Teichmuller modular groups, also known as mapping class groups of surfaces, serve as a meeting ground for several branches of mathematics, including low-dimensional topology, the theory of Teichmuller spaces, group theory, and, mathematical physics. This title focuses on the group-theoretic properties of these groups and their subgroups.
A collection of articles that shows how idempotent analysis plays a unifying role in many branches of mathematics related to external phenomena and structures-a role similar to that played by functional analysis in mathematical physics, or numerical methods in partial differential equations.
These articles, most of which first appeared in "Perspectives", the newsletter of the American Historical Association, deal with categories such as thinking and rethinking history, critical thinking skills, test construction, student activities, multimedia approaches, and world history.
This work examines the environment and events of the spring 1989 Tiananmen Square tragedy. The author argues that the mass movement, which climaxed in Beijing, can be understood only if attention is given to the external environment that provided both opportunities and constraints to the interactions of participating groups, to the shifting participants and their goals and interests, and to the historical and cultural factors which guided the ...
European Labor Unions provides a picture of the evolution of trade unionism in Europe. It includes 31 national chapters representing all European countries at the time the book was planned in 1988, with the exceptiuon of Andorra, Liechtenstein, and Monaco, but including such countries as Turkey, Iceland, and Yugoslavia. Additionally, there is a chapter on European regional organizations. The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 inaugurated a period...
This is the most comprehensive bibliography of the Spanish Armada of 1588 in recent years and the only up-to-date reference which provides a critical assessment of important source materials and an annotated bibliography of 1114 titles representing all genres of literature and Western languages. This scholarly guide is also the first to assess the vast collection of writings that have accompanied the recent 400th anniversary of the Armada camp...
Comments on the events that have transformed the American work scene, bringing irreversible change to the ways American corporations relate to world markets and how they interact with their workforce. These changes have brought about new paradigms in corporate structure, organization and operation.
By bringing together economists from less developed countries with researchers from the United States and Western Europe, these essays aim to break new ground by focusing on the unique problems of capital markets in the developing world.
This volume explains how advances in computer technology will augment communication in person-to-person, organizational, and educational settings. It describes the convergence of virtual reality and group decision support, and how these will serve educational and organizational effectiveness. Contributors--experts from business and academia--examine what the computing/communications world will look like in the near future, what the specific ne...
A reassessment of the American envoy to the Soviet Union in years that were critical in determining postwar East-West relations. MacLean aims to shed a different light on a controversial figure and on his relationship with world leaders, senior diplomats, and Soviet experts.
Extends Markham's 1952 study - "Competition in the Rayon Industry" - to all large volume man-made fibres. This study should provide a practical test of industrial organisation theory and performance, as well as a real-world examination of the issues most crucial to the man-made fibres industry.
This first full-length biography of stage actress Eva Le Gallienne traces her life from her birth into the troubled but fascinating household of Richard Le Gallienne, British writer and intimate member of the Oscar Wilde circle, to her recent death. This comprehensive biography draws upon Robert A. Schanke's interviews and correspondence not only with Le Gallienne but also with more than one hundred of her colleagues and friends, including Gle...
This study traces the legal career, activities, and views of Thurgood Marshall before and after his ascendancy to the Supreme Court of the United States. Its aim is to demonstrate that Marshall utilized the established legal institutions of the United States to obtain equality under the law for his fellow African Americans. Further, it shows that by adhering to this relatively conservative strategy, he not only assisted in ameliorating the pol...
