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Blending the insights of gender studies with foreign-policy studies, this groundbreaking book offers a new understanding of American imperialism during the Spanish-American and Philippine-American wars. The author shows how gender concerns influenced political leaders, spurring them to manipulate ideas about men`s and women`s roles and embroil the nation in war.
Yale Historical Publications .
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While Interesting - this book ignores some of the international & historical dimensions of so-called "gender politics".......2007-09-11
The author approaches her subject from an interesting perspective. So-called masculine myths have always heavily influenced male roles in both domestic and foreign policy. For all recorded time, the ruling classes constantly produce the so-called 'idle rich," most of whom chose to remain remain comfortable idle, while others, with the benefit of that very idleness begin to question their place in society and the wider world. Some decide that they must play a significant part on the local-to-international stage. Whether Greek, Persian, Chinese, Japanese, Zulu, Roman, Incan or European, some of these patricians of their respective societies will have a driving ambition and will chose a path to leadership and this times means picking up a rock or spear or G4/M16/AK-47 and fighting. What role does gender politics play in these decisions? Sure - but only to a point - gender identification and gender roles sometime play a dominant part, but some of them have displayed no insecurity about their manliness at all. Think of Julius Caesar, captured by pirates and warning them, even as they laughed at him, that he'd return and punish them. Was he asserting his manliness. I think the pirates just picked up the wrong kid - someone who didn't like to be humiliated, regardless of his gender. If the hostage had been a female celt, she might have returned herself to avenge her honor. A lot of this has to do with the place of the warrior in society. For the Romans, that was almost the exclusive role of men. But for non-Romans of Europe, women were very much in the mix. Think of tribes in Britain where women could succeed men and rule. In all these societies, a case can be made that these young male patricians are just asking themselves, "What is my place in the universe?" and "Why has the Deity placed me in a situation of obvious advantage over my fellows?" and "What can I do to leave my mark on my world?" These questions transcend gender and are as much philosophical and theological as they are gender-induced. Not only are they questions asked by the elites, but they are often questions asked by anyone who wants to make a difference in his/her world. They transcend gender and have been asked throughout human history. Some known and unknown examples: Consider this - Was Joan of Arc a male, insecure about his masculinity? No. Was she even an elite patrician insecure about her masculinity? No. She was neither. The maide of Orleans simply saw the evils and injustices of the English occupation and destruction of France and decided that the Deity had selected HER to DO something about it. And remember those Celts? Go back to Roman-occupied Britain. Was Boudica, British Queen of the Iceni tribe, though an obvious patrician, insecure about her masculinity? What motivated her to take on the most powerful country in the world in an almost hopeless struggle? She was fighting for HER crown as Queen of her tribe because both the Roman culture and law refused to recognize female heirs. The wild and warlike Iceni and most other Celtic tribes DID recognize female rulers as well as the right of women to fight beside their men. Indeed, the Romans describe the incredible ferocity of these women in combat - female fighters who fought beside their men. When Boudica's husband died and the Romans responded to her just (under Celtic law and culture - though not Roman) claim to the throne by flogging her (a intentionally degrading and also non-lethal Roman approach) and her daughters were raped, and when Roman financiers called in their loans to the Iceni, Boudica rose up and led her people. She fought for HER own - her honor, her crown, her daughters' honor and her people. Boudica did just what Joan of Arc did. Was masculine insecurity driving her? She was fighting (and not in some symbolic 21th Century way) for HER place in HER world. Before her final attack, Boudica exhorted her troops from her chariot, her violated daughters standing beside her. She presented herself not as an aristocrat avenging her lost wealth, but as an ordinary person, avenging her lost freedom, her battered body and the abused chastity of her daughters. She told the men that their cause was just, and the gods were on their side. If the men wanted to live in slavery, that was their choice, it was not hers. She fought and died for a cause transcending some masculine inferiority complex or gender-role insecurity. Consider the Russian women who rose up and fought in both the First and Second World War. One woman, Maria Bochkareva fought so well that she was decorated 4 times and allowed to create an all-women volunteer battalion that fought in several engagements, even capturing 3 successive trench lines and a group of completely surprised German soldiers who were marched back to Russian lines. The French resistance in both WW-I and WW-II and Israeli experience have shown that some women, when feel pushed to the edge of endurance are willing to fight for causes altogether transcending gender. As this is being written, there is probably some young Arab Muslim woman training to be a suicide bombers in Iraq. Think about it. Even in the almost totally male-dominated Arab culture, women are picking up AK-47s, RPGs or strapping on bombs to do their "fair share" in their particular struggle. Does masculine insecurity-induced "gender politics" explain their actions? Of course, we're not even talking about the women in today's modern armies. Some of whom are flying high-performance combat aircraft and have participated in combat in numerous places including Iraq. Conclusion. Yes, so-called "masculine insecurities" and "male aggressive myths" of idle elites and even those other not so idle men, should be studied, but it has to be within a much larger context. From ancient times to today, if you get some women mad enough, they'll pick up a rock or a sword or a spear or a musket, or Mosin-Nagent or an AK-47 or an M-16 or strap on an F-16 or F-22 or a bomb and fight, gender-politics be damned .
An Alternative Perception of the Spanish-American and Philippine American War.......2006-03-15
In a somewhat flamboyant pose with his tails and pinstripe pants, Uncle Sam breaks out of his regular pose . Kristin L. Hoganson uses the illustration to depict a rather loose portrait of American symbolism in her examination of how gender and cultural studies ties in with the historical narrative of the Spanish-American and Philippine-American Wars, FIGHTING FOR AMERICAN MANHOOD: HOW GENDER POLITICS PROVOKED THE SPANISH-AMERICAN AND PHILIPPINE-AMERICAN WARS. Hoganson's study is unique, and is yet an additional perspective about US history's most overlooked conflicts and possible blunders. Her interdisciplinary approach defines the roots of the conflict, which relates to the political, social, and cultural atmosphere that occurred during the late nineteenth century - women's suffrage, social Darwinism, and imperialism.
Hoganson's suggests that manhood is the premise of President Mckinley's personality and leadership. It was the driving force that exacerbated engagement in a war that was culturally and politically perplexing. Hoganson touches on noncombatant aspects of the war, jingoism, imperialists, anti-imperialist movement, and economic annexation. However, Hoganson does not indulge in a military study of the war, but she correlates the romanticism of the US Civil War as an inspiration for jingoist behavior during the Spanish-American War as well as the Philippine-American War. Hoganson continuously emphasizes that the war was a response to maintaining fraternalism during a period where social issues engendered the perception and participation in war activity.
With the accompaniment of political cartoons, Hoganson interprets her premise of manliness. The political-propaganda cartoons serve as a metaphor for both the Spanish-American and Philippine-American wars. This was the period where the mass media and the telegraph emerged as effective means of communication, but also lent itself to misinformation and misconceptions.
I doubt that FIGHTING FOR AMERICAN MANHOOD is supposed to interpret the entire purpose of US engagement in the war. However, it is yet another perspective that delves deep within the historical lens and shows the reader how social influences may have an effect on individual leadership and the actions that are taken to achieve successful results.
Murderous Pissing Contest.......2005-05-14
Studying how gender norms and ideals contribute to, and at times create, historical events is not a revolutionary idea; but applying gender norms and ideals to how late nineteenth and early twentieth century Americans understood war and empire comes very close to being just that. Professor Hoganson's short study of how bellicose ideals of male virility which glorify physical prowess and anxieties about an altering gender landscape in the years just before and after the Spanish and Philippine-American wars adds a new level of complexity to the study of those wars, and the path which American foreign policy took during the twentieth century. Using the time tested method of simply taking seriously what policy makers and popular media outlets said and wrote, she builds a rock solid case for reinterpreting American foreign policy in particular, and war in general, through humans' more visceral conceptions of themselves.
Zeroing in on the language norms and the gender ideals which they espoused, Fighting for American Manhood recreates the sense of urgency that much of America's political and cultural elite felt concerning the declining stature of elite men in American society. For the generation of American men who had been either too young to fight in the Civil War, anxiety about their personal and political worth in comparison to the Civil War generation mixed with a personal resentment about being continually marginalized by that generation-especially in the political arena. Even more troubling to much of the elite was the perception that, unlike the Civil War generation, these men could not measure up physically to the working men who were demanding, often violently, greater participation in American life. Accompanying all of these criticisms that the young American elite leveled at themselves was a poisonous interpretation Darwin's evolutionary doctrine which argued that only the physically strong could survive in the dangerous game of international politics. Add to this a resurgence the early nineteenth century standard of honor where slights would require physical resolution and the closure of the frontier, and Americans already had powder keg in the persons of young men itching for a fight.
The changing role of women in American society added some of the most profound anxiety which was making young men hope for a fight-one that would reassert their sense of manliness. The fact that women were arguing for suffrage, were highly visible, and vocal, in civic and moral reform movements which were challenging men's prerogatives in what were traditionally men's private spheres, was cause for even further concern. This concern was exacerbated by general gist of many women activists argument that an infusion of feminine sensibilities into the political dialogue was the best way to assure a better world for all mankind. These sentiments struck at the core of ideals of robust manliness that the young, increasingly belligerent, and politically ambitious generation of American He-men found most dear.
Enter Cuba. Though it is something of an overstatement to argue that insurgent Cuba represented for Jingoes an ideal land where men were men and women were women in the most reactionary sense imaginable, it is not complete overstatement. In recounting the political rhetoric used by the Congressional supporters of Cuba libre and the press coverage Spanish atrocities in the penny dailies, Hoganson recreates the image of a noble island of honorable fighters and dainty women that were more likely found to be in The Art of Courtly Love or the more middle-brow romances that were popular fare in the late nineteenth century. This was more the creation of fanciful imagination than it was of a product of reflection on the conditions of the Cuban insurrection, but like many myths it was taken very seriously even by those who helped to create it. Wanting to believe the officers and soldiers of Cuba libre were knights and squires in need of fraternal assistance from their powerful brothers to the north was overwhelmingly attractive to men who were questioning their own worth by the standards they believed Cubans exemplified. Only interaction with Cuban irregulars would alter the romantic conceptions fostered by government and popular media.
Most interesting in Professor Hoganson's account of the period leading up the Spanish war is her argument, recounted with very solid evidence, that respect for the supposed valor and nobility on the part of Cuban soldiers trumped racism. Cuba was rightly understood to be an island of black and brown people and the fact that racist Southern papers like the Atlanta Journal-Constitution could describe the martyred Afro-Cuban General Antonio Maceo as "one of the world's greatest warriors," while the Prussian descended Spanish General Valeriano Weyler was characterized as a contemptible gun thug is something which is remarkable to the modern reader familiar with how race relations were in the United States at this time (45-48). Myths of white supremacy, whether believed because of supposed scientific rigor or simply taken on faith, were capable of being trumped by a mythos just as dangerously pernicious. Just as the nobility myth came under a deadly scrutiny when American soldiers encountered Cuban conditions, the oddly unhistorical anti-racism of the Jingoes would die with exposure to Cuban conditions-even if unfairly.
Overall, the book is a creative look at what is an unjustly overlooked period in American history. Furthermore it is a creative look at what motivates young men, and increasingly young women, to pine for war without particularly caring about the cause for which they are fighting.
Taken a Bit Too Far.......2001-08-31
Kristin L. Hoganson's Fighting for American Manhood does an interesting job of walking the thin line between gender definitions, interpretations of discourse and traditional explanations of behavior in two fields that have been difficult for many newer historians to break into, international relations and military history. Although primarily a work explaining American motives in the first, Hoganson does bring some new insights on the latter to light. The work is a somewhat successful attempt to synthesize the various answers historians have previously put forward to the question, "Why did the United States go to war in 1898?" Hoganson suggests that by understanding the very real phenomenon of cultural perceptions of "manliness," and how these perceptions affected the nation as a whole and those in power in particular, we may reach a more well defined answer.
Acknowledging the validity of many of the previous explanations put forward by historians, Hoganson weaves many of them together. For example, while acknowledging that annexationist aspirations were relevant to the political actors of the day, she points out that many of the underlying reasons for these aspirations may be ascribed to gender fears. Politicians wanted to appear "manly," and there was no better way to appear this way to the voting populace than to adapt a "jingo" platform. With a similar stroke she places explanations revolving around Social Darwinists in a broader picture by illustrating that at the root of many of the fears of social degeneracy and racial competition were definitions and discourse which is clearly painted with gender based pigments. In these areas Hoganson hits her stride and in large part succeeds in redefining the scope of our understanding to include gender.
She does not, however, hit the mark in a few areas. Primarily because it appears that she never really aimed in that direction. Specifically, her treatment of the economic and strategic explanations for the Spanish-American War appear to be missing. While she does make a series of valid observations about the gender biases of several of the key actors in these areas, these observations are not relevant as causation. Naval strategist Alfred Thayer Mahan was almost certainly extremely gender biased, and in all likelyhood was also a racist, but neither of these were central to his reasoning. As evidence that the strategists carried little weight she points to the fact that the Army was not expanded in conjunction with the massive naval expansion of the period. One is left wondering why naval officers and supporters would have pushed for a large army when their whole theory of geostrategic influence and security rested not upon the occupation of land, but on the domination of sea lanes. Many of the same problems apply when she addresses economic factors. Overall, her dismissal of geostrategic and economic factors rests primarily upon a loose scaffold of secondary sources and the very real gender biases of the primary actors.
This is a moderate work of synthesis that potentially serves as the starting point for a new generation of interpretation. Hoganson has met her goal, she set out to lay a new cornerstone for the interpretation of American imperialism at the turn of the century and she has largely succeeded. Gender is a valid lens through which we may view many of the factors contributing to the American imperialist experiments. What now remains is for Hoganson or others to follow this up with a valid and in-depth gender based analysis of the factors she dismissed or glossed over, military and economic.
An insightful twist to American Imperialism.......2001-04-26
This book has offered a very insightful twist to understanding American foreign policy and congressional thought during the Spanish-American and Phillipian-American wars. Hoganson has given a nice view of how manliness and the fear of losing it contributed to war ideas and how the rise of women's suffrage movements pushed a male dominated political cirle into thoughts of war in order to maintain their manhood. Very well written and her sources are extensive and flawless.
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Wreck of the Henrietta Marie, The: An African American's Spiritual Journey to Uncover a Sunken Slave Ship's Past
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Release Date: 1999-12-28 |
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For most Afro-Americans, the slave ship was the vessel that ushered their unwilling ancestors from their homeland to the New World. That is why Michael Cottman's Spirit Dive resonates with such horror and history, as he uncovers the sordid tale of the Henrietta Marie, which sailed from London to West Africa and on to America, where it sank off the coast of Key West in 1700. In an emotional narrative that combines scuba diving; American, Caribbean, and African history; and underwater archeology, Cottman's descriptions of the ship's discovery, the horrible instruments of bondage the Africans were forced to endure, and the soul-killing greed that dehumanized the Europeans who participated in this hellish "business" make Spirit Dive an unforgettable read. "I needed to know about the man who had captained the Henrietta Marie," Cottman writes. "The ironmongers who had manufactured the shackles for the ship; the crewmen who had set the sails and helped navigate the 120-ton vessel from London to Africa; the deckhands who had enslaved the Africans as part of their daily duties, men who had showed no remorse in senselessly slaughtering rebellious human beings in the time it takes to think." --Eugene Holley Jr.
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When prize-winning journalist and avid scuba diver Michael Cottman participated in an underwater expedition to survey the sunken wreck of a slave ship off the coast of Florida, he was overwhelmed by powerful feelings of kinship and oneness with his African ancestors. As he held in his hands the very shackles that had bound hundreds of men, women, and children in their tortured passage from their African homeland to America, Michael Cottman became determined to tell their stories and the story behind the ship that had carried them away from all they knew and loved.
Spirit Dive takes readers back three centuries and to three continents in order to trace the complex and moving story of the slaves and the slavers. We travel to England on the trail of the shipbuilders and the captain and his crew; to Goree Island, located off the westernmost extension of the African continent near Dakar, where the ship almost certainly docked and from which its enslaved passengers would have gotten their last view of their homeland; and to the Caribbean, where the Henrietta Marie sank without a trace--until its recent rediscovery gave us a tangible key to one of history's most terrible episodes.
Spirit Dive is a powerful and compelling testament of one man's attempt to make sense of the history of his ancestors, chronicling his journey while confronting questions with no answers and striving for reconciliation with his homeland's past and his own country's future.
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Shackles.......2004-08-26
The author notes that as a ten year old in Detroit he loved the program SEA HUNT. Scuba diving led to a journey to uncover a slave ship's past. The book opens with a timeline of events significant to the operation of the HENRIETTA MARIE.
Mel Fisher is probably the most well known treasure hunter in the world. Moe Molinar, a successful black treasure hunter, found the shackles. Additional diving in 1973 produced more rusted shackles. They were stored in a warehouse in Key West. The first artifact identifying the wreck was a bell inscribed HENRIETTA MARIE, 1699. This was discovered by David Moore, an archeologist, in the Gulf of Mexico.
The author conducted research at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, England. David Moore and the author were haunted by the one hundred shackles found in the wreck of the HENRIETTA MARIE. Their presence showed without a doubt the ship's purpose. The author had been taught by his mother to use the story of slavery for inspiration.
On its second slave voyage, and what proved to be its last, two hundred fifty Africans began the trip. Landfall after the Middle Passage was a location in Jamaica, Port Royal, where the African people were sold for three thousand one hundred forty four pounds. In the Florida straits the HENRIETTA MARIE was blindsided by strong winds. The ship sank thirty seven miles west of Key West.
In Jamaica Michael Cottman, the author, may have met descendants of the people transported on the HENRIETTA MARIE. They had the same surname as a family of Jamaican plantation owners and English manufacturers of the cannon installed on the HENRIETTA MARIE. The meeting in Jamaica occurred after four years of research.
In 1992 Michael Cottman attended his first national conference of the National Association of Black Scuba Divers. It was the organization's second national meeting. Safe diving practice means sticking to a buddy system. The association of black divers grew out of the need to obtain partners to follow the sport of scuba diving.
The dive to the HENRIETTA MARIE was undertaken in May, 1993. It was quite an accomplishment to find the wreck after an absence of nine years; sand shifts, currents move and displace objects. Visibility underwater is frequently poor. Having located the wreck of the slave ship the HENRIETTA MARIE on New Ground Reef, the divers paid tribute to those ancestors and others who lost their lives during the Middle Passage. The dive was a sort of pilgrimage.
In 1996 Cottman went to Dakar, to Goree Island. Historians believe the HENRIETTA MARIE once sailed along the West Coast of Africa. In 1996 since there were severe problems in Nigeria, Cottman elected to travel to Senegal. Michael Cottman and his guide went to a structure named the House of Slaves. Goree Island was a place of mass suffering and tormented souls.
The book is moving. The terrible wound inflicted, slavery, needs to be discussed in this country. There is a Holocaust Museum memorializing a European event. No museum memorializes the peculiar institution.
An enjoyable and informative read.......2000-06-24
I have always wanted to visit the Motherland, but never more than after reading Michael Cottman's "Spirit Dive." I thoroughly enjoyed his rich descriptions of the people and places he encountered there on his quest, especially his visit to the Door of No Return on Goree Island and scuba diving the clear water off the west African coast. I enjoyed the passages about scuba diving--the kinship between the black divers, the adventures of the underwater treasure hunters, Cottman's encounters with playful schools of fish and no-so-playful sharks. I also found impressive the detail the book included of the workings of the slave trade from a business perspective--the way the enslavers were so single-minded in their greed that they completely disregarded the value of black life. I will never forget the image of the tiny shackles imprisoning babies--it was disturbing but richly described. I found it difficult to put "Spirit Dive" down and have shared it with my young son, nephews, nieces and several friends. So many of the stories about slavery and the struggle of our forebearers are written in a disconnected way. This book was a warm and personal account of a journalist and father's search for truth about his heritage.
Great Book To Read.......2000-06-23
I really enjoyed reading Spirit Dive. I found it very interesting, inspiring and informative. It was an excellent way to learn about slavery without feeling depressed. I liked the idea of weaving one man's personal experience with the history of one slave ship. The book made me laugh and cry. But it gave me a new way of thinking regarding the issue of slavery - African Americans survived slavery and continue to be a strong race of people.
Spirit Lifting.......2000-06-21
The account of the discovery of this slave ship and the painstaking research that went into telling us its history is inspiring. Cottman writes it in a spiritually uplifting and journalistically compelling manner. Every American should read it and share it with every child they know.
Diving into the Past.......2000-06-21
It's not often that a book successfully makes the link between contemporary man and the past. Spirit Dive by Michael H. Cottman is a notable exception.
Cottman's journey back through time to research the history of a slave ship is an eye-opening work, rich with details about the operation of the slave trade, the risks and the lucrative payoffs for the slavers, which helps to explain why it became a major industry.
It's also a story of how contemporary men -- black and white -- came together to document an accurate history of an event that was a perfect example of scenes that were played out repeatedly as slave ships traversed the Atlantic.
It was a perfect circle in many ways. Slavery drove white and black apart over an uncommon evil, but hundreds of years later, the search for the slave ship brought black and white together for a common good.
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Anybody can learn about the processes and creatures of the ocean by reading this visually exciting and timely textbook.
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A superbly organized and presented textbook.......2003-07-26
Now in an updated and expanded third edition, Invitation To Oceanography by oceanographer Paul R. Pinet is a superbly organized and presented textbook for advanced students of this fascinating and specialized field of science. An optional student study guide enhances the primary text, which stands well on its own with full-color illustrations, and a wide survey of topics from marine sedimentation to biological productivity in the ocean, coastal habitats, ocean circulation and much more. With laboratory exercises designed by Karl Chauffe and Mark Jefferies which make use of safe, inexpensive, reusable, and readily available materials, Invitation To Oceanography is a very confidently recommended addition to academic reading lists, as well as an excellent curriculum resource for "student friendly" classroom instruction.
Weirdest textbook I ever used.......2003-06-20
Although Mr. Pinet can explain things very clearly, some of his writing is very strange, especially for a college textbook. At one point, he refers to animals as "critters." At another point, he recommends an experiment of taking your bathtub outside and putting by your pool when the wind is blowing. This book is full of weird little things like that.
Just what I wanted!.......2000-06-15
Although a college textbook designed for non-majors, "Invitation to Oceanography" contains much information for those interested in the subject. What I especially liked and appreciated the most were the application tasks. These are mathematical problems/questions one can use and apply to the ocean on their next trip to the beach. Moreover, the Internet links provided in the book add a great supplement. Educators at the secondary (high school or college) level will enjoy teaching from this book.
Great Applications Towards Oceanography.......2000-05-28
"Invitation to Oceanography" provides a wealth of information as a non-fiction text. For those interested in the complexities of the inner-workings of oceanic events and marine biology, this is the book to read. The book is a fascinating read delving into facts and figures of oceanic characteristics and definitions. Teachers and/or those interested in marine science will find the book intriguing with its application towards the field of mathematics, marine science, and chemistry. It will forever change how you perceive the ocean on your next beach vacation.
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This Fifth Edition of OCEANOGRAPHY conveys Garrison's enthusiasm for oceanography to non-science students and concentrates on maximizing student learning. Garrison brings focus and excitement to students' natural appreciation of the complexities of the ocean with integrated technology and a stunning visual program. Drawing on his more than thirty years of teaching experience, Garrison is intent on writing for how students learn best: he is the only oceanography author to consistently consult students about each new edition and incorporate their suggestions, creating a dynamic, current student focus. He provides students with a basic understanding of the scientific questions, complexities, and uncertainties involved in ocean use and the role and importance of the ocean in nurturing and sustaining life on the planet. Also, with a feel for students' excitement at discovering connections, Garrison increases the emphasis in this edition on the interdisciplinary nature of marine science, stressing its links to biology, chemistry, geology, physics, meteorology, astronomy, ecology, history, and economics. To further enrich the student experience, this edition is now fully integrated, on a concept level and with book-specific interactivities, with a FREE brand-new, student tutorial system called OceanographyNow. OceanographyNow is Web-based, assessment-driven, and completely flexible, offering a personalized learning plan based on each student's quiz results to help students focus on the concepts they don't yet understand. Enhanced illustrations, seamless integration of online resources, and a rich suite of student resources (with an optional regional emphasis) complete the Garrison learning experience. "This text is a must for any student searching for a detailed, yet easy to understand introduction to science." - Tanya Johnson, President of Associated Students at Skyline College, on Garrison's OCEANOGRAPHY.
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Everyhting you need to know as an intro to marine science.......2007-09-03
This book is very well laid out. I am a teacher and would absolutely recommend this as an intro textbook to marine science. It contains all that you would need to know. great as a first year colledge text or even an advanced high school textbook.
Oceanography Text Book.......2005-09-28
Purchase and delivery were right on key. Very pleased with whole process. Item arrived in excellent condition. My daughter received a B+ on her first Oceanography College Exam (just points away from an A). That makes all the difference in the world....................Thanks.
One of Tom Garrison's Students.......2002-08-26
I took Tom Garrison's class at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, CA. Wonderful class! He taught along with the book and every session was both insightful and interesting. Dr. Garrison is without a match in instructional etiquette and eloquence. Indeed, this book showcases his best work on the subject. Read the book... Be educated by the diagrams and charts... Be taken back at the amazing realms of life under the ocean... And most of all, be in awe of a marvelous earth (or "Oceanus") that is in great need of our consideration right now. Otherwise we end up dead like the aliens... Oops.. I hope I did't give a way the ending! If you have few bucks, come and take the class at OCC. You will be so glad you did. Just don't come in late through one of the side doors, or leave your cell phone on. He can't STAND those things! It drives him CRAZY!
Best textbook I've ever read........1999-03-16
This textbook is very well written. It is ubnderstandible to students and others of all ages and interests. It contains intersting color pictures and graphics about the subject material for each chapter. Each chapter also contains web links to a homepage that accompanies the book. The book is full of intersting personal stories, history, theory, and facts. Dr. Garrison and all who have contributed to this book have set the standard for textbooks and integrated learning for the next decade.
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This Fifth Edition of OCEANOGRAPHY conveys Garrison's enthusiasm for oceanography to non-science students and concentrates on maximizing student learning. Drawing on his more than thirty years of teaching experience, Garrison is intent on writing for how students learn best: he is the only oceanography author to consistently consult students about each new edition and incorporate their suggestions, creating a dynamic, current student focus. He provides students with a basic understanding of the scientific questions, complexities, and uncertainties involved in ocean use. Also, with a feel for students' excitement at discovering connections, Garrison increases the emphasis in this edition on the interdisciplinary nature of marine science, stressing its links to biology, chemistry, geology, physics, meteorology, astronomy, ecology, history, and economics. To further enrich the student experience, this edition is now fully integrated, on a concept level and with book-specific interactivities, with a FREE brand-new, student tutorial system called OceanographyNow. OceanographyNow is Web-based, assessment-driven, and completely flexible, offering a personalized learning plan based on each student's quiz results to help students focus on the concepts they don't yet understand. Enhanced illustrations, seamless integration of online resources, and a rich suite of student resources (with an optional regional emphasis) complete the Garrison learning experience. As part of the ADVANTAGE SERIES, this looseleaf version of Garrison?s standard text offers all the quality content you've come to expect from Tom Garrison, in a format available to your students at a significantly lower price. "This text is a must for any student searching for a detailed, yet easy to understand introduction to science." - Tanya Johnson, President of Associated Students at Skyline College, on Garrison's OCEANOGRAPHY.
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Great Book!!!.......2005-12-14
This is a very easy-to-understand book that has many helpful and detailed illustrations, graphs, and neat facts about the ocean and its contents. Great for biology, meteorology, and environmental students!
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Reading this book is like exploring the ocean. Students participated alongside progessional oceanographers in writng and reviewing process. The result? A textbook that you'll actually enjoy!
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Oceanography: An Invitation to Marine Science, Tom Garrison, 5th Edition
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Something in a Cardboard Box: Tales from the Wildlife Hospital
Les Stocker
Manufacturer: Chatto & Windus
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Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 0701133295 |
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St Tiggywinkle's Wildlife Hospital: "Jaws the Hedgehog" and Other Stories
Manufacturer: HarperCollins Publishers
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ASIN: 0006751814 |
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- Captures the true nature of cats
- A Must-Have for Cat Lovers
- You don't even have to like cats to love this book
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Wildlife Hospital
Sybil B. Ferguson
Manufacturer: Northword Pr
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ASIN: 1559711310 |
Book Description
All Around Cats! by Dolly Viscardi illustrations by David Brooks Whether they're big or small, naughty or nice, wise old alley cats, or furry princess puffballs, all cats have attitude! In this great read-aloud picture book, they're celebrated for all their kitty quirks that keep us laughing and and loving them!
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Captures the true nature of cats.......2005-03-31
All Around Cats is a short book filled with illustrations of cats engaged in common cat activities. Whether stalking, jumping, prowling, sneaking, or napping they are just all around cats. The illustrations point out the wide variety of features among cats including various colors, tail shapes, and fur types. All Around Cats is a good choice for children learning to read, and especially so if they love cats.
A Must-Have for Cat Lovers.......2004-11-25
Whether they're fat, or thin, black or white, there are cats all around. Spying through windows, bothering dogs, playing with toys, and more. Dolly Viscardi's wonderful rhyming prose will capture everyone's attention, and the glorious illustrations by David Brooks accompanying each rhyme couldn't be more darling. Whether you're a cat lover or not, you MUST have this book!
Erika Sorocco
Book Review Columnist for The Community Bugle Newspaper
You don't even have to like cats to love this book.......2004-09-08
What a charming book! The text and illustrations perfectly complement each other.
Book Description
This digital document is an article from Cat Watch, published by Thomson Gale on November 1, 2006. The length of the article is 1455 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
Citation Details
Title: When time is critical: keep your veterinarian's phone number handy--you will need it in the case of a feline emergency.(Health)
Author: Tom Ewing
Publication:
Cat Watch (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 10
Issue: 11
Page: 3(2)
Distributed by Thomson Gale
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Wildlife care basics for veterinary hospitals: Before the rehabilitator arrives
Irene Ruth
Manufacturer: Urban Wildlife Program, Fund for Animals
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding
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ASIN: B0006RWC2Q |
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