1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456408803321

Autore

Gragg Rod

Titolo

Covered with glory [[electronic resource] ] : the 26th North Carolina Infantry at Gettysburg / / Rod Gragg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2010

ISBN

1-4696-0431-0

0-8078-9838-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (337 p.)

Disciplina

973.7/349

Soggetti

Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863

Electronic books.

North Carolina History Civil War, 1861-1865 Regimental histories

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Regimental histories

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: HarperCollins, 2000.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-293) and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION: "I WAS ONCE A SOLDIER"; 1 GOOD, HONEST AMERICAN STOCK; 2 INTO THE JAWS OF CERTAIN DEATH; 3 WE ARE ON OUR WAY; 4 "MAY THE GOOD LORD TAKE CARE OF THE PORE SOLDIERS"; 5 "SUMMER IS ENDED"; 6 "LIKE WHEAT BEFORE THE SICKLE"; 7 COVERED WITH GLORY; 8 "THE SICKENING HORRORS OF WAR"; 9 "ALL WERE WILLING TO DIE"; 10 "TERRIBLE AS AN ARMY WITH BANNERS"; 11 "UNCONQUERED IN SPIRIT"; EPILOGUE: "STEADFAST TO THE LAST"; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

The battle of Gettysburg was the largest engagement of the Civil War, and--with more than 51,000 casualties--also the deadliest. The highest regimental casualty rate at Gettysburg, an estimated 85 percent, was incurred by the 26th North Carolina Infantry. Who were these North Carolinians? Why were they at Gettysburg? How did they come to suffer such a grievous distinction? In Covered with Glory, award-winning historian Rod Gragg reveals the extraordinary story of the 26th North Carolina in fascinating detail.    Praised for its ""exhaustive scholarship"" and its ""highly readabl



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910785719703321

Autore

Rigg Jonathan

Titolo

Unplanned development [[electronic resource] ] : tracking change in Asia  / / Jonathan Rigg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2012

[London, England] : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2021

ISBN

1-350-22376-X

1-84813-991-8

1-283-64101-1

1-84813-990-X

Descrizione fisica

XV, 240 s : ill

Disciplina

307.14095

Soggetti

Economic development projects - Southeast Asia - Planning

Development studies

Southeast Asia Economic policy

Southeast Asia Economic conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. The hidden geometries of development -- 2. From development plans to development planning -- 3. State and market perfections and imperfections -- 4. The teleology of development: history and technology -- 5. The power of ordinary events in shaping development -- 6. Fertility decline and its consequences in Asia -- 7. Contingent development.

Sommario/riassunto

Unplanned Development offers a fascinating and fresh view of development planning. While to the outsider most development projects present themselves as thoroughly planned endeavours, informed by structure, direction and intent, Jonathan Rigg exposes the reality? that chance, serendipity and turbulence define development around the world. Based on rich empirical research in South-East Asia, Unplanned Development asks vital questions on the underlying paradoxes of development practice.