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A fascinating account by one of America's leading civil rights lawyers of the historic struggle for the right to vote. Frank Parker instructs how the battle for democracy has shifted from denial to dilution and persuasively argues for continued vigilance.
This book highlights important facets of photoconductivity and photodetection. It focuses on modem photodetectors, describes various configurations for experimental techniques in photoconductivity measurements, and observes unusual photoconducting properties in diluted magnetic semiconductors.
This volume presents the reader with an overview of current chemical sensor technology and outlines a framework relating industrial bioprocess monitoring to modern process control technology. It deals with conventional multivariable control technology, focusing on bioprocess applications.
The impact of CIM (Computer Integrated Manufacturing) on the competitiveness of industry is nowadays well acknowledged. Significant increases in productivity, reduction of production costs and the ability to modify operations quickly are amongst the gains made when applying CIM technologies. The integration of automation islands and the application of information technology throughout manufacturing and engineering environments constitute key t...
Beginning with Tennyson's In Memoriam and continuing by way of Hopkins and Swinburne to the novels of Oscar Wilde and Thomas Hardy, Richard Dellamora draws on journals, letters, censored texts, and pornography to examine the cultural construction of masculinity in Victorian literature.Central to the struggle over the meaning of masculine desire was the institutional politics of Oxford University, where Benjamin Jowett, Matthew Arnold, John Rus...
This book provides a narrative and analysis of the first four years of the Gorbachev phenomenon. All areas of great significance are covered. Special attention is paid to the economy, nationality affairs and foreign affairs. Gorbachev's standing abroad is much higher than at home. Seen by many abroad as a charismatic figure, he has still to convince the average worker and farmer that perestroika is good for them. The first four years present a...
Using a new model for the classification of types of readings, this book shows how to read, analyze and interpret life story materials.
The authors introduce four models: holistic-content reading, holistic-form reading, categorical-content reading, and categorical-form reading. They present two complete narratives so that readers can compare the authors' interpretations against the actual text as well as analyze the stories on their own. The ...
Four-year-old Joshua challenges his father to a game: Can he come downstairs before Joshua writes the word to? Rachel, two and a half, makes a series of wavy lines on a piece of paper and calls it a 'thank-you letter to Grandma.' In Early Literacy Joan McLane and Gillian McNamee explore the ways young children like Joshua and Rachel begin to learn about written language.
