Karen Y. Morrison, "Cuba's Racial Crucible: The Sexual Economy of Social Identities, 1750-2000 "
English | ISBN: 0253016460 | 2015 | 372 pages | PDF | 2 MB
Since the 19th century, assertions of a common, racially-mixed Cuban identity based on acceptance of African descent have challenged the view of Cubans as racially white. For the past two centuries, these competing views of Cuban racial identity have remained in continuous tension, while Cuban women and men make their own racially oriented choices in family formation. Cuba's Racial Crucible explores the historical dynamics of Cuban race relations by highlighting the racially selective reproductive practices and genealogical memories associated with family formation. Karen Y. Morrison reads archival, oral-history, and literary sources to demonstrate the ideological centrality and inseparability of "race," "nation," and "family," in definitions of Cuban identity. Morrison analyzes the conditions that supported the social advance and decline of notions of white racial superiority, nationalist projections of racial hybridity, and pride in African descent.

Hajimu Masuda, "Cold War Crucible: The Korean Conflict and the Postwar World"
English | 2015 | pages: 396 | ISBN: 0674598474 | PDF | 3,7 mb
What was the Cold War? A simple definition might be: a 20th century international confrontation between the Soviet Union and the United States, which involved, first, Europe, and then Asia, Africa, and Latin America, eventually dividing the world into two camps. The key players in this global conflict are generally identified as a number of high-ranking policymakers, including Harry S. Truman, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin. We know this story. However, the full story is not so simple. It is time to change our ways of thinking about the Cold War.

The Crucible of Creation: The Burgess Shale and the Rise of Animals By Simon Conway Morris
2000 | 276 Pages | ISBN: 0192862022 | PDF | 13 MB
In The Crucible of Creation, paleontologist Simon Conway Morris describes the marvelous finds of the Burgess Shale--a fantastically rich deposit of bizarre and bewildering Cambrian fossils, located in Western Canada. Conway Morris is one of the few paleontologists ever to explore the Burgess Shale, having been involved in the dig since 1972, and thus he is an ideal guide to this amazing discovery. Indeed, he provides a complete overview of this remarkable find, ranging from an informative, basic discussion of the origins of life and animals on earth, to a colorful description of Charles Walcott's discovery of the Burgess Shale and of the painstaking scientific work that went on there (as well as in Burgess collections held at Harvard and the Smithsonian), to an account of similar fossil finds in Greenland and in China. The heart of the book is an imaginative trip in a time machine, back to the Cambrian seas, where the reader sees first-hand the remarkable diversity of life as it existed then. And perhaps most important, Conway Morris examines the lessons to be learned from the Burgess Shale, especially as they apply to modern evolutionary thinking. In particular, he critiques the ideas of Stephen Jay Gould, whose best-selling book Wonderful Life drew on Conway Morris's Burgess Shale work. The author takes a fresh look at the evidence and draws quite different conclusions from Gould on the nature of evolution. This finely illustrated volume takes the reader to the forefront of paleontology as it provides fresh insights into the nature of evolution and of life on earth.

Island at War Puerto Rico in the Crucible of the Second World War by Jorge Rodríguez Beruff PDF
pdf | 5.25 MB | English | Isbn:‎ 1496809777 | Author: Jorge Rodríguez Beruff,José L. Bolívar Fresneda | Year: 2015

Island at War Puerto Rico in the Crucible of the Second World War by Jorge Rodríguez Beruff PDF | 5.25 MB
English | 295 Pages

Title: Island at War
Author: Jorge Rodríguez Beruff,José L. Bolívar Fresneda
Year: 2015

Naomi Novik, "Crucible Of Gold"
English | 2014 | ISBN: 0007569106, 0345522869 | EPUB | pages: 367 | 0.5 mb
Naomi Novik's stunning series of novels follow the global adventures of Captain William Laurence and his fighting dragon Temeraire as they are thrown together to fight for Britain during the turbulent . time of the Napoleonic Wars Former Aerial Corps captain Will Laurence and his faithful dragon. Temeraire. have been put out to pasture in Australia - and it seems their part in the war has ended just when they are needed most The French have invaded Spain. . forged an alliance with Africa's powerful Tswana empire. and brought revolution to Brazil. With Britain's last desperate hope of defeating Napoleon in peril. the government that sidelined Laurence swiftly offers to reinstate him. convinced that he's the best man to enter the fray and negotiate peace. So the pair embark for Brazil. only to meet ...

English | ASIN: B09B2WYHP3 | 2021 | 10 hours and 54 minutes |MP3|M4B | 299 MB
The classic groundbreaking book on family therapy by acclaimed experts Augustus Y. Napier, PhD, and Carl Whitaker, MD. This extraordinary book presents scenarios of one family's therapy experience and explains what underlies each encounter. You will discover the general patterns that are common to all families - stress, polarization and escalation, scapegoating, triangulation, blaming, and the diffusion of identity - and you will gain a vivid understanding of the intriguing field of family therapy.

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Jonathan Borwein, "The Computer as Crucible: An Introduction to Experimental Mathematics"
English | ISBN: 1568813430 | 2008 | 172 pages | PDF | 4 MB

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American Crucible: Race and Nation in the Twentieth Century By Gary Gerstle
2001 | 382 Pages | ISBN: 069104984X | EPUB | 7 MB
This sweeping history of twentieth-century America follows the changing and often conflicting ideas about the fundamental nature of American society: Is the United States a social melting pot, as our civic creed warrants, or is full citizenship somehow reserved for those who are white and of the "right" ancestry? Gary Gerstle traces the forces of civic and racial nationalism, arguing that both profoundly shaped our society.After Theodore Roosevelt led his Rough Riders to victory during the Spanish American War, he boasted of the diversity of his men's origins- from the Kentucky backwoods to the Irish, Italian, and Jewish neighborhoods of northeastern cities. Roosevelt's vision of a hybrid and superior "American race," strengthened by war, would inspire the social, diplomatic, and economic policies of American liberals for decades. And yet, for all of its appeal to the civic principles of inclusion, this liberal legacy was grounded in "Anglo-Saxon" culture, making it difficult in particular for Jews and Italians and especially for Asians and African Americans to gain acceptance.Gerstle weaves a compelling story of events, institutions, and ideas that played on perceptions of ethnic/racial difference, from the world wars and the labor movement to the New Deal and Hollywood to the Cold War and the civil rights movement. We witness the remnants of racial thinking among such liberals as FDR and LBJ; we see how Italians and Jews from Frank Capra to the creators of Superman perpetuated the New Deal philosophy while suppressing their own ethnicity; we feel the frustrations of African-American servicemen denied the opportunity to fight for their country and the moral outrage of more recent black activists, including Martin Luther King, Jr., Fannie Lou Hamer, and Malcolm X.Gerstle argues that the civil rights movement and Vietnam broke the liberal nation apart, and his analysis of this upheaval leads him to assess Reagan's and Clinton's attempts to resurrect nationalism. Can the United States ever live up to its civic creed? For anyone who views racism as an aberration from the liberal premises of the republic, this book is must reading.

A Shau: Crucible of the Vietnam War by Jay Phillips
2021 | ISBN: 1642280445 | English | 542 pages | EPUB | 7 MB
Nestled in Vietnam's Thua Thien Province, west of the city of Hue, and bordering Laos, the narrow 40-kilometer long A Shau Valley, situated between densely forested mountain ranges, witnessed prolonged campaigning throughout the Vietnam War and served as a hub of the Communist supply network as well as a key point of access to South Vietnam.