1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910974762003321

Autore

Westwood Howard C. <1909-1994.>

Titolo

Black troops, white commanders, and freedmen during the Civil War / / Howard C. Westwood ; with a foreword by John Y. Simon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Carbondale, : Southern Illinois University Press, c1992

ISBN

1-280-69684-2

9786613673800

0-8093-8696-8

1-4416-1954-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (204 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SimonJohn Y

Disciplina

973.7/415

Soggetti

African Americans - History - To 1863

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Participation, African American

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 African Americans

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Paperback edition 2008.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Book Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1. Lincoln's Position on Black Enlistments; 2. Grant's Role in Beginning Black Soldiery; 3. Benjamin Butler's Enlistment of Black Troops in New Orleans in 1862; 4. Generals David Hunter and Rufus Saxton and Black Soldiers; 5. Mr Smalls: A Personal Adventure; 6. Captive Black Union Soldiers in Charleston-What to Do?; 7. Sherman Marched-and Proclaimed ""Land for the Landless""; 8. The Cause and Consequence of a Union Black Soldier's Mutiny and Execution

9. Company A of Rhode Island's Black Regiment: Its Enlisting, Its ""Mutiny,"" Its Pay, Its Service10. The Reverend Fountain Brown: Alleged Violator of the Emancipation Proclamation; Index; Author Bios; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

Recounting the experiences of black soldiers in the Civil War  In the ten probing essays collected in this volume, Howard C. Westwood recounts the often bitter experiences of black men who were admitted to military service and the wrenching problems associated with the shifting status of African Americans during the Civil War. Black Troops, White



Commanders, and Freedmen during the Civil War covers topics ranging from the roles played by Lincoln and Grant in beginning black soldiery to the sensitive issues that arose when black soldiers (and their whi

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910299630503321

Autore

Nelson Peter Lothian

Titolo

Space Capitalism : How Humans will Colonize Planets, Moons, and Asteroids / / by Peter Lothian Nelson, Walter E. Block

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018

ISBN

9783319746517

3319746510

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (329 pages)

Collana

Palgrave Studies in Classical Liberalism, , 2662-6489

Disciplina

338.0919

Soggetti

Economics

Schools of economics

Economic policy

Economics - History

Economic development

Regional economics

Spatial economics

Heterodox Economics

Economic Policy

History of Economic Thought and Methodology

Economic Development, Innovation and Growth

Regional and Spatial Economics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Privatize Space Travel! -- 2. Man’s Inhumanity to Man -- 3. Why privatize anything? -- 4. Why Privatize Space Travel and Colonization? -- 5. Ownership Concepts -- 6.The Moon -- 7. The Inner Planets and Extra-terrestrial Moons -- 8. Gas Giants -- 9. Asteroids, Comets, and



Other non-Planetary Objects -- 10. Space boondoggles: NASA, STEM subsidies -- 11. Public Goods: Basic Research and Terraforming -- 12. Space Law -- 13. Timing -- 14. Who Are the Libertarians in the Space Initiative? -- 15. Space Oriented Writers -- 16. Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book compares and contrasts the motivations, morality, and effectiveness of space exploration when pursued by private entrepreneurs as opposed to government. The authors advocate market-driven, private initiatives take the lead through enhanced competition and significant resources that can be allocated to the exploration and exploitation of outer space. Space travel and colonisation is analysed through the prism of economic freedom and laissez faire capitalism, in a unique and accessible book.