Issues of a new epoch: the coal strike Panama Philippines and Cuba

The coal strike. Panama republic and canal. Curse of the American government. Why the President was prompt. Complicity and treaty obligations. Colombia’s usurping government. Our work as civilizer. The new republic of Cuba. Peace and progress in the Philippines. The Friars lands

Our political drama, conventions, campaigns, candidates,

Three articles entitled "Humor and pathos of national conventions," "Scenes and incidents of presidential inaugurations" and "Early political caricature in America" published originally in the Century magazine, form the basis of the present volume. cf. Pref.Mode of access: Internet

A chronicle of one hundred & fifty years;

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Theodore Roosevelt and his time shown in his own letters,

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Letter from Joseph Bucklin Bishop to Mrs. Gorgas, January 19, circa 1925

This item is from the William Crawford Gorgas Papers. It includes correspondence, articles, and other items that document the numerous awards and tributes Gorgas received during his life, collected by his widow, Marie Gorgas for her book, William Crawford Gorgas: his life and work

Issues of a new epoch : the coal strike : Panama, Phillippines and Cuba /

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Theodore Roosevelt's letters to his children;

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Path Dependency in Marketing Systems

Path dependency in marketing systems occurs when what has happened at an earlier time affects the possible outcomes of a sequence of events occurring at a later point in time (Sewell 1996). Unlike the wider category of all social systems, in marketing systems path dependency is innate in the evolutionary dynamics underlying the formation and growth of a marketing system, beginning with the historical framing of choices made by all participants, generating, through self-organization and emergence, four complex social mechanisms - delivery systems, stakeholder action fields, technology evolution systems and value change fields. These complex social mechanisms interact over time generating marketing system outcomes that feedback continually into participant choices. The paper argues that all marketing systems, whether micro, meso or macro in scale and level, exhibit path dependence, and explores the implications of this finding. The paper identifies three ways of approaching path dependence in marketing systems - a narrative, partial and strong approach. It concludes that in a specific marketing systems setting all three approaches complement each other, the first establishing in narrative terms what happened, the second identifying the key path dependencies in a partial analysis, and finally, the third, drawing on a detailed or strong understanding of the causal dynamics at work to provide insights needed to extend theories of marketing system formation and growth and to provide the foundations for policy prescription. The occurrence of path dependency in all marketing systems and the complementary nature of the three distinctive approaches are the two major contributions of this paper

Local variation within marinas: Effects of pollutants and implications for invasive species

International audienceUrban structures like marinas are dominant features of our coasts, often hotspots for invasive species. The processes that govern the distribution of invasive species within and between marinas are not well understood. We therefore investigated the impacts of local-scale variability within and between marinas, analysing fouling communities at two zones (inner and outer) within three close marinas in accordance with pollutants recorded in the water and sediment. Communities varied between zones, however no significant differences in abundances of invasive species was recorded. The inner zones contained higher levels of copper and other pollutants and were correlated with lower biodiversity and abundances of many species in comparison to the outer zones. Only the native Ascidiella aspersa was found in greater abundances in the inner zones. This local-scale variability and how it impacts biodiversity is important for consideration for coastal managers in mitigating the build-up of pollutants and spread of invasive species