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Book SynopsisNuclear tests have caused public concern ever since the first such test was conducted, more than six decades ago. During the Cold War, however, con- tions were not conducive to discussing a complete ban on nuclear testing. It was not until 1993 that negotiations on such a treaty finally got under way. From then on, things moved relatively quickly: in 1996, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT). To date, the Treaty has been signed by 178 states and ratified by 144, though it has yet to enter into force, as nine out of 44 Annex 2 states'', whose ratification is mandatory, have not heeded the call. Nevertheless, the CTBT verification system is already provisionally operational and has proven its effectiveness. We commend the CTBT organisation in Vienna for its successful efforts to build a verification network. This book is an excellent overview of the evolution of the CTBT and its verification regime. The authors are eminent scholarsTrade ReviewFrom the reviews:"Drawing from their experience, the authors provide a well-structured and comprehensive view of the CTBT, from the construction of nuclear devices to the promising first results of the monitoring system of the treaty. In an impeccable edition, the chapters are clearly divided into subsections, and numerous illustrations are used to clarify the arguments in the text."G. Suarez, EOS Newsletter, Vol. 91, No. 21, p. 193“The book focuses on the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty and the CTBT Organization (CTBTO) that runs the International Monitoring System (IMS) and the International Data Centre (IDC). The authors are experienced researchers with outstanding experience in seismic monitoring and who have helped to create what is now CTBTO. … seems very important to scientists dealing with seismic- or hydroacoustic, infrasound and radionuclide monitoring … .” (Pawel Wiejacz, Pure and Applied Geophysics, Vol. 167, 2010)“It is a solid reference edition concerning the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), International Nuclear Explosion Monitoring System (IMS) and Preparatory Commission of the CTBT Organization. … the authors produced a multilayered book in which one can distinguish several conceptual layers. … the text is supplied with a lot of photographs, maps and diagrams … . The structure of the book is designed to make good that thesis. … gives the reader a holistic view of the diplomatic struggle for the nuclear test ban.” (Alexey Fenenko, International Trends, Vol. 8 (3), September-December, 2010)Table of ContentsForeword Preface Chapter 1 To test or not to test… 1.1 Testing history - more than 2000 nuclear explosions 1. 2 Nuclear weapons – with and without testing 1. 3 Why a Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty? 1.4 Related nuclear arms control and disarmament treaties Chapter 2. Monitoring technologies 2.1 Nuclear explosions - detectable features 2.2 Detection, location and identification 2.3 Seismological monitoring 2.4 Hydroacoustic monitoring 2.5 Infrasound monitoring 2.6 Radionuclide monitoring 2.7 Detection from space 2.8 Enabling technologies Chapter 3 A long journey to a treaty 3.1 Past test ban initiatives 3.2 Group of Scientific Experts 3.3 The CTBT negotiations 1994 – 96 3.4 Critical issues during the negotiations 3.5 Reflections on the negotiations Chapter 4 The Treaty 4.1 The preamble 4.2 Basic obligations 4.3 The Organization 4.4 Verification 4.5 National implementation measures 4.6 Entry into force 4.7 Reflections Chapter 5 The birth of an organization 5.1 The mandate of the CTBTO Preparatory Commission 5.2 Preparations for the first session of the CTBTO Preparatory Commission 5.3 The first session of the CTBTO Preparatory Commission 5.4 The initial enthusiasm 5.5 The early challenges Chapter 6 Establishing the verification regime 6.1 A complex monitoring system in a political environment 6.2 Building the monitoring system - a gradual but slow process 6.3 Some specific IMS issues 6.4 On-site inspections a politicized issue on a slow path Chapter 7 Testing shows high performance 7.1 Frombuilding to testing 7.2 Global tests show high performance of IMS/IDC 7.3 Exercises also get OSI on the move Chapter 8 National technical implementation of the CTBT 8.1 National commitments 8.2 National institutions play key roles in the global verification system 8.3 Basis for national interpretation 8.4 Regional cooperation 8.5 An assessment of the status of national technical implementation Chapter 9 The CTBTO Preparatory Commission and the PTS - an organizational perspective 9.1 The Policy Making Organs 9.2 Provisional Technical Secretariat (PTS) 9.3 Changing the guard Chapter 10 The CTBTO Preparatory Commission and the world 10.1 States Signatories, the CTBTO Preparatory Commission and the PTS 10.2 The CTBTO Preparatory Commission and international organizations 10.3 Synergy with science 10.4 The CTBT - hostage to today’s politics Chapter 11 Always too early to give up 11.1 Finally a CTBT - and then? A political perspective 11.2 Most complex verification system ever - a scientific perspective 11.3 Challenge to establish a technical organization in a political environment - a managerial perspective 11.4 Bringing the CTBT back on track 11.5 A new security agenda Annex 1 Annex 2 Abbreviations and acronyms References

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Book SynopsisSeveral years later, IBM responded with a system called Lucifer that came to simply be known as DES (data encryption standard).The strength of an encryption system is best measured by the attacks it is able to withstand, and because DES was the federal standard, many tried to test its limits.Trade ReviewFrom the reviews: An excellent story about the thousands of volunteers who battled to prove that the aging standard for date encryption was too weak and to wrestle strong cryptography from the control of the U.S. government...It is a worthy book for almost anyone who has a computer. -Louis Kruh, Cryptologia, Volume 30, 2006 Brute Force is about as entertaining a read as you will get on cryptography. It provides a detailed account of how DES was taken down and is an interesting read for any student of cryptography and the crypto wars of the 1990s. -Ben Rothke, UnixReview.com, September 2005 Matt Curtin was right at the heart of the Deschall cracking effort, and his book is excellent in describing the day-to-day progress towards the goal... -Richard Clayton, Times Higher Education Supplement (U.K.), October 2005 "This book is an exciting popular account of an important event nearly ten years ago in the social history of cryptography. … The book is written to tell the story of how the DESCHALL (Des challenge) project came together, to encourage interest in cryptography amongst the young and to make the subject more accessible to people. It would seem to be successful on all counts." (P. D. F. Ion, Mathematical Reviews, Issue 2006 j) "DESCHALL’s goal was to search through 72 quadrillion keys to demonstrate the feasibility of a brute force attack on DES … . Curtin starts with the genesis of DES … . he manages to keep interest alive with a taut but lively prose, a focus on the human element of the story … . the non-technical reader will appreciate the evocative similes … . Perhaps most intriguing in Curtin’s narrative are … the human and social aspect of divvying up the workload … ." (Daniel Bilar, MathDL, November, 2005)Table of ContentsContents Introduction 1. 90MHZ Pentium 2. Data Encryption Standard 3. Key Length 3.1 Symmetric Cryptography 3.2 Codes 3.3. Susceptibility to Brute Force Attacks 3.4 Substitution Ciphers 3.5 Asymetric Cryptography 4. RSA Crypto Challenge 5. Law Enforcement Concerns 6. Supercomputer 7. Show Me the Code 8. Project Follows Code 9. Organizing DESCHALL 10. Announcing DESCHALL 11. Getting Attention 12. Front Running 13. Haystack 14. Clients 14.1 Verser DES Key Search Method 14.2 More Speed for Intel 15. Architecture 15.1 Boot Disks 15.2 Client Management 15.3 Dialup Users 15.3.1. Dialup in Windows 15.3.2. Dialup in OS/2 16. Every Machine Counts 17. Competition 18. Summer Vacation 19. 100% CPU 20.Transition 21. Requests 22. Perseverance 23. Network 24. Download 25. SolNET 26. Get Off Your Duff 27. Short Circuit 28. Media 29. Volume 30. Too Much Is Never Enough 31. Proposal 32. In the Lead 33. Recruit 34. SolNET Drops Off 35. Threats 36. Crypto News 37. Rivalry 38. Overdrive 39. Disturbed 40. Back Door 41. Second Stage 42. Obstacle 43. DESGUI 44. Export 45. Keeping It Together 46. Getting Word Out 47. No DESCHALL Here 48. Schedule 49. SolNET Stumbles 50. A Few Hundred Clients 51. New Statistics 52. Bitslice 53. Crypto Battle 54. SolNET Recovers 55. Server Outrage 56. SGI 57. Netlag 58. Terminal Velocity 59. Photoshoot 60. Integrity 61. Workaround 62. Morale 63.Strong Cryptography Makes the World a Safer Place 64. Talking Head 65. Effect 66. Saying the Course 67. Five Years Later 68. Next Steps 68.1 Other Stuff A DESCHALL Press Release

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Book SynopsisIncreased public concern over the control of environmental forces and industrial hazards has led to awareness for the need for improved conditions for all who work. Industry has expanded and developed new p''~ducts and new methods. A great many occupational diseases have accompanied this progress. Too much of the present data and knowledge have been obtained following accidents or sad experience. Thousands of women have died, have become acutely or chronically ill, and still others permanently disabled. Workers themselves have become keenly aware of potential hazards on their jobs, and public interest has developed to a point where articles are appearing on front pages of newspapers, business journals, and medical journals specifically related to occupational medicine. Special studies of chemicals, processes, and practices have been initiated by government agencies and by industrTable of ContentsA.- B.- C.- D.- E.- F.- G.- H.- I.- J.- K.- L.- M.- N.- O.- P.- Q.- R.- S.- T.- U.- V.- W.- X.- Z.

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Book SynopsisThis volume is based on presentations at an interdisciplinary conference on The Chemistry of Mood, Motivation and Memory which was held at the University of California, San Francisco in October, 1971. Professor of Psychology University of California at San Diego La Jolla, California Edward Glassman, Ph.D.Table of ContentsSexual Motivation.- Gonadal Hormones, The Nervous System and behavior.- Neuroendocrine and Anatomical Correlates of Atypical Sexuality.- Steroid Hormones and the Chemistry of behavior.- Sexual Motivation.- Mood and Psychoses.- Brain Catecholamines, Affective States and Memory.- Noradrenergic Reward Mechanisms, Recovery of Function, and Schizophrenia.- Some Macromolecular Mechanisms in Central Nervous System Neurotransmitter Pharmacology and Their Psychobiological Organization.- The Neurobiology of Mood and Psychoses.- Memory.- The Effect of Short Experiences on the Incorporation of Radioactive Phosphate into Acid-Extractable Nuclear Proteins of Rat Brain.- Further Studies on Memory Formation in the Goldfish.- The Cholinergic Synapse and the Site of Memory.- Slow Biological Processes in Memory Storage and “Recovery” of Memory.- Discussion.

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Book SynopsisFrom café culture to home schooling, remote community networks, and smart cities, Wi-Fi is an invisible but fundamental element of contemporary life. Loosely regulated, low-cost, and largely overlooked by researchers, this technology has driven the rise of the smartphone and broadband internet, and is a vital element in the next wave of automation. Thomas, Wilken, and Rennie provide the first comprehensive account of the social and cultural consequences of Wi-Fi, highlighting the ways in which it has changed our homes, communities, and cities. They discuss its origins as an experimental technology, the conflicts generated around its ownership and control, and the ideas and expectations attached to it by technologists, activists, and entrepreneurs. The authors reveal the ways in which Wi-Fi is an inherently social and political technology, animated by conflicting aspirations for local, public, and community control, and defined by private and corporate interests. As this book shows, Wi-Fi has extended and intensified our online lives while also promising a more inclusive internet. Wi-Fi is essential reading for students and scholars of media and communication, as well as anyone who wants a better understanding of this ubiquitous and influential technology.Trade Review‘This pathbreaking study explores the full significance of the already ubiquitous, but largely “invisible”, technology of Wi-Fi.’David Morley, Goldsmiths University of London ‘As a technology, Wi-Fi seemed to disappear into the mundane infrastructures of everyday life almost as soon as it was adopted twenty years ago. Looking backwards as well as towards possible futures, this book offers an important account of “why Wi-Fi matters”.’Laura Forlano, Illinois Institute of TechnologyTable of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Figures 1. Why Wi-Fi Matters 2. Infrastructure 3. Home 4. Community 5. City 6. Problems, Prospects, Possibilities References Index

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Book SynopsisContrary to optimistic visions of a free internet for all, the problem of the ‘digital divide’ – the disparity between those with access to internet technology and those without – has persisted for close to twenty-five years.In this textbook, Jan van Dijk considers the state of digital inequality and what we can do to tackle it. Through an accessible framework based on empirical research, he explores the motivations and challenges of seeking access and the development of requisite digital skills. He addresses key questions such as: Does digital inequality reduce or reinforce existing, traditional inequalities? Does it create new, previously unknown social inequalities? While digital inequality affects all aspects of society and the problem is here to stay, Van Dijk outlines policies we can put in place to mitigate it.The Digital Divide is required reading for students and scholars of media, communication, sociology, and related disciplines, as well as for policymakers.Trade Review“Van Dijk continues his twenty-five-year leadership in digital divide research, from motivations and attitudes, access to adoption, use and skills, through to outcomes and solutions. His integrative model organizes these issues into a thoughtful, critical and readable story.”Ronald Rice, University of California, Santa Barbara “Jan van Dijk can be considered the godfather of digital divide theory. In this book, he brings his earlier work forward into a world that has changed beyond what even he could imagine. Building on existing research and new theoretical developments, he shows that digital divides are changing shape and are likely getting worse. Anyone interested in why, what and who we should be worried about in increasingly digital societies has to read this book.”Ellen J. Helsper, author of The Digital Disconnect: Social Causes and Consequences of Digital Inequalities“The book is rich conceptually and provides frameworks and categorisations to explain every step of the digital media appropriation process... a welcome resource for students and academics as a reference on the evolution of research on the digital divide since the mid-nineties.”Information, Communication & Society“The Digital Divide is an excellent reference for those being introduced to the subject and for those who have long been interested in the issue. I recommend it as a tool and look forward to using it myself in this strange, terrible and awe-inspiring year, and in many years to come.”PrometheusTable of ContentsAcknowledgements1 What is the Digital Divide?2 Research and Theory of the Digital Divide3 Motivation and Attitude4 Physical Access5 Digital and 21st-Century Skills6 Usage Inequality7 Outcomes8 Social and Digital Inequality9 Solutions to Soften the Digital DivideReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisFacebook has fundamentally changed how the world connects. No other company has played a greater role in the history of social networking online. Yet Facebook is no longer simply a social networking site or social media platform. Facebook is Facebook. Taina Bucher shows how Facebook has become an idea of its own: something that cannot be fully described using broader categories. Facebook has become so commonplace that most people have a conception of what it is, yet it increasingly defies categorization. If we want to understand Facebook's power in contemporary society and culture, Bucher argues, we need to start by challenging our widespread conception of what Facebook is. Tracing the development and evolution of Facebook as a social networking site, platform, infrastructure and advertising company, she invites readers to consider Facebook anew. Contrary to the belief that nobody uses Facebook anymore, Facebook has never been more powerful. This timely book is important reading for students and scholars of media and communication, as well as anyone seeking to understand the Facebook phenomenon.Trade Review‘Taina Bucher has authored the best book to date in the rapidly growing literature on Facebook. It has rigorous analysis, theoretical nuance and sweeping empirical scope. It sets the standard for accounts of the platform and should be required reading for researchers and journalists grappling with what Facebook means for political, social and cultural life around the world.’Daniel Kreiss, University of North Carolina ‘Taina Bucher is one of the best analysts of social media platforms we’ve got. Here, she insightfully focuses on Facebook from many complementary angles that together reveal how it has become an ever-present infrastructure in the feel of daily life, shaping our social and political worlds, whether we use it or not.’Nancy Baym, Microsoft Research‘While...a book of this kind can only ever be a partial and unfolding guide, the breadth and depth of its scope is impressive. … Bucher makes an important philosophical and theoretical contribution to media and communication studies as the book destabalizes conventional narratives of Facebook as a mere social media platform.’Australian Journalism Review‘a useful introduction to the current state of research on Facebook.’European Journal of CommunicationTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Facebook is Facebook1 Framing Facebook: The many metaphors at work2 Of electric lighting and chairs: Facebook as infrastructure3 Grounded in reality: How Facebook programs sociality4 Engineering a platform: Facebook’s techno-economic evolution5 Monetizing You: Facebook’s advertising ecosystem6 Personalized politics: Facebook’s data-driven profiling machineryConclusion: The many faces of FacebookNotesReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisLaunched in 2007, tumblr became a safe haven for LGBT youth, social justice movements, and a counseling station for mental health issues. For a decade, this micro-blogging platform had more users than either Twitter or Snapchat, but it remained an obscure subculture for nonusers. Katrin Tiidenberg, Natalie Ann Hendry, and Crystal Abidin offer the first systematic guide to tumblr and its crucial role in shaping internet culture. Drawing on a decade of qualitative data, they trace the prominent social media practices of creativity, curation, and community-making, and reveal tumblr’s cultlike appeal and position in the social media ecosystem. The book demonstrates how diverse cultures can – in felt and imagined silos - coexist on a single platform and how destructive recent trends in platform governance are. The concept of “silosociality” is introduced to critically re-think social media, interrogate what kinds of sociality it affords, and what (unintended) consequences arise. This book is an essential resource for students and scholars of media and communication, as well as anyone interested in an influential but overlooked platform.Trade Review“The book absolutely delivers on this premise, serving as an excellent primer for the uninitiated, while carrying out a useful analysis of its sociotechnical features that allows one to position tumblr within its historic role in the social media platforms landscape alongside the more popular Facebook and Twitter. … Through flowing writing, humorous anecdotes, and extensive signposting, the authors constantly unpack yet another aspect of the platform, often grounding it in specific spaces and/or periods, yet without losing sense of the broader picture. … It is a timely, interesting, and profoundly enjoyable volume on an object which is oft overlooked in platform and social media research yet has great bearings on both fields.”Internet HistoriesTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsPrologueIntroduction: tumblr, with a small t1: tumblr structure2: tumblr sociality3. Fame4. Fandom5: Social justice6. NSFW7: Mental healthConclusion: ‘beautiful hellsite’ReferencesNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisRight from the origins of cinema, countless films and television dramas have offered sensational and seductive representations of young people's lives. Youth is typically associated with energy, idealism and physical beauty, but it is often represented as both troubled and troubling. These representations are almost always created by adults, implicitly reflecting an adult perspective on how young people 'come of age'. Youth on Screen provides a historical account of representations of youth in Britain and the United States, stretching back over seventy years. From Blackboard Jungle to This is England, and from Jailhouse Rock to Skins, it covers a range of classics, as well as some intriguing obscurities. Engagingly written and clearly organized, it offers a perfect introduction for students and general readers.Trade Review"Offering insightful readings of both classic and less known films and TV series, Youth on Screen is a fresh and compelling introduction to mediated representations of adolescence. Buckingham�s analyses of British texts are especially welcome given that U.S. properties have received far more attention to date." Mary Celeste Kearney, author of Girls Make Media and editor of Mediated Girlhoods "Buckingham offers an insightful and highly readable account of how young people have been portrayed on screen and the critical debates that have ensued. In the process, this book sheds new light on the evolving politics of �youth� as a social category." Sue Turnbull, University of WollongongTable of ContentsContentsAcknowledgments1. Introduction2. Troubling teenagers: how movies constructed the juvenile delinquent 3. Dreamboats, boybands and the perils of showbiz: the rise and fall of the pop film4. Reeling in the years: retrospect and nostalgia in movies about youth5. Gender trouble: cinema and the mystery of adolescent girlhood6. This is England: growing up in Thatcher’s Britain7. Skins and the impossibility of youth television8. Conclusion: histories and futuresFurther readingTV and filmographyNotesBibliography

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Book SynopsisNetflix and Streaming Video is the first book to provide a comprehensive foundation for understanding the business of subscriber-funded streaming video and its implications for the role of these services in culture. Drawing on Lotz’s two decades of research, it highlights the similarities and differences among streaming video services (Netflix; Amazon) and video distribution technologies (broadcast; satellite; internet). Making a number of provocative and thought-provoking arguments, the book first reveals how the reliance on subscriber payment and video on demand produces different norms and strategies compared to previous video businesses. It then investigates Netflix and how its particular blend of characteristics distinguishes it from other subscriber-funded video on demand services. The author expertly shows that, by understanding the underlying economic and technological dynamics of these services (and their differences), it is possible to better assess the actions taken by the companies and what the future of video may encompass. The book is a must-read for students and scholars of Media and Communications Studies, as well as those wishing to learn more about Netflix and streaming video services.Trade Review‘In the chaotic world of television, Amanda Lotz has a keen ability to separate noise from signal. Here she drills into the factors and functions that make subscription streaming services distinctive from one another and put Netflix in a class of its own. This is a must-read for students of and professionals in the TV industry.’Evan Shapiro, Producer, Media Cartographer, and Professor at Fordham University and NYU ‘Amanda Lotz is unparalleled at addressing our most vital questions regarding the global streaming video landscape. With Netflix and Streaming Video, Lotz has also introduced a blog-incubated mode of academic query as essential, iterative, asynchronous, and disruptive as the industries she studies.’David Craig, USC Annenberg‘...showcases the wide variety of logics used by film and television producers and distributors today… This book seeks to offer valuable insights to media industry workers and aspirants seeking to understand recent changes in the industry. It will also inform television and media industry scholars including those who research video games, e-books, music, and the many other media industries that are experimenting with subscription forms of funding and distribution.’Critical Studies in Television: The International Journal of Television Studies‘Lotz dispels popular myths about Netflix, for example when she compares the different success logics of classic linear television and Netflix's streaming television. Lotz succeeds in very accurately working out the specifics of the various services and illustrates in detail how Netflix differs from other streaming providers as well as from advertising-financed linear television.’Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft / Journal for Media StudiesTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements List of Figures Introduction Section One: Subscriber-funded streaming services are different from linear services 1. Experience: On Schedules and Viewing Practices 2. Building Libraries: Conglomerating Niches and Beyond? 3. Subscriber Funding: On Success Metrics, Program Strategies, and Demographics 4. Licensing, Labour, Regulation, and Recommendation 5. Scale and Specialization 6. The Discrepant Field of Global Services Section One Conclusion Section Two: Netflix is not like other subscriber-funded streaming video services 7. Netflix Content Concepts and Vocabulary 8. Netflix Library Strategies 9. Netflix Content Strategies 10. Netflix’s Approach to Being Global Section Two Conclusion Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis book invites the reader to think about collaborative research differently. Using the concepts of ‘letting go’ (the recognition that research is always in a state of becoming) and 'poetics’ (using an approach that might interrupt and remake the conventions of research), it envisions collaborative research as a space where relationships are forged with the use of arts-based and multimodal ways of seeing, inquiring and representing ideas. The book's chapters are interwoven with ‘Interludes’ which provide alternative forms to think with and another vantage point from which to regard phenomena, pose a question and seek insights or openings for further inquiry, rather than answers. Altogether, the book celebrates collaboration in complex, exploratory, literary and artistic ways within university and community research.Table of ContentsPrologue 1. Introduction Interlude 1: Collaborative Questioning 2. Poetics Interlude 2: Postcards 3. Worldizing Interlude 3: Letting Go 4. Worthiness Interlude 4: Two 5. Enchantment Interlude 5: Demons 6. Embodiment Interlude 6: 'Most People Don’t Believe Me' 7. Hypertext Interlude 7: Failing 8. Unplanning Interlude 8: Notes on the Work

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Book SynopsisAt a time of contested realities and a renewed focus on the power of personal stories, narrative research is as relevant as ever. But while it has been praised for ‘giving voice’ to individuals and highlighting how they make sense of the social world, critics are starting to question which voices are being heard, or allowed to speak, and which experiences are made to count. Supported by the editors’ popular podcast Narrative Now, this interdisciplinary volume addresses timely concerns about representation, power, voice, and the ethics of storytelling. Contributors explore the capacities and limitations of narrative research, and map out new directions for the field while honouring its legacy.Table of ContentsForeword – Rachel Thomson 1. Narrative Now: Trends and Tensions - Ashley Barnwell and Signe Ravn Part 1: Institutional Authority and Counter-Stories 2. Telling Stories with Ribbons: Visual Acknowledgment in the Wake of Child Sexual Abuse - Dave McDonald 3. Policy Narratives and Policy Change: The Case of Pill Testing - Martin Bortz 4. The Criminalised Other as Storyteller: The Promise and Peril of Bringing ‘Lived Experience’ into the Classroom - Diana Johns Part 2: Tellable and Untellable Stories 5. Ethical Weaving: Creative Narrations of Family Trauma and Resilience - Wajeehah Aayeshah 6. ‘I can’t believe how much I've done’: Joan and The Evolution of Her Life Story - Nikki Henningham Part 3: The Ethics of Representation 7. Songs as Narratives: Ethical Tensions in Midnight Oil’s Dead Heart (1986) and Gadigal Land (2020) - Liz Dean 8. Reading Back as a Way to Give Back? A Narrative Practice-informed Method for Interview-based Research - Sarah Strauven 9. Narrating Women's Life Histories: Voice, Audience, Ethics - Rachael Diprose 10. Narrative Next: Ways Forward for Narrative Research - Ashley Barnwell and Signe Ravn

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Book SynopsisDeath studies typically focus on the death of humans, overlooking the wider factors involved in social and natural processes around death. This edited volume provides an alternative focus for death studies by looking beyond human death, to reveal the complex interconnections among human and more than human creatures, entities and environments. Bringing together a diverse range of international scholars, the book sheds light on topics which have previously remained at the margins of contemporary death studies and death care cultures. Organised around three themes – Knowledge and Mediation, Care and Remembrance, and Agency and Power – this book pushes the boundaries of death studies to explore death and dying from beyond the perspective of a nature/culture binary.Table of ContentsIntroduction - Jesse D. Peterson, Natashe Lemos Dekker, Philip R. Olson Part I: Ontologies & Epistemologies 1. ‘Seeing for real’: Forensic Pathologists Testing the Demonstrative Power of Postmortem Imaging - Céline Schnegg, Séverine Rey, Alejandro Dominguez 2. Death at a Planetary Scale: Mortality’s Materiality in the Context of the Anthropocene - Philip R. Olson 3. Death in the Fields: Microbial ‘Destruction’ in Polluted Soils - Serena Zanzu 4. Can the Baltic Sea Die? An Environmental Imaginary of a Dying Sea - Jesse D. Peterson Part II: Care & Remembrance 5. Viral Flows and Immunological Gestures: Contagious and Dead Bodies in México and Ecuador during COVID-19 - Rosa Inés Padilla Yépez, Anne W. Johnson 6. Advertising the Ancestors: Ghanaian Funeral Banners as Image Objects - Isabel Bredenbroker 7. Dying Apart and Buried Together: COVID-19, Cemeteries, and Fears of Collective Burial - Samuel Holleran 8. Spirit Mediums at the Margins: Materiality, Death, and Dying in Northern Zimbaabwee - Olga Sicilia Part III: Troubling Agencies 9. Rehabilitate or Euthanize?: Biopolitics and Care in Seal Conservation - Doortje Hoerst 10. Troubling Entanglements: Death, Loss and the Dead in and on Television - Bethan Michael-Fox 11. Material Entanglements of the Corpse - Marc Trabsky and Jacinthe Flore 12. The Dead Who Would be Trees and Mushrooms - Hannah Gould, Tamara Kohn, Michael Arnold, Allison Fraser Concluding Discussion 13. Beyond the Norms - Jesse D. Peterson, Natashe Lemos Dekker, Philip R. Olson

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Book SynopsisThe statistics are pretty grim - the young people of the US face an ever increasing tide of poverty, alcohol, and drug abuse, violence, suicide, and family dysfunction. However, society's response has been slow. Too many young people do not receive consistent, positive, and realistic validation of themselves from the adults on whom they depend. The problems facing today's youth demonstrate the critical need for responsible adults to establish close, helping relationships with our young people. This means not only helping them achieve academically, but also teaching them skills such as assertiveness, decision making, conflict resolution, impulse control, anger management, empathy, sensitivity, and tolerance of difference. This book goes beyond the stilted rhetoric on the problems of youth and the dilemma for society by outlining specific treatment intervention and prevention strategies that address the full spectrum of dysfunctional behavior. It introduces structured intervention strategies for school and community collaboration, with an emphasis on remediation and treatment. Educators and helping professionals will find counseling strategies and psychoeducational techniques that focus on primary prevention. These primary prevention strategies are supported by an understanding of critical social, emotional, and cognitive skills. Each chapter introduces the latest demographic data and the factors that make children and adolescents vulnerable to self-defeating or self-destructive behaviors, and then counteracts these factors with structured intervention and preventionTable of ContentsPREFACE, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, PART I: RATIONALE AND THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK, CHAPTER 1: SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, AND COGNITIVE SKILLS DEFICITS: ESSENTIAL LIFE SKILLS FROM A DEVELOPMENTAL PERSPECTIVE, CHAPTER 2: EMPOWERING YOUTH: SOLUTION-FOCUSED COUNSELING AND MULTIMODAL INTERVENTIONS, CHAPTER 3: PSYCHOEDUCATIONAL GROUPS IN INSTITUTIONAL AND COMMUNITY SETTINGS, PART II: MANIFESTATIONS OF BEHAVIOR AND RELATED SKILLS, CHAPTER 4: ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG ABUSE, CHAPTER 5: UNINTENDED PREGNANCY AND HIGH-RISK SEXUAL ACTIVITY, CHAPTER 6: LOSS, DEPRESSION, AND SUICIDE, CHAPTER 7: CONFLICTED YOUTH, DELINQUENCY, AND VIOLENCE, CHAPTER 8: ALIENATION, UNDERACHIEVEMENT, AND DROPPING OUT, CHAPTER 9: ISOLATION, VICTIMIZATION, AND ABUSE, PART III: CREATING POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH EMPOWERMENT OF OTHERS, CHAPTER 10: EMPOWERING YOUTH, FAMILIES, SCHOOLS, AND COMMUNITIES, EPILOGUE, REFERENCES, INDEX, ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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Book SynopsisWomen in conflict zones face steep challenges, and nowhere is this clearer than in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, regions that face reduced foreign aid, foreign occupation, violence, instability, ingrained social conservatism and perpetual political crisis. Yet the stereotypical view that women are unable to act politically in the socially conservative contexts of the Middle East is a long way from the truth. Here Ibrahim Natil shines a spotlight on how young Palestinian women work through civil society organizations (CSOs) to improve their communities’ and their own resilience and empowerment. He first outlines the impact of CSOs upon peaceful struggle, human rights and community development relief assistance, highlighting how CSOs respond rapidly to the needs of the population by delivering social, health, cultural and educational services to all sectors of society during humanitarian crises. He then asks how empowered Palestinian women contribute to CSO missions and how CSO missions reciprocally contribute to Palestinian women’s empowerment. Ultimately, young Palestinian women’s engagement with CSOs proves to strengthen cooperation, communication and cross-fertilization between CSO groups, which in turn increases these young women’s agency. Conflict, Civil Society, and Women’s Empowerment: Insights from the West Bank and the Gaza Strip is a little-known success story, one that makes for required reading for scholars of development, peace studies, conflict resolution and conflict strategy, and which will inspire women’s rights activists around the globe.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. History of Civil Society Organisations: Activism, Intervention and Shifts Chapter 3. Leadership of Civil Society: Culture and Constraints Chapter 4. Challenges of Violence to Participatory Civic Engagement Chapter 5. Internationally Sponsored Programs: EU Aid and Women Empowerment Chapter 6. Women’s Grassroots Peacebuilding Engagement Chapter 7. Grassroots Non-violent Activism and Engagement Chapter 8. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisWhile the world was swept up in the complications and uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic, Malaysia’s government changed leadership twice without going to ballot. Employing the Malaysian case as a starting point for examining a wider trend in Southeast Asia, Pandemic, Politics, and a Fairer Society in Southeast Asia delves into how politicians and policymakers navigate political uncertainty and the impact of their decisions on creating and maintaining a fairer society. Presenting perspectives from political scientists from across Malaysia and the SEA region, chapters base themselves in the circumstances of political upheaval that Malaysia faced during the pandemic, making a unique and critical contribution to literature on the Southeast Asian experience of COVID-19. Covering trends in Southeast Asia, public perception, elections, and governance, contributors chronicle the rise of regional governments that sought to increase populism and authoritarianism at the height of the pandemic, in addition to monitoring the ongoing fluctuation of public trust and its relation to the political landscapes of the region. With a special focus on creating a fair and just society for a sustainable future, Pandemic, Politics, and a Fairer Society in Southeast Asia offers an in-depth analysis of regional political dynamics from multiple disciplines, including international relations, philosophy, and gender studies.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction: Pandemic and Public Trust; Syaza Shukri Part I: Trends in Southeast Asia Introduction to Part I Chapter 2. Public Trust and Democracy: Human Rights During the Pandemic in Southeast Asia; James Gomez and Robin Ramcharan Chapter 3. Populist Leaders in The Philippines and Malaysia; Abdul Kabir A. Gonzales Chapter 4. Civil-Military Relations and the Securitization of the COVID-19 Crisis in the Philippines and Malaysia; John Lee Candelaria and Fernan Talamayan Chapter 5. The Role of Indonesian Religious Institutions in Empowering Society During the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Human Security Perspective; Suyani Indriastuti and Bagus Sigit Sunarko Chapter 6. Pandemic Era and Public Trust in Southeast Asia: The End or Triumph Of (Post)Modernism?; Zahid Zamri Part II: Public Perception and Election in Malaysia Introduction to Part II Chapter 7. Public Opinion Polls in Malaysia: Challenges and Opportunities in The Post-Pandemic Era; Tunku Mohar Mokhtar Chapter 8. Public Perception of Malaysian Government Management During the First Wave of COVID-19 Outbreak; Rabiah Aminudin, Lee Pei May, Norhaslinda Jamaiudin, Rohana Abdul Hamid, and Syaza Shukri Chapter 9. The 2021 Malacca State Election: A Turning Point from the 2018 General Election; Z. W. Lau Part III: Government Policies During COVID-19 Introduction to Part III Chapter 10. Child Poverty in Malaysia: Issues and Challenges; Norhaslinda Jamaiudin Chapter 11. Analysis of Government’s Policies on Gender Issues During Covid-19; Rabiah Aminudin Chapter 12. Competition for Global Influence Post-Pandemic: China’s Vaccine Diplomacy in Malaysia; Lee Pei May Chapter 13. Conclusion: Post-pandemic and Future Research on Sustainability; Syaza Shukri and Rabiah Aminudin

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Book SynopsisThis Edition documents a research exchange organised with support from the British Embassy in France. Exploring different models of infrastructure for cultural production through spatial and network analysis, it asks how those that design and run these infrastructures can develop new approaches and solidarities by reflecting on their everyday experiences in dialogue with colleagues from another city.Lead Authors: Elahe Karimnia, Justinien Tribillon, John Bingham-HallContributors: Abigale Neate Wilson/ Océane Vilbert/ Louise Dubois/ Elsa Buet & Viviana Checchia.

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Book SynopsisThis open access book offers a unique and practically oriented study of organisational and national conditions for implementing Responsible Research Innovation (RRI) policies and practices. It gives the reader a thorough understanding of the different aspects of RRI, and of barriers and drivers of implementation of RRI related policies. It shows how different organisational and national contexts provide unique challenges and opportunities for bringing RRI into practice. The book provides concrete examples and offers the reader both a theory-based understanding of the topic, as well as guidance for action. The target audience encompasses, in addition to RRI students and scholars in particular, all students and scholars in the field of Science and Technology Studies (STS). The book is also of interest to students and scholars in the fields of research ethics, philosophy of science, organisational governance in the research system and organisational theory more generally. Finally, the book is of use to practitioners in research conducting and funding organisations working to implement RRI. Table of Contents1. About this report.- 2. General introduction to the RRI-Practice Study. - 3. Organizational Drivers for Responsible Research and Innovation.- 4. Organizational Barriers for Responsible Research and Innovation.- 5. Discussion of key findings in the organisational study.- 6. Overview of national discourse by country.- 7. How national contexts affect the RRI keys and dimensions.- 8. The who, why and how questions and the AIRR dimensions.- 9. Discussion and conclusion on the national comparison.

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Book SynopsisThis case study-based textbook in multivariate analysis for advanced students in the humanities emphasizes descriptive, exploratory analyses of various types of datasets from a wide range of sub-disciplines, promoting the use of multivariate analysis and illustrating its wide applicability. Fields featured include, but are not limited to, historical agriculture, arts (music and painting), theology, and stylometrics (authorship issues). Most analyses are based on existing data, earlier analysed in published peer-reviewed papers.Four preliminary methodological and statistical chapters provide general technical background to the case studies. The multivariate statistical methods presented and illustrated include data inspection, several varieties of principal component analysis, correspondence analysis, multidimensional scaling, cluster analysis, regression analysis, discriminant analysis, and three-mode analysis.The bulk of the text is taken up by 14 case studies that lean heavily on graphical representations of statistical information such as biplots, using descriptive statistical techniques to support substantive conclusions. Each study features a description of the substantive background to the data, followed by discussion of appropriate multivariate techniques, and detailed results interpreted through graphical illustrations. Each study is concluded with a conceptual summary. Datasets in SPSS are included online.Table of Contents

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Book Synopsisnur intern: darf nicht in RS, Preisverzeichnis und Kataloge aufgenommen werdenTable of ContentsContent.- Abstract.- I. Introduction.- II. Violation of local Lorentz invariance.- II. A. Definitions.- II.B. Reciprocity relation of the relative velocities and symmetry relation of the functional form of the transformation parameter.- II.C. Evaluation of experimental evidence of the principal nonequivalence of all inertially moving frames.- III. Universal anisotropy and inhomogeneity of space.- IV. Fundamental properties of photons as cause of the time dilatation effect.- IV.A. Definitions.- IV.B. The absolute velocity vector of photons in the fundamental frame.- IV.C The synchrotron effect formula in the fundamental frame.- IV. D. The general time dilatation and length contraction formulas in the fundamental frame.- V. Summary.- Literature.

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Book SynopsisYou Must be Very Intelligent is the author’s account of studying for a PhD in a modern, successful university. Part-memoir and part-exposé, this book is highly entertaining and unusually revealing about the dubious morality and desperate behaviour which underpins competition in twenty-first century academia. This witty, warts-and-all account of Bodewits´ years as a PhD student in the august University of Edinburgh is full of success and failure, passion and pathos, insight, farce and warm-hearted disillusionment. She describes a world of collaboration and backstabbing; nefarious financing and wasted genius; cosmopolitan dreamers and discoveries that might just change the world… Is this a smart people’s world or a drip can of weird species? Modern academia is certainly darker and stranger than one might suspect… This book will put a wry, knowing smile on the faces of former researchers. And it is a cautionary parable for innocents who still believe that lofty academia is erected upon moral high ground…Trade Review“A new novel about academic life is not a ringing endorsement, to say the least. But it will make you laugh. And that’s the point.” (Colleen Flaherty, Inside Higher Ed, February, 2018)“The story is immersive, and I felt like I was there with our hero every step of the way.” (Chemistry World, chemistryworld.com, January 2018)“Karin Bodewits’ partly autobiographic book ‘You must be very intelligent – The PhD Delusion’ is a revealing, tongue in cheek tale about PhD life.” (Ulrike Träger, Metior Magazine, November, 2017)“PhD novel is ‘wake-up call’ on supervisor-student ‘power plays’” (Times Higher Education, November, 2017)Table of ContentsDedication.- Foreword.- Prologue.- Part I: Before.- Part II: Year 1.- Part III: Year 2.- Epilogue.

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Book SynopsisMaking a clear distinction is made between nano- and micro-mechanical testing for physical reasons, this monograph describes the basics and applications of the supermicroscopies AFM and SNOM, and of the nanomechanical testing on rough and technical natural surfaces in the submicron range down to a lateral resolution of a few nm. New or improved instrumentation, new physical laws and unforeseen new applications in all branches of natural sciences (around physics, chemistry, mineralogy, materials science, biology and medicine) and nanotechnology are covered as well as the sources for pitfalls and errors. It outlines the handling of natural and technical samples in relation to those of flat standard samples and emphasizes new special features. Pitfalls and sources of errors are clearly demonstrated as well as their efficient remedy when going from molecularly flat to rough surfaces. The academic or industrial scientist learns how to apply the principles for tackling their scientific or manufacturing tasks that include roughness far away from standard samples. Table of ContentsAtomic Force Microscopy.- Scanning Near-Field Optical Microscopy.- Nanoindentation.- Nanoscratching.

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Book SynopsisTaxonomy is an ever-changing, controversial and exCitmg field of biology. It has not remained motionless since the days of its founding fathers in the last century, but, just as with other fields of endeavour, it continues to advance in leaps and bounds, both in procedure and in philosophy. These changes are not only of interest to other taxonomists, but have far reaching implications for much of the rest of biology, and they have the potential to reshape a great deal of current biological thought, because taxonomy underpins much of biological methodology. It is not only important that an ethologist. physiologist. biochemist or ecologist can obtain information about the identities of the species which they are investigating; biology is also uniquely dependent on the comparative method and on the need to generalize. Both of these necessitate knowledge of the evolutionary relationships between organisms. and it is the science of taxonomy that can develop testable phylogenetic hypotheses and ultimately provide the best estimates of evolutionary history and relationships.Table of Contents1 Introduction.- 1.1 The compass of taxonomy and systematics.- 1.2 The 1960s and the emergence of new ideas.- 1.3 Cladistics and numerical taxonomy: the conflict.- 1.4 Assumptions and philosophy of cladistics and the use of parsimony criteria.- 1.5 Taxonomy and the comparative method in biology.- 2 Characters, Taxa and Species.- 2.1 Nature and handling of data.- 2.2 Characters.- 2.2.1 Discrete coding of continuous characters and ratios.- 2.2.2 Identifying primitive and advanced character states.- 2.2.3 Homoplasy: convergence, parallelisms and reversals.- 2.2.4 Homology versus analogy.- 2.2.5 Character state transitions.- 2.2.6 Dealing with missing data and polymorphic characters.- 2.3 Classes of characters requiring special consideration.- 2.3.1 Characters subject to strong selection pressures.- 2.3.2 Environmental effects.- 2.3.3 Molecular sequence characters.- 2.3.4 Electron microscopy and the use of microcharacters.- 2.3.5 Colour as a taxonomic character.- 2.3.6 Cryptic and internal characters.- 2.3.7 Animal artefacts.- 2.3.8 Behavioural characters.- 2.4 Taxa and species concepts.- 2.4.1 Phylogenetic groups: monophyly, polyphyly and paraphyly.- 2.5 What is a species?.- 2.5.1 Biological species concept.- 2.5.2 Phvlogenetic species concept.- 2.5.3 Evolutionary species concept.- 2.5.4 Problems with parthenogenetic species and asexual clones — some further considerations.- 3 Phylogenetic Reconstruction — Cladistics and Related Methods.- 3.1 Cladistics and cladograms.- 3.1.1 Parsimony.- 3.1.2 Compatibility analysis.- 3.1.3 Maximum likelihood and related methods.- 3.2 Parsimony and finding the shortest trees.- 3.2.1 Finding the shortest trees and the impact of computerization.- 3.2.2 Tree facts and figures.- 3.2.3 Building trees from distance data.- 3.2.4 Rooting trees.- 3.2.5 Consistency and other indices.- 3.2.6 Weighting characters.- 3.2.7 Coping with multiple trees.- 3.2.8 Consensus trees.- 3.2.9 Comparing trees.- 3.3 Which method? — an overview.- 3.3.1 How well does parsimony analysis estimate trees?.- 3.3.2 Compatibility versus parsimony.- 3.3.3 Congruence between data sets (or how do we know when to believe a phylogeny?).- 3.3.4 Reticulate evolution, hybrids and intraspecific evolution.- 3.4 Cladistics and classification.- 4 Phenetic Methods in Taxonomy.- 4.1 Introduction.- 4.1.1 Similarity and distance measures.- 4.1.2 Measures using binary characters.- 4.1.3 Distance and similarity measures using continuous data.- 4.2 Analysing similarity and distance data.- 4.3 Hierarchic clustering procedures.- 4.3.1 Nearest neighbour clustering.- 4.3.2 Furthest neighbour (complete linkage).- 4.3.3 Unweighted pair-group method using arithmetic averages (UPGMA).- 4.3.4 Weighted pair-group method using arithmetic averages (WPGMA).- 4.3.5 Centroid clustering.- 4.4 Ordination methods.- 4.4.1 Principal components analysis.- 4.4.2 Principal coordinate analysis.- 4.4.3 Canonical variate analysis.- 4.4.4 Non-metric multidimensional scaling.- 5 Keys and Identification.- 5.1 Introduction.- 5.1.1 Purpose of keys.- 5.1.2 Good practice in writing keys.- 5.2 Types of keys.- 5.2.1 Dichotomous keys.- 5.2.2 Multiple-entry keys.- 5.3 Efficiency.- 5.3.1 Length of dichotomous keys.- 5.3.2 Reliability.- 5.3.3 Choice of characters.- 5.3.4 Likelihood of encountering taxon.- 5.4 Computerized key construction.- 5.4.1 Interactive identification.- 5.4.2 Matching.- 5.4.3 Automated taxon descriptions.- 5.4.4 Databases.- 6 Nomenclature and Classification.- 6.1 Introduction.- 6.2 The binomial system and the hierarchy of taxa.- 6.3 The International Commissions.- 6.3.1 Codes of nomenclature.- 6.3.2 Independence of the Codes.- 6.4 Basic principles of nomenclature.- 6.4.1 Priority.- 6.4.2 Synonymy.- 6.4.3 Homonymy.- 6.4.4 The type concept.- 6.5 Miscellaneous group-related factors.- 6.5.1 Animals and animal-like Protista.- 6.5.2 Plants and plant-like Protista.- 6.5.3 Fungi.- 6.5.4 Lichens.- 6.5.5 ‘Blue-green algae’ (Cyanophyta versus Cyanobacteria).- 6.5.6 Bacteria and other prokaryotes.- 6.5.7 Viruses.- 6.5.8 Organisms showing extreme polymorphisms.- 6.6 Names of higher groups.- 6.7 Starting dates for nomenclature.- 6.8 Citation of authors.- 6.9 Publication.- 6.10 Type depositories.- 6.11 Good practice.- 6.12 Major taxonomic publications.- 7 Cytotaxonomy.- 7.1 Introduction.- 7.2 Karyotypes.- 7.3 Chromosome banding.- 7.4 Chiasma frequency.- 7.5 Inversions. translocations and their significance.- 7.6In situhybridization.- 8 Chemotaxonomy and Related Topics.- 8.1 Origins of chemotaxonomy.- 8.2 Classes of compounds and their biological significance.- 8.2.1 Sex pheromones.- 8.2.2 Lipids and hydrocarbons.- 8.2.3 Secondary plant metabolites.- 8.2.4 Neurotransmitters.- 8.2.5 Pigments.- 8.2.6 Animal toxins.- 8.2.7 Pyrolysis products.- 8.3 Fermentation properties and drug resistance in microorganisms.- 8.4 The use of chemical data.- 9 Immunotaxonomy.- 9.1 History.- 9.2 Precipitin reaction.- 9.3 Immunodiffusion.- 9.4 Immunoelectrophoresis.- 9.5 Microcomplement fixation (MC’F).- 9.6 Use of monoclonal antibodies.- 9.7 Radioimmunoassay.- 9.8 Analysis of immunological data.- 10 Proteins and Taxonomy.- 10.1 Introduction.- 10.2 Techniques of protein electrophoresis.- 10.2.1 SDS polyacrylamide electrophoresis.- 10.2.2 Gradient gel electrophoresis.- 10.2.3 Isoelectric focusing.- 10.2.4 Two-dimensional electrophoresis.- 10.3 Systematic aspects of electrophoresis.- 10.3.1 Isozymes and allozymes.- 10.3.2 Interpreting allozyme banding.- 10,3.3 Analysis of allozyme data.- 10.3.4 Isozymes at subspecies, species and genus level.- 10.4 Chemical protein analysis procedures.- 10.4. I Selective cutting of protein chains.- 10.4.2 Chromatography of digests.- 10.4.3 Amino acid sequencing.- 10.5 Analysis of amino acid sequence data.- 10.5.1 Minimum nucleotide replacement.- 10.5.2 Merits of minimum nucleotide replacement analysis.- 11 Nucleic Acid Methods.- 11.1 Nucleic acids in taxonomy.- 11.2 Nucleic acids in cells.- 11.2.1 Nuclear DNA.- 11.2.2 Repetitive DNA.- 11.2.3 Mitochondrial DNA.- 11.2.4 Chloroplast DNA.- 11.2.5 Ribosomal RNA and ribosomal genes.- 11.2.6 Transfer RNAs and the genetic code.- 11.2.7 Prokaryote and viral genomes.- 11.3 Amplifying DNA and dealing with small samples.- 11.3.1 Cloning.- 11.3.2 Polymerase chain reaction.- 11.4 G+C content.- 11.5 Restriction fragment analysis.- 11.6 DNA hybridization.- 11.6.1 Interpretation of DNA hybridization data.- 11.7 Sequencing and associated methods.- 11.8 Conservation versus variability.- 11.9 Analysing sequence data.- 11.9.1 Sequence alignment.- 11.9.2 Transition and transversion rates.- 11.9.3 Insertions and deletions.- 11.9.4 Paired and unpaired nucleotides in tRNAs and rRNAs.- 11.9.5 A brief overview of the phylogenetic analysis of sequence data.- 11.10 Pros and cons of hybridization and sequencing.- 11.11 Fossil DNA.- 12 Palaeotaxonomy, Biogeography, Evolution and Extinction.- 12.1 Palaeotaxonomy.- 12.1.1 Completeness of the fossil record.- 12.1.2 Interpretation of evidence.- 12.1.3 The palaeo-species concept.- 12.1.4 Phylogenetic analysis and classification of fossil taxa.- 12.1.5 Phylogenetic aspects of fossil taxa.- 12.1.6 Inclusion in classification of extant organisms.- 12.1.7 Stratigraphy, evolutionary rates and molecular clocks.- 12.2 Biogeography.- 12.3 Coevolution.- 12.4 Phylogenetic trees and the pattern of evolution.- 13 Museums, Herbaria, Biodiversity, Conservation and the Future of Taxonomy.- 13.1 Museums and their roles.- 13.1.1 Management of museum collections.- 13.1.2 Museum funding.- 13.1.3 Specimens and data.- 13.1.4 Living culture collections.- 13.1.5 Voucher specimens.- 13.2 The future of taxonomy.- 13.2.1 Biodiversity and conservation priorities.- 13.2.2 Taxonomy, zoos and captive breeding.- 13.2.3 Taxonomy and legislation.

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Table of ContentsI: The ICMI Study Conference.- Discussion Document.- List of Participants.- What is the Specific Object of Study in Mathematics Education? Report of Working Group 1.- What are the Aims of Research in Mathematics Education? Report of Working Group 2.- What are the Specific Research Questions or Problématiques of Research in Mathematics Education? Report of Working Group 3.- What are the Results of Research in Mathematics Education? Report of Working Group 4.- What Criteria Should Be Used to Evaluate the Results of Research in Mathematics Education? Report of Working Group 5.- Research, Effectiveness, and the Practitioners’ World.- II: Mathematics Education as a Research Discipline.- A Glance Over the Evolution of Research in Mathematics Education.- Balancing Complex Human Worlds: Mathematics Education as an Emergent Discipline in its Own Right.- A Postmodern Perspective on Research in Mathematics Education.- Mathematics Education as a ‘Design Science’.- What is Mathematics Education? A Survey of Mathematics Educators in Canada.- Programs for the Education of Researchers in Mathematics Education.- III: Goals, Orientations and Results of Research in Mathematics Education.- The Aims of Research.- Aiming Research Toward Understanding: Lessons We Can Learn From Children.- Transforming the International Mathematics Education Research Agenda.- Clarifying the Meaning of Mathematical Objects as a Priority Area for Research in Mathematics Education.- Research and Results in Mathematics Education: Some Contradictory Aspects.- Models in Mathematics Education Research: A Broader View of Research Results.- Towards a Cognitive Theory of Practice.- IV: Different Research Paradigms in Mathematics Education.- Italian Trends in Research in Mathematical Education: A National Case Study from an International Perspective.- The Paradigm of Modeling by Iterative Conceptualization in Mathematics Education Research.- Developmental Research as a Research Method.- Practitioner Research and the Construction of Knowledge in Mathematics Education.- On the Generation of Basic Ideas and Individual Images: Normative, Descriptive and Constructive Aspects.- Research on Socio-Cultural Perspectives of Mathematics Teaching and Learning.- Relations between the Theoretical Field and the Practical Field in Mathematics Education.- Researching from the Inside in Mathematics Education.- The Social Organization of Research Programs in Mathematical Sciences Education.- Mathematics Education Research as Socially and Culturally Situated.- V: Evaluation of Research in Mathematics Education.- Evaluating Research Papers in Mathematics Education.- Basic Criteria for Research in Mathematics Education.- The Ship of Theseus and Other Metaphors for Thinking about What We Value in Mathematics Education Research.- Ethics in Mathematics Education Research.- VI: Mathematics Education and Mathematics.- A Mathematician’s View of Research in Mathematics Education: An Interview with Shimshon A. Amitsur.- What Should be the Output of Mathematical Education?.- Research in Mathematics Education Through the Eyes of Mathematicians.- The Many Faces of Mathematics: Do Mathematicians and Researchers in Mathematics Education Speak about the Same Thing?.- Epistemological Constraints of Mathematical Knowledge in Social Learning Settings.- Continuing the Search.- Notes on Authors.

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Book SynopsisThis book aims to provide a unified treatment of input/output modelling and of control for discrete-time dynamical systems subject to random disturbances. The results presented are of wide applica­ bility in control engineering, operations research, econometric modelling and many other areas. There are two distinct approaches to mathematical modelling of physical systems: a direct analysis of the physical mechanisms that comprise the process, or a 'black box' approach based on analysis of input/output data. The second approach is adopted here, although of course the properties ofthe models we study, which within the limits of linearity are very general, are also relevant to the behaviour of systems represented by such models, however they are arrived at. The type of system we are interested in is a discrete-time or sampled-data system where the relation between input and output is (at least approximately) linear and where additive random dis­ turbances are also present, so that the behaviour of the system must be investigated by statistical methods. After a preliminary chapter summarizing elements of probability and linear system theory, we introduce in Chapter 2 some general linear stochastic models, both in input/output and state-space form. Chapter 3 concerns filtering theory: estimation of the state of a dynamical system from noisy observations. As well as being an important topic in its own right, filtering theory provides the link, via the so-called innovations representation, between input/output models (as identified by data analysis) and state-space models, as required for much contemporary control theory.Table of Contents1 Probability and linear system theory.- 1.1 Probability and random processes.- 1.2 Linear system theory.- Notes and references.- 2 Stochastic models.- 2.1 A general output process.- 2.2 Stochastic difference equations.- 2.3 ARMA noise models.- 2.4 Stochastic dynamical models.- 2.5 Innovations representations.- 2.6 Predictor models.- Notes and references.- 3 Filtering theory.- 3.1 The geometry of linear estimation.- 3.2 Recursive estimation.- 3.3 The Kalman filter.- 3.4 Innovations representation of state-space models.- Notes and references.- 4 System identification.- 4.1 Point estimation theory.- 4.2 Models.- 4.3 Parameter estimation for static systems.- 4.4 Parameter estimation for dynamical systems.- 4.5 Off-line identification algorithms.- 4.6 Algorithms for on-line parameter estimation.- 4.7 Bias arising from correlated disturbances.- 4.8 Three-stage least squares and order determination for scalar ARMAX models.- Notes and references.- 5 Asymptotic analysis of prediction error identification methods.- 5.1 Preliminary concepts and definitions.- 5.2 Asymptotic properties of the parameter estimates.- 5.3 Consistency.- 5.4 Interpretation of identification in terms of systems approximation.- Notes and references.- 6 Optimal control for state-space models.- 6.1 The deterministic linear regulator.- 6.2 The stochastic linear regulator.- 6.3 Partial observations and the separation principle.- Notes and references.- 7 Minimum variance and self-tuning control.- 7.1 Regulation for systems with known parameters.- 7.2 Pole/zero shifting regulators.- 7.3 Self-tuning regulators.- 7.4 A self-tuning controller with guaranteed convergence.- Notes and references.- Appendix A A uniform convergence theorem and proof of Theorem 5.2.1.- Appendix B The algebraic Riccati equation.- Appendix C Proof of Theorem 7.4.2.- Appendix D Some properties of matrices.- Appendix E Some inequalities of Hölder type.- Author index.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a comprehensive analysis of Chinese advertising as an industry, a discourse and profession in China s search for modernity and cultural globalization.Trade Review"Advertising and Consumer Culture in China delivers up-to-the-minute coverage of the development of advertising in China, including its latest incarnations on the Internet and smart phones. But this is a study of much more than a single Chinese industry struggling to survive in a globally competitive market. Hongmei Li also provides a critical window onto contemporary China's economy, society, and people's aspirations." Karl Gerth, University of California, San Diego, and author of As China Goes, So Goes the World "A brilliant book! Li has done an excellent job of tracing the sociopolitical, economic, cultural, and technological elements that are contributing to the growth of consumer culture in China today. It is required reading for advertising professionals as well as students of advertising in Asia." Katherine Frith, Southern Illinois UniversityTable of ContentsMap Chronology Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter One: Modernity, Cultural Globalization, and Chinese Advertising Chapter Two: The Development of Advertising in China Chapter Three: Chinese Advertising Agencies: Dancing with Chains? Chapter Four: Branding Chinese Products: Between Nationalism and Cosmopolitanism Chapter Five: Chinese Sportswear Brand Li-Ning: Selling a Cosmo-Patriotic Image Chapter Six: Controversial Advertising in China Chapter Seven: From Mass Marketing to Participatory Advertising in the Digital Age Conclusion and Reflection Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisPraised as the definitive history of Beirut, this is the story of a city that has stood at the crossroads of Mediterranean civilization for more than four thousand years. It takes the reader from the ancient to the modern world, offering a dazzling panorama of the city's Seleucid, Roman, Arab, Ottoman, and French incarnations.Trade Review"An evocative portrait of a great but tragic metropolis." -- Gilbert Taylor Booklist "A significant and important book for anyone with an interest in the city and its ongoing troubles, the Middle East in general and in the relationship between modernity and urbanity." -- Ghassan Hage The Australian "Kassir embodied Beirut's variant of the polyglot Levantine ideal... His biography of the city of which he was a vital constituent is unlikely to be surpassed." London Review Of Books "A unique contribution to the growing literature on modern and contemporary Lebanon... Erudite, evocative, and highly compelling." Review Of Middle East Stds "Kassir charts in intricate detail the damage done to Beirut through architectural crimes that portended the greater destruction to come." -- Charles Glass London Review Of Books "A definitive history of the city." Middle East JournalTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Foreword by Robert Fisk Translator's Note Acknowledgments Abbreviations Prologue: The Eyes of the Mind Part One: From the Ancient to the Modern World 1. Beirut before Beirut 2. The Great Transformation 3. The Ibrahim Pasha Era 4. The Roads from Damascus 5. A Window on Ottoman Modernity Part Two: The Awakening 6. A Cultural Revolution 7. Between Boston and Rome 8. The Horizon of the World 9. Uncertain Identities Part Three: The Capital of the Mandate 10. France Broadens Its Mission 11. The French City 12. Grand-Liban and Petit Paris 13. A Crucible for Independence Part Four: The Cosmopolitan Metropolis of the Arabs 14. The Switzerland of the East 15. Beirut, Male and Female 16. The Pleasures of the World 17. Ecochard's Lost Wagers Part Five: The City of Every Danger 18. On the Knife's Edge 19. The End of Innocence 20. Beirut, O Beirut! Epilogue: To Be or To Have Been Notes Glossary of Arabic and Turkish Terms Bibliography Photographic Credits Index

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Book SynopsisThis volume presents, for the first time in English, fourteen essays by Yuri Andrukhovych, making a well-known Ukrainian voice accessible to the English-speaking world.Trade Review"We should feel grateful to the translators for making Andrukhovych’s incisive essays available, for the first time and in one place, to English-speaking audiences." -- Alexander Burak * Slavic Review *"Andrukhovych is one of Ukraine’s most prominent intellectuals, perhaps the very symbol of the rise of Ukrainian postmodernism in the early 1990s." -- Alessandro Achilli * New Zealand Slavonic Journal *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments A Biographical Preface about the Author Michael M. Naydan En Route Endeavours Mark Andryczyk Author’s Introduction Yuri Andrukhovych Autobiographical Essay: The Central-Eastern Revision (expanded version 2005) Culturological and Political Essays: Erz-Herz-Perz (1994) The City-Ship (1994) Carpathologia Comosphilica (1996) Time and Place, or My Final Territory (1999) A Little Bit of Urban Studies (1999) What Language Are You From: A Ukrainian Writer among the Temptations of Temporariness (2002) Meeting Place Germaschka (2002) Four Million for Our Agents (2003) A Land of Dreams (2004) The Star Absinthe: Notes on a Bitter Anniversary (2011) Love and Hatred in Kyiv (January 2014) Seven Hundred Fierce Days, or the Role of a Contrabass in the Revolution (March 2014) Afterword Yuri Andrukhovych Notes Index

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Book SynopsisIndia: The Ancient Past provides a clear and systematic introduction to the cultural, political, economic, social and geographical history of ancient India from the time of the pre-Harappan culture nine thousand years ago up until the beginning of the second millennium of the Common Era. The book engages with methodological and controversial issues by examining key themes such as the Indus-Sarasvati civilization, the Aryan controversy, the development of Vedic and heterodox religions, and the political economy and social life of ancient Indian kingdoms. This fully revised and updated second edition includes: Three new chapters examining the differences and commonalities between the north and south of India; Extended discussion on contested issues, such as the origins of the Aryans and the role of feudalism in ancient India; New source excerpts to introduce students to the most significant works in the hTrade ReviewPraise of the first edition: 'An engaging narrative of a complex civilization.' – Minerva 'Burjor Avari's balanced and well-researched book is a most reliable guide to the period of Indian history that it covers. It displays considerable mastery of primary and secondary literature and distils it into a wonderfully lucid exposition. This book should be of interest to both lay readers and academic experts'. - Lord Bhikhu Parekh, University of Westminster Praise of this edition: 'This book is the ideal guide to India’s ancient past. In this updated and expanded edition, it is a more useful resource than ever, offering students and teachers alike a comprehensive and balanced overview of the key trajectories and debates in the history of pre-modern India. It deftly handles controversial issues and through its carefully curated selection of source materials invites the reader’s direct engagement with this riveting history.' Sebastian R. Prange, University of British Columbia, Canada 'With great equanimity and poise, India: The Ancient Past does an excellent job of presenting one of the world’s splendid pasts. Equipped with rich details, lucid prose, and accessible materials, it is up-to-date with current scholarship and presents a concise yet detailed chapter-by-chapter denouement of the broad sweeps of ancient India’s history . Brevity of topics, primary source extracts, and insightful analyses are a few among the many features that make this textbook a joy to teach with.' M. Raisur Rahman, Wake Forest University, USA 'India: The Ancient Past improves hugely upon other college texts on the eras from the Stone Age to 1200 CE, in that it is accessible, comprehensive, politically neutral, often entertaining, and remarkably explanatory. This new edition is even better than the first on all counts, and is the best I have seen in over 40 years of teaching.'Richard Barnett, University of Virginia, USA Praise of the first edition: 'An engaging narrative of a complex civilization.' – Minerva 'Burjor Avari's balanced and well-researched book is a most reliable guide to the period of Indian history that it covers. It displays considerable mastery of primary and secondary literature and distils it into a wonderfully lucid exposition. This book should be of interest to both lay readers and academic experts'. - Lord Bhikhu Parekh, University of Westminster Praise of this edition: 'This book is the ideal guide to India’s ancient past. In this updated and expanded edition, it is a more useful resource than ever, offering students and teachers alike a comprehensive and balanced overview of the key trajectories and debates in the history of pre-modern India. It deftly handles controversial issues and through its carefully curated selection of source materials invites the reader’s direct engagement with this riveting history.' Sebastian R. Prange, University of British Columbia, Canada 'With great equanimity and poise, India: The Ancient Past does an excellent job of presenting one of the world’s splendid pasts. Equipped with rich details, lucid prose, and accessible materials, it is up-to-date with current scholarship and presents a concise yet detailed chapter-by-chapter denouement of the broad sweeps of ancient India’s history . Brevity of topics, primary source extracts, and insightful analyses are a few among the many features that make this textbook a joy to teach with.' M. Raisur Rahman, Wake Forest University, USA 'India: The Ancient Past improves hugely upon other college texts on the eras from the Stone Age to 1200 CE, in that it is accessible, comprehensive, politically neutral, often entertaining, and remarkably explanatory. This new edition is even better than the first on all counts, and is the best I have seen in over 40 years of teaching.'Richard Barnett, University of Virginia, USA Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. From Africa to Mehrgarh 3. The Harappan Civilization 4. The Indo-Aryans in the Vedic Age 5. Formative Centuries of the Pre-Mauryan Era 6. The Paradox of Mauryan Imperialism 7. Diffusion and Dynamism after the Mauryas 8. Stability and Change Under the Imperial Guptas 9. The Post-Gupta Era and the Rise of the South 10. Regionalism and Feudalism: Rajput, Pala and 296 Rashtrakuta Kingdoms 11. Chola Domination in the South and Turco-Afhan Plunder in the North

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Book SynopsisIt is impossible to understand Palestine today without a careful reading of its distant and past. This book offers a detailed interpretation of this critical region's evolution. Starting with the prebiblical and biblical roots of Palestine, it examines the meanings ascribed to the land in the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim traditions.Trade ReviewGudrun Kramer, Winner of the 2010 Gerda Henkel Prize, Gerda Henkel Foundation "The 400 years before the founding of the Jewish state is a historiographical minefield, but Kramer, a professor of Islamic studies at Free University Berlin, manages to produce an illuminating survey of the terrain...Kramer's fluent narrative pairs a much-needed focus on facts--including useful data on contentious issues of population growth and land ownership--with an evenhanded avoidance of partisanship."--Publishers Weekly "We tend not to notice that Palestine existed as a territory before there was an Israel, and before there was a Palestinian national movement. Kramer, professor of Islamic studies at Free University Berlin, goes back to early 19th-century Egyptian rule, and then to the modernization undertaken by the Ottoman Empire, to situate the present in its historical context."--Martin Levin, The Globe and Mail "An excellent source for those desiring an understanding of the background to the present-day unrest in the region."--L. Edward Sizemore, Dallas Morning News "[Kramer] brilliantly contextualizes Arab anti-Semitism by investigating how, for the Palestinian population, the borders between Jew and Zionist gradually became blurred. By making a series of similar investigations, tracing all the defining points of the conflict, she has been able to write a book that stands out as necessary background reading for all scholars intent on investigating the current situation in Palestine."--Jorgen Jensehaugen, Journal of Peace Research "This is a welcome addition to the growing number of studies on this increasingly popular field, and the book will be of much use to those teaching classes on Middle Eastern history, the history of the Ottoman Empire and Israel Studies. It will also prove useful in seminars on the construction of historical narratives, the connection between religion and nationalism, and processes of decolonialization."--Scott Ury, Religious Studies Review "Kramer's is a well-researched and thoroughly referenced work of synthesis offered by a cautious and reflective historian... A History of Palestine is a respectable addition to the synthetic literature in the field. For the non-specialist reader, the book offers a good introduction to the social, political, cultural, and economic history of Palestine and a wealth of statistical information. For specialists, the book is a further reminder of the challenges posed by colonial history and to the importance, in the twenty-first century, of including the voices of the indigenous peoples as well as the colonists."--Abdel Razzaq Takriti, English Historical Review "[T]his is the first serious biography of the mufti to appear in 14 years and only the fourth ever to appear in English. The authors should be encouraged to greatly expand their research for a much larger second edition. The first edition is already valuable for the dark tale it tells."--Marin Sieff, Sunday Times "Gudrun Kramer's book, although its name is not attractive, is a very interesting, well written book, which can enrich even those who know the history of Palestine. For those who will use it as a first book on Palestine, it is a good starting place."--Gideon Biger, Shofar "For anyone seriously interested in the century-old Arab/Jewish struggle for the land they both call holy, you must get acquainted with Gudrun Kramer's A History of Palestine. A professor of Islamic studies at Free University of Berlin, she presents an exhaustive overview of the country's past from the Ottoman conquest to the creation of Israel, albeit with a subtle Arabist slant."--Tim Boxer, 15 Minutes Magazine "[T]his is a comprehensive and readable account which should be useful to both students and scholars. Kramer's insistence on confronting the historiographical dominance of 1882 is a valuable intervention, and her long view of the past gives today's conflict the wider historical context that too many commentators choose to overlook."--Anna Bernard, Modernism/modernityTable of ContentsList of Illustrations vii List of Tables ix Preface xi Abbreviations xiii CHAPTER ONE: Names and Borders 1 CHAPTER TWO: The Holiness of the "Holy Land" 18 CHAPTER THREE: Contrasts: Palestine, 1750-1840 37 CHAPTER FOUR: The Age of Reform, 1840-1914 71 CHAPTER FIVE: Evolving Nationalisms: Zionism and Arabism, 1880-1914 101 CHAPTER SIX: "A Land without a People for a People without a Land"? Population, Settlement, and Cultivation, 1800-1914 128 CHAPTER SEVEN: World War I and the British Mandate 139 CHAPTER EIGHT: Double Standard, or Dual Obligation 164 CHAPTER NINE: "Two Peoples in One Land" 188 CHAPTER TEN: The Mufti and the Wailing Wall 216 CHAPTER ELEVEN: From Unrest to Uprising 238 CHAPTER TWELVE: The Arab Uprising, 1936-39 264 CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Triumph and Catastrophe: From World War II to the State of Israel 296 Bibliography 325 Index 343

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Book SynopsisAt the turn of the nineteenth century, the Ottoman Empire straddled three continents and encompassed extraordinary ethnic and cultural diversity among the estimated thirty million people living within its borders. This title offers a history of the late empire between 1789 and 1918, which were turbulent years marked by incredible social change.Trade Review"There are many fine insights in this short book. It is no surprise that many relate to political hypocrisy, since Hanioglu is well known for his studies of the Young Turk political movement. But he also offers often-illuminating discussions of cultural changes, mainly those of the Ottoman official and middle strata."--Choice "[T]his book raises a series of new questions and calls for developing new approaches and ideas to analyze the last Ottoman century and understand better the rise of national states in the Balkans and the Middle East, especially Turkey... In short, this is a thought-provoking book and I recommend it highly."--Kemal H. Karpat, American Historical Review "Forgoing 'the worn-out paradigms of modernization and Westernization,' Hanioglu opts instead for a consideration of Ottoman responses to the challenge of modernity... [This book] is a pleasure to read."--Kate Fleet, Journal of Islamic Studies "The Ottoman Empire was the longest-lived regional regime in the Middle East since antiquity; it was also the most recent, and left enduring traces. ?ukru Hanio?lu's A Brief History of the Late Ottoman Empire is a major contribution to the better understanding of the region. His account is based on intimate knowledge of the Ottoman archives, as well as of many other sources, both internal and external. Concerned with trends more than events, this book illuminates the ideas and movements that shaped the course of history."--Bernard Lewis, Middle East Strategy at Harvard "This timely history is a must-read for anyone seeking to understand the legacy left in the ruins of the empire--a legacy the world still grapples with today."--Turkish Daily News "A Brief History of the Late Ottoman Empire is a must-read for anyone seeking to understand the legacy left in this empire's ruins--a legacy the world still grapples with today."--Spartacus Educational "A Brief History of the Late Ottoman Empire deserves only unqualified praise. It is well written and comprehensive in its coverage--with diplomatic, economic and intellectual history interacting."--Peter Clark, Asian Affairs "In all, this is a fine effort well worth reading for its valuable background to WWI, to the politics of modern Turkey and the other Ottoman successor states. Its maps are particularly useful."--Len Shurtleff, Listening Post "[T]o readers familiar with the Ottoman Empire through the Balkans, A Brief History of the Late Ottoman Empire is especially commendable as a fresh introduction to a bygone view from Istanbul."--Seth C. Elder, Balkanalysis "Hanioglu's seminal work presents a true spring of ideas not only for the late Ottoman history but also for the search of some earlier East Roman and Byzantine interplays of structures and identities."--Wolfgang G. Schwanitz, Sehepunkte "A Brief History of the Late Ottoman Empire is a recommendable book to the specialist and novice alike. It would also appeal to public readership as a fine sample of international history."--Nur Bilge Criss, Turkish Studies "The strength of A Brief History of the Late Ottoman Empire is its view of the late Ottoman Empire both from the imperial inside as well as from a reflective and inspiring historical distance. This concise book is very appropriate for general history classes."--Hans-Lukas Kieser, H-Net Reviews "Without a doubt or reservation, this brief history is must reading for scholars and students of Ottoman history, and the author is to be commended for his excellent approach to the study of this period, for this reviewer cannot think of any other scholar better equipped intellectually to analyze and place it in the proper perspective for a meaningful understanding of this critical phase of an empire on the verge of disintegration."--Caesar E. Farah, Historian "Historians and general readers embarking on an introduction to the Ottoman Empire could do far worse than to start with M. Sukru Hanio?lu's A Brief History of the Late Ottoman Empire. Concise, well-written, and narrative, it nonetheless successfully revises decades of misconceptions about the Ottoman Empire, creating a new model for our understanding of this long-lived system. The author presents several key arguments worth presenting. He encourages his readers to move beyond previous interpretations of Ottoman history, including the perception of the empire as a decrepit and dynastic straitjacket for nationalisms."--Wayne H. Bowen, Canadian Journal of HistoryTable of ContentsList of Figures ix Acknowledgments xi Note on Transliteration, Place Names, and Dates xiii Introduction 1 Chapter 1: The Ottoman Empire at the Turn of the Nineteenth Century 6 Chapter 2: Initial Ottoman Responses to the Challenge of Modernity 42 Chapter 3: The Dawn of the Age of Reform 55 Chapter 4: The Tanzimat Era 72 Chapter 5: The Twilight of the Tanzimat and the Hamidian Regime 109 Chapter 6: From Revolution to Imperial Collapse: The Longest Decade of the Late Ottoman Empire 150 Conclusion 203 Further Reading in Major European Languages 213 Bibliography 217 Index 231

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