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Harvard University Press Proving the Way Conflict and Practice in the
Book SynopsisKokugaku, or nativism, was an important intellectual movement from the 17th19th century in Japan, and its worldview remains influential. McNally's primary goal is to restore historicity to the study of nativism by recognizing Atsutane's role in the creation and perpetuation of an enduring intellectual tradition.
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Harvard University Press The Greatest Problem Religion and State
Book SynopsisTrent E. Maxey documents how religion came to be seen as the "greatest problem" by the architects of the modern Japanese state. Maxey shows that in Meiji Japan, religion designated a cognitive and social pluralism that resisted direct state control. It also provided the state with a means to contain, regulate, and neutralize that plurality.
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Harvard University Press Chinese Literary Forms in Heian Japan Poetics
Book SynopsisBrian Steininger revisits Japan’s mid-Heian court of the Tale of Genji and the Pillow Book, where literary Chinese was not only the basis of official administration, but also a medium for political protest, sermons of mourning, and poems of celebration.
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Princeton University Press Thermodynamics A Dynamical Systems Approach
Book SynopsisPlaces thermodynamics on a system-theoretic foundation so as to harmonize it with classical mechanics. This book suggests that many physicists and engineers who have developed the theory of thermodynamics seem to have forgotten that mathematics, when used rigorously, is the irrefutable pathway to truth.Trade ReviewWassim Haddad, Winner of the 2014 Pendray Aerospace Literature Award, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics "The mathematical approach taken by the authors, as originally initiated by C. Caratheodory on the advice of Max Born, results in a book that makes a fundamental contribution to the field. The main emphasis is on the notion of large-scale dynamical systems applied to the multitude of small objects contained in the macroscale description. Indeed, thermodynamics is the dynamics of an extremely large number of objects numbering on the order of Avogadro's number. That some definite results arise from that setting is the marvel of it all."--Gerard A. Maugin, IEEE Control Systems "This is an original theory with many attractive features and which captures the known statements from classical thermodynamics, avoiding at the same time imprecise formulations. The techniques are based on dynamical systems and control theory, which is unusual in the field, but the presentation is precise and well crafted."--Manuel Portilheiro, Mathematical ReviewsTable of ContentsPreface ix Chapter 1: Introduction 1 1.1 An Overview of Thermodynamics 1 1.2 System Thermodynamics 11 1.3 A Brief Outline of the Monograph 14 Chapter 2: Dynamical System Theory 17 2.1 Notation, Definitions, and Mathematical Preliminaries 17 2.2 Stability Theory for Nonnegative Dynamical Systems 20 2.3 Reversibility, Irreversibility, Recoverability, and Irrecoverability 27 2.4 Reversible Dynamical Systems, Volume-Preserving Flows, and Poincare Recurrence 34 Chapter 3: A Systems Foundation for Thermodynamics 45 3.1 Introduction 45 3.2 Conservation of Energy and the First Law of Thermodynamics 46 3.3 Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics 55 3.4 Ectropy 72 3.5 Semistability, Energy Equipartition, Irreversibility, and the Arrow of Time 81 3.6 Entropy Increase and the Second Law of Thermodynamics 89 3.7 Interconnections of Thermodynamic Systems 91 3.8 Monotonicity of System Energies in Thermodynamic Processes 98 Chapter 4: Temperature Equipartition and the Kinetic Theory of Gases 103 4.1 Semistability and Temperature Equipartition 103 4.2 Boltzmann Thermodynamics 110 Chapter 5: Work, Heat, and the Carnot Cycle 115 5.1 On the Equivalence of Work and Heat: The First Law Revisited 115 5.2 The Carnot Cycle and the Second Law of Thermodynamics 126 Chapter 6: Thermodynamic Systems with Linear Energy Exchange 131 6.1 Linear Thermodynamic System Models 131 6.2 Semistability and Energy Equipartition in Linear Thermodynamic Models 136 Chapter 7: Continuum Thermodynamics 141 7.1 Conservation Laws in Continuum Thermodynamics 141 7.2 Entropy and Ectropy for Continuum Thermodynamics 148 7.3 Semistability and Energy Equipartition in Continuum Thermo-dynamics 160 Chapter 8: Conclusion 169 Bibliography 175 Index 185
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Harvard University Press Trauma and Transcendence in Early Qing Literature
Book SynopsisThe collapse of the Ming dynasty and the Manchu conquest of China were traumatic experiences for Chinese intellectuals. The 12 chapters in this volume and the introductory essays on early Qing poetry, prose, and drama understand the writings of this era wholly or in part as attempts to recover from or transcend the trauma of the transition years.
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Harvard University Press A Sense of Place The Political Landscape in Late
Book SynopsisA Sense of Place examines the vast Kanto region as a locus of cultural identity and an object of familial attachment in late fifteenth and early sixteenth century Japan. Using memoirs, letters, travelogues, land registers, and other documents, David Spafford analyzes the relationships of the eastern elites to the space they inhabited.
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Harvard University Press Our American Israel
Book SynopsisHow did a Jewish state come to resonate profoundly with Americans in the twentieth century? Since WWII, Israel’s identity has been entangled with America’s belief in its own exceptionalism. Turning a critical eye on the two nations’ turbulent history together, Amy Kaplan unearths the roots of controversies that may well divide them in the future.Trade ReviewFascinating…could hardly be more timely. -- Andrew Bacevich * The Spectator *Our American Israel is a tour de force, examining the profound ties that bind America and Israel together. No other book goes so deeply into American culture and intellectual life to explain the strength of the bond between the two countries. This book will be welcomed by those searching for a deeper and more intelligent analysis of the American-Israeli-Palestinian conundrum than is currently available. -- Rashid Khalidi, author of Brokers of Deceit: How the U.S. Has Undermined Peace in the Middle EastKeen analysis…Kaplan’s approach is so fresh, her command of the sources so solid, and her prose so engaging that both casual readers and experts will find new insights in the book. -- Walter Russell Mead * Foreign Affairs *Our American Israel is an incisive, urgently necessary excavation of the cultural meanings of the U.S.-Israeli relationship by one of the most perceptive cultural historians of the United States. It sheds powerful light on a troubled past and disturbing present, revealing the ways that narratives of similarity and connection were wielded against the demands of human rights and social justice. -- Paul A. Kramer, author of The Blood of Government: Race, Empire, the United States, and the PhilippinesKaplan’s tour of literature and film shows how common understandings of Israel and the U.S. have been shaped—and distorted, as with the Trump administration’s relocation of the American embassy to Jerusalem. A useful reading of history and politics in the light of mythmaking and media. * Kirkus Reviews *Kaplan often confronts us with facts of history that are sometimes awkward and uncomfortable…But no American who loves and supports Israel can afford to ignore the arguments that she makes. * Jewish Journal *Shows how the special relationship between Israel and the US (or even its Jewish population) was never preordained or inevitable. Rather, like any international relationship, it has been molded by a series of cultural and political mediations. In the tradition of critical scholarship Kaplan uncovers the constructedness of US approaches to the State of Israel and so contributes much to our understanding of it…Kaplan’s study is of immense importance to anyone who wishes to study Israel in American culture in the past, present, or future. -- David Hadar * American Literary History *
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Princeton University Press Earthquake and Volcano Deformation
Book SynopsisEarthquake and Volcano Deformation is the first textbook to present the mechanical models of earthquake and volcanic processes, emphasizing earth-surface deformations that can be compared with observations from Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers, Interferometric Radar (InSAR), and borehole strain- and tiltmeters. Paul Segall provides the physical and mathematical fundamentals for the models used to interpret deformation measurements near active faults and volcanic centers.Segall highlights analytical methods of continuum mechanics applied to problems of active crustal deformation. Topics include elastic dislocation theory in homogeneous and layered half-spaces, crack models of faults and planar intrusions, elastic fields due to pressurized spherical and ellipsoidal magma chambers, time-dependent deformation resulting from faulting in an elastic layer overlying a viscoelastic half-space and related earthquake cycle models, poroelastic effects due to faulting and magma chamber inflation in a fluid-saturated crust, and the effects of gravity on deformation. He also explains changes in the gravitational field due to faulting and magmatic intrusion, effects of irregular surface topography and earth curvature, and modern concepts in rate- and state-dependent fault friction. This textbook presents sample calculations and compares model predictions against field data from seismic and volcanic settings from around the world.Earthquake and Volcano Deformation requires working knowledge of stress and strain, and advanced calculus. It is appropriate for advanced undergraduates and graduate students in geophysics, geology, and engineering.Professors: A supplementary Instructor''s Manual is available for this book. It is restricted to teachers using the text in courses. For information on how to obtain a copy, refer to: https://press.princeton.edu/class_use/solutions.htmlTrade Review"The book is the first to focus on the models used to relate subsurface fault and magma motion to surface deformation. Based on a course taught by the author at Stanford University at the upper undergraduate to graduate level, the book has been more than a decade in the making. For years, faculty at various institutions (myself included) have begged for incomplete drafts of the manuscript to use as a reference when teaching, so it is satisfying to see the complete work now available to all. It is clearly written and the content is logically presented, as one might expect from material that has been taught to hundreds of students by an excellent teacher... In summary, this is a timely and well-written book that introduces the mathematical tools needed to interpret the onslaught of new surface-deformation data. To find the same material covered in this textbook, a scientist would have to dig through hundreds of scientific papers and books, and even then would not find the topics as clearly presented or accompanied by new advances in the field."--Nature Geoscience "This excellent advanced textbook will most positively impact graduate education and basic and applied research into the science of crustal deformation."--ChoiceTable of ContentsPreface xi Acknowledgments xv Origins xvii Chapter 1: Deformation, Stress, and Conservation Laws 1 1.1 Strain 2 1.1.1 Strains in Curvilinear Coordinates 7 1.2 Rotation 9 1.3 Stress 13 1.4 Coordinate Transformations 16 1.5 Principal Strains and Stresses 18 1.6 Compatibility Equations 21 1.7 Conservation Laws 21 1.7.1 Equilibrium Equations in Curvilinear Coordinates 24 1.8 Constitutive Laws 24 1.9 Reciprocal Theorem 27 1.10 Problems 28 1.11 References 30 Chapter 2: Dislocation Models of Strike-Slip Faults 32 2.1 Full-Space Solution 32 2.2 Half-Space Solution 37 2.2.1 Coseismic Faulting 38 2.2.2 Interseismic Deformation 39 2.2.3 Postseismic Slip 42 2.3 Distributed Slip 43 2.4 Application to the San Andreas and Other Strike-Slip Faults 44 2.5 Displacement at Depth 47 2.6 Summary and Perspective 49 2.7 Problems 50 2.8 References 50 Chapter 3: Dip-Slip Faults and Dislocations in Three Dimensions 51 3.1 Volterra's Formula 52 3.1.1 Body Force Equivalents andMoment Tensors 54 3.2 Screw Dislocations 59 3.3 Two-Dimensional Edge Dislocations 60 3.3.1 Dipping Fault 63 3.4 Coseismic Deformation Associated with Dipping Faults 67 3.5 Displacements and Stresses Due to Edge Dislocation at Depth 71 3.6 Dislocations in Three Dimensions 75 3.6.1 Full-Space Green's Functions 75 3.6.2 Half-Space Green's Functions 77 3.6.3 Point-Source Dislocations 78 3.6.4 Finite Rectangular Dislocations 80 3.6.5 Examples 82 3.6.6 Distributed Slip 84 3.7 Strain Energy Change Due to Faulting 86 3.8 Summary and Perspective 87 3.9 Problems 87 3.10 References 90 Chapter 4: Crack Models of Faults 92 4.1 Boundary Integral Method 92 4.1.1 Inversion of the Integral Equation 97 4.2 Displacement on the Earth's Surface 98 4.3 A Brief Introduction to Fracture Mechanics 99 4.4 Nonsingular Stress Distributions 105 4.5 Comparison of Slip Distributions and Surface Displacements 107 4.6 Boundary ElementMethods 110 4.7 Fourier TransformMethods 111 4.8 Some Three-Dimensional Crack Results 113 4.9 Summary and Perspective 114 4.10 Problems 115 4.11 References 117 Chapter 5: Elastic Heterogeneity 118 5.1 Long Strike-Slip Fault Bounding Two Media 118 5.2 Strike-Slip Fault within a Compliant Fault Zone 120 5.3 Strike-Slip Fault beneath a Layer 125 5.4 Strike-Slip within a Layer over Half-Space 129 5.5 Propagator Matrix Methods 131 5.5.1 The Propagator Matrix for Antiplane Deformation 135 5.5.2 Vertical Fault in a Homogeneous Half-Space 136 5.5.3 Vertical Fault within Half-Space beneath a Layer 138 5.5.4 Vertical Fault in Layer over Half-Space 139 5.5.5 General Solution for an Arbitrary Number of Layers 141 5.5.6 Displacements and Stresses at Depth 143 5.5.7 PropagatorMethods for Plane Strain 143 5.6 Propagator Solutions in Three Dimensions 150 5.7 Approximate Solutions for Arbitrary Variations in Properties 154 5.7.1 Variations in Shear Modulus 157 5.7.2 Screw Dislocation 158 5.7.3 Edge Dislocation 159 5.8 Summary and Perspective 159 5.9 Problems 162 5.10 References 164 Chapter 6: Postseismic Relaxation 166 6.1 Elastic Layer over Viscous Channel 169 6.2 Viscoelasticity 172 6.2.1 Correspondence Principle 175 6.3 Strike-Slip Fault in an Elastic Plate Overlying a Viscoelastic Half-Space 176 6.3.1 Stress in Plate and Half-Space 181 6.4 Strike-Slip Fault in Elastic Layer Overlying a Viscoelastic Channel 182 6.5 Dip-Slip Faulting 187 6.5.1 Examples 190 6.6 Three-Dimensional Calculations 191 6.7 Summary and Perspective 193 6.8 Problems 197 6.9 References 198 Chapter 7: Volcano Deformation 200 7.1 Spherical Magma Chamber 203 7.1.1 Center of Dilatation 208 7.1.2 Volume of the Uplift, Magma Chamber, and Magma 212 7.2 EllipsoidalMagma Chambers 214 7.3 Magmatic Pipes and Conduits 225 7.4 Dikes and Sills 229 7.4.1 Crack Models of Dikes and Sills 231 7.4.2 Surface Fracturing and Dike Intrusion 236 7.5 Other Magma Chamber Geometries 237 7.6 Viscoelastic Relaxation around Magma Chambers 240 7.7 Summary and Perspective 248 7.8 Problems 249 7.9 References 252 Chapter 8: Topography and Earth Curvature 255 8.1 Scaling Considerations 259 8.2 Implementation Considerations 260 8.3 Center of Dilatation beneath a Volcano 260 8.4 Earth's Sphericity 261 8.5 Summary and Perspective 263 8.6 Problems 265 8.7 References 265 Chapter 9: Gravitational Effects 267 9.1 Nondimensional Formof Equilibrium Equations 270 9.2 Inclusion in Propagator Matrix Formulation 273 9.3 Surface Gravity Approximation 275 9.4 Gravitational Effects in Viscoelastic Solutions 276 9.4.1 Incompressible Half-Space 277 9.4.2 No-Buoyancy Approximation 278 9.4.3 Wang Approach 279 9.4.4 Comparison of Different Viscoelastic Models 280 9.4.5 Relaxed Viscoelastic Response 282 9.5 Changes in Gravity Induced by Deformation 283 9.5.1 Gravity Changes and Volcano Deformation 289 9.5.2 An Example from Long Valley Caldera, California 292 9.6 Summary and Perspective 292 9.7 Problems 294 9.8 References 295 Chapter 10: Poroelastic Effects 297 10.1 Constitutive Laws 300 10.1.1 Macroscopic Description 300 10.1.2 Micromechanical Description 303 10.2 Field Equations 305 10.3 Analogy to Thermoelasticity 308 10.4 One-Dimensional Deformation 309 10.4.1 Step Load on the Free Surface 310 10.4.2 Time-Varying Fluid Load on the Free Surface 312 10.5 Dislocations in Two Dimensions 313 10.6 Inflating Magma Chamber in a Poroelastic Half-Plane 315 10.7 Cumulative Poroelastic Deformation in Three Dimensions 321 10.8 Specified Pore Pressure Change 324 10.9 Summary and Perspective 328 10.10 Problems 329 10.11 References 330 Chapter 11: Fault Friction 332 11.1 Slip-Weakening Friction 333 11.2 Velocity-Weakening Friction 335 11.3 Rate and State Friction 336 11.3.1 Linearized Stability Analysis 344 11.4 Implications for Earthquake Nucleation 347 11.5 Nonlinear Stability Analysis 357 11.6 Afterslip 360 11.7 Transient Slip Events 366 11.8 Summary and Perspective 367 11.9 Problems 368 11.10 References 369 Chapter 12: Interseismic Deformation and Plate Boundary Cycle Models 372 12.1 Elastic Dislocation Models 372 12.1.1 Dip-Slip Faults 373 12.2 Plate Motions 376 12.3 Elastic BlockModels 378 12.4 Viscoelastic CycleModels 380 12.4.1 Viscoelastic Strike-Slip Earthquake Cycle Models 380 12.4.2 Comparison to Data from San Andreas Fault 386 12.4.3 Viscoelastic Models with Stress-Driven Deep-Fault Creep 389 12.4.4 Viscoelastic CycleModels for Dipping Faults 394 12.5 Rate-State Friction Earthquake CycleModels 407 12.6 Summary and Perspective 409 12.7 Problems 412 12.8 References 413 APPENDIX A: Integral Transforms 415 A.1 Fourier Transforms 415 A.2 Laplace Transforms 416 A.3 References 419 APPENDIX B: A Solution of the Diffusion Equation 420 APPENDIX C: Displacements Due to Crack Model of Strike-Slip Fault by Contour Integration 423 Index 425
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Princeton University Press The Legend of King Asoka
Book SynopsisTable of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Preface, pg. xi*CHAPTER ONE The Legend and Its Background, pg. 3*CHAPTER TWO Dirt and Dharma: Kingship in the Asokavadana, pg. 38*CHAPTER THREE King and Layman: Asoka's Relationship to the Buddhist Community, pg. 71*CHAPTER FOUR Asoka and the Buddha, pg. 101*CHAPTER FIVE Asoka: Master of Good Means and Merit Maker, pg. 134*Introduction to the Translation, pg. 169*The Legend of Asoka, pg. 173*APPENDIX Sanskrit Legends about Asoka Not Appearing in the Asokavadana, pg. 295*Glossary, pg. 305*Bibliography of Works Cited, pg. 313*Index, pg. 329
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Princeton University Press Sensuous Seas
Book SynopsisOffers readers a voyage to the world of sea creatures, with a look at their habitats, their beauty and, yes, even their sex lives. This title takes us to oceans across the world to experience the lives of their inhabitants, from the horribly grotesque to the exquisitely beautiful.Trade Review"Eugene H. Kaplan has been teaching marine biology for half a century, and shares his experience of bringing the subject alive... Each of the 31 chapters opens with either one of Kaplan's own memoirs or a scenario from his imagination, before exploring the marine biology behind the tale... [T]he entertainment seldom flags. Kaplan's book conveys the breadth and excitement of an education in marine biology... [T]here is no stronger recommendation that I could make."--Jon Copley, Nature "Eugene H. Kaplan has a well-developed sense of humor, delving amusingly yet seriously into such topics as the sex life of squids ... and the future of sea horses."--Martin Levin, Toronto Globe and Mail "With vivid writing, a sense of humor and truly fascinating creatures to work with, Kaplan creates a feel for the teeming sea and rouses a sense of wonder in his readers. Line drawings in each chapter illustrate the creatures and their life cycles. This is a book for people with even a small bit of curiosity about the hidden world around them."--Lynn Harnett, Portsmouth Herald "From this collection of short stories, a theme emerges. Kaplan guides readers to appreciate the remarkably diverse web of life that has evolved and continues to evolve in an ever-changing ocean environment... Sensuous Seas informs and challenges, one fascinating tale after another."--Fred Bortz, Arkansas Democrat Gazette "Eugene Kaplan's thirty-one chapters deliver concise and beautifully illustrated accounts of life-form specialization, symbiotic survival techniques, and unique mating rituals... Kaplan gives us the immense diversity of marine life, distinctively expressed in form, coloration, habitat (water, sand, rock, coral), and life patterns (aggressive or passive, independent or parasitic), opening up a universe."--Peter Skinner, ForeWord "This book spells out in evocative yet scientifically accurate ways, the mysteries, the drama, the variations, yes even the day-to-day lives of organisms in the sea... [It presents] a new world of possibilities about how to hook your students into studying the fascinating stories that organisms in the sea have to offer as well as some of the questions for which there are as yet no answers."--American Biology Teacher "All combined, Kaplan's writing appeals to the story lover, the scientist and anyone who just wants to know how crabs get it on."--Seattle Magazine "Sensuous Seas contains a wealth of stimulating and digestible information. This book is also beautifully produced and will be an attractive asset to any marine library."--Tim Ecott, Aquatic Mammals "Kaplan offers readers an irresistibly irreverent voyage through the world of sea creatures... This one-of-a-kind memoir allows the reader to experience the incredible complexity of sea life."--Sarah Jane Abbott,Off the ShelfTable of ContentsPreface: What Is a Marine Biologist? vii Acknowledgments ix Apologia xi Prologue: The Perils of Teaching 1 Chapter 1. Deadly Darts 3 Chapter 2. The Great Jade Green Octopus Hunt 9 Chapter 3. Bedtime Stories 20 Chapter 4. Garden of Eden: The Death Apple and the Tree of Life 29 Chapter 5. A True Romance Story 36 Chapter 6. Elixir of Love 46 Chapter 7. Skinny South Sea Sausages 52 Chapter 8. The Only Male Reproductive Organ with a Name 59 Chapter 9. Living Lance 66 Chapter 10. Role Reversal 74 Chapter 11. Super Male 83 Chapter 12. Miracle Fish 89 Chapter 13. Fugu 99 Chapter 14. Bunnies of the Sea 107 Chapter 15. Passion for Purple 116 Chapter 16. Size Does Count 122 Chapter 17. Fiddler on the Root 131 Chapter 18. Beware the Duppy 138 Chapter 19. The Secret of an Improved Sex Life 145 Chapter 20. How to Court a Female 152 Chapter 21. The Anti-BLB Club 159 Chapter 22. Sea Pussy 166 Chapter 23. Debunking the Big Lie 176 Chapter 24. A Peek into the Anus of a Sea Cucumber 183 Chapter 25. The Yellow Submarine 190 Chapter 26. The Perils of Vanity 200 Chapter 27. Sexually Repressed Victorian Taxonomists 206 Chapter 28. Random Ramblings on Relationships 214 Chapter 29. Penile Bloodletting 222 Chapter 30. Death and Confusion 232 Chapter 31. Eyeball to Eyeball 242 Epilogue 253 Glossary 257 Illustration Sources 264 Index 265
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Harvard University Press Detective Fiction and the Rise of the Japanese
Book SynopsisSatoru Saito examines the similarities between detective fiction and the novel in prewar Japan. Arguing that interactions between the genres were critical moments of literary engagement, Saito demonstrates how detective fiction provided a framework through which to examine and critique Japan's literary formations and its modernizing society.
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Princeton University Press Classical Chinese A Basic Reader
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewPraise for Classical Chinese: "Without question a significant contribution to the field. There is no textbook of this kind available. It provides the student with a comprehensive grammar of classical Chinese with clear and readable explanations in both English and modern Chinese. By fully utilizing both languages in one text, the authors of this reader have created a teaching tool that will have wide appeal and applicability. The translations are accurate and felicitous."--Catherine Swatek, University of British Columbia Praise for Classical Chinese: "This reader addresses a huge gap in Chinese language textbook offerings--that is, a basic introduction to classical Chinese. It is far superior to previous such works: the texts reflect a more logical progression from simple structures to more complex ones, and the grammatical explanations are more structured and more detailed. The book also does an excellent job of reinforcing past patterns, and further serves as an introduction to Chinese culture and literature."--Kimberly Besio, Colby CollegeTable of ContentsMap 1: The Spring and Autumn Period iv Map 2: The Warring States Period v A Brief Chronology of China vi Foreword vii Acknowledgements x Bilingual Table of Contents xi Errata to the Texts xv A Quote from Laozi 1 Reading Texts 2 Appendixes: 182 1 List of Exercises 182 2 Exercises 183 3 Source of Text Selections 280 4 A Short List of Grammatical References 282
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Princeton University Press American Mirror The United States and Brazil in
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Princeton University Press Phanerozoic Diversity Patterns
Book SynopsisHere twenty-one leading paleontologists use important refinements in fossil diversity data to provide critical evaluations of older hypotheses of diversification and extinction processes and to propose fresh interpretations. Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make availabTable of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. v*Preface, pg. ix*Introduction. Diversity As Data, pg. 1*Chapter 1. An Atlas of Phanerozoic Clade Diversity Diagrams, pg. 11*Chapter 2. Terrestrial Vertebrate Diversity: Episodes and Insights, pg. 41*Chapter 3. Patterns in Vascular Land Plant Diversification: An Analysis at the Species Level, pg. 97*Chapter 4. Real and Apparent Trends in Species Richness Through Time, pg. 129*Chapter 5. Evolutionary Faunas and the Distribution of Paleozoic Marine Communities in Space and Time, pg. 153*Chapter 6. Classes and Adaptive Variety: The Ecology of Diversification in Marine Faunas Through the Phanerozoic, pg. 191*Chapter 7. Phanerozoic Tiering in Suspension-Feeding Communities on Soft Substrata: Implications for Diversity, pg. 255*Chapter 8. Nonequilibrium Model of Diversification: Faunal Turnover Dynamics, pg. 277*Chapter 9. Diversification Functions and the Rate of Taxonomic Evolution, pg. 311*Chapter 10. Marine Regressions and Mass Extinctions: A Test Using the Modern Biota, pg. 335*Chapter 11. Modeling the Biogeographic Regulation of Evolutionary Rates, pg. 355*Chapter 12. Testing for Adaptive Radiation: The Ptychaspid (Trilobita) Biomere of the Late Cambrian, pg. 379*Chapter 13. Evolutionary Patterns Of Jurassic And Cretaceous Ammonites: An Analysis Of Clade Shape, pg. 399*Chapter 14. Biotic Diversity and Clade Diversity, pg. 419*Concluding Remark, pg. 425*Author Index, pg. 427*Subject Index, pg. 437
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Hopkins Fulfillment Service Globalization and the Race for Resources
Book SynopsisDrawing from extensive historical research into how economic and environmental dynamics interacted in the extraction of different materials in the Amazon, especially in the development of the iron mine of Carajas, the authors illustrate the profound connection between global dominance and control of natural resources.Trade ReviewThere is much to merit to the authors' contribution. -- Pierre Desrochers Historical Geography 2007Table of ContentsList of Figures and TablesPreface: Finding the Global in the LocalChapter 1. Matter, Space, Time, and Globalization: An IntroductionChapter 2. Globalizing Economies of Scale in the Sequence of Amazonian Extractive SystemsChapter 3. Between Nature and Society: How Technology Drives GlobalizationChapter 4. Bulky Goods and Industrial Organization in Early CapitalismChapter 5. From Wood to Steel: British-American Interdependent Expansion across the Atlantic and around the GlobeChapter 6. Raw Materials and Transport in the Economic Ascendancy of JapanChapter 7. ConclusionReferencesIndex
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MP-VIR Uni of Virginia To Pass On a Good Earth The Life and Work of
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Harvard University Press The Botany of Empire in the Long Eighteenth
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Legare Street Press The Desert of the Exodus
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Edward Elgar How to use Mixed Methods in Tourism Research
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Edward Elgar Elgar Encyclopedia of Global Migration
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Edward Elgar How to Foster Diversity Equity Inclusion and
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Edward Elgar A Research Agenda for Senior Tourism
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Edward Elgar Handbook of Gender and Mobilities
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Edward Elgar North Pacific Perspectives on the Arctic Looking
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John Wiley & Sons Inc An Introduction to Coastal Engineering
Book SynopsisUnderstand and respond to a changing coastline with this comprehensive reference Coastal engineering concerns society's interactions with coastlines and relates, for example, to coastal flooding, beach erosion, seawalls and breakwaters, and the design of marinas. As climate change drives sea level rise, coastal engineering is critical in responding to increased coastal flooding and receding shorelines. The need to develop coastal infrastructure while minimizing environmental impacts makes this a vital field. An Introduction to Coastal Engineering offers a comprehensive overview of this subject, designed to bridge existing gaps in the general civil engineering literature. Covering all major aspects of coastal engineering, including ocean wave behaviour, structures, sediments, mixing processes, and modelling, the book emphasizes practical solutions and applications for students and practicing engineers alike. Thorough and rigorous, yet highly readable, the book is a must-own tool for dev
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Not Stated Human Geography for the AP Course 1e Advanced Pla
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Form of Cities
Book SynopsisThe Form of Cities offers readers a considered theoretical introduction to the art of designing cities. Demonstrates that cities are replete with symbolic values, collective memory, association and conflict. Proposes a new theoretical understanding of urban design, based in political economy. Demonstrates different ways of conceptualising the city, whether through aesthetics or the prism of gender, for example. Written in an engaging and jargon-free style, but retains a sophisticated interpretative edge. Complements Designing Cities by the same author (Blackwell, 2003). Trade Review‘The Form of Cities is an important critique and synthesis of recent thinking about urban design … a powerful analysis of the emergence, logic, and political meaning of the built environment in given historical contexts.’ Allen J. Scott, Distinguished Professor of Public Policy and Geography, UCLA ‘A major achievement in the radical spirit of Manuel Castells’ and Mike Davis’ writings. Cuthbert repositions urban design theory … to reveal the bedrock systems of material and symbolic production shaping modern cities.’ Chris Abel, Architectural critic and author of Architecture, Technology, Process and Architecture and Identity ‘Truly an impressive piece of work. … This book will become seminal not only for urban design students and practitioners, and those engaged in the study and practice of urban policy-making and planning, but also for students of urban geography and political science.’ Harry T. Dimitriou, Bartlett Professor of Planning Studies, UCL "[Cuthbert] sets out not only to make the professional case for urban design but also the disciplinary case. What ensues is an immense and far-reaching catalog of ideas that in many ways is a tour de force." Journal of Regional ScienceTable of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables. Preface. Acknowledgements. Introduction. 1. Theory. Introduction: The Problem. Urban Design: Definitions. Urban Design: ‘Theory’. Spatial Political Economy and Urban Design. 2. History. Introduction: What is History?. History and Urban Design. Chronologies. Typologies. Utopias. Fragments. Materialist Theory Overview. 3. Philosophy. Introduction: Implications from Philosophy. Philosophy and Urbanism Paradigms. Philosophy and Urban Design 4. Politics. Introduction: Politics and Ideology. Power: Rights and Laws Law as Ideology. Politics and Urban Planning. The Public Realm. 5. Culture. Introduction: Culture and Urban Design. The Culture of Modernism. Postmodern Culture. Globalisation, Culture, Economy. Authenticity and Symbolic Representation. The New Ruralism/Urbanism. 6. Gender. Introduction: Gender the Missing Component. Gender and Society Gender and Patriarchy. Gender and Capital. Gender and Space. Gender and Urban Design. 7. Environment. Introduction: Nature and the City. Origins and Development. People-Nature. Sustainability and Development. Sustainable Cities. Sustainable Urban Design. 8. Aesthetics. Introduction: Aesthetics – Objects and Experience. The Aesthetics of Urban Form. Mathematics and the Divine Order. Contextualism. Rationalism. Symbolic Capital. Regulation. Theming. 9. Typologies. Introduction: Taxonomy, Typology, Morphology, System. Typologies Derived from Associated Disciplines. Typologies Derived from Traditional Urban Design Perspectives. Implications from Spatial Political Economy. 10. Pragmatics. Introduction: Cultural Capital. Professional Intervention. Professions and Knowledge Systems. Professions and Space. Urban Design Education Postscript. References. Index
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