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Mier y Teran Manuel de |
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Texas by Terán [[electronic resource] ] : the diary kept by General Manuel de Mier y Terán on his 1828 inspection of Texas / / edited by Jack Jackson ; translated by John Wheat ; with Botanical Notes by Scooter Cheatham and Lynn Marshall |
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Austin, : University of Texas Press, c2000 |
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0-292-77328-5 |
0-292-79900-4 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (313 p.) |
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The Jack and Doris Smothers series in Texas history, life, and culture ; ; no. 2 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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JacksonJack <1941-2006.> |
CheathamScooter <1945-> |
MarshallLynn <1953-> |
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Disciplina |
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Generals - Mexico |
Texas Description and travel |
Texas History To 1846 |
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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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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p.[275]-283) and index. |
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Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The diary: "Texas by Terán, his journey, 1828" -- Diary: Béxar to Nacogdoches -- Terán's letters from Nacogdoches -- Diary: trip to the Red River -- Diary: trip down the Trinity -- Diary: Nacogdoches to Matamoros -- Diary: up the Rio Grande to Mier -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Pavie's view of East Texas -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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Texas was already slipping from the grasp of Mexico when Manuel Mier y Terán made his tour of inspection in 1828. American settlers were pouring across the vaguely defined border between Mexico's northernmost province and the United States, along with a host of Indian nations driven off their lands by American expansionism. Terán's mission was to assess the political situation in Texas while establishing its boundary with the United States. Highly qualified for these tasks as a soldier, scientist, and intellectual, he wrote perhaps the most perceptive account of Texas' people, politics, natural resources, and |
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future prospects during the critical decade of the 1820s. This book contains the full text of Terán's diary—which has never before been published—edited and annotated by Jack Jackson and translated into English by John Wheat. The introduction and epilogue place the diary in historical context, revealing the significant role that Terán played in setting Mexican policy for Texas between 1828 and 1832. |
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UNINA9910958134403321 |
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Titolo |
The green revolution revisited : critique and alternatives / / edited by Bernhard Glaeser |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London : , : Routledge, , 2011, c1987 |
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1-136-89162-5 |
1-136-89163-3 |
1-283-10563-2 |
9786613105639 |
0-203-84044-5 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (172 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge library editions. Development ; ; v. 2 |
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338.1/09172/4 |
338.1091724 |
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Agriculture - Economic aspects - Developing countries |
Green Revolution |
Green Revolution - Developing countries |
Agriculture and state |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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pt. 1. The green revolution : policy and implementation -- pt. 2. Alternative approaches in three continents -- pt. 3. Outlook. |
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The Green Revolution - the apparently miraculous increase in cereal crop yields achieved in the 1960s - came under severe criticism in the 1970s because of its demands for optimal irrigation, intensive use of fertilisers and pesticides; its damaging impact on social structures; and its monoculture approach. The early 1980s saw a concerted approach |
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to many of these criticisms under the auspices of Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). This book, first published in 1987, analyses the recent achievements of the CGIAR and examines the Green Revolution concept in Sou |
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