[PDF] A Perrin History eBook

Author : Perrin Selcer
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 10,98 MB
Release : 2018-09-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0231548230

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In the wake of the Second World War, internationalists identified science as both the cause of and the solution to world crisis. Unless civilization learned to control the unprecedented powers science had unleashed, global catastrophe was imminent. But the internationalists found hope in the idea of world government. In The Postwar Origins of the Global Environment, Perrin Selcer argues that the metaphor of “Spaceship Earth”—the idea of the planet as a single interconnected system—exemplifies this moment, when a mix of anxiety and hope inspired visions of world community and the proliferation of international institutions. Selcer tells the story of how the United Nations built the international knowledge infrastructure that made the global-scale environment visible. Experts affiliated with UN agencies helped make the “global”—as in global population, global climate, and global economy—an object in need of governance. Selcer traces how UN programs such as UNESCO’s Arid Lands Project, the production of a soil map of the world, and plans for a global environmental-monitoring system fell short of utopian ambitions to cultivate world citizens but did produce an international community of experts with influential connections to national governments. He shows how events and personalities, cultures and ecologies, bureaucracies and ideologies, decolonization and the Cold War interacted to make global knowledge. A major contribution to global history, environmental history, and the history of development, this book relocates the origins of planetary environmentalism in the postwar politics of scale.

Author : Daniel a Perrin
Publisher : Andesite Press
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 30,28 MB
Release : 2015-08-08
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ISBN : 9781296580025

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Barry Richard Donadio
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 28,41 MB
Release : 2023-04-11
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Paperback Version Family history information regarding the French Canadian Perrin family that settled in New York City in the late 1800s. This is an investigative report of the family history of the Perrin family of New York. Ultimately these families marry into the Nolan, Laravuso, Koenig, Darcey, Ermlich, and Donadio families. All of these are linked through blood or marriage. Information was compiled through multiple sources that includes word of mouth from credible informants, census documents, birth certificates, death certificates, cross reference historical documents, photos, and other means. In the cases that we do not know information, a hypothesis was made. Use this information and clues to assist you in completing your family history. This report was completed by prestigious Private Detective Barry Donadio (A descendant of the Perrin family of New York). www.barrydonadio.com #barrydonadio #donadio #perrin #darcey #ermlich #koenig #history #family #laravuso #nyc #newyorkcity #ny #newyork #maryperrin #investigation #detective #private #investigator #book #ebook #author #celebrity #famous #writer #research #canada #montreal #french #ottawa #immigrant #longislandcity #longisland #nyc #newyork #newyorkcity #queens #queenscounty

Author : Noel Perrin
Publisher : David R. Godine Publisher
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 48,84 MB
Release : 1979
Category : History
ISBN : 9780879237738

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Lord Hideyoshi, the regent of Japan at the time, took the first step toward the control of firearms. It was a very small step, and it was not taken simply to protect feudal lords from being shot at by peasants but to get all weapons out of the hands of civilians. He said nothing about arms control. Instead, he announced that he was going to build a statue of Buddha that would make all existing statues look like midgets. It would be so enormous (the figure was about twice the scale of the Statue of Liberty), that many tons of iron would be needed just for the braces and bolts. Still more was required to erect the accompanying temple, which was to cover a piece of ground something over an eighth of a mile square. All farmers, ji-samurai, and monks were invited to contribute their swords and guns to the cause. They were, in fact, required to. -- from publisher description.

Author : Warren A. Perrin
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 10,2 MB
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 9780738582245

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Vermilion Parish is a region with fascinating history and culture. From the settlement of the area--beginning as early as 1757, predominately by French, German, English, Spanish, Italian, and Acadian colonists and the native Attapakas people--Vermilion Parish has evolved to become recognized as "the most Cajun place on earth," as noted by its motto. Today it is still common to hear Cajun French spoken on the streets of its villages, towns, and hamlets. Vermilion Parish people are a lively multicultural blend marinated in history and infused with a unique joie de vivre. Cajuns make up a significant portion of its population and exert a huge impact on its culture. They are family-friendly, predominantly Catholic, and known far and wide for their lively Cajun music--as well as their spicy Cajun cuisine using local ingredients, such as okra, rice, pecans, seafood, and wild game.