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In the 1980s the world spent an enormous amount on preparations for
war. Year by year, more and more resources went into the military
sector. More and more complex weapon systems were devised. At the
time, of all research scientists and engineers in the world, more
than one in four was working for the military. Throughout the 40
years since the end of World War II, the technological arms race
continued. Then began moving faster. The United States lead the
way, followed by the Soviet Union. Between them, they possessed
some 50 000 nuclear warheads-more than enough to destroy the world.
They planned to increase the number, to make the weapons more
accurate, and to base them on new weapon platforms closer to the
borders of the other side. Some people preferred not to think about
these things. Many, however, were becoming increasingly
concerned-wondering about the future for themselves and for their
children. Originally published in 1985, this book was for those who
wanted to know what was happening. What new missiles were being
built? What was happening in outer space? What are the facts about
chemical weapons? What progress was being made (if any) in Geneva,
Vienna and Stockholm, where the powers were negotiating on these
matters?
This third edition, newly revised and updated, includes
comprehensive and all-new annotations (over 9,000 notes) by Joyce
scholar Sam Slote, Trinity College, Dublin, and Marc A. Mamigonian
and John Turner. A lively repository of literary allusion and
colloquial realism, this dazzlingly innovative, ambitious novel is
here presented in its 1939 version, which contains notable textual
differences from the standard editions currently in print.
Controversial, scandalous, erudite and funny, Ulysses is
undisputedly a landmark of twentieth-century Modernism. It charts
one day - 16th June 1904 - in the lives of three inhabitants of
Dublin, the advertising salesman Leopold Bloom, the artist Stephen
Dedalus and Bloom's wife Molly. Their peregrinations, thoughts and
encounters form the basis of the narrative, which becomes a
celebration of all human experience through the lives of specific
individuals in a specific place at a specific time. Ulysses is both
an experimental novel and a book intimately concerned with the
events of modern life.
This book opens out a wholly new field of enquiry within a familiar
subject: it offers a detailed - yet eminently readable - historical
investigation, of a kind never yet undertaken, of the impact of
psychoanalysis (at a crucial moment of its history) on the thinking
and writing of D.H. Lawrence. It considers the impact on his
writing, through his relationship with Frieda Weekley, of the
maverick Austrian analyst Otto Gross; it situates the great works
of 1911-20 in relation to the controversial issues at stake in the
Freud-Jung quarrel, about which his good friend, the English
psychoanalyst David Eder, kept him informed; and it explores his
sympathy with the maverick American analyst Trigant Burrow. It is a
study to interest a literary audience by its close reading of
Lawrence's texts, and a psychoanalytic audience by its detailed
consideration of the contribution made to contemporary debate by
three comparatively neglected analytic thinkers.
In the 1980s the world spent an enormous amount on preparations for
war. Year by year, more and more resources went into the military
sector. More and more complex weapon systems were devised. At the
time, of all research scientists and engineers in the world, more
than one in four was working for the military. Throughout the 40
years since the end of World War II, the technological arms race
continued. Then began moving faster. The United States lead the
way, followed by the Soviet Union. Between them, they possessed
some 50 000 nuclear warheads-more than enough to destroy the world.
They planned to increase the number, to make the weapons more
accurate, and to base them on new weapon platforms closer to the
borders of the other side. Some people preferred not to think about
these things. Many, however, were becoming increasingly
concerned-wondering about the future for themselves and for their
children. Originally published in 1985, this book was for those who
wanted to know what was happening. What new missiles were being
built? What was happening in outer space? What are the facts about
chemical weapons? What progress was being made (if any) in Geneva,
Vienna and Stockholm, where the powers were negotiating on these
matters?
This book gives students an informed insight into the British
experience in the First World War. The contributors, all
established First World War historians, have drawn on their own
research and secondary sources to give a succinct account of
politics, diplomacy, strategy and social developments during a
period of dramatic change. Each chapter gives a concise account of
its subject and the chapters are well supported by maps and tables.
This is an important textbook for school students and
undergraduates which bridges the gap between specialized research
on the First World War and the needs of the student reader.
For a country that can boast a distinguished tradition of
political economy from Sir William Petty through Swift, Berkeley,
Hutcheson, Burke and Cantillon through to that of Longfield,
Cairnes, Bastable, Edgeworth, Geary and Gorman, it is surprising
that no systematic study of Irish political economy has been
undertaken.
In this book the contributors redress this glaring omission in
the history of political economy, for the first time providing an
overview of developments in Irish political economy from the
seventeenth to the twentieth century. Logistically this is achieved
through the provision of individual contributions from a group of
recognized experts, both Irish and international, who address the
contribution of major historical figures in Irish political economy
along the analysis of major thematic issues, schools of thought and
major policy debates within the Irish context over this extended
period.
This book gives students an informed insight into the British
experience in the First World War. The contributors, all
established First World War historians, have drawn on their own
research and secondary sources to give a succinct account of
politics, diplomacy, strategy and social developments during a
period of dramatic change. Each chapter gives a concise account of
its subject and the chapters are well supported by maps and tables.
This is an important textbook for school students and
undergraduates which bridges the gap between specialized research
on the First World War and the needs of the student reader.
For a country that can boast a distinguished tradition of
political economy from Sir William Petty through Swift, Berkeley,
Hutcheson, Burke and Cantillon through to that of Longfield,
Cairnes, Bastable, Edgeworth, Geary and Gorman, it is surprising
that no systematic study of Irish political economy has been
undertaken.
In this book the contributors redress this glaring omission in
the history of political economy, for the first time providing an
overview of developments in Irish political economy from the
seventeenth to the twentieth century. Logistically this is achieved
through the provision of individual contributions from a group of
recognized experts, both Irish and international, who address the
contribution of major historical figures in Irish political economy
along the analysis of major thematic issues, schools of thought and
major policy debates within the Irish context over this extended
period.
Harold Macmillan presided over the dissolution of the British
Empire and the first stages of irreversible economic decline. It
was an unlucky end to a political career which had seen Britain's
steady extinction as a Great Power, and his reputation will depend
on how posterity judges his understanding of these changes, and his
skill in adapting himself and his country to meet them. This short
but trenchant study of his aims, abilities and achievements
concentrates on the premiership, against the background of his
political education and rise to power.
There was once agreement that education was too important to be
left to politicians; now the view is that education is too
important to be left to teachers. Whereas the curriculum and
syllabus were previously the concern of the professionals, the
government now distrusts these professionals. This has resulted in
the Secretary for State assuming massive powers in a series of
Education Acts, and there is now a national curriculum which
intrudes into the fine details of the syllabus. Equally, the twin
concepts of accountability and cost effectiveness are now as common
in discussions about education as they are in discussions on
industry and commerce.; These trends, however, are not restricted
to any level of education or to any one country. They are as
widespread in the great universities as they are in primary
schools, and they are on the agenda not only in Britain and Europe,
but in Australia, the US and virtually every country in the
developed and developing world. With this in mind, this book
examines the role of the state in education in many different
countries and cultures.
There was once agreement that education was too important to be
left to politicians; now the view is that education is too
important to be left to teachers. Whereas the curriculum and
syllabus were previously the concern of the professionals, the
government now distrusts these professionals. This has resulted in
the Secretary for State assuming massive powers in a series of
Education Acts, and there is now a national curriculum which
intrudes into the fine details of the syllabus. Equally, the twin
concepts of accountability and cost effectiveness are now as common
in discussions about education as they are in discussions on
industry and commerce.; These trends, however, are not restricted
to any level of education or to any one country. They are as
widespread in the great universities as they are in primary
schools, and they are on the agenda not only in Britain and Europe,
but in Australia, the US and virtually every country in the
developed and developing world. With this in mind, this book
examines the role of the state in education in many different
countries and cultures.
Harold Macmillan presided over the dissolution of the British
Empire and the first stages of irreversible economic decline. It
was an unlucky end to a political career which had seen Britain's
steady extinction as a Great Power, and his reputation will depend
on how posterity judges his understanding of these changes, and his
skill in adapting himself and his country to meet them. This short
but trenchant study of his aims, abilities and achievements
concentrates on the premiership, against the background of his
political education and rise to power.
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AsiaSim 2014 - 14th International Conference on Systems Simulation, Kitakyushu, Japan, October 26-30, 2014. Proceedings (Paperback, 2014 ed.)
Satoshi Tanaka, Kyoko Hasegawa, Rui Xu, Naohisa Sakamoto, Stephen John Turner
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R2,740
Discovery Miles 27 400
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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th
International Conference on Systems Simulation, Asia Simulation
2014, held in Kitakyushu, Japan, in October 2014. The 32 revised
full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 69
submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on
modeling and simulation technology; network simulation; high
performance computing and cloud simulation; numerical simulation
and visualization; simulation of instrumentation and control
application; simulation technology in diversified higher education;
general purpose simulation.
This book analyses the complex relationship between corporate
governance and economic development by focusing on the reform of
corporate governance, the role of the legal system, and the
interconnections with the financial system.Corporate governance has
a central role to play in helping to increase the flow and lower
the cost of the financial capital that firms need to finance their
investment activity. The importance of this role has grown
considerably in recent years, and the findings of this book
emphasize that the standard of corporate governance matters
significantly for developing countries. The editors rediscover that
improved corporate governance can contribute to sustained
productivity growth and stability of institutions. This timely and
insightful book offers a one-stop reference guide for
practitioners, academics, researchers, donor agencies and those who
are interested in understanding the multi-dimensional and
interdisciplinary aspects of corporate governance.
* Clear and abundant examples, using real-world code, written by
three experienced developers who write networking code for a
living. * Describes how to build clients and servers, explains how
TCP, UDP, and IP work, and shows how to debug networking
applications via packet sniffing and deconstruction. * Well suited
for Windows developer looking to expand to Linux, or for the
proficient Linux developer looking to incorporate client-server
programming into their application.
This book opens out a wholly new field of enquiry within a familiar
subject: it offers a detailed - yet eminently readable - historical
investigation, of a kind never yet undertaken, of the impact of
psychoanalysis (at a crucial moment of its history) on the thinking
and writing of D.H. Lawrence. It considers the impact on his
writing, through his relationship with Frieda Weekley, of the
maverick Austrian analyst Otto Gross; it situates the great works
of 1911-20 in relation to the controversial issues at stake in the
Freud-Jung quarrel, about which his good friend, the English
psychoanalyst David Eder, kept him informed; and it explores his
sympathy with the maverick American analyst Trigant Burrow. It is a
study to interest a literary audience by its close reading of
Lawrence's texts, and a psychoanalytic audience by its detailed
consideration of the contribution made to contemporary debate by
three comparatively neglected analytic thinkers.
"Using a rich diversity of approaches, these essays give voice to
hitherto unheard stories and provide historical and theoretical
frameworks in which to understand them. Reading the volume creates
an exciting feeling of discovery."-Margaret Homans, Yale University
Black Victorians/Black Victoriana is a welcome attempt to correct
the historical record. Although scholarship has given us a clear
view of nineteenth-century imperialism, colonialism, and later
immigration from the colonies, there has for far too long been a
gap in our understanding of the lives of blacks in Victorian
England. Without that understanding, it remains impossible to
assess adequately the state of the black population in Britain
today. Using a transatlantic lens, the contributors to this book
restore black Victorians to the British national picture. They look
not just at the ways blacks were represented in popular culture but
also at their lives as they experienced them-as workers, travelers,
lecturers, performers, and professionals. Dozens of period
photographs bring these stories alive and literally give a face to
the individual stories the book tells. The essays taken as a whole
also highlight prevailing Victorian attitudes toward race by
focusing on the ways in which empire building spawned a "subculture
of blackness" consisting of caricature, exhibition, representation,
and scientific racism absorbed by society at large. This
misrepresentation made it difficult to be both black and British
while at the same time it helped to construct British identity as a
whole. Covering many topics that detail the life of blacks during
this period, Black Victorians/Black Victoriana will be a landmark
contribution to the emergent field of black history in England.
Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina is a professor of English at Vassar
College. Her book Black London (Rutgers University Press) was named
a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. She is also the author
of Carrington, whose life story was made into a film starring Emma
Thompson.
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th
International Conference on Systems Simulation, Asia Simulation
2013, held in Singapore, in November 2013. The 45 revised full
papers presented together with 18 short papers were carefully
reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers address
issues such as agent based simulation, scheduling algorithms,
simulation methods and tools, simulation and visualization,
modeling methodology, simulation in science and engineering, high
performance computing and simulation and parallel and distributed
simulation.
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