“…In Adrenaline Junkies and Template Zombies, the six principal consultants of The Atlantic Systems Guild present the patterns of behavior they most often observe at the dozens of IT firms they transform each year, around the world. …”

“…–Tom DeMarco, Principal, The Atlantic Systems Guild, author of Peopleware , Deadline , and Slack “I am seriously impressed with this ICSM book. …”

“…"Women's networks proliferated during the long nineteenth century in the Atlantic World and began spreading globally. Abetted by transformative changes in communication and transportation (the subject of the first chapter), women established links among themselves, sometimes informally, sometimes as part of formal organizations. …”

“…The study of slavery and coerced labour is increasingly conducted from a global perspective, and yet a dual Eurocentric bias remains: slavery primarily brings to mind the images of Atlantic chattel slavery, and most studies continue to be based - either outright or implicitly - on a model of northern European wage labour. …”

“…Leading Catholic theologians from both sides of the Atlantic take up the key issues: analysing the concept of authority and governance; examining the history of authority within the Roman Catholic church; discussing who should have a say in future developments; exploring ecumenical dimensions, with particular reference to Anglicanism and the Orthodox churches; and suggesting the kind of reforms that might be prudent, as well as ways in which such reforms might be brought about. …”

“…New Orleans, the Founding Era gathers contributions from nine leading scholars of the French Atlantic world and features an illustrated checklist of artifacts from public and private collections across France, Spain, Canada, and the United States. …”

“…However, in order to succeed in their mission, the French Navy would have to make a deadly crossing over the North Atlantic, an ocean patrolled by the Royal Navy, the most powerful navy force in the world, whose sailors were eager to inflict a damaging defeat on Revolutionary France and win their fortune in prize money. …”

“…The era of the Enlightenment, which gave rise to our modern conceptions of freedom and democracy, was also the height of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. America, a nation founded on the principle of liberty, is also a nation built on African slavery, Native American genocide, and systematic racial discrimination. …”

“…It is the first book to offer a history of the emergence of corporate propaganda on both sides of the Atlantic during the 20th century.The authors show how the origins of PR were always covertly political. …”

“…As a celebrated cultural critic and a writer for national publications such as The Atlantic and Harper's, Alan Jacobs has spent his adult life belonging to communities that often clash in America's culture wars. …”

“…And in Africa, the company states were first key intermediaries in the trans-Atlantic slave trade, and later the colonial vanguards of the 'scramble for Africa.' …”

Sumario

“…Presentación del editor: "This book by a leading scholar of international relations examines the origins of the new world disorder - the resurgence of Russia , the rise of populism in the West, deep tensions in the Atlantic alliance, and the new strategic partnership between China and Russia - and asks why so many assumptions about how the world might look after the Cold War - liberal, democratic and increasingly global - have proven to be so wrong"…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Prologue: Garðar 1126: Bishop Eric Gnupson arrives in Greenland as Scandinavians advance Christianity across the North Atlantic -- Pt. 1. Las Floridas. Santo Domingo 1511: Resistance grows against the genocide and enslavement of indigenous peoples -- Quivira 1527: Dreams of empire mingle with evangelical ambition -- Saint Augustine 1565: Evangelization falters amid violence, slavery, and revolt -- Apalachee 1595: Friars and soldiers hold the Florida frontier -- Pt. 2. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…ETHNICITY AND CITIZENSHIP IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE ETNICIDAD Y CIUDADANÍA EN PERSPECTIVA HISTÓRICA -- LA CONSTRUCCIÓN DE DIFERENCIA EN LA ZONA DE CONTACTO: INTERROGANTES AL RESPECTO DE LA ETNICIDAD / SHIFTING BOUNDARIES, EMERGING COMMUNITIES - ETHNICITY AND ETHNOGENESIS ON NICARAGUA'S ATLANTIC COAST / GUERRA, FORMACIÓN DEL ESTADO E IMAGINARIO NACIONAL EN EL PERÚ / II. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introduction -- PART A: MARINE RISK ASSESSMENT PERSPECTIVES -- 1) Application of the IGRC framework for SAR -- 2) Historical Maritime Search and Rescue (SAR) Incident Analysis: Interactive visualization aids for improved risk assessment and decision making -- 3) Oil spill risk in the Canadian Arctic: An exploratory application of the International Risk Governance Framework -- 4) Ship-generated underwater noise -- PART B: INDIGENOUS RIGHTS AND MARINE SPATIAL PLANNING PERSPECTIVES -- 5) Shipping Governance and Inuit Rights -- 6) Inuit knowledge and data: An exploration of decision support systems for marine spatial planning in the eastern Canadian Arctic -- 7) Balancing competing ocean uses: The EU approach to Marine Spatial Planning -- 8) Integrated Ocean Management in France: Some perspectives -- PART C: MARITIME REGULATORY POLICY PERSPECTIVES -- 9) The IMO Framework and Process of Shipping Regulations -- 10) The regulation of air pollution from ships in the Northwest Atlantic and Arctic Oceans: The need for an integrated and equitable approach -- 11) A Change in the Ice Regime: Polar Code Implementation in Canada Drummond Fraser, Transport Canada -- 12) Seafarers and Arctic cruise shipping: Protecting those who work while others explore and sightsee -- 13) Mapping the Occupational Health and Safety Challenges Arising from Employment-Related Geographical Mobility (E-RGM) Among Canadian Seafarers on the Great Lakes and St Lawrence River -- 14) Fisher safety -- 15) Search and rescue at sea: do new challenges need new rules? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…"The most valuable part of medicine" : the six non-naturals in the long eighteenth century / James Kennaway and Rina Knoeff -- The body is a barometer : Dutch doctors on healthy weather and strong constitutions / Rina Knoeff -- Hot climate and health care : tropical regions in the Dutch Atlantic, c.1600-c.1800 / Stephen Snelders -- Eating after the climacteric : food, gender and ageing in the long eighteenth century / Elizabeth A. …”