1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910464930703321

Autore

Griffiths Richard T.

Titolo

Thank you M. Monnet : essays on the history of European integration / / Griffiths, Richard T

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Leiden, Netherlands] : , : Leiden University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

94-006-0107-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (444 p.)

Disciplina

940

Soggetti

Essays - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Europe History

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.

Nota di contenuto

introduction -- 1. The European integration experience, 1945-1958 -- 2. The founding fathers -- 3. The Marshall Plan and western European reconstruction -- 4. The management of markets: business, governments and cartels in post-war Europe -- 5. Europe's first constitution: the European political community, 1952-1954 -- 6. Agricultural pressure groups and the origins of the common agricultural policy -- 7. 'Thank you, M. Monnet; I'll take care of that': some counterfactual reflections on institutional creation and the origins of European integration -- 8. The dynamics of policy inertia: the UK'S participation in and withdrawal from the SPAAK negotiations -- 9. The European integration experience, 1958-1973 -- 10. 'An act of creative leadership': the end of the OEEC and the birth of the OECD -- 11. The United Kingdom and the free trade area: a post mortem -- 12. 'Two souls, one thought'? the EEC, the USA and the management of the international monetary system -- 13. A dismal decade? European integration in the 1970s -- 14. EFTA and European integration, 1973-1994: vindication or marginalisation? -- 15. The concentric circles of the European Union's trade regime, 1989 to the present -- 16. Lessons from the euro experience -- 17. European identities -- 18. The landscape of European studies.



Sommario/riassunto

Richard T. Griffiths has been writing about questions of European integration for decades, and this volume gathers the most important of those writings. Topics covered include the early days of the Marshall Plan, the difficulties and opportunities brought by the development of the European Economic Community in the 1970s and '80s, the role of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, and the emergence of the European Union. Commanding and compelling, the collection serves as a fitting capstone to a long, engaged career.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910787316403321

Autore

Pike Dag

Titolo

50 ways to improve your navigation [[electronic resource] /] / Dag Pike

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Adlard Coles Nautical, 2008

ISBN

1-4081-2723-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (97 p.)

Collana

50 Ways to Improve Your

Disciplina

623.89

Soggetti

Boats and boating

Navigation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Copyright; Contents; PREPARATION; 1 Making a landfall - angle of approach; 2 Deviating to shorten the distance between marks; 3 The longer route can be the quickest; 4 The effect of wind on the tides; 5 Judging sea conditions; 6 Offsetting the course in order to be sure; 7 Safety margins; 8 Fuel and navigation; VISUAL NAVIGATION; 9 Adding up the clues; 10 Position fixing from sea conditions; 11 Estimating your position; 12 Transit bearings; 13 Steering bias; 14 Magnetic or true?; 15 Second stage navigation; 16 Conspicuous marks; 17 Local knowledge; PAPER CHARTS

18 Checking the plotted course19 Customising the charts; 20 Using position lines; 21 Looking at alternatives; DEPTH, TIDES AND CURRENTS; 22 Using depth when making a landfall; 23 Depth warnings and shoals; 24 Depth and distance off; 25 The effect of depth on sea conditions; 26 Taking short cuts; ELECTRONIC CHARTS; 27 Distance on



the electronic chart; 28 Getting the scale right; 29 GPS accuracy; 30 Knowing where you are; 31 Waypoint selection and use; 32 When your GPS goes down; RADAR FOR NAVIGATION; 33 How accurate is the radar?; 34 Rounding a headland on radar; 35 Radar overlays

36 What the radar cannot seeCOLLISION AVOIDANCE; 37 Change of bearing; 38 Which radar scale to use; 39 Lost in the clutter; 40 Avoiding the big ships; 41 See and be seen; NIGHT AND FOG NAVIGATION; 42 Running on autopilot; 43 Speed in the fog; 44 Reflections and visibility; 45 Finding a buoy in fog; HARBOUR NAVIGATION; 46 Assessing harbour entrances; 47 Finding an anchorage; 48 Finding a harbour entrance; 49 Electronic charts for harbour navigation; 50 Entering a harbour at night

Sommario/riassunto

This is a book about practical navigation - packed with practical ways to make navigation safer, easier and better. It is a book for anyone - whether driving a power boat or sailing a yacht. And the techniques cover both electronic as well as visual navigation. This book starts where others finish. Once you have the important basics of navigation, you'll want to see how to translate these into practical navigation techniques to use when planning before going to sea and once you're out there. 50 Ways to Improve Your Navigation distils Dag Pike's experience gained from over 50 years of navigatin