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UNINA9910458976003321 |
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Fairhall David |
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Cold front : conflict ahead in Arctic waters / / David Fairhall |
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London, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : I.B. Tauris, , 2010 |
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©2010 |
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0-85773-185-8 |
1-282-97878-0 |
9786612978784 |
1-4416-8450-6 |
0-85771-851-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (253 p.) |
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Global warming - Arctic regions |
Electronic books. |
Arctic regions Strategic aspects |
Arctic regions Foreign relations |
Arctic regions Politics and government |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Maps; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; The Arctic Arena; Thickness matters; Coming in from the cold; An alarming opportunity; The barking dog; Tipping point; Frozen Assets; Russian company; Lamp oil and corsets; Cod wars; Striking it rich; A state within a state; Turning off the gas; A different ball game; The Law of the Sea; An altruistic tradition; Going to the ball; Within cannon shot; Rights of passage; On the shelf; Who owns the North Pole?; A Russian fist; Significant geology; Fishing for facts |
Ice bears that go bump in the nightRights of access; Cold Warfare; 'The most valuable piece of real estate in NATO'; A helping hand; Island of the donkey's ears; The sailor Czar; Krushchev's herrings; A hint of violence; Wakening bear; The silent service; Polar snapshots; Coming up for air; East by North; 'As plausible as the English Channel'; Gin on the rocks; Wishful thinking; Spared the gallows; Logistical nightmare; |
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Filling in the blanks; 'The man who ate his boots'; Dip circle; Creating a Victorian legend; Home from home; Ice trap; No English gentleman...; 'My mission on earth' |
Two skeletons, some chocolate and little teaGoing native; Short Cuts; First night; Canalside view; Second time unlucky; Bolsheviks in Cold Waters; With Stalin's compliments; Wonderland; Wishful thinking; 'Strength through joy' for Stakhanovites; The Bakayev plan; Arctic gateway; Atomic relations; Czar Bomba; Half-life; 'You get used to it'; Breaking the Ice; A nuclear pioneer; Out of the ordinary; A difficult birth; Atomic takeover; A polar giant; Back to front; Nuclear tourism; 'Water where it didn't use to be'; Ottawa's bribe; Polar attitudes; North-West Passage; Inuit know-how |
An icebreaking leviathanArctic surgery; Pyrrhic victory; 'Inflamed nationalists'; The 'arctic exception'; 'Use it or lose it'; A political voice; Mackenzie's oil; What the whales will hear; Arctic bridge; Not just polar bears; North-East Passage; Baffling statistics; Ice cellar; Late developer; No need to queue; Second refusal; Practical doubts; Turn of the tide; Living on borrowed time; Eco-tourism; Conquest and assimilation; Great expectations; 'A resource base for the twenty-first century'; Ice shuttle; Mother of all icebreakers; Across the Top of the World; Changing course; Reality check |
Hidden beautyMeltdown; Alarm call; Abruptness; From meltdown to shutdown?; Possible Outcomes; Double negative; Dangerous waters; Shipping forecast; Northern Poll; A Chronology; Index |
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The Arctic: land of ice and the midnight sun; irresistible goal for explorers and adventurers; enduring source of romance and mystery - and now also a poignant and imperative indicator of the impact of climate change. As the ice cap shrinks, the geography of the entire arctic region changes: clear shipping channels replace immovable ice and inaccessible oil resources become available._x000D__x000D_What are the long-term consequences of these cataclysmic changes - not only environmental but also political and social? How will the lives of those who depend on the natural resources of the Arctic |
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UNINA9910790631403321 |
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Baker Wayne E |
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America's crisis of values : reality and perception / / Wayne Baker |
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Princeton, New Jersey ; ; Oxfordshire, England : , : Princeton University Press, , 2006 |
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©2005 |
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0-691-11794-2 |
1-4008-4962-4 |
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[Course Book] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (327 p.) |
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Social values - United States |
Social ethics - United States |
United States Social conditions |
United States Moral conditions |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER ONE. A Question of Values -- CHAPTER TWO. America's Values in Global Context -- CHAPTER THREE. Culture War -- CHAPTER FOUR. Dynamics of Crisis -- CHAPTER FIVE. The Search for Meaning -- APPENDIX A. World Values Surveys: Methods, Sampling, and Measures -- APPENDIX B. Statistical Tables -- Notes -- Index |
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Is America bitterly divided? Has America lost its traditional values? Many politicians and religious leaders believe so, as do the majority of Americans, based on public opinion polls taken over the past several years. But is this crisis of values real? This book explores the moral terrain of America today, analyzing the widely held perception that the nation is in moral decline. It looks at the question from a variety of angles, examining traditional values, secular values, religious values, family values, economic values, and others. Using unique data from the World Values Surveys, the largest systematic attempt ever made to document attitudes, values, and beliefs around the world, this book systematically evaluates the perceived crisis of values by comparing America's values with those of over 60 other nations. The results are |
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surprising. The evidence shows overwhelmingly that America has not lost its traditional values, that the nation compares favorably with most other societies, and that the culture war is largely a myth. The gap between reality and perception does not represent mass ignorance of the facts or an overblown moral panic, Baker contends. Rather, the widespread perception of a crisis of values is a real and legitimate interpretation of life in a society that is in the middle of a fundamental transformation and that contains growing cultural contradictions. Instead of posing a problem, the author argues, this crisis rhetoric serves the valuable social function of reminding us of what it means to be American. As such, it preserves the ideological foundation of the nation. |
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