Rereading German History 1800-1996: From Unification to Reunification

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In Rereading German History, Richard Evans draws together his essays on the political, economic, cultural and social history of Germany through war and reunification. The essays provide a study of how historians--mainly German, American, British, and French--have provided a series of differing and often conflicting readings of the German past in recent years. In his reconsideration of German history in the light of the recent decline and fall of the German Democratic Republic, the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the reunification of Germany, Evans also reflects on the ways in which the events of 1989-90 have led or not led to widespread changes in historian's readings of the German past.

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Short summary of Magna Carta makes easy reading.......2004-03-22

The author, A.E.Dick Howard, a well-known scholar on Magna Carta has managed to pack in a few pages a highly readable synopsis of all provisions of the Great Charter that King John granted to the barons, sword in hand, in June 1215.

This Charter has great importance in its foreshadowing American constitutional provisions on such fundamental rights as freedom of our religious institutions from governmental interference, right of the people to petition the government for redress of grievances, right of temporary insurrection to restore the Constitution in case of tyranny (chapter 61 of the Charter, Second Amendment to the US Constitution), due process of law, speedy trial by jury, fair trials, proportionate punishment (ban on cruel and unusual punishments).

Summarizing: this short work is an excellent, highly readable authoritative introduction to the Great Charter.

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MAGNA CARTA TEXT & COMMENTARY.
A.E.Dick. Howard
Manufacturer: University Press of virginia
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000Q7UUTS

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MAGNA CARTA TEXT & COMMENTARY.

Manufacturer: University Press of virginia
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000HGPYXK

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Magna Carta: Text and Commentary
A.E. Dick Howard
Manufacturer: University Press of Virginia
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Pamphlet
ASIN: B000QG07U6

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MAGNA CARTA TEXT & COMMENTARY.
A.E.Dick. Howard
Manufacturer: University Press of virginia
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000OLC60W

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In 1802 E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company sprouted, like an acorn, close to the young oak of American life. In the early years DuPont explosives helped the new nation build canals and railroads, ports and harbors, and dams and mines. DuPont munitions also served national needs during time of war.

The company's diversification into plastics, dyes, and synthetic materials after 1900 matched new technologies to the needs of a complex, maturing society. DuPont's pioneering research yielded a host of new products like neoprene and nylon, and its service in the Manhattan Project in World War II helped bring that prolonged conflict to a decisive end.

The post-war years brought sharp competition and high-stakes global challenges. DuPont restructured its business and research efforts, mining science for useful discoveries in diverse fields like energy, health, electronics, specialty fibers, and biotechnology. Its international impact, reputation, and market reach grew as well. And when science helped galvanize the environmental movement, DuPont led industries worldwide to a renewed sense of stewardship for the earth's resources.

Today DuPont operates in more than 70 countries throughout the world, and its vision and impact are global. But it has held to a core of enduring values, a deep taproot drawing on the past to sustain the present and nurture the future. Harnessing fundamental discoveries in science to create value in world markets, DuPont people have transformed their company successfully for two centuries, making DuPont one of the most successful and sustained industrial enterprises in the world. Their story makes for exciting history, and this book tells how they did it.

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A long-awaited text that is result of more than ten years of academic study. Frank Pearce and Steve Tombs stress the understanding of how both the positive and negative effects of the chemical industry are produced and also what determines how the benefits and costs are distributed. Currently, the destructive nature of the industry - the death, injury, ill-health, and environmental devastation which it causes - remains particularly poorly recognized and challenged.

Aboveground Storage Tank Management and SPCC Guide

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Aboveground Storage Tank Management and SPCC Guide
Rizzo Joyce A.
Manufacturer: Government Institutes
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0865878919

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Written for current tank owners and those considering aboveground tank storage, this expanded handbook provides practical guidance for designing, building, managing, operating, and maintaining an aboveground tank system that meets your storage needs and complies with all federal and state codes and regulations. In addition to completely updating the regulatory programs, technologies, and inspection methods, this edition provides a comprehensive look at Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasures (SPCC) plans that include new information on inspections and maintenance, new techniques and technologies for addressing SPCC planning, and new EPA interpretations of SPCC requirements.

Analyzing Superfund: Economics, Science and Law (RFF Press)

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Analyzing Superfund: Economics, Science and Law (RFF Press)

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Binding: Hardcover

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Analyzing Superfund: Economics, Science, and Law probes key issues involved in the Superfund reauthorization debate and analyzes the future of this controversial environmental liability and remediation program. Revesz and Stewart bring together important theoretical and empirical work from the research community on four issues central to the evaluation of Superfund: cleanup standards, the liability regime, transaction costs, and natural resource damages. Superfund has been roundly criticized in many different quarters, making clear the need for dispassionate study of the law and its myriad ramifications. Issues addressed in this book will endure long after legislative action is completed. An important contribution to debate over Superfund and American environmental policy.

Contributors: Maureen L. Cropper, Lloyd S. Dixon, John D. Graham, Shreekant Gupta, James T. Hamilton, Lewis A. Kornhauser, Katherine N. Probst, Richard L. Revesz, March Sadowitz, Richard B. Stewart, George L. Van Houtven, W. Kip Viscusi, Katherine D. Walker.

Countermeasures to Airborne Hazardous Chemicals (Polution Technology Review)

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Countermeasures to Airborne Hazardous Chemicals (Polution Technology Review)
J.M. Holmes , and C.H. Byers
Manufacturer: Noyes Publications
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0815512325

Handbook of Pollution and Hazardous Materials Compliance (Environmental Science and Pollution Control Series)

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Handbook of Pollution and Hazardous Materials Compliance (Environmental Science and Pollution Control Series)
Cheremisinoff
Manufacturer: CRC
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Binding: Hardcover

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Offers a guide to current environmental health and safety statutes--providing a working knowledge of the major legislations and regulations and demonstrating the steps necessary for compliance. Illustrates overall health and safety management skills for multimedia facilities.

Hazardous Materials Handbook for Emergency Responders

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A quite interesting book

Hazardous Materials Handbook for Emergency Responders
Inc. Onguard
Manufacturer: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0442021046

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Hazardous Materials Handbook for Emergency Responders breaks down the hazards and response priorities according to the nine classes of hazardous chemicals defined by the U.N. and the U.S. Department of Transportation. Designed to prepare HazMat professionals for all three levels of response, as defined by OSHA, the Handbook:

Offers the most complete and current coverage of control and mitigation techniques for chemical emergencies.
Provides extensive treatment of transportation and storage vessels.
Helps users comply with all relevant government regulations and standards, including OSHA and NFPA training requirements.

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A quite interesting book.......2000-10-12

A quite interesting book for people who are interested by hazardous materials response. It presents in detail the HAZMAT procedure to manage an incident after a rapid presentation of the "hazmat team" and his equipment. Gives also a large presentation of each class of hazardous substances and the adapted "HAZMAT" procedure to respond at several type of incident. In his appendix, it describes a large pannel of common hazardous substances and presents for each class of substance a sort of checklist to apply the correct procedure without forgetting any important point. It could be a good support for teaching specialised firefighters (or others) giving a good operationnal approach. But it must be completed by a bit of chemical theory.

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Hazardous Waste Compliance
Clifford Florczak
Manufacturer: Butterworth-Heinemann
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0750674369

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Hazardous Waste Compliance concentrates on government regulations as they relate to hazardous waste and other hazardous materials. The main focus of this book is on how to comply with these requirements as well as on other best management practices (BMP), which will ensure worker safety and business protection from the risk of the commercial penalties associated with regulations breaches.

The authors provide the reader with useful techniques to enhance worker protection and promote efficiency, productivity and cost effectiveness, along with achieving the necessary quality standards for the work being performed. The authors further outline and define methods to help reduce worker injury and illness, the scope and application of HAZWOPER, and ways to implement hazardous material related requirements through enhancements of existing programs.

In addition, detailed discussion helps to provide methods to help promote consistency in health and safety program development for handling hazardous materials, encourage a high standard for health and safety, and share lessons learned to help provide approaches that have been implemented on hazardous waste and other sites.

Provides a comprehensive overview of regulatory requirements in the industry
Real-life experiences are presented in the form of case histories
A training aid for both new and experienced site workers

Hazardous Waste Laws: Regulations and Taxes for the U.S. Petroleum Refining Industry

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Hazardous Waste Laws: Regulations and Taxes for the U.S. Petroleum Refining Industry
David E. Fenster
Manufacturer: Pen Well Books
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0878143513

Management of Hazardous Substances in the Environment

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Management of Hazardous Substances in the Environment
K. L. Zirm
Manufacturer: Routledge
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1851664599

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Selected papers presented at Envirotech Vienna 1989, First International ISEP Congress, Vienna, Austria, on 20-22 February 1989.

Regulatory Requirements for Hazardous Materials

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Regulatory Requirements for Hazardous Materials
Somendu B. Majumdar
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Professional
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0070397619

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Written for engineers, as well as business managers and the legal profession this book fully discusses the technical and legal issues surrounding the use, handling, and disposal of all types of hazardous materials regulated by federal statutes such as NEPA, OSHA, RCRA, CERCLA, SARA, and FIFRA. This comprehensive review details the enforceability, corporate liability, and legal defenses that are currently available with regard to the various statutory and regulatory requirements for hazardous materials. By emphasizing the legal issues, this book also enables its users to cope with the complex maze of federal statutes and regulations, adapt easily to future regulatory changes, and avoid penalties for non-compliance.

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