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UNINA9910778183503321 |
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Autore |
Chaplin Joyce E |
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Subject matter [[electronic resource] ] : technology, the body, and science on the Anglo-American frontier, 1500-1676 / / Joyce E. Chaplin |
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Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2001 |
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0-674-26261-1 |
0-674-02943-7 |
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1 online resource (432 p. ) : ill |
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Frontier and pioneer life - North America |
Colonists - North America - Attitudes |
Indians of North America - First contact with other peoples |
Imperialism - Social aspects - North America - History |
Human body - Social aspects - North America - History |
Science - Social aspects - North America - History |
Technology - Social aspects - North America - History |
North America History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 |
Great Britain Colonies America Social conditions |
North America Race relations |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Originally published: 2001. |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [329]-389) and index. |
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List of Tables and Figures Acknowledgment Prologue: Noses, or the Tip of the Problem PART I: Approaching America, 1500-1585 1. Transatlantic Background 2. Technology versus Idolatry? PART II: Invading America, 1585-1660 3. No Magic Bullets: Archery, Ethnography, and Military Intelligence 4. Domesticating America 5. Death and the Birth of Race PART III: Conquering America, 1640-1676 6. How Improvement Trumped Hybridity 7. Gender and the Artificial Indian Body 8. Matter and Manitou Coda Notes Index |
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This work alters the historical view of the origins of English presumptions of racial superiority, and of the role science and technology played. |
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UNINA9910795059903321 |
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Kamrava Mehran <1964-> |
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Troubled waters : insecurity in the Persian Gulf / / Mehran Kamrava |
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Ithaca ; ; London : , : Cornell University Press, , 2018 |
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1-5017-2036-8 |
9781501720369 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xii, 197 pages) |
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Security, International - Persian Gulf Region |
Human security - Persian Gulf Region |
foreign policy |
Iran |
Iraq |
Gulf States |
international security |
United States |
Persian Gulf Region Foreign relations |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Previously issued in print: 2018. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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The trouble with the Persian Gulf -- The Persian Gulf's security architecture -- The belligerents -- The intractable security dilemma -- Insecurity in the Persian Gulf. |
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Troubled Waters looks at four dynamics in the Persian Gulf that have contributed to making the region one of the most volatile and tension-filled spots in the world. Mehran Kamrava identifies the four dynamics as: the neglect of human dimensions of security, the inherent instability involved in reliance on the United States and the exclusion of Iraq and Iran, the international and security policies pursued by inside and outside actors, and a suite of overlapping security dilemmas. These four factors combine and interact to generate long-term volatility and ongoing tensions within the Persian Gulf.Through insights from Kamrava's interviews with Gulf elites into policy decisions, the consequences of security dilemmas, the priorities of local players, and |
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the neglect of identity and religion, Troubled Waters examines the root causes of conflicts and crises that are currently unfolding in the region. As Kamrava demonstrates, each state in the region, including Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Qatar, has embarked on vigorous security-producing efforts as part of foreign policy, flooding the area with more munitions-thereby increasing insecurity and causing more mistrust in a part of the world that needs no more tension. |
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