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“Brilliant, ambitious, and often surprising. A remarkable
contribution to the current global debate about Empire and a small
masterpiece of research and conceptual reimagining.” —William
Dalrymple, author of The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate
Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire An award-winning historian
places the corporation—more than the Crown—at the heart of
British colonialism, arguing that companies built and governed
global empire, raising questions about public and private power
that were just as troubling four hundred years ago as they are
today. Across four centuries, from Ireland to India, the Americas
to Africa and Australia, British colonialism was above all the
business of corporations. Corporations conceived, promoted,
financed, and governed overseas expansion, making claims over
territory and peoples while ensuring that British and colonial
society were invested, quite literally, in their ventures. Colonial
companies were also relentlessly controversial, frequently in debt,
and prone to failure. The corporation was well-suited to overseas
expansion not because it was an inevitable juggernaut but because,
like empire itself, it was an elusive contradiction: public and
private; person and society; subordinate and autonomous;
centralized and diffuse; immortal and precarious; national and
cosmopolitan—a legal fiction with very real power. Breaking from
traditional histories in which corporations take a supporting role
by doing the dirty work of sovereign states in exchange for
commercial monopolies, Philip Stern argues that corporations took
the lead in global expansion and administration. Whether in
sixteenth-century Ireland and North America or the Falklands in the
early 1980s, corporations were key players. And, as Empire,
Incorporated makes clear, venture colonialism did not cease with
the end of empire. Its legacies continue to raise questions about
corporate power that are just as relevant today as they were 400
years ago. Challenging conventional wisdom about where power is
held on a global scale, Stern complicates the supposedly firm
distinction between private enterprise and the state, offering a
new history of the British Empire, as well as a new history of the
corporation.
In the tradition of Herman Wouk, author of Winds of War and War and
Remembrance, the novel Sins of the Fathers is the thoroughly
researched historical sequel to Wolf. History hinged on a call as
the German high command waited for Hitler's order to invade
Czechoslovakia. That was the signal that would launch their revolt
to bring down the Reich. Every detail of the coup was in place.
Access roads to Berlin would be blocked. The city sealed.
Communication centers taken. A commando squad sixty hand-picked men
were ready to storm the Chancellery and seize Hitler. The only open
question: to try Hitler as a traitor or execute him on the spot.
Sins of the Fathers is the eye-opening novel based on historical
facts of the efforts of German military leaders, career civil
servants, and clergy to solicit England's assistance to bring down
the tyrant in 1938. When Prime Minster Neville Chamberlain refused
to meet with them, they turned to Winston Churchill, who secretly
supported their cause. Armed with a strongly worded letter from the
future prime minister, they waited for Hitler's telephone call
ordering German troops to invade Czechoslovakia the signal for
their uprising. But the call did not come. Instead, Prime Minister
Chamberlain went to Hitler's apartment in Munich only to bow to the
dictator's will. The invasion was over before it began and with
that, so was the coup. Flying home, Chamberlain announced he had
obtained "peace for our times." Sins of the Fathers the sequel to
Wolf about Hitler's rise to power tells the dramatic true story of
the foolish prime minister that undermined the coup to topple the
regime, delivered Czechoslovakia to Hitler, saved the Fu hrer's
life, and paved the road to World War II.
A clear and succinct presentation of the essentials of this
subject, together with some of its applications and a generous
helping of interesting exercises. Following an introductory chapter
with a taste of what is to come, the next three chapters constitute
a course in nonsmooth analysis and identify a coherent and
comprehensive approach to the subject, leading to an efficient,
natural, and powerful body of theory. The whole is rounded off with
a self-contained introduction to the theory of control of ordinary
differential equations. The authors have incorporated a number of
new results which clarify the relationships between the different
schools of thought in the subject, with the aim of making nonsmooth
analysis accessible to a wider audience. End-of-chapter problems
offer scope for deeper understanding.
This fourth volume is part of a series which serves as a research
annual for the publication of academic tax research. Topics
discussed in this title include: the relationship between Pac
contributions and industry income tax burdens; and potential bias
in the US tax court.
"Suspenseful...moving...equal to any fictional thriller." -San
Francisco Chronicle In August 1978, the Iron Curtain still hung
heavily across Europe. To escape from oppressive East Berlin, an
East German couple, Hans Detlef Alexander Tiede and Ingrid Ruske,
hijacked a Polish airliner and diverted it to the American sector
of West Berlin. Along with the couple, several passengers
spontaneously defected to the West, and were welcomed by US
officials. But within hours, Communist officials reminded the West
of the anti-hijacking agreements in the Warsaw Pact, and thus the
fugitives were arrested by the US State Department. Thirty-four
years after World War II, the United States built a court in the
middle of West Berlin, the former capital of the Third Reich, in
the building that once housed the Luftwaffe, to try the hijacking
couple. Former NJ district attorney, now a judge, Herbert J. Stern
was appointed the "United States Judge for Berlin." What followed
was a trial full of maneuvers and strategies that would put Perry
Mason to shame, and answered the question: what is allowed to
people seeking freedom? Judgment in Berlin, also a major motion
picture starring Martin Sheen and Sean Penn, is unsurpassed as a
true-life suspense story, with its vivid accounts of daring
escapes, close calls, diplomatic intrigue, and dramatic courtroom
confrontations. The original edition won the Freedom Foundation
Award, and this updated edition includes a new introduction from
author and trial judge Herbert J. Stern.
A clear and succinct presentation of the essentials of this subject, together with some of its applications and a generous helping of interesting exercises. Following an introductory chapter with a taste of what is to come, the next three chapters constitute a course in nonsmooth analysis and identify a coherent and comprehensive approach to the subject, leading to an efficient, natural, and powerful body of theory. The whole is rounded off with a self-contained introduction to the theory of control of ordinary differential equations. The authors have incorporated a number of new results which clarify the relationships between the different schools of thought in the subject, with the aim of making nonsmooth analysis accessible to a wider audience. End-of-chapter problems offer scope for deeper understanding.
A straightforward, non-technical guide to the next major marketing
tool Artificial Intelligence for Marketing presents a
tightly-focused introduction to machine learning, written
specifically for marketing professionals. This book will not teach
you to be a data scientist but it does explain how Artificial
Intelligence and Machine Learning will revolutionize your company's
marketing strategy, and teach you how to use it most effectively.
Data and analytics have become table stakes in modern marketing,
but the field is ever-evolving with data scientists continually
developing new algorithms where does that leave you? How can
marketers use the latest data science developments to their
advantage? This book walks you through the "need-to-know" aspects
of Artificial Intelligence, including natural language processing,
speech recognition, and the power of Machine Learning to show you
how to make the most of this technology in a practical, tactical
way. Simple illustrations clarify complex concepts, and case
studies show how real-world companies are taking the next leap
forward. Straightforward, pragmatic, and with no math required,
this book will help you: * Speak intelligently about Artificial
Intelligence and its advantages in marketing * Understand how
marketers without a Data Science degree can make use of machine
learning technology * Collaborate with data scientists as a subject
matter expert to help develop focused-use applications * Help your
company gain a competitive advantage by leveraging leading-edge
technology in marketing Marketing and data science are two
fast-moving, turbulent spheres that often intersect; that
intersection is where marketing professionals pick up the tools and
methods to move their company forward. Artificial Intelligence and
Machine Learning provide a data-driven basis for more robust and
intensely-targeted marketing strategies and companies that
effectively utilize these latest tools will reap the benefit in the
marketplace. Artificial Intelligence for Marketing provides a
nontechnical crash course to help you stay ahead of the curve.
This fifth volume is part of a series which serves as a research
annual for the publication of academic tax research. Topics covered
in this title include an analysis of the effects of tax law
instability and preferential capital gain treatment on investment
in risky areas.
The only guide devoted exclusively to social media metrics
Whether you are selling online, through a direct sales force, or
via distribution channels, what customers are saying about you
online is now more important than your advertising. Social media is
no longer a curiosity on the horizon but a significant part of your
marketing mix.
While other books explain why social media is critical and how
to go about participating, "Social Media Metrics" focuses on
measuring the success of your social media marketing efforts.
Success metrics in business are based on business goals where fame
does not always equate to fortune. Read this book to determine: Why
striving for more Twitter followers or Facebook friends than the
competition is a failing strategyHow to leverage the time and
effort you invest in social mediaHow to convince those who are
afraid of new things that social media is a valuable business tool
and not just a toy for the overly-wired
Knowing what works and what doesn't is terrific, but only in a
constant and unchanging world. "Social Media Metrics" is loaded
with specific examples of specific metrics you can use to guide
your social media marketing efforts as new means of
communication.
Don't just wish for marketing resultsget them! If marketing seems
too commercial or too complex, or if your current efforts aren't
delivering results, this book is for you. With this helpful guide,
you can create a simple, usable marketing plan designed to get
results! Since its first edition in 1990, the Marketing Workbook
has helped thousands like you use marketing to reach the people you
want to helpand attract the money and support your organization
deserves. Now, this updated second edition offers an easy-to-follow
five-step process to create an effective marketing plan; provides
an expanded resources section including Internet examples; and
includes ""web wisdom"" to help you set reasonable web goals, build
an on-line reputation, and learn about the possibilities and
pitfalls of web promotion. Use it to be sure you have the right
services to meet people's needs; reach the audiences you want with
a message that motivates people to respond; and make a strong
impact in your community and beyond. This book will guide you
through each stage of the marketing process. You'll learn how to
link marketing with strategic planning, set goals and evaluate your
success, conduct a marketing audit using the Six Ps of Marketing,
position your organization in a unique niche, and develop a
marketing plan and promotional campaign. Plus, you also get 27
proven promotional techniques, dozens of tips for writing and
design, a sample marketing plan, a case study of how one nonprofit
implemented their plan, and much more! Get the Marketing Workbook
and start putting the power of marketing to work in your
organization!
This collection of essays challenges our understanding of the
history of native Andean rebellion during the last three centuries.
The contributors-historians and anthropologists from a number of
countries-move beyond the traditional structural analysis of
society to a finer understanding of people as actors. Native Andean
initiatives and consciousness are clearly placed at the center of
this inquiry, which merges the best methods of history an
anthropology. Stern begins with a vigorously argued theoretical
essay in which he identifies major findings and arguments running
throughout the book, demonstrates their pertinence to the more
general field of peasant studies, and draws out the implications
for theory and method. He reappraises the role of peasant
consciousness and political horizons; and the significance of
ethnic factors in explaining "peasant" consciousness and revolt.
The case studies themselves revamp the history of Andean peasant
rebellion and consciousness in Peru and Bolivia. This is
accomplished by studying violent uprisings as transitional moments
within a long-term trajectory embracing varied forms of resistance,
and by scrutinizing closely the ideological and cultural aspects of
domination, political legitimacy, and rebellion. The results
sharply alter our understanding of three major historical problems:
the crisis of Spanish colonial rule and the outbreak of native
Andean insurrection in the eighteenth century; the response to
peasants to creole wars and nation-building efforts in the
nineteenth century; and the political strategies and dilemmas of
Andean peasants in the context of populist and radical politics in
the twentieth century.
Zero in on the most important cardiothoracic imaging knowledge with
Chest Radiology: The Essentials! Ideal as a quick refresher for
experienced radiologists as well as an efficient learning tool for
residents, this best-selling radiology reference puts indispensible
information at your fingertips in a compact and practical,
high-yield format. Key Features Master nuances of imaging
interpretation through a pattern-recognition approach that features
extensive chest radiograph/CT correlations. Get up to date on the
most current lung cancer staging classification, evidence-based
guidelines for evaluating suspected pulmonary embolism (including
those for pregnant patients), recently adopted lung cancer
screening recommendations with low-dose CT of the chest, Fleischner
Society guidelines for the follow-up of subsolid nodules, and new
management guidelines for peri-fissural nodules. Successfully
absorb key concepts through behaviorally based learning objectives
that follow the most current curriculum from the Society of
Thoracic Radiology's Education Committee - as well as abundant
mnemonics and superb imaging examples. Test your knowledge and
prepare for exams with image-rich, case-based multiple-choice
questions at the end of each chapter, a self-assessment examination
at the end of the text, and additional self-assessment material
online. Now with the print edition, enjoy the bundled interactive
eBook edition , offering tablet, smartphone, or online access to:
Complete content with enhanced navigation A powerful search that
pulls results from content in the book, your notes, and even the
web Highlighting tool for easier reference of key content
throughout the text Ability to take and share notes with friends
and colleagues Tabbing tool to flag important content for future
reference Additional self-assessment questions and answers to
facilitate exam preparation
Oscar Wilde: A Literary Life tracks the intellectual biography of
one of the most influential minds of the nineteenth century. Rather
than focusing on the dramatic events of Wilde's life, this volume
documents Wilde's impressive forays into education, religion,
science, philosophy, and social reform. In so doing, it provides an
accessible and yet detailed account that reflects Wilde's own
commitment to the "contemplative life." Suitable for seasoned
readers as well as those new to the study of his work, Oscar Wilde:
A Literary Life brings Wilde's intellectual investments into sharp
focus, while placing him within a cultural landscape that was
always evolving and often fraught with contradiction.
Recognizing and addressing enforced military prostitution in
occupied Indonesia. The system of prostitution imposed and enforced
by the Japanese military during its wartime occupation of several
countries in East and Southeast Asia is today well-known and
uniformly condemned. Transnational activist movements have sought
to recognize and redress survivors of this World War II-era system,
euphemistically known as "comfort women," for decades, with a major
wave beginning in the 1990s. However, Indonesian survivors, and
even the system's history in Indonesia to begin with, have largely
been sidelined, even within the country itself. Here, Katharine E.
McGregor not only untangles the history of the system during the
war, but also unpacks the context surrounding the slow and
faltering efforts to address it. With careful attention to the
historical, social, and political conditions surrounding sexual
violence in Indonesia, supported by exhaustive research and
archival diligence, she uncovers a critical piece of Indonesian
history and the ongoing efforts to bring it to the public eye.
Critically, she establishes that the transnational part of activism
surrounding victims of the system is both necessary and fraught, a
complexity of geopolitics and international relationships on one
hand and a question of personal networks, linguistic differences,
and cultural challenges on the other.
Understanding the ECCC and transnational justice in a local
context. From 1975 to 1979, while Cambodia was ruled by the brutal
Communist Party of Kampuchea (Khmer Rouge) regime, torture,
starvation, rape, and forced labor contributed to the death of at
least a fifth of the country's population. Despite the severity of
these abuses, civil war and international interference prevented
investigation until 2004, when protracted negotiations between the
Cambodian government and the United Nations resulted in the
establishment of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of
Cambodia (ECCC), or Khmer Rouge tribunal. The resulting trials have
been well scrutinized, with many scholars seeking to weigh the
results of the tribunal against the extent of the offenses. Here,
Julie Bernath takes a different tack, deliberately decentering the
trials in an effort to understand the ECCC in its particular
context—and, by extension, the degree to which notions of
transitional justice generally must be understood in particular
social, cultural, and political contexts. She focuses on "sites of
resistance" to the ECCC, including not only members of the elite
political class but also citizens who do not, for a variety of
tangled reasons, participate in the tribunal—and even resistance
from victims of the regime and participants in the trials. Bernath
demonstrates that the ECCC both shapes and is shaped by long-term
contestation over Cambodia's social, economic, and political
transformations, and thereby argues that transitional justice must
be understood locally rather than as a homogenous good that can be
implanted by international actors.
Die Lebensqualitat der an Colitis ulcerosa und Adenomatosis coli
(Prakanzerosen des Dickdarms) erkrankten, meist jungen Patienten
kann heute durch den gezielten Einsatz der neuen
kontinenzerhaltenden Operationstechniken fundamental verbessert
werden. Erstmals wird das Verfahren der ileoanalen Pouchtechnik in
dieser Monographie detailliert beschrieben. Es wird in den Kontext
der exakten Indikationskriterien fur den funktionellen Organersatz
(Enddarm-Pouch statt kunstlichem Darmausgang), der moglichen
Komplikationen und der besonderen Aufgabe der Nachsorge gestellt.
Das ausgezeichnete Abbildungsmaterial setzt einen optischen Akzent
und veranschaulicht die Technik. Von Bedeutung auch fur den
Pathologen: die auf einmalige Weise zusammengestellten
"Pouchhistologie"-Abbildungen. Somit kann der Leser die grossen
Erfahrungen des Heidelberger Teams in dieser zeitgemassen Technik
optimal fur die eigene Patientenversorgung nutzen. Internisten
erhalten grundlegendes Wissen fur die Abstimmung der Behandlung mit
dem Chirurgen und der Operateur wichtige Hinweise und Daten fur die
Therapieplanung bei seinen Patienten.
Don't just wish for marketing results—get them! If
marketing seems too commercial or too complex, or if your current
efforts aren't delivering results, this book is for you. With this
helpful guide, you can create a simple, usable marketing plan
designed to get results! Since its first edition in 1990,
the Marketing Workbook has helped thousands like you
use marketing to reach the people you want to help—and attract
the money and support your organization deserves.Now, this updated
second edition offers an easy-to-follow five-step process to create
an effective marketing plan; provides an expanded resources section
including Internet examples; and includes "web wisdom" to help you
set reasonable web goals, build an on-line reputation, and learn
about the possibilities and pitfalls of web promotion. Use it to be
sure you have the right services to meet people's needs; reach the
audiences you want with a message that motivates people to respond;
and make a strong impact in your community and beyond. This
book will guide you through each stage of the marketing process.
You'll learn how to link marketing with strategic planning, set
goals and evaluate your success, conduct a marketing audit using
the Six Ps of Marketing, position your organization in a unique
niche, and develop a marketing plan and promotional campaign. Plus,
you also get 27 proven promotional techniques, dozens of tips for
writing and design, a sample marketing plan, a case study of how
one nonprofit implemented their plan, and much more! Get
the Marketing Workbook and start putting the power of
marketing to work in your organization!
A new companion volume to the author's first workbook, this title
shows marketing professionals how to put together a successful
promotion campaign based on the most persuasive tool of all:
personal contact. It shows how to mobilize your entire
organization, staff, volunteers, and supporters in a focused,
one-to-one, marketing campaign, using complete, easy-to-follow
steps and worksheets, helpful for any size organization.
This is a new release of the original 1947 edition.
While many veterans who served in the military after 11 September
2001, have successfully readjusted to civilian life with minimal
difficulties in the first few years after they were discharged,
others have experienced difficulties. These readjustment
difficulties include financial and employment, relationships,
legal, homelessness, and substance abuse. According to VA's
strategic plan, one of its strategic objectives is to improve
veteran wellness and economic security, and it states that the
ultimate measure of VA's success is the veteran's success after
leaving military service. However, there is limited and incomplete
data to assess the extent to which veterans experience readjustment
difficulties. Providing support and services for transitioning
veterans is a key issue facing the nation. This book examines what
is known about the extent to which veterans experience difficulties
during their readjustment to civilian life; and how VA assists
veterans in their readjustment, as well as what challenges and
opportunities exist. This book also addresses the status of the
Transition Assistance Program (TAP) implementation; the extent to
which elements of effective implementation and evaluation of TAP
have been addressed; and any challenges that may remain.
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