Thomas A Thomas: 872 books
The New Economy of the Inner City
Restructuring, Regeneration and Dislocation in the 21st Century Metropolis
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2009
Following the restructuring process which swept away the traditional manufacturing economy of the inner city 25 years ago, new industries are transforming these former post-industrial landscapes. These creative, technology-intensive industries include Internet services, computer graphics and imaging,...
by Thomas A. Hughes
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2006
Ideal for classroom use or self-study, this newly revised best-selling book has provided thousands of students, technicians, sales people, and others with a practical introduction to the technologies, systems, and strategies involved in industrial process control. The fourth edition takes the same proven...
The Words Between the Spaces
Buildings and Language
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
Using language - speaking and understanding it - is a defining ability of human beings, woven into all human activity. It is therefore inevitable that it should be deeply implicated in the design, production and use of buildings. Building legislation, design guides, competition and other briefs, architectural...
by Thomas A. Brown
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
He’s a professional grafter.” “Who?” “The nurseryman.” “You know Fatty Schultz the butcher. What do you suppose he weighs?” “I don’t know, what does he weigh
by Thomas A. Wayment
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2010
Few books in recent years have enjoyed the popularity of Dan Brown's novel, The Da Vinci Code. Set amid the museums and cathedrals of Europe, the book purports to identify the Holy Grail and describes mysterious rituals and secret religious beliefs that have been kept hidden from the world by an ancient...
Restoring Civil Societies
The Psychology of Intervention and Engagement Following Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2012
Breakdowns in civil societies can be catalyzed by factors ranging from war and genocide to natural disaster, disease and economic downturns. Restoring Civil Societies examines social processes related to civic engagement in the wake of these societal ruptures. The authors show how crises in civil...
Govern Like Us
U.S. Expectations of Poor Countries
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2015
In the poorest countries, such as Afghanistan, Haiti, and Mali, the United States has struggled to work with governments whose corruption and lack of capacity are increasingly seen to be the cause of instability and poverty. The development and security communities call for "good governance"...
by Thomas A Bass
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017
The Eudaemonic Pie is the bizarre true story of how a band of physicists and computer wizards took on Las Vegas.
Stream Hydrology
An Introduction for Ecologists
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2013
Since the publication of the first edition (1994) there have been rapid developments in the application of hydrology, geomorphology and ecology to stream management. In particular, growth has occurred in the areas of stream rehabilitation and the evaluation of environmental flow needs. The concept...
White on Arrival
Italians, Race, Color, and Power in Chicago, 1890-1945
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2003
Taking the mass Italian immigration of the late 19th century as his starting point and drawing on dozens of oral histories and a diverse array of primary sources in English and Italian, Guglielmo focuses on how perceptions of Italians' race and color were shaped in one of America's great centers of...
Buildings and Power
Freedom and Control in the Origin of Modern Building Types
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
The material and cultural world in which we now live perhaps represents the end of a process created out of the Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution. The battles fought over class, ideology and language are represented most clearly in the explosion of new building types during the Century of...
by Hans-Jürgen Döpp, Joe A. Thomas, Victoria Charles
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2014
Different eras and civilisations have treated erotic images with varying acceptance and different concepts of erotica and these tendencies are reflected within the works themselves. From ancient statues devoted to fertility to Renaissance engravings designed to encourage procreation within marriage,...
by Hans-Jürgen Döpp, Joe Thomas A., Victoria Charles
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2016
From the thousand-year-old statues celebrating fertility, to the odalisques of the modern painters, erotic art has always held a prominent place in societies, whatever their morals or cultural references. This work assembles one thousand images of erotic art, from all times and all continents, to...
by Ralph A. Thomas
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2012
This is a humorously cynical view of society and the moral systems we have developed. The poems poke fun at government, hippies, the drug culture, romance, sexuality, sociology, politics, and so many things about life that we take for granted everyday. Most were written in my "angry young man"...