Gleanings in Europe TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Tribology

Gleanings in Europe TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / TribologyGleanings in Europe: The Rhine is an account of James Fenimore Cooper's travels in Europe at the time of the 1832 revolt in Paris, when he hoped General Lafayette would be declared President of France and when all of Europe was the stage for the morality play of French politics. Published in 1836 after General Lafayette's death, the book is, in part, an apologia for Lafayette, Cooper's ideal political man. Thus it is essential reading for

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enamel works and precious stones

questions gendered stereotypes of so-called racial democracy

New chapter on care and comfort at the end of life

give a human face to sociological data

where they discover a terrible being

Situates women at the centre of the practices and policies of British imperialism

the role of the state in the official regulation of the ‘minor vices’

Looks at the daily lives of poor people to demonstrate that the poor pay more than others

and the use of creative arts in play therapy

and signaling molecules to instruct cell behavior

dramatically juxtaposing romantic passion with sudden violent death and clandestine politics