapides Parish (La.)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An illustrated history of Rapides Parish, Louisiana, paired with histories of the local companies.
Official Register of the United States
Author: A Birder's Guide to Louisiana
Author: Richard GibbonsPublisher: American Birding Association Incorporated
ISBN: 9781878788436
Category : Bird watching
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
"If you like seeing large numbers of birds, you'll love Louisiana. Probably no state in the USA can compete with Louisiana in terms of bird spectacles. Bird density in general is higher here than almost anywhere in the country, and some of the concentrations are stunning. This birdfinding guide will help more people appreciate our state for the special birding area that it is." J. Van Remsen, Jr., Ph. D.
History of Kane County, Ill
Author: Rodolphus Waite JoslynPublisher:
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Category : Kane County (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 884
Book Description
The first volume highlights communities and history of numerous villages, cities and townships of Kane County. The second volume contains biographies of many Kane County residents.
History of DeKalb County, Illinois
Author: Henry Lamson BoiesPublisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
An Empire of Wealth
Author: John Steele GordonPublisher: Zondervan
ISBN: 006184764X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 674
Book Description
“Superb . . . the best one-volume economic history of the United States in a long time and, perhaps, ever.” —Newsweek In this illuminating history, John Steele Gordon tells the extraordinary story of the world’s first economic superpower. He shows how the American economy became not only the world’s largest, but also its most dynamic and innovative. Combining its English political inheritance with its diverse, ambitious population, the nation was able to develop more wealth for more and more people as it grew. Far from a guaranteed success, America’s economy suffered near constant adversity. It survived a profound recession after the Revolution, an unwise decision by Andrew Jackson that left the country without a central bank for nearly eighty years, and the disastrous Great Depression of the 1930s. Yet, having weathered those trials, the economy became vital enough to Americanize the world in recent decades. Virtually every major development in technology in the twentieth century originated in the United States, and as the products of those technologies traveled around the globe, the result was a subtle, peaceful, and pervasive spread of American culture and perspective.