A revision of the families and genera of the Stylonuracea (Eurypterida) / Erik N. Kjellsvig-Waering --

v.14:no.9(1966)

De Gaulle and Europe: Historical Revision and Social Science Theory. Program for the Study of Germany and Europe Working Paper Series 8.5

The thousands of books and articles on Charles de Gaulle's policy toward European integration, whether written by historians, social scientists, or commentators, universally accord primary explanatory importance to the General's distinctive geopolitical ideology. In explaining his motivations, only secondary significance, if any at all, is attached to commercial considerations. This paper seeks to reverse this historiographical consensus by examining the four major decisions toward European integration during de Gaulle's presidency: the decisions to remain in the Common Market in 1958, to propose the Foucher Plan in the early 1960s, to veto British accession to the EC, and to provoke the "empty chair" crisis in 1965-1966, resulting in the "Luxembourg Compromise." In each case, the overwhelming bulk of the primary evidence-speeches, memoirs, or government documents-suggests that de Gaulle's primary motivation was economic, not geopolitical or ideological. Like his predecessors and successors, de Gaulle sought to promote French industry and agriculture by establishing protected markets for their export products. This empirical finding has three broader implications: (1) For those interesred in the European Union, it suggests that regional integration has been driven primarily by economic, not geopolitical considerations--even in the "least likely" case. (2) For those interested in the role of ideas in foreign policy, it suggests that strong interest groups in a democracy limit the impact of a leader's geopolitical ideology--even where the executive has very broad institutional autonomy. De Gaulle was a democratic statesman first and an ideological visionary second. (3) For those who employ qualitative case-study methods, it suggests that even a broad, representative sample of secondary sources does not create a firm basis for causal inference. For political scientists, as for historians, there is in many cases no reliable alternative to primary-source research.

Stable isotop record of sediments across MIS 5 and Termination II

New surface water records from two high sedimentation rate sites, located in the western subtropical North Atlantic near the axis of the Gulf Stream, provide clear evidence of suborbital climate variations through marine isotope stage (MIS) 5 persisting even into the warm peak of the interglaciation (substage 5e). We found that the amplitude of suborbital climate oscillations did not vary significantly for the whole of MIS 5, implying that ice volume has little or no influence on the amplitude of suborbital climate variability in this region. Although some records suggest that longer suborbital variations (4-10 kyr) during MIS 5 are linked to deepwater changes, none of the existing records is of sufficient resolution to assess if a linkage occurred for oscillations shorter than 4 kyr. However, when examined in conjunction with published data from the Norwegian Sea, new evidence from the subpolar North Atlantic suggests that coupled surface-deepwater oscillations occurred during the penultimate deglaciation. This supports the hypothesis that during glacial and deglacial times, ocean-ice interactions and deepwater variability amplify suborbital climate change at higher latitudes. We suggest that during the penultimate deglaciation the North Atlantic deepwater source varied between Nordic Sea and open North Atlantic locations, in parallel with surface temperature oscillations.

Termination of the bracero program : some effects on farm labor and migrant housing needs /

Cover title.

Revision of titles 18 and 28 of the United States code. : Hearings, E, Eightieth Congress, first session, on H.R. 1600 and H.R. 2055.

Hearing held Mar. 7, 1947.

Bicknell's village builder : elevations and plans for cottages, villas, suburban residences, farm houses ... also exterior and interior details for public and private buildings, with approved forms of contracts and specifications ... : Containing fifty-five plates drawn to scale ...

Mode of access: Internet.

Exclusive dealing and vertical integration : the efficiency of contracts in the tuna industry /

Item 535

Site planning. : Instructions and information for architect-engineers engaged under cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contracts for design and supervision of emergency defense construction projects.

Apr. 14, 1941.

Contracts in engineering; the interpretation and writing of engineering-commercial agreements; a text-book for students in engineering, engineers, contractors and business men.

Mode of access: Internet.

A voyage down the Niger : being the result of an expedition to explore its course and termination /

Preface dated Feb. 1832

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad company. Documentary history; articles of incorporation, leases, mortgages, decrees, consolidations, deeds; trackage and depot contracts, and history of affiliated companies ...

v.1. Lines east of the Mississippi River.--v.2. Lines in Iowa and Missouri.--v.3. Lines west of the Missouri River.

Manual for the classification and cataloging of music scores (1955 revision). The "Vassar-Columbia" classification scheme integrated with the cataloging procedure manual of the Columbia University Music Library,

Mode of access: Internet.