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Examines the origin and evolution of Hong Kong's political system, analyses the current contradictions in the system, and discusses how the system might develop. This book focuses on the office of Chief Executive in the context of Hong Kong's transformation from a British colony to a Special Administrative Region in China.

Presenting a tutorial on the fundamentals of hyperspectral remote sensing, this book provides a discussion of its applications to agriculture, environmental monitoring, petroleum geology and other areas. It explains the underlying principles that lead to the creation of a remote sensing image, offering an understanding of what may or may not work.

In Ray Davies: Not Like Everybody Else, Tom Kitts presents a critical biography of Davies, his music and his times. Based on interviews with his closest associates as well as thorough study of the recordings themselves, Kitts creates the most thorough picture of Davies' work to date. He places the work in the context of the British Invasion and growth of the rock in the '60s and'70s, affirming Davies' role as a key innovator whose groundbreaki...

Examines the conflict of aesthetics and politics in "The Diary of Virginia Woolf". As a modernist writer concerned with contemporary aesthetic theories, Woolf experimented with limiting the representative nature of writing. At the same time, as a feminist, Woolf wanted to incorporate her political interests in her fiction.

Practicing Counseling and Psychotherapy: Insights From Trainees, Supervisors, and Clients offers a framework for understanding the counseling and psychotherapy process that can be used in any training program. Clinical examples and discussion questions are included throughout the book, and are based on a large-scale empirical study that qualitatively and quantitatively examines the experiences of trainees, clients, and supervisors. This volume...

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Examines the design, fabrication, and application of silicon heterostructure transistors. This book focuses on SiGe HBT BiCMOS and Si/SiGe CMOS technologies. It covers topics including materials, transistor optimization, fabrication, devices, structural innovations, modeling, and simulation, and potential markets.

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Coins were the most deliberate of all symbols of public communal identities, yet the Roman historian will look in vain for any good introduction to, or systematic treatment of, the subject. Sixteen leading international scholars have sought to address this need by producing this authoritative collection of essays, which ranges over the whole Roman world from Britain to Egypt, from 200 BC to AD 300. The subject is approached through surveys of ...

The frequency and virulence of recent financial crises have led to calls for reform of the current international financial architecture. To learn more about today's international financial environment, the authors turn to an earlier era of financial globalization to help us understand the characteristics of global crises by learning from the past.

A quarter of a century into the HIV pandemic, this multi-country comparative book demonstrates how the response to a common, global threat is shaped by the history, culture, institutions and health systems of individual nations.

This book is intended to be a comprehensive resource for educators seeking to enhance NMR-enabled instruction in chemistry. This book describes a host of new, modern laboratories and experiments.

Traditional Chinese law, including Qing law, was often criticized as being inapplicable in civil trials and it was often believed that the magistrate's court preferred mediation rather than decision-making. This volume challenges these views and repairs the distorted picture of Qing civil justice. With a detailed analysis of the Qing law codes and of one hundred nineteenth-century case records from Baodi county, the volume examines much-debate...

The most consistent of all series in terms of language control, length, and quality of story." David R. Hill, Director of the Edinburgh Project on Extensive Reading.

Propertius is a poet of the Augustan period, a successor of the great Hellenistic elegiac poets Callimachus and Philitas, and a precursor of Ovid. His account of his fictionalized affair with his beloved alter ego Cynthia is the purest expression of the spirit of love elegy, setting them as a pair against war, epic and (apparently) Augustus himself. The treatment of their love is tender and at times delightfully macabre, in pursuing their love...

OSE is a biennial publication which offers a regular snapshot of state-of-the-art work in this important field. Under the guidance of a distinguished editorial board, it will publish exemplary papers in epistemology, broadly construed. Anyone wanting to understand the latest developments in the discipline can start here.

The EU-China relationship is fast developing in its own context and in the wider context of international politics. In these essays major scholars from Europe and China debate the nature, problems and potential of the emerging strategic relationship between these two international actors.

In A Cultural History of India A.L. Basham brought together scholars from across the globe to present a comprehensive survey of Indian history and culture. The Illustrated Cultural History of India, an adapted and illustrated version of the original book, aims to draw young readers to the subject with its informative content as well as visual appeal and sensitize them to the country's rich cultural heritage.

Strategic Human Resource Management aims at helping students understand the changing environmentand its implications for managing human resources to achieve the competitive advantage and corporate excellence.

This research-based study helps administrators create a school environment that responds to teacher emotions and results in higher teacher retention, instructional effectiveness, and student achievement.