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German foreign policy : navigating a new era
No full textDescribing German foreign policy after the Cold War as a moving target, Erb (international studies, U. of Maine at Farmington) nevertheless sees a certain amount of stability and predictability than might appear at first glance. Primarily focusing on the years of transition, 1980 to the present, he argues that German foreign policy is guided consistently by principles of multilateralism, cooperative institution building, the peaceful resolution of conflicts, and respect for human rights. He further contends that Germany should serve as a model for other nations. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)https://scholarworks.umf.maine.edu/publications/1024/thumbnail.jp
The Maine poets : an anthology of verse
No full textIn The Maine Poets, editor Wesley McNair has selected work by poets of the state from Longfellow to the present. Chosen for their appeal to the general reader, these poems honor the full vision and diversity of Maine\u27s poets as they address life in Maine and in all human placeshttps://scholarworks.umf.maine.edu/publications/1039/thumbnail.jp
Religion and global culture : new terrain in the study of religion and the work of Charles H. Long
No full textReligion and Global Culture draws together the work of a group of historians of religion who are concerned with situating the contemporary study of religion within the cultural complexity of the modern world. The writing of each of the volume\u27s contributors relates to the work of leading historian of religion Charles H. Long, who has identified religious meanings in the contacts and exchanges of the colonial and postcolonial periods. Together with Long, these scholars explore religious practices in a variety of globalized contexts; chapters consider such varied subjects as the rituals of African immigrant communities in the United States, the making of Mohawk sweet grass and black ash baskets, the religious experience of prisoners in the Nazi holding camp of Westerbork, and the regional repercussions of contemporary multi-national business. By locating religion in the conflicted and cooperative relationships of the colonial and postcolonial periods, Religion and Global Culture calls on scholars of religion to reconfigure their interpretive stances from the perspective of the material structures of the modern, globalized world.https://scholarworks.umf.maine.edu/publications/1058/thumbnail.jp
Mapping the heart : reflections on place and poetry
No full textIn the personal and critical essays of Mapping the Heart, Wesley McNair, one of New England\u27s most important poets, reveals the impact of place on his own poetry and the verse of several other New Englanders, past to present. He also explains the ways poets of his climate have influenced each other, how poets think about their craft, and what poetry is.https://scholarworks.umf.maine.edu/publications/1041/thumbnail.jp
Petrography of a cryptic mixed magma system – the Mount Waldo granite, coastal Maine
No full textThe Mount Waldo granite (MWG), dated at 371 ± 2 Ma, is typical of the younger Devonian intrusions of the coastal Maine magmatic province. It is a coarse-grained, seriate to porphyritic, biotite ± hornblende, titanite-bearing granite with abundant intermediate to felsic magmatic enclaves and less abundant mafic schlieren. The MWG contains feldspars of various textures and composition, including abundant plagioclase-mantled K-feldspar (rapakivi texture), boxy and spongy cellular plagioclase, and plagioclase that show An spikes and/or central cores of higher Ca content. In addition, the magmatic enclaves also preserve textural evidence for mixing and hybridization. Specifically, abundant mafic clots, acicular apatite, inherited megacrysts of all the feldspar varieties common in the host granite, and titanite-plagioclase intergrowths are all observed. Although very little mafic material is observed in the MWG at its present level of erosion, abundant textural evidence suggests that mixing occurred at depth in this intrusion. The thermal, chemical, and physical gradients initiated by the injection of mafic material produced not only the array of mixing textures observed in the MWG but also the large-scale convection needed to distribute these features throughout the pluton including its highest levels. RÉSUMÉ Le granite du mont Waldo (GMW), situé à 371±2 Ma, est caractéristique des intrusions récentes du Dévonien de la province magmatique côtière du Maine. Il s\u27agit d\u27un granite titanitifère à gros grain, sérié à porphyrique de biotite ± hornblende comportant une abondance d\u27enclaves magmatiques intermédiaires à felsiques et une abondance moindre de schlierens mafiques. Le GMW renferme des feldspaths de textures et de compositions diverses, notamment une abondance de feldspath potassique recouvert de plagioclase (texture de rapakiwi), de plagioclase alvéolaire massif et spongieux, et de plagioclase présentant des pics d\u27An ou des noyaux centraux à teneur supérieure en Ca. De plus, les enclaves magmatiques préservent également une preuve texturale de mélange et d\u27hybridation. On peut, plus précisément observer la totalité de ces traits : une abondance de grumeaux mafiques, de l\u27apatite aciculaire, des mégacristaux provenant de tous les types de feldspaths courants dans le granite hôte et des enchevêtrements de titanite-plagioclase. Même si l\u27on observe très peu de matières mafiques dans le GMW à son niveau actuel d\u27érosion, d\u27abondants indices texturaux permettent de supposer que le mixage est survenu en profondeur dans cette intrusion. Les gradients thermiques, chimiques et physiques obtenus par l\u27injection de matières mafiques a non seulement produit l\u27éventail de textures de mélange observé dans le GMW, mais également la convection à grande échelle nécessaire à la distribution de ces caractéristiques dans l\u27ensemble du pluton ainsi qu\u27à ses niveaux les plus élevés. [Traduit par la rédaction
Slobodan Milosevic and the destruction of Yugoslavia
No full textIn Slobodan Milosevic and the Destruction of Yugoslavia former U.S. foreign service officer Louis Sell fills a gap in the literature on the Yugoslav conflicts by covering both the domestic Yugoslav side of the collapse and the history and consequences of international interventions in the wars in Slovenia and Croatia in 1991, Bosnia in 1992–1995, and Kosovo from 1998–1999. Sell focuses on the life and career of Milosevic, from the perspective of both a diplomatic insider intimately familiar with the region and a scholar who has researched all the available English and Serbo-Croatian sources.Sell spent much of his diplomatic career in Eastern Europe and Russia, including eight years in Yugoslavia between 1974 and 2000, and witnessed the events that contributed to the dissolution and ultimate destruction of Yugoslavia. In Slobodan Milosevic and the Destruction of Yugoslavia he provides first-hand observations of Milosevic from the heady days of his rise to power and, later, in the endgame of the Bosnian war, including the Dayton Peace Conference. Drawing on a wide range of published material as well as interviews with Yugoslav and foreign participants, Sell covers such areas as Milosevic’s relationship to the military, his responsibility for war crimes, his methods of persuasion and negotiation, and his notoriously explosive personality.https://scholarworks.umf.maine.edu/publications/1066/thumbnail.jp
Canning gold : Northern New England\u27s sweet corn industry : a historical geography
No full textCanning Gold is a meticulously researched examination of how sweet corn canning helped shape the economy, landscape and people of rural Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont during the corn shop century, 1860-1960\u27s. Paul Frederic powerfully demonstrates the strong community bond essential for the industry\u27s initial success. Interviews with farmers, factory owners and cannery workers who raised and packed the corn, combined with the written record, and Frederic\u27s insight derived from growing up in the shadow of a corn shop, enrich the work and trace various threads linking local patterns to regional, national and global forces.https://scholarworks.umf.maine.edu/publications/1029/thumbnail.jp
