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Kirsty Carpenter puts a human face on the victims of revolutionary legislation. London had the largest community of émigrés. It had the most evolved social structure and was the most politically-active community. It was in London that two cultures came face-to-face with their prejudices and were forced to confront them.

Kirsty Carpenter puts a human face on the victims of revolutionary legislation. London had the largest community of émigrés. It had the most evolved social structure and was the most politically-active community. It was in London that two cultures came face-to-face with their prejudices and were forced to confront them.

Although size exclusion chromatography (SEC) is perhaps the most popular and widely used technique for determining the molecular weight distribution of polymeric materials, there have been very few texts written on this topic. During the past decade, SEC has experienced a considerable amount of growth in regard to column and detector technology and new applications. With these advances, SEC can now be used for determining absolute molecular we...

A bitter debate erupted in 1834 between Orientalists and Anglicists over what kind of public education the British should promote in their growing Indian empire. This collection of the main documents pertaining to the controversy (some published for the first time) aims to recover the major British and South Asian voices, broaden our understanding of imperial discourses and recognise the significant role of the colonised in the shaping of colo...

Drei Grundausrichtungen bestimmen unser Leben: wir leben das, was wir wirklich möchten, wir kämpfen gegen alles mögliche oder wir verharren einfach bei dem, was ist. Glück und Zufriedenheit erlangen wir durch guten Kontakt zu unseren essentiellen, primären Impulsen. Das Buch beschreibt, wie wir als Personen, in Liebesbeziehungen und in Arbeitszusammenhängen mit den energetischen Grundmustern das Leben gestaltend umgehen können. Besonders aufsc...

Betrieblicher Umweltschutz ist in zahlreichen Unternehmen ein zentraler Bestandteil der Firmenpolitik. Die Einführung von Umweltmanagementsystemen ist etabliert, zudem werden verstärkt die ökologischen Auswirkungen betrachtet, die von Produkten ausgehen. Dieses Buch widmet sich der Thematik "Ökologische Produktgestaltung" und der geeigneten Instrumente, mit deren Hilfe die Umweltrelevanz beurteilt und Handlungsalternativen gegenübergestellt we...

In der boomenden Multimedia-Branche ist Qualität zunehmend ein wichtiger Differenzierungsfaktor. Qualitätssicherung bei Multimedia-Projekten verdeutlicht anhand der gebräuchlichsten Multimedia-Anwendungen, was unter dem Begriff Qualität zu verstehen ist, und wie sie von führenden Unternehmen der Branche bei verschiedenen Produktionen bereits erzielt wird. Das in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Deutschen Multimedia Verband (dmmv) entstandene Buch gibt A...

The Resilience of the Human Spirit Why do some women overcome traumatic childhood experiences while others, understandably, suffer terrible psychological consequences? The devastating effects of childhood sexual abuse have been widely chronicled, validating the difficulty with which many survivors struggle. Often overlooked are the millions of women who have overcome early trauma to lead successful, happy lives. Why do these women--whom we mig...

This book consists of ten chapters which outline a wide range of technologies from first-principle calculations to continuum mechanics, with applications to materials design and development. Written with a clear exposition, this book will be invaluable for engineers who want to learn about the modern technologies and techniques utilized in materials design.

This delightful book collects Calvin Trillin's accounts of his trips to Europe with his wife, Alice, and their two daughters. In Taormina, Sicily, they cheerfully disagree with Mrs. Tweedie's 1904 assertion that the beautiful town "is being spoilt, " and skip the Grand Tour in favor of swimming holes, table soccer, and taureaux piscine. In Paris, they spend a day on the Champs- Elysees comparing Freetime's "le Hitburger" to McDonald's Big Mac....

America's favorite political humorist leads readers on a hysterical whirlwind tour, from the "good capitalism" of Wall Street to the "bad socialism" of Cuba, in search of an answer to the age-old question: "Why do some places prosper and thrive, while others just suck?