Timothy Hawkins: 3 books
José de Bustamante and Central American Independence
Colonial Administration in an Age of Imperial Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2011
Latin American independence histories of the last 150 years have tended to stereotype Captain General Bustamante, governor of the Spanish colony of Guatemala from 1811 to 1818, as a tyrannical arch-villain who personified colonial oppression. Timothy Hawkins, in contrast, examines Bustamante and his...
A Great Fear
Luís de Onís and the Shadow War against Napoleon in Spanish America, 1808–1812
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2019
An exploration of the Spanish colonial reaction to the threat of Napoleonic subversion
A Great Fear: Luís de Onís and the Shadow War against Napoleon in Spanish America, 1808–1812 explores why Spanish Americans did not take the opportunity to seize independence in this critical period when...
Maintenance Planning and Scheduling
Streamline Your Organization for a Lean Environment
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2006
This is a hands-on reference guide for the maintenance or reliability engineer and plant manager. As the third volume in the “Life Cycle Engineering series, this book takes the guiding principles of Lean Manufacturing and Maintenance and applies these concepts to everyday planning and scheduling...