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These essays are well researched, beautifully contextualized in relation to previous work in pertinent fields, and engagingly written. "Race and the Subject of Masculinities "will be extremely useful to scholars and critics working in gender studies."--Phillip Brian Harper, New York University

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The ideas and methods of mathematics, long central to the physical sciences, now play an increasingly important role in a wide variety of disciplines. Analysis provides theorems that prove that results are true and provides techniques to estimate the errors in approximate calculations. The ideas and methods of analysis play a fundamental role in ordinary differential equations, probability theory, differential geometry, numerical analysis, com...

This comprehensive text links abstract mathematics to engineering applications in order to provide a clear and thorough exploration of fluid dynamics. Focus is on the development of mathematical models of physical phenomena and the wide range of technologies available to students. Filled with examples and problems inspired by real engineering applications, this resource will not only teach, but motivate students to further emerge themselves in...

Most active cellular functions involve motion. From such subtle subcellular actions as the sorting and targeting of vesicles and organelles leading to the release of hormones to the complex rearrangements of a sphere of embryonic cells forming the body plan of a complete organism, motility of cells is exhibited along a wide range of observable behaviors. Despite this phenomenon, however, the views of modern biology historically have been based...

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American novels written in the wake of the Revolution overflow with self-conscious theatricality and impassioned excess. Author Julia Stern draws upon insights from cultural history and gender studies to show that these sentimental, melodramatic, and gothic works can be read as an emotional history of the early republic, reflecting the tensions and energies left over from its volatile struggle for independence. 7 halftones.

Although in recent years scholars have explored the cultural construction of masculinity, they have largely ignored the ways in which masculinity intersects with other categories of identity, particularly those of race and ethnicity. The essays in Race and the Subject of Masculinities address this concern and focus on the social construction of masculinity—black, white, ethnic, gay, and straight—in terms of the often complex and dynamic relati...

Lisa L. Moore is Associate Professor of English at the University of Texas at Austin.

In all countries debt and deficits of the public sector are at the heart of economic policy debate. Debt and deficits pose major problems, all the more pressing in Europe because of the Maastricht criteria for entry into European Monetary Union. And in the developing world debt has been associated with major financial crises. This volume, arising from an International Economic Association conference at the Bundesbank, sees academics and policy...

Drawing upon newly-released official and private papers, this book provides an intimate account of Anglo-American debates over one of the most grave and politically sensitive foreign-policy issues of the early 1960s. It examines the roles played by John F. Kennedy and Harold Macmillan in the test-ban negotiations between 1961 and 1963. It also describes the way in which contrasting domestic political imperatives and conceptions of how the Cold...

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The challenge of school improvement for failing schools is a complex and frequently debated issue. While much has been said on this topic, little has been published that can actually help those in such schools or those working with them. By addressing the issue from a range of perspectives, this edited volume will fill the gap in the existing literature. It contains policy perspectives written by a key national policy maker, an academic, and a...

Surveying a wide range of cultural controversies, from the Mapplethorpe affair to Salman Rushdie's death sentence, Wendy Steiner shows that the fear and outrage they inspired are the result of dangerous misunderstanding about the relationship between art and life. 27 halftones.

In today's advertising world, sponsors run the risk of having their message "zapped" by a jaded consumer armed with a remote control. The founders of one of today's hottest agencies analyze and critique some of today's best ad campaigns--that have succeeded in getting "under the radar" of ad-weary consumers.

Das erste Buch zum Thema, wie sich der strategische Einsatz von Web Technologie positiv auf alle Aspekte organisatorischen Wachstums auswirken kann. Die Autoren erläutern auf anschauliche Weise, daß Web Technologie im Kontext aller Geschäftsprozesse eines Unternehmens gesehen werden muß, d.h. daß über das Web die aktuellsten Informationen über Design und Innovation, organisatorisches Wachstum, Organisationskultur und gestiegenen Marktanteil ve...