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Analysis of the consolidation of British imperialist discourse about India from the seventeenth century to the 1830s.

An excellent book in investments. But, more importantly, this volume is a primer explaining to Main Street, especially Main Street businesspeople, how Wall Street really operates." - Eugene M. Isenberg, Chairman of the Board, Nabors Industries, Inc. "Value Investing: A Balanced Approach is a must read for all thoughtful investors interested in a rational, disciplined, risk-averse template for successful long-term compounding. Bravo, Marty." -...

Types of Thinking provides a basic grounding in the psychology of thinking for undergraduate students with little previous knowledge of cognitive psychology. This clear, well-structured overview explores the practical aspects and applications of everyday thinking, creative thinking, logical and scientific thinking, intelligent thinking and machine thinking. It also explores 'failures of thinking', the biases and shortcuts that sometimes lead o...

Bringing together a variety of approaches from different perspectives and different locations, the contributors examine the various dimensions of health ecology in a human ecology framework.

This book surveys the history of automatic vehicle guidance based on the processing of visual information, starting from the very first projects worldwide up to the latest developments. It also presents the ARGO prototype vehicle, developed at the University of Parma (Italy), and describes its equipment, setup, and performance. ARGO has been equipped with cameras and processing systems to drive autonomously in real traffic conditions. The comp...

Mit Blick auf völkerrechtliche, verfassungsrechtliche sowie einfachgesetzliche Quellen ergibt sich eine objektiv-rechtliche Förderpflicht des Staates zugunsten von Musiktheatern mit entlang der Normenhierarchie zunehmender "Garantiedichte". Für die weitere Ausgestaltung - Freiheit und Ordnung - der Förderung gilt: Im zweipoligen Spannungsfeld zwischen kunstfreiheitlichen Ansprüchen des Intendanten sowie der Einschätzungspraerogative einer leis...

This insightful book reveals how you can pursue Christian excellence and uphold the Lord's command to "honor one another above yourselves, " offering tips, tools, and the inspiration you need to build a top-quality church that people will flock to and participate in.

Ich bin berauscht von Paris... Hier gibt es pausenlos Bewegung und Leben" Im Mai 1925 reiste Joseph Roth das erste Mal nach Paris, um dort als Korrespondent für die Frankfurter Zeitung zu leben und zu arbeiten. Dieser erste Aufenthalt legte den Grundstein für seine wachsende Frankreichliebe: Die Hauptstadt an der Seine und das Land, das er bereiste und in zahlreichen Reportagen, Essays und Feuilletons beschrieb, übten eine unwiderstehliche Anz...

Today, organized interests fight most of their major battles within coalitions. Whether joining forces to address tobacco legislation or proposed air safety regulations, Washington lobbyists with seemingly little in common are combining their clout to get results. Kevin Hula examines why coalition strategies have emerged as a dominant lobbying technique, when lobbyists use them, and how these strategies affect their activities. He also shows h...

This book covers the physics of semiconductors on an introductory level, assuming that the reader already has some knowledge of condensed matter physics. Crystal structure, band structure, carrier transport, phonons, scattering processes and optical properties are presented for typical semiconductors such as silicon, but III-V and II-VI compounds are also included. In view of the increasing importance of wide-gap semiconductors, the electronic...

Methods of campaign financing have been controversial since George Washington first ran for office, and debates over campaign finance reform have raged just as long. Contemporary critics of reform often contend that it would decrease electoral competition, voter turnout, and the amount of information voters receive about candidates. Money Matters subjects these criticisms to careful, systemic analysis-using simulations, aggregate vote analyses...

Theodor Mommsen (d. 1903) was one of the greatest of Roman historians, and the only one ever to be awarded the Nobel prize for literature. His fame rests on his "History of Rome" as well as his work on Roman law and on the Roman provinces. But the work that would have concluded his history of Rome--which ran to the reign of Augustus--was never completed. This book represents that great lost work. In 1980 Alexander Demandt discovered in an anti...

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Leading scholars examine religious and philosophical dimensions of the Chinese classic known as the Daodejing or Laozi.

In Exile and the Poetics of Loss in Greek Tradition, Nancy Sultan examines the theme of heroic exile and return in Greek poetic tradition from the Archaic epic of Homer to modern Greek folk poetry and song. Sultan studies issues of how husbands and wives survive separation and communicate the painful experience of loss. Focusing on the role women play as obstacles and facilitators during the hero's exile and return, Sultan argues that the hero...

Child Language: is a comprehensive introduction to child language, introducing students to the key theories of language acquisition and teaching them skills for analyzing children's language covers the core areas of language acquisition: phonological, semantic, syntactic, morphological and discourse development, the bilingual child and language development in exceptional circumstances draws on a range of real texts and data provides classic re...

Identity and Civilization looks at Judaism, Christianity, and Islam as contemporary rivals in the political arena, focusing on the contemporary encounter between Israel and the Muslim and Arab peoples. Mordechai Nisan unearths the essential features of these religions and the communities that adhere to them, while clarifying the prominent political antagonism of recent history. He explores the role of the profound forces of faith and culture t...

A distinguished group of international scholars wrestles here with what global governance is and is not--and with what it might be, given a clearer understanding of the challenges and opportunities posed by international financial flows, communications technologies, environmental threats, domestic disorders, peacekeeping and intervention, and sanctions and incentives. Taken together, this collection of original essays pays special attention to...

BLACK ENTERPRISE magazine is the premier business news source for African Americans. With thirty years of experience, Black Enterprise continues to chronicle the achievements of African American professionals while providing monthly reports on entrepreneurship, investing, personal finance, business news and trends, and career management. Now, Black Enterprise brings to you the "Guide to Starting Your Own Business, " the one-stop definitive res...

Frontmatter -- Inhaltsverzeichnis. Table of Contents -- Vorwort / Pfisterer, Paul -- Foreword / Pfisterer, Paul -- Hinweise für die Benutzung -- Instructions for Use -- Quellenverzeichnis/Sources -- Arbeitstechniken/Working Techniques -- Hilfstabelle/Key -- Signaturen/Signatures -- A 1 - B 1693 -- C 1 - F 611 -- G 1 - H 1220 -- I 1 - L 919 -- ¿ 1 - Q 26 -- R 1 - ¿ 170 -- Biographical Index -- A - H -- I - S -- T - Z