Letter from Alexander Dalrymple, Place Not Identified, to an Unidentified Recipient, Undated
Title | Letter from Alexander Dalrymple, Place Not Identified, to an Unidentified Recipient, Undated PDF eBook |
Author | Alexander Dalrymple |
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Release | 1808 |
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Cartographies of Travel and Navigation
Title | Cartographies of Travel and Navigation PDF eBook |
Author | James R. Akerman |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 383 |
Release | 2010-11-15 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0226010783 |
Finding one’s way with a map is a relatively recent phenomenon. In premodern times, maps were used, if at all, mainly for planning journeys in advance, not for guiding travelers on the road. With the exception of navigational sea charts, the use of maps by travelers only became common in the modern era; indeed, in the last two hundred years, maps have become the most ubiquitous and familiar genre of modern cartography. Examining the historical relationship between travelers, navigation, and maps, Cartographies of Travel and Navigation considers the cartographic response to the new modalities of modern travel brought about by technological and institutional developments in the twentieth century. Highlighting the ways in which the travelers, operators, and planners of modern transportation systems value maps as both navigation tools and as representatives of a radical new mobility, this collection brings the cartography of travel—by road, sea, rail, and air—to the forefront, placing maps at the center of the history of travel and movement. Richly and colorfully illustrated, Cartographies of Travel and Navigation ably fills the void in historical literature on transportation mapping.
Letter from Charles Dodgson, Place Not Specified, to an Unidentified Recipient, Undated
Title | Letter from Charles Dodgson, Place Not Specified, to an Unidentified Recipient, Undated PDF eBook |
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Release | 1898 |
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Letter from William McKinley, Place Not Identified, to an Unknown Recipient, 1891 March 6
Title | Letter from William McKinley, Place Not Identified, to an Unknown Recipient, 1891 March 6 PDF eBook |
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Release | 1891 |
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Letters of David Hume to William Strahan
Title | Letters of David Hume to William Strahan PDF eBook |
Author | David Hume |
Publisher | |
Pages | 488 |
Release | 1888 |
Genre | Philosophers |
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Marks and Marking of Weights and Measures of the British Isles
Title | Marks and Marking of Weights and Measures of the British Isles PDF eBook |
Author | Carl Ricketts |
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Pages | 267 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Standardization |
ISBN | 9780952853305 |
Enforcing Religious Freedom in Prison
Title | Enforcing Religious Freedom in Prison PDF eBook |
Author | United States Commission on Civil Rights |
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Pages | 232 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Freedom of religion |
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From Executive summary: This report focuses on the government's efforts to enforce federal civil rights laws prohibiting religious discrimination in the administration and management of federal and state prisons. Prisoners in federal and state institutions retain certain religious exercise rights under the Constitution and statutes including the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUPIPA), the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), and the Civil rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA). Many states have similar provisions in their state constitutions and in state law modeled on RFRA. These rights must be balanced with the legitimate concerns of prisons officials, including cost, staffing, and most importantly, prison safety and security. Reconciling these rights and concerns can be a significant challenge for penal institutions, as well as courts.