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The effects of confinement on the surfaces of aggregates in 100-1000 A size range is an emerging field in condensed matter physics and chemistry. Much of the research focuses on how the surfaces of aggregates change when they encounter a confining surface such as a pore in a catalyst. The field is new and could have important implications for the design of rational processes. This volume collects work from a range of scientists who are studyin...

In the 19th century the Irish population was halved. first the manine, second the Irish diaspora and the emigrations to places such as America and Canada and thridly the transportations of political activists to Australia. this is an important book in which the main political themes are fascinatingly explored.

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This book represents the first comparative study of how health policy is made in leading industrial nations. Using detailed case histories of the UK, the US and Germany, it shows that health care systems and modern states are indissolubly bound together. The author explains how the health care state originated before the rise of democracy, and demonstrates that it has had to confront the twin pressures of democratic politics and competitive ca...

Didaktisch vorzügliche Einführung mit zahlreichen Beispielen und Übungsaufgaben.

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This book provides a unique social science reading on the construction of nation, gender and sexuality and on the interactions between them.

A study of the relationship between gender, ethnicity and poverty in the context of the external and internal dynamics of the household in Guyana. The analysis is based on data collected from male and female respondents in rural and urban locations and from both Afro-Guyanese and Indo-Guyanese ethnic groups.

This book explores the vital part which women have played in preserving a linguistics based on the reality and experience of language, bringing to light a much neglected perspective for those working in linguistics.

One of Ireland's finest writers' Sunday Tribune

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This Handbook has become the standard text for both organisational and educational psychologists. It offers the only modern and clear account of psychometrics in its field. For this second edition, the Handbook has been extensively revised

Ties That Bind looks at the socio-economic, ethnolinguistic, and demographic factors in party support, the enduring quality of these social bases, the importance of geography in structuring variations in the voter-party relationship, and electoral change as a function of the strategic decisions of the parties and their leaders and the voter response these decisions evoke.

This provocative and engaging perspective on organizations and organization studies comes from one of the most original of contemporary writers in the field. Skeptical of scientific claims and explanations of the social world, Barbara Czarniawska advocates an approach that draws on narrative, literary theory, cultural studies, and anthropology, rather than positivist social science.

This book, a collection of specially written essays by leading international scholars, reexamines ancient ideas of reason and rationality. The application of changing notions of rationality down the ages has led to consistent misinterpretation of standard ancient philosophical texts: the distinguished contributors here redress the balance, clarifying how the great thinkers of antiquity themselves conceived of rationality.

Only recently recognized for its many contributions to ceramics found throughout the world, the Scottish pottery industry has existed for more than two hundred years. Rather than compete with England's famed potteries to the south, Scotland focused on the export market, sending its colorful and decorative wares to America, Canada, and many parts of Southeast Asia. Widely enjoyed, these popular and affordable wares were usually not marked. Thei...

This authoritative reference work identifies thousands of marks from American, English and European potters. In the main body of the text, the marks are presented by potter in alphabetical order. Included in each potter's listing is the location of the firm, a brief history of the company, the span of years from the firm's establishment until its dissolution, and any former and subsequent company affiliations associated with that firm. The mar...

This historical overview of the various styles of American shelf and wall clocks covers the centuries and gives visual pleasure every step of the way. The original owners of these clocks were interested as much in how they looked as in how they told time, so they are quite attractive and are good examples of the cabinet maker's art. The collector can acquire the majority of these beautiful clocks at relatively fair and modest prices, which mak...

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