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This volume offers challenging and imaginative new perspectives on
the fiscal-military structures that underpinned the development of
modern European states from the eighteenth century onwards.
The concept of the 'fiscal-military state', popularised by John
Brewer in 1989, has become familiar, even commonplace, to many
historians of eighteenth-century England. Yet even at the time of
its publication the book caused controversy, and the essays in this
volume demonstrate how recent work on fiscal structures, military
and naval contractors, on parallel developments in Scotland and
Ireland, and on the wider political context, has challenged the
fundamentals of this model in increasingly sophisticated and
nuanced ways. Beginning with a historiographical introduction that
places The Sinews of Power and subsequent work on the
fiscal-military state within its wider contexts, and a commentary
by John Brewer that responds to the questions raised by this work,
the chapters in this volume explore topics as varied as finance and
revenue, the interaction of the state with society, the relations
between the military and its contractors, and even the utility of
the concept of the fiscal-military state. It concludes with an
afterword by Professor Stephen Conway, situating the essays in
comparative contexts, and highlighting potential avenues for future
research. Taken as a whole, this volume offers challenging and
imaginative new perspectives on the fiscal-military structures that
underpinned the development of modern European states from the
eighteenth century onwards.
Instant Notes in Medicinal Chemistry provides concise coverage for
undergraduates studying medicinal chemistry as part of a science,
pharmacy or medical course. It is a truly multidisciplinary subject
involving such subject specialities as organic chemistry,
pharmacology, biochemistry, physiology, microbiology, toxicology,
genetics and computer modeling. It concentrates on the fundamental
principles of medicinal chemistry and assumes no more than
elementary background of chemistry or biology.
Instant Notes in Organic Chemistry Second Edition condenses the
essentials of organic chemistry into a manageable text. It
concentrates solely on the basics without going into exhaustive
detail or repetitive examples, with the key notes at the start of
each topic focusing the mind on the essentials. The first six
sections cover structure, bonding, functional groups,
stereochemistry, and basic reaction and mechanism theory. The rest
of the book looks at the reactions and mechanisms of the common
functional groups important in chemistry and biochemistry, with an
additional section on spectroscopy and analysis.
The tales of Ratty, Mole, Badger and Toad. When Mole goes boating
with the Water Rat instead of spring-cleaning, he discovers a new
world. As well as the river and the Wild Wood, there is Toad's
craze for fast travel which leads him and his friends on a whirl of
trains, barges, gipsy caravans and motor cars and even into battle.
Organic chemistry is the chemistry of compounds of carbon. The
ability of carbon to link together to form long chain molecules and
ring compounds as well as bonding with many other elements has led
to a vast array of organic compounds. These compounds are central
to life, forming the basis for organic molecules such as nucleic
acids, proteins, carbohydrates, and lipids. In this Very Short
Introduction Graham Patrick covers the whole range of organic
compounds and their roles. Beginning with the structures and
properties of the basic groups of organic compounds, he goes on to
consider organic compounds in the areas of pharmaceuticals,
polymers, food and drink, petrochemicals, and nanotechnology. He
looks at how new materials, in particular the single layer form of
carbon called graphene, are opening up exciting new possibilities
for applications, and discusses the particular challenges of
working with carbon compounds, many of which are colourless.
Patrick also discusses techniques used in the field. ABOUT THE
SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University
Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area.
These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new
subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis,
perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and
challenging topics highly readable.
Bluff-body wakes play an important role in many fluid dynamics
problems and engineering applications. This book gives and
up-to-date account of recent results obtained in the study of
bluff-body wakes. Experimental, theoretical and numerical
approaches are all comprehensively covered and compared. Topics of
particular interest include hydrodynamic instability analyses,
three-dimensional pattern formation problems, flow control methods,
bifurcation analyses, numerical simulations and turbulence
modelling. The main originality of thisvolume is that recent
conceptual advances made to describe nonlinear phenomena in general
are put to the test on a classical problem in fundamental fluid
mechanics, namely the wake structure generated behind a bluff
object.
A secret team of government assassins.... A trio of otherworldly
demons.... A mysterious stranger with a talent for dealing out
death.... The highest levels of the Washington D.C. police
force.... They all race against time and against each other to find
Merlena Bennett, a recent immigrant to America. The beautiful
Bennett had been leading a rather mundane life as she struggled to
achieve the American Dream. But after witnessing a gruesome,
supernatural murder, she finds herself in a whirlwind of pursuit,
escape, intrigue, and conspiracy. She soon learns that her simple
life was never what it seemed. Now, her survival will depend upon
her wits, her strength, and her ability to stop - The Human
Harvest. Be warned, this is not a typical debut novel.
Pulse-pounding literary action and excitement combine with
powerfully beautiful illustrations. By the end of the first page,
you'll be intrigued. By the end of the first chapter, you'll be
hooked!
A new edition of Kenneth Grahame's classic story, with outstanding
illustrations by Patrick Benson and a new introduction by William
Horwood, author of "The Willows in Winter."
Since its original publication in 1908, Kenneth Grahame's "The Wind
in the Willows "has become one of the true classics of English
literature loved by children and adults alike.
For the generations who have grown up with the adventures of Mole,
Water Rat, Badger, and Toad, Grahame's idyllic world is as fresh
now as when they first discovered his enchanting tales-of Ratty
sculling his boat on the River; Badger grumpily entertaining his
friends in his comfortable underground home; and the exasperating
Toad being driven into one tangle after another by his obsession
with motor cars.
The continuing appeal of the riverbank characters have been
demonstrated by the recent success of "The Willows in Winter, "the
acclaimed sequel to "The Wind in the Willows "written by William
Horwood and illustrated by Patrick Benson. Now Mr. Benson has
turned to Grahame's original work and created a delightful new
edition, in which his magical illustrations give fresh life to
Grahame's unforgettable story. "The Wind in the Willows "is the
perfect companion to "The Willows in Winter."
This is the first study of a Victorian churchman and biblical
scholar whose name is well known but whose significance is
generally misunderstood. One of his contemporaries described Hort
as 'the greatest of all our names', not primarily for his work as a
textual scholar but for the quality of his theological thought on
the controversies of the day, like Christian socialism, the
question of eternal punishment and the Darwinian Controversy. The
book makes an important and interesting addition to our knowledge
of the Victorian church and the intellectual circle in Cambridge in
the late nineteenth century and is a sympathetic but not uncritical
portrait of a late-flowering Renaissance man, who was philosopher,
scientist and historian as well as biblical scholar and theologian.
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