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A landmark work on the golden age of sail that illuminates the world of Jack Aubrey and Horatio Hornblower.
The Command of the Ocean describes with unprecedented authority and scholarship the rise of Britain to naval greatness, and the central place of the Navy and naval activity in the life of the nation and government. Based on the author's own research in a dozen languages over more than a decade, it describes not just battles, voyages, and cruises but also how the Navy was manned, supplied, fed, and, above all, how it was financed and directed.
N. A. M. Rodger provides convincing reassessments of such famous figures as Pepys, Hawke, Howe, and St. Vincent. The very particular and distinct qualities of Nelson and Collingwood are illuminatingly contrasted, and the world of officers and men who make up the originals of Jack Aubrey and Horatio Hornblower is brilliantly brought to life. Rodger's comparative view of other navies—French, Dutch, Spanish, and American—allows him to make a fresh assessment of the qualities of the British. 24 pages of illustrations.
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Comphensive.......2007-09-25
An excellent book. I am a Napoleonic War buff and did not expect to find the years prior to 1790 very interesting...but I did. Mr. Rodgers is especially interesting when explaining the limits of technology in the age of sail. The chapters on the navy of Charles II & Pepys were great. I learned a lot about the administration of the navy that I have not found in other books that focus more on battles, etc. I highly recommend this book.
A comprehensive yet very readable history.......2007-08-16
How did Britain become the premier economic and military power in the world? To a casual observer in 1650, its population, internal divisions, and lack of military might all suggest that it was an unlikely candidate to assume the mantle of superpower. Yet by the end of the period covering this naval history, Britain stood alone at the summit of European and world power, having survived the loss of 13 American colonies and the World War wrought by Napoleon Bonaparte. The author brings us through this period starting with the English Republic of Oliver Cromwell, showing how power shifted from the sovereign (be it King, Queen, or "Lord Protector") to Parliament. More importantly, the recognition of naval power as a prerequisite for British security created an economic system capable of dealing with the maintenance and victualling of large fleets at sea for long periods of time.
Rodger divides his book into sections of common themes, e.g. "Operations," "Social History," etc. He convincingly argues that the advances made in economics and health (identifying methods of defeating typhus and scurvy) improved the capacity of the English ships to stay at sea and in good fighting condition for longer than ships of other nations. Similarly, a culture of fighting was developed that ensured that a captain was supported no matter the outcome of a fight, but was likely to be courtmartialled for cowardice if he didn't fight. He contrasts the British attitude to that of the Spanish and especially the French, whose admirals and captains had no specific orders to engage, and were in fact encouraged to flee from situations where the odds where not in their favour.
Naturally, the most interesting and exciting chapters are those involving dicussion of the operations of ships. He does not describe battles in detail, but instead gives an overview of the general tactics used by the fleets in each encounter - Camperdown, Trafalgar, and the Glorious 1st of June all are described in some detail, but so too are lesser actions in North America and the Indian Ocean. That's not to say that the British are always in the right - Rodger clearly sympathises with the Dutch in their defense against naked British aggression. But the book really shines in the last dozen chapters or so, as Napoleon rises to prominence and is challenged by Nelson and Wellington.
A general knowledge of British/European history would make the book easier to follow, but after that, no particular knowledge is required to enjoy the book. Rodger does an admirable job of balancing original research for the historian with readability for the layman. I'm looking forward to the next book in his series!
Indispensible History of the Royal Navy's Evolution.......2007-07-08
NAM Roger's command of the English language, his delightful British-like asides and trenchant observations on personalities and happenstances, and his grasp of the British Navy in the period when it became the pre-eminent sea power of the world is a gripping narrative. The beauty of the work is that he also weaves in chapters at appropriate historical periods from 1649 to 1815 on the evolving social, economic and technological circumstances of not only Mother England but also those nations which she was opposing or allied with during this fascinating period of history.
Others above have criticized Rodger's revisionist tendency towards conservatism and I, also, found his description of some of the facets of "The American War" to be somewhat at odds with my own studies and perceptions. I can not comment on his overall bent in this direction, but found important items of which I was totally unaware about British and European history of this period. In all, a totally absorbing read if you are at all interested in this fascinating period of naval history. If you like Horatio Hornblower and Jack Aubrey, you'll love this background volume. But don't drop it on your foot! It's voluminous.
The rise of British sea Power.......2006-12-22
NAM Rodger is a great British Naval historian and this is his best masterpiece to date. If you are looking for a story about the men, tactics and politics that drove the British navy at this time this is the best place. His discussion about the rise of the admiralty and the importance it gave to British power is very well done. He looks at how the British established naval hegemony focusing on two years. 1759 and 1805. These were two major battles in which the British soundly defeated the French leaving them with the command of the ocean. This book is very well written and a must read for those interested in naval history or British history.
Great Overview of Naval History.......2006-03-09
I have a couple of other books by Rodger, and as with all of them, I highly recommend this one for anyone interested in the history of Britain's wooden navy. Very informative; great stuff.
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Title: Tidal waves: the new coastal history.(The Command of the Ocean: A Naval History of Britain, 1649-1815)(Liberty on the Waterfront: American Maritime Culture in the Age of Revolution)(The Island Race: Englishness, Empire and Gender in the Eighteenth Century)(A New Imperial History: Culture, Identity and Modernity in Britain and the Empire)(Counterflows to Colonialism: Indian Travellers and Settlers in Britain)(Book review)
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"A fascinating theory about the origins of the witch hunt that is sure to influence future historians. . . . a valuable probe of how myths can feed hysteria."
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"An imaginative reconstruction of what might have been Tituba's past."
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"A fine example of readable scholarship."
--Baltimore Sun
In this important book, Elaine Breslaw claims to have rediscovered Tituba, the elusive, mysterious, and often mythologized Indian woman accused of witchcraft in Salem in 1692 and immortalized in Arthur Miller's The Crucible.
Reconstructing the life of the slave woman at the center of the notorious Salem witch trials, the book follows Tituba from her likely origins in South America to Barbados, forcefully dispelling the commonly-held belief that Tituba was African. The uniquely multicultural nature of life on a seventeenth- century Barbadan sugar plantation--defined by a mixture of English, American Indian, and African ways and folklore--indelibly shaped the young Tituba's world and the mental images she brought with her to Massachusetts.
Breslaw divides Tituba's story into two parts. The first focuses on Tituba's roots in Barbados, the second on her life in the New World. The author emphasizes the inextricably linked worlds of the Caribbean and the North American colonies, illustrating how the Puritan worldview was influenced by its perception of possessed Indians. Breslaw argues that Tituba's confession to practicing witchcraft clearly reveals her savvy and determined efforts to protect herself by actively manipulating Puritan fears. This confession, perceived as evidence of a diabolical conspiracy, was the central agent in the cataclysmic series of events that saw 19 people executed and over 150 imprisoned, including a young girl of 5.
A landmark contribution to women's history and early American history,
Tituba, Reluctant Witch of Salem sheds new light on one of the most painful episodes in American history, through the eyes of its most crucial participant.
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Forced to read it for college credit.......2007-01-04
Parts of it were redundant. It was slow reading, but it was loaded with facts that were helpful in the course I had to take. It is not a topic I am personally interested in, but for those who are, it is probably a good read.
an *interesting* historical text.......2002-01-23
This text retells the story we think we know about Tituba of Salem-- you know, the black slave woman who got all that trouble started with her voodoo-esque witchery... this book traces the historical evidence for Tituba actually being a Native American, and the path she would have taken to get to Salem at the time, as well as the story of what happened after she was swept up in the drama of the Puritans' search for the devil in the New World. It's a well-written historical account that is academic, but not so academic that those who are studying this period for fun will be alienated.
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Excellent book.......2007-07-15
This is the most lucid and well written stats book i have studied from. I used it's concepts and step by step procedures to write my masters report. Excellent book for any beginner in statistics.
Helpful.......2002-04-09
I did an independent stats class after being out of math for a long time, the book was very helpful and I could actually figure the formulas. It was great!!
Excellent.......2001-03-20
Very well written. Clear explanations of the subject matter with plenty of step by step examples. I highly recommend this book as it has significantly increased my understanding of statistics.
Stats made easy.......2000-08-30
It was a great learning experience, with Itroductory Statistics by Weiss Neil A. It is easy to understand and Statistics has never been easier.
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This Fourth Edition includes new sections on graphs, robust estimation, expected value and the bootstrap, in addition to new material on the use of computers. The regression model is well covered, including both nonlinear and multiple regression. The chapters contain many real-life examples and are relatively self-contained, making adaptable to a variety of courses.
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NEW SECTIONS ARE REALLY USEFUL.......2001-04-13
I have done masters degree in MATHEMATICS with statistics optional and have done some management courses also. Here I am a PROFESSOR in a COLLEGE where students do B.SC. from LONDON university under EXTERNAL PROGRAM. One of the subjects I teach is "Elements of statistics". we prepared from this book,new sections were written in very simple way with technical examples and with graphs. My students last year got the DISTINCTION in this subject and this year I am also expecting DISTINCTION again from students. So I wanted to contact the auther and compliment the person. Finally as a teacher I would recommend strongly this book for the students of BSC. for "Elements of Statistics". this is a must read for the said subject.
NEW SECTIONS ARE REALLY USEFUL.......2001-04-13
I have done masters degree in MATHEMATICS with statistics optional and have done some management courses also. Here I am a PROFESSOR in a COLLEGE where students do B.SC. from LONDON university under EXTERNAL PROGRAM. One of the subjects I teach is "Elements of statistics". we prepared from this book,new sections were written in very simple way with technical examples and with graphs. My students last year got the DISTINCTION in this subject and this year I am also expecting DISTINCTION again from students. So I wanted to contact the auther and compliment the person. Finally as a teacher I would recommend strongly this book for the students of BSC. for "Elements of Statistics". this is a must read for the said subject.
Great Stats Book for Both Beginners and Pros.......2000-06-16
This is a great book for beginners because it's very well written and has easy-to-follow examples. If you're familiar with stats and only need something for reference, you'll find that this book is comprehensive, and has a great index.
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An updated and revised edition of the popular introduction to statistics for students of economics or business, suitable for a one- or two-semester course. Presents an approach that is generally available only in much more advanced texts, yet uses the simplest mathematics consistent with a sound presentation. This Fifth Edition includes a wealth of new problems and examples (many of them real-life problems drawn from the literature) to support the theoretical discussion. Emphasizes the regression model, including nonlinear and multiple regression. Topics covered include randomization to eliminate bias, exploratory data analysis, graphs, expected value in bidding, the bootstrap, path analysis, robust estimation, maximum likelihood estimation and Bayesian estimation and decisions.
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An easy to comprehend introduction to statistics.......2006-03-03
I used this book as a primary source for my MBA course in statistics and found the book easy to comprehend and well written. In my opition, the book targets a reader who can devote time required to move from section to section to uncover the facinating coverage of the non-trivial subject of statistics and to work on examples. I highly recommend the book to those who want to grain strong comprehension of the basic statistics.
Excellent Introductory Text.......2004-04-09
This text provides a thorough introduction to the use of mathematical statistics. Carefully reading the text and solving a reasonable number of the problems will provide one with the capability to apply statistical techniques to analyze data and draw conclusions in real applications. The book is strong on examples but light on theory. Particulary noteworhty is the inclusion of several topics (such as Monte Carlo methods and Bayesian decision theory) that typically are not covered in an introductory presentation. Also useful are the end of chapter "Final Challenges" that require the reader to have mastered the material. If one's objective is to apply statistics to draw appropriate inferences and make decisions, this text will provide the reader with the required tools.
Our class struggled with this one..........2003-12-21
Admittedly, statistics is a challenging subject, but if it's well taught, smart and conscientious students will grasp it. Part of teaching it well calls for a textbook that understands students' needs and abilities, and can lead them systematically from where they are to higher levels of understanding and ability. For my money, Wonnacott & Wonnacott's Introductory Statistics is a clumsy effort in this respect. There isn't enough explanation of new concepts. The graphics and layout aren't very appealing. The examples weren't that useful for our class of social science majors. And each chapter is interrupted repeatedly with practice questions, which get in the way of building on concepts and maintaining a flow. As one other suffering student remarks here, you do a lot of flipping back and forth. OK, so statistics is hard; but this text makes it more difficult than it has to be, and less interesting than it can be. I speak not just for myself: this fall I was in a graduate class of bright, able, hard-working people, and many of them were having a very rough time of it. Something's wrong pedagogically when that happens. Let me recommend an alternative text--Minium, Clarke, & Coladarci's "Elements of Statistical Reasoning," second edition. I used this text four years ago in another intro class taught by Coladarci himself. He's a very talented educator, and he got a classroom full of math-anxious students through some very challenging stuff. Don't take my word for it, though. Check out the reviews on Amazon. They're deservedly very positive. I found myself going back to that book throughout this past semester whenever I was in deep water with Wonnacott and Wonnacott. Once again it pulled me through.
Why do these same reviews turn up in Wonnacott?.......2003-09-20
It is very curious that the same customer reviews for the Mann Introductory Statistics textbook also appear, verbatim, on the page for Wonnacott and Wonnacott 's Introductory Statistics. What gives, Amazon? I personally haven't looked at Mann, so I am not reviewing it...only commenting on the apparent crossed wires somewhere in the Amazon database.
Best Introductory text out there.......2003-02-18
I personally taught out of this text on 3 occasions and consider it to be the single best introductory statistics book ever written, period.
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This handy supplement shows students how to come to the answers shown in the back of the text. It includes solutions to all of the odd numbered exercises.
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In this second edition, master expositor Sheldon Ross has produced a unique work in introductory statistics. The text's main merits are the clarity of presentation, examples and applications from diverse areas, and most importantly, an explanation of intuition and ideas behind the statistical methods. To quote from the preface, "it is only when a student develops a feel or intuition for statistics that she or he is really on the path toward making sense of data." Consistent with his other excellent books in Probability and Stochastic Modeling, Ross achieves this goal through a coherent mix of mathematical analysis, intuitive discussions and examples.
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- Meyer's Probability
- Excellent tutorial-like introduction to modern probability
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Great Book for beginners.......2007-03-14
I have been using this book (and others) for over 25 years. Whenever I need to remind myself of the basics, this is the book I always grab first. This is the best book of it's kind that I've run accross.
Meyer's Probability.......2006-04-21
This is the best introductory text in probability ever. Good examples, clear, with lots of good questions and answers. Forget the others, this is the one.
Excellent tutorial-like introduction to modern probability.......2002-03-07
This book is the best textbook for introduction to probability. Forget Chung, forget Ross, forget Feller. All these books assume that you know probability and that you are either revising or looking for advanced concepts. But the book in question assumes only some knowledge in calculus. The chapters are easy-paced and there are nemerous exercises to help you understand the concepts. Another factor that adds to the utility of the book, is the thoughtful addition of answers to most of the exercises. This makes the book suitable for self-study. I would heartily recommend the book to any person new to probability.
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This unique text focuses on the student's fundamental understanding of the "big picture" without getting lost in the details of statistics. Stockburger's clear, conversational tone makes this an attainable goal. This totally new edition features a Probability Calculator and many new interactive animations.
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