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UNINA9910706160103321 |
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Plachta David W. |
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Hybrid thermal control testing of a cryogenic propellant tank / / David W. Plachta |
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Cleveland, Ohio : , : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Glenn Research Center, , August 1999 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (8 pages) : illustrations |
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Cryogenic fluid storage |
Propellant storage |
Spherical tanks |
Storage tanks |
Multilayer insulation |
Temperature control |
Thermal insulation |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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"August 1999." |
"Prepared for the 1999 Cryogenic Engineering and International Cryogenic Materials Conference sponsored by the Advances in Cryogenic Engineering, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, July 12-16, 1999." |
Performing organization: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, John H. Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field"--Report documentation page. |
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Includes bibliographical references (page 8). |
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UNINA9910348231503321 |
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Autore |
McBride Christopher Mark <1968-> |
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Titolo |
The colonizer abroad : American writers on foreign soil, 1846-1912 / / Christopher Mark McBride |
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New York, : Routledge, 2004 |
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9786610226412 |
9781135877392 |
1135877394 |
9781280226410 |
1280226412 |
9780203494400 |
0203494407 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (153 p.) |
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Literary criticism and cultural theory |
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Disciplina |
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Travelers' writings, American - History and criticism |
American literature - 19th century - History and criticism |
American literature - 20th century - History and criticism |
Americans - Foreign countries - History - 20th century |
Americans - Foreign countries - History - 19th century |
Imperialism in literature |
Travelers in literature |
Colonies in literature |
Travel in literature |
United States Foreign relations 19th century |
United States Foreign relations 20th century |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-165) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Half-Title; Series Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One Melville's Typee and the Development of the American Colonial Imagination; Chapter Two The Colonizing Voice in Cuba: Richard Henry Dana, Jr.'s To Cuba and Back: A Vacation Voyage; Chapter Three "The Kings of the |
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Sandwich Islands": Mark Twain's Letters from Hawaii and Postbellum American Imperialism; Chapter Four Charles Warren Stoddard and the American "Homocolonial" Literary Excursion |
Chapter Five "And Who Are These White Men?": Jack London's The House of Pride and American Colonization of the Hawaiian IslandsConclusion; Bibliography; Index |
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This book applies postcolonial theory to the travel writing of some of America's best-known authors, revealing the ways in which America's travel fiction and nonfiction have both reflected and shaped society. |
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