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UNINA9910782581103321 |
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1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit [[electronic resource] ] : the proceedings of the 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summ it :water security : leadership and commitment, 3-4 December 2007, B-con Plaza, Beppu City, Oita Prefecture, Japan / / edited by Secretariat of the 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit |
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Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2008 |
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1-281-96832-3 |
9786611968328 |
981-283-328-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (268 p.) |
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Water resources development - Asia |
Water resources development - Pacific Area |
Water-supply - Asia - Management |
Water-supply - Pacific Area - Management |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Acknowledgements. Mr. Yoshiro Mori, Chair of the 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit/ President of the Asia-Pacific Water Forum/Former Prime Minister of Japan. Professor Tommy Koh, Chair of the Governing Council of the Asia-Pacific Water Forum/Ambassador-at-Large, Republic of Singapore -- The 1st Asia-Pacific water summit. The 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit logo. The 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit in number programme -- Day-by-day chronicle -- Opening ceremony. Opening remarks by Mr. Yoshiro Mori, Chair of Steering Committee of the 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit/Former Prime Minister of Japan. Address by His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince of Japan. Greetings by H.E. Mr. Yasuo Fukuda, Prime Minister of Japan. Report from the Asia-Pacific Water Forum by Professor Tommy Koh, Chair of the governing council of the Asia-Pacific Water Forum. Keynote speech by His Royal Highness Prince Willem-Alexander of The Netherlands, Chairman of United Nations Secretary-General's advisory board on |
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Water and Sanitation. Message by H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, United Nations secretary-general. Commemorative lecture by His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince of Japan -- Speeches by heads of government. H.E. Mr. Emomali Rahmon, President of the Republic of Tajikistan (Vice-chair). H.E. Mr. Anote Tong, President of the Republic of Kiribati (Vice-chair). H.E. Lyonpo Dr. Kinzang Dorji, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bhutan (Vice-chair). H.E. Mr. Tommy Remengesau Jr., President of the Republic of Palau. H.E. Mr. Ludwig Scotty, President of the Republic of Nauru. H.E. Mr. Emanuel Mori, President of the Federated States of Micronesia. H.E. Mr. Mititaiagimene Vivian, Prime Minister of Niue. H.E. Mr. Apisai Ielemia, Prime Minister of Tuvalu. H.E. Mr. Dosbol Nur ulu, Vice Prime Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic. Concluding remarks of speeches by the heads of government -- Closing ceremony. Chair's summary. Closing remarks -- Sessions. Climate change, glaciers, and water resources in the Himalayan region. CEOs mandate for action in water. Monitoring of investments and results in water: key result Area 4. Regional launch of the International Year of Sanitation (IYS) 2008. The small islands' dialogue on water and climate. Commitment for ensuring water security in the Aral Sea Basin - cooperation versus competition. Water-related disaster management: priority theme B. Water for development and ecosystems: priority theme C. Leadership for Ensuring Water Security in the Asia-Pacific region: knowledge, financing, and capacity development: priority theme A and key result Area 1. Increasing capacity for local actions: key result Area 2 -- Policy brief 2007 -- Message from Beppu. |
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This prestigious volume consists of the proceedings of the 1st ever Water Summit to be convened in the world. Under the theme, Water Security: Leadership and Commitment, the 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit (1st APWS) convened political leaders of the region and high level dignitaries in December 2007 in Beppu City, Oita Prefecture in Japan, offering them a platform to make commitments and launch initiatives to tackle the water challenges. The contents include speeches by His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince of Japan, Chairman of the UNSGAB His Royal Highness Prince Willem-Alexander of The Neth |
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UNINA9910792112103321 |
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Fischer David Hackett <1935-> |
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Paul Revere's ride / / David Hackett Fischer |
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New York ; ; Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 1995 |
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©1994 |
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[Oxford University Press paperback.] |
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1 online resource (xviii, 445 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Lexington, Battle of, Lexington, Mass., 1775 |
Concord, Battle of, Concord, Mass., 1775 |
Massachusetts History Revolution, 1775-1783 |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-421) and index. |
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Paul Revere's midnight ride looms as an almost mythical event in American history--yet it has been largely ignored by scholars and left to patriotic writers and debunkers. Now one of the foremost American historians offers the first serious look at the events of the night of April 18, 1775--what led up to it, what really happened, and what followed--uncovering a truth far more remarkable than the myths of tradition. In Paul Revere's Ride, David Hackett Fischer fashions an exciting narrative that offers deep insight into the outbreak of revolution and the emergence of the American republic. Beginning in the years before the eruption of war, Fischer illuminates the figure of Paul Revere, a man far more complex than the simple artisan and messenger of tradition. Revere ranged widely through the complex world of Boston's revolutionary movement--from organizing local mechanics to mingling with the likes of John Hancock and Samuel Adams. When the fateful night arrived, more than sixty men and women joined him on his task of alarm--an operation Revere himself helped to organize and set in motion. Fischer recreates Revere's capture that night, showing how it had an important impact on the events that followed. He had an uncanny gift for being at the center of events, and the author follows him to Lexington Green--setting the |
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stage for a fresh interpretation of the battle that began the war. Drawing on intensive new research, Fischer reveals a clash very different from both patriotic and iconoclastic myths. The local militia were elaborately organized and intelligently led, in a manner that had deep roots in New England. On the morning of April 19, they fought in fixed positions and close formation, twice breaking the British regulars. In the afternoon, the American officers switched tactics, forging a ring of fire around the retreating enemy which they |
maintained for several hours--an extraordinary feat of combat leadership. In the days that followed, Paul Revere led a new battle-- for public opinion--which proved even more decisive than the fighting itself. When the alarm-riders of April 18 took to the streets, they did not cry, "the British are coming," for most of them still believed they were British. Within a day, many began to think differently. For George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Thomas Paine, the news of Lexington was their revolutionary Rubicon. Paul Revere's Ride returns Paul Revere to center stage in these critical events, capturing both the drama and the underlying developments in a triumphant return to narrative history at its finest. |
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