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by Arthur Melzer, Todd Gitlin, Seyla Benhabib
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2001
With the end of the Cold War, the death of Communism, and the decline of Socialism, what are the primary issues, ideologies, and parties that now structure politics? Melzer, Zinman, and Weinberger have compiled essays from prominent experts to examine the politics of the past to help plot the political...
George Herbert Mead's Concept of Society
A Critical Reconstruction
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2015
This book offers a new look at Mead's concept of society, in an attempt to reconstruct its significance for sociological theory. Chapter 1 offers a critical genealogical reading of writings, from early articles to the latest books, where Mead articulates his views on social reform, social psychology,...
New Asian Emperors
The Business Strategies of the Overseas Chinese
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2012
Southeast Asia has a population of more than half a billion, yet its economy is dominated by about 40 families, most of Overseas Chinese descent. Their conglomerates span sectors as diverse as real estate, telecommunications, hotels, industrial goods, computers and sugar plantations. New Asian Emperors...
by Thomas Berger, Kent E. Calder, Lowell Dittmer
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2003
Is Northeast Asia primed for peace or ripe for great-power rivalry? In this turbulent region, all the world-order challenges of arms control and disarmament, global North-South tensions, human rights and humanitarian intervention, environmental protection and eco-development, and democratization and...
How to Do Systems Analysis
Primer and Casebook
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2016
Presents the foundational systemic thinking needed to conceive systems that address complex socio-technical problems
This book emphasizes the underlying systems analysis components and associated thought processes. The authors describe an approach that is appropriate for complex systems in...
by Bento S. de Mattos, Bento S. de Mattos, Jose A. T. G. Fregnani
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2018
Conceptual Design of Green Transport Airplanes presents key information, methodologies, and modern tools for the conceptual design of airliners that comply with requirements to minimal environmental impact. The book is comprised of eight chapters that address relevant subjects such as airplane technological...
Acoustic Wave Sensors
Theory, Design and Physico-Chemical Applications
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 1996
Written by an interdisciplinary group of experts from both industry and academia, Acoustic Wave Sensors provides an in-depth look at the current state of acoustic wave devices and the scope of their use in chemical, biochemical, and physical measurements, as well as in engineering applications. Because...
Formal Development of a Network-Centric RTOS
Software Engineering for Reliable Embedded Systems
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2011
Many systems, devices and appliances used routinely in everyday life, ranging from cell phones to cars, contain significant amounts of software that is not directly visible to the user and is therefore called "embedded". For coordinating the various software components and allowing them...
Public Libraries, Public Policies, and Political Processes
Serving and Transforming Communities in Times of Economic and Political Constraint
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
Drawing on two decades of original research conducted by the authors, as well as existing research about the intersection of public policy, political discourse, and public libraries, this book seeks to understand the origins and implications of the current standing of public libraries in public policy...
The Daily Show and Rhetoric
Arguments, Issues, and Strategies
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2011
The Daily Show and Rhetoric: Arguments, Issues, and Strategies examines the popular Comedy Central program from a rhetorical perspective to uncover the ways in which Jon Stewart, the cast, and writers critique mainstream media and politicians. This volume analyzes the nature of The Daily Show, the...
Library as Safe Haven
Disaster Planning, Response, and Recovery; A How-To-Do-It Manual for Librarians
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Libraries have always played a special role in times of disaster by continuing to provide crucial information and services. The Stafford Act of 2011, a federal government directive, designates libraries as among the temporary facilities delivering essential services, making a Continuity of Operations...
by J.C. Beech, A.T. Wolf
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
This book presents the papers given at the RILEM Seminar held at the Building Research Establishment, Garston, UK in October 1994. The book provides an opportunity for researchers to review up-to-date progress towards the achievement of the objectives of the standardisation of laboratory techniques of sealants in the variety of service conditions to which they are exposed.
Heads-Up Dreaming
How Your Dreams Can Predict Your Future and Change Your Life
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2014
A scientist shows us that we all have the biological capability to reduce uncertainty in our lives…
Heads-Up Dreaming is a book about Dr. Smith’s personal discovery of the ability to have dreams that seem to portray future waking events. While other writers have noted this before, what...
by A C And F T Gregory
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009