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Ocean City
Volume II
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 1999
Ocean City, Maryland�s own seaside resort, has become so popular that it is almost too small�five square miles�to hold all its tourists. The last few decades have brought tremendous growth to the area in the form of both population and development. Bridges and tunnels have been built, high-rise...
Raising Arizona's Dams
Daily Life, Danger, and Discrimination in the Dam Construction Camps of Central Arizona, 1890s-1940s
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2016
This is the engrossing story of the unsung heroes who did the day-to-day work of building Arizona's dams, focusing on the lives of laborers and their families who created temporary construction communities during the building of seven major dams in central Arizona. The book focuses primarily on the...
by L D Landau, J. S. Bell, M. J. Kearsley
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Covers the theory of electromagnetic fields in matter, and the theory of the macroscopic electric and magnetic properties of matter. There is a considerable amount of new material particularly on the theory of the magnetic properties of matter and the theory of optical phenomena with new chapters...
Diplomatic Games
Sport, Statecraft, and International Relations since 1945
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2014
International sporting events, including the Olympic Games and the FIFA World Cup, have experienced profound growth in popularity and significance since the mid-twentieth century. Sports often facilitate diplomacy, revealing common interests across borders and uniting groups of people who are otherwise...
by Gilbert E. “Bud” Schill, Jr., John W. “Mac” MacIlroy
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2017
From ROCKET SCIENTISTS WE WERE NOT… and Other Stories:
“We were goofballs, and magnets for mischief. Pinheads, really. Boys who managed to screw up just about everything, everywhere: scouts, camp, school, dancing lessons, church, vacations, team sports, bowling, first dates, and summer...
by E.C. Cuff, A.J. Dennis, D.W. Francis
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2015
From its first edition in 1979, Perspectives in Sociology has provided generations of undergraduates with a clear, reassuring introduction to the complications of sociological theory. This revised and updated edition features:
a completely rewritten general introduction and conclusion;
all-new...
Latin American Perspectives on Globalization
Ethics, Politics, and Alternative Visions
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2002
From the most prominent thinkers in Latin American philosophy, literature, politics, and social science comes a challenge to conventional theories of globalization. The contributors to this volume imagine a discourse in which revolution is defined not as a temporalized march of progress or takeover...
by Peter R. N. Childs, BSc.(Hons), D.Phil
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2010
Rotating flow is critically important across a wide range of scientific, engineering and product applications, providing design and modeling capability for diverse products such as jet engines, pumps and vacuum cleaners, as well as geophysical flows. Developed over the course of 20 years’ research...
Comparative Environmental Politics
Theory, Practice, and Prospects
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2012
Combining the theoretical tools of comparative politics with the substantive concerns of environmental policy, experts explore responses to environmental problems across nations and political systems
How do different societies respond politically to environmental problems around the globe?...
by Paul E Newton, Stuart D Shaw
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
**Lecturers, request your electronic inspection copy to review it for your course. **
Validity is the hallmark of quality for educational and psychological measurement. But what does quality mean in this context? And to what, exactly, does the concept of validity apply? These apparently innocuous...
The Social Movement Society
Contentious Politics for a New Century
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 1997
Is there more social protest now than there was prior to the movement politics of the 1960s, and if so, does it result in a distinctly less civil society throughout the world? If everybody protests, what does protest mean in advanced industrial societies? This volume brings together scholars from...
Governance in Family Enterprises
Maximising Economic and Emotional Success
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2013
Presents a comprehensive overview of governance in family enterprises including practical management knowledge in easy-to-use frameworks and interviews with renowned family enterprise owners and managers. Readers will benefit from the book's systematic approach and the opportunity to learn from the experience of other family enterprises.
Beyond Bibliometrics
Harnessing Multidimensional Indicators of Scholarly Impact
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2014
A comprehensive, state-of-the-art examination of the changing ways we measure scholarly performance and research impact.
Bibliometrics has moved well beyond the mere tracking of bibliographic citations. The web enables new ways to measure scholarly productivity and impact, making available...
by D. E. Newland
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2013
Focusing on applications rather than rigorous proofs, this volume is suitable as a text for upper-level undergraduates and graduate students concerned with vibration problems. It also serves as a practical handbook for performing vibration calculations and features extensive appendices and answers to selected problems. 128 figures. 1989 edition.