1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910702230803321

Autore

Demko Michael G

Titolo

High-speed data acquisition for the Princeton University Dynamic Model Track [[electronic resource] ] : interim report covering the period January 1987-January 1988 / / Michael G. Demko, R. M. McKillip, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Moffett Field, Calif.] : , : NASA Ames Research Center, , [1988]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (39 pages) : illustrations

Collana

[NASA contractor report ; ; NASA-CR-185491]

Altri autori (Persone)

McKillipR. M (Robert Miller)

Soggetti

Analog to digital converters

Data acquisition

Helicopter control

Test facilities

Vehicular tracks

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed Nov. 2, 2012).

"January 1988."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (page 39).



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910149385203321

Autore

Beasley Edward <1964-, >

Titolo

The Chartist general : Charles James Napier, the conquest of Sind, and imperial liberalism / / Edward Beasley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2017

ISBN

1-315-51727-2

1-315-51729-9

1-315-51728-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (388 pages) : illustrations, maps

Collana

Routledge Studies in Modern British History  ; ; 12

Disciplina

359.0092

Soggetti

Generals - Great Britain

Chartism

Great Britain History, Military 19th century

Sindh (Pakistan) History, Military 19th century

India History British occupation, 1765-1947

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. Boyhood and war -- pt. II. The radical abroad and at home -- pt. III. The north of England -- pt. IV. The conquest of Sind -- pt. V. 'In Scinde as in Cephalonia. ' -- pt. VI. Commander-in-chief.

Sommario/riassunto

General Charles James Napier was sent to confront the tens of thousands of Chartist protestors marching through the cities of the North of England in the late 1830s. A well-known leftist who agreed with the Chartist demands for democracy, Napier managed to keep the peace. In South Asia, the same man would later provoke a war and conquer Sind. In this first-ever scholarly biography of Napier, Edward Beasley asks how the conventional depictions of the man as a peacemaker in England and a warmonger in Asia can be reconciled. Employing deep archival research and close readings of Napier's published books (ignored by prior scholars), this well-written volume demonstrates that Napier was a liberal imperialist who believed that if freedom was right for the people of England it was right for the people of Sind -- even if "freedom" had to be imposed by military force. Napier also confronted the messy aftermath of Western conquest, carrying out



nation-building with mixed success, trying to end the honour killing of women, and eventually discovering the limits of imperial interference.