Bringing together the principles, this book emphasises on the application of theory and practical aspects of groundwater engineering. It provides appendices that contain quantitative data necessary for in - groundwater flow and contaminant migration equations. It bridges the gap between groundwater theory and groundwater problem solving.
This edited anthology, another fine work from Greenwood Press, should be of acute interest to those responsible for managing or studying outdoor recreation in the US. Unlike most works on this subject, which are written by those active in the field, the contributors to this book are largely political scientists. Their perspectives about policy relevant to the recreational use of public lands are new and make a significant contribution...The 19...
What are the links between environment and world view? Topophilia, the affective bond between people and place, is the primary theme of this book that examines environmental perceptions and values at different levels: the species, the group, and the individual.Yi-Fu Tuan holds culture and environment and topophilia and environment as distinct in order to show how they mutually contribute to the formation of values. Topophilia examines the sear...
A selection of 211 tested measures pertaining to roles and attitudes toward gender-related issues. The handbook covers heterosocial relations, contraception, abortion, homosexuality, rape and sexual coercion and is a companion volume to the author's "Gender Roles: A Handbook of Tests and Measures".
Presents an examination of the "maquiladora" programme, which was established by the Mexican government in 1965 to provide employment for Mexican citizens in the cities along the US border.
Focusing on Mark Twain's "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court", this study details, both in Twain's work and in its science fiction successors, the roles played by the traveller to the past - nostalgic, tourist, imperialist, Oedipal hero and existential isolate.
Seit vielen Jahren sind Rechner bei der Automatisierung technischer Prozesse unverzichtlich. Dabei reicht die Palette der eingesetzten Systeme von Kleinstsystemen auf einer Kreditkarte bis zu sehr teuren Multiprozessorarchitekturen. Fast immer müssen die Rechnersysteme fähig sein, auf spontane äußere Ereignisse schnell zu reagieren oder - eventuell gleichzeitig - komplizierte zeitliche Steuerungsvorhaben einzuhalten. Dieses "Echtzeitverhalten"...
The first sustained scholarly critique of the New Deal from the conservative perspective, this study argues that Franklin Delano Roosevelt was, himself, the primary obstacle to American recovery from the Great Depression of 1933-38. In developing his arguments, author Gary Dean Best focuses on the fact that the depression continued through eight years of the Roosevelt administration, despite unprecedented intervention by the federal government...
Bartky draws on the experience of daily life to unmask the many disguises by which intimations of inferiority are visited upon women. She critiques both the male bias of current theory and the debilitating dominion held by notions of "proper femininity" over women and their bodies in patriarchal culture.
Es gibt im Bereich der Softwaretechnik viele Werkzeuge, die den Programmentwicklungsprozeß unterstützen. Sie stellen die Korrektheit der Implementierung sicher, nicht aber ihre Effizienz. Die vorliegende Arbeit führt daher eine Methode ein, die es erlaubt, die Zeitkomplexität funktionaler Programme automatisch zu ermitteln. Die Grundidee dieser Methode besteht darin, ein funktionales Programm in ein System von Rekurrenzgleichungen zu übersetze...
A study of self and self-consciousness from the point of view of contemporary analytic philosophy. The author explains Wittgenstein's approach to philosophy and his way of looking at language. He also explores significant non-Wittgensteinian philosophical literature.
This book is appropriate for its stated audience and is recommended for nondepository libraries interested in providing high-quality access to government publications." Reference Books Bulletin
The Cuban Revolution presents a mixed record of achievements and failures. In this comprehensive study of Cuban politics, Rhoda Rabkin examines the institutions, policies, and performance of revolutionary Cuba. The study, part of the Politics in Latin America Hoover Institution Series, concisely and thoroughly addresses the major issues debated by scholars concerning the Cuban revolutionary experience. These include: the development impasse of...
The rapid and energetic resurgence of the Islamic religion and the expanded international role played by Islamic nations and political movements provided the impetus for a collaborative examination by scholars of religion and culture intent on bridging the gap of knowledge and understanding between the study of the West and the study of Islam. This book, together with its companion volume, Just War and Jihad: Historical and Theoretical Perspec...
