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During the past ten years, technology has been progressing at a rapid pace in the field of medical science, and there have been great improvements in the basic understanding, diagnosis, and treatment of hydrocephalus. The present volume contains the proceedings of the International Symposium on "Hydrocephalus" that was held in Kobe, Japan, from November 12-14, 1990. The purpose of the symposium was to highlight the recent advances in this fiel...

In this history of the region, the author explores the rivalry and intrigue between the great powers in Southwest Asia and the regional powers themselves, examining current concerns such as the international arms trade, nationalism, subterfuge, greed, and ambition.

Links fields such as linguistics, anthropology, sociolinguistics and education to illustrate how the problem of literacy is embedded in a social and cultural context. Most of the essays are based on primary research and highlight important concerns about the political nature of literacy.

Thirty-three playwrights, from Robert Anderson to Paul Zindel, discuss their views on their own work and contemporary drama, and offer projections about theatre for the 21st century. They proceed from the premise that recent drama is a reaction to the modernism of Theatre of the Absurd.

Kathryn Kish Sklar calls this work "a major contribution to our historical understanding of the role of women in organizing American miners in the twentieth century."Agnes Burns Wieck was a crusading labor organizer, an activist known as "the Mother Jones of Illinois." This first book-length biography is a unique portrait of her energy and unremitting dedication to social justice.Wieck organized miners' wives and led a movement of Illinois coa...

Enrique Granados (1867-1916) was one of the first modern Spanish composers to achieve international recognition. During a 1916 visit to the United States his opera Goyescas was premiered by the Metropolitan Opera and his symphonic poem, Dante, by the Chicago Symphony. Granados was also especially admired in Paris, where he knew Saint-Saens, d'Indy, and Faure. He had composed a remarkable body of work and was also at the height of his career as...

Military Civic Action--U.S. troops working on nation-building tasks with troops of another country--is traced from its formal beginning under President Eisenhower and enthusiastic reception under President Kennedy, through its successes and failures during the Vietnam years, to its present status as a strategic tool. Contributing authors debate the future role of Military Civic Action as a way to retain a U.S. military presence around the worl...

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This volume is dedicated to Professor Ullrich Trendelenburg. It contains the proceedings of a symposium which was held in his honour on the occasion of his retirement and took place March 22-24, 1991 in Wiirzburg. Ullrich Trendelenburg was the head of the Department of Pharmacology at Wiirzburg University from 1968 till the end of March 1991. He is famous internationally for his contributions to the physiology and pharmacology of the autonomic...

The debate between the promotion of personal interest and the general good of society has engaged political, social, and ethical theorists throughout history, and this volume addresses the topic of the Israeli electoral process within that theoretical framework.

Presents a radical programme to transform the US-Soviet relationship in such a way as to achieve a genuine "new world order". The author argues that Soviet and American security policies are so bound together that they must be changed together, not sequentially.

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The growing prominence of ecological and social systems perspectives in the child development and family studies fields is having an impact on the conceptualization and delivery of early intervention services. This text brings together the conceptual and empirical work of scholars in the field.

Frye argues that a national vision of the junior college was frustrated by the goals and aspirations of students, who saw the junior college as a point of access to higher social status. He demonstrates the impact of changing values and demographic patterns on the evolution of the junior college.

Selected papers presented by leading professionals at a Mid-Year Conference of the American Society for Information Science, along with additional commentary by guest editors comprise this volume, which condenses a broad range of information into a cohesive overview of the state of the art of interface design. The current status of human-computer interaction is examined, and major trends identified in an effort to project the future significan...

Ann Margaret Sharp is Associate Director of the Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children and Professor of Education at Montclair State College. She is also the coauthor (with Matthew Lipman and Frederick S. Oscanyan) of Philosophy in the Classroom (Temple).

Music was a central theme in the poetry of Robert Browning and formed the basis for many of his images and ideas. The subject of this study is the nature of Browning's musicality and its role and influence in his work.

Applying a systems approach to quality improvement programmes in business, this text discusses the results when a comprehensive quality system is put into place. It also identifies the key obstructions to the successful implementation of a quality improvement programme.

Examining the main economic trends affecting rural areas today and the types of local programmes that are being implemented in response. The contributors to this text consider the lessening of federal government involvement and its long-term effects on states and localities.

Knowledge Discovery in Databases brings together current research on the exciting problem of discovering useful and interesting knowledge in databases.