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A History of Cast Iron in Architecture

A History of Cast Iron in Architecture

Originally published in 1948 A History of Cast Iron in Architecture is a comprehensive history of the part that has been played by cast iron in architecture and the allied arts in Britain. Any history of the rise and development of the iron-founding industry becomes virtually a history of the First Industrial Revolution. Examining the use of cast iron by builders and architects from late medieval times to the middle of the 20th Century the authors have also recorded a miniature history of British Industry. The introduction throws light on the early developments of iron-founding. The main sections of the book describe the rise and expansion of the cast-iron industry and its gradually increasing significance in architecture from 1650 to 1945. There are over 500 illustrations.

GBP 115.00
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Agglomeration of Iron Ores

Agglomeration of Iron Ores

This book focuses on agglomeration or the size enlargement process of iron ores. This process sits at the interface of mineral processing and extractive metallurgy. The book begins with a discussion of raw materials preparation and the beneficiation process. It then describes fundamental principles of the sintering and pelletization processes including formation of green mix through granulation and green balls as well as chemical reactions during sintering. Finally it offers a brief description of iron making processes and correlations related to the agglomerates: quality parameters and BF productivity and coke rate. | Agglomeration of Iron Ores

GBP 150.00
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Maintaining Nuclear Stability in South Asia

Maintaining Nuclear Stability in South Asia

Argues that while nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles cast a shadow over Indo-Pakistani relations they do not create strategic stability. He asserts that the development of command and control mechanisms would enhance stability but that diplomatic steps focused on missiles must also be considered. Improved command and control and diplomatic engagement will provide some insurance that nuclear weapons are not used in any future conflict. | Maintaining Nuclear Stability in South Asia

GBP 160.00
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New Technology in Sociology Practical Applications in Research and Work

New Technology in Sociology Practical Applications in Research and Work

When technology has been applied in business environments its justification has usually been cast in terms of saving time or saving money. In the social sciences the justification must be different; the viability of sociology as a profession for example will not be enhanced by cost reductions. The focus in this volume is on a different bottom line: the quality and content of work. | New Technology in Sociology Practical Applications in Research and Work

GBP 130.00
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Devised Theater’s Collaborative Performance Making Masterpieces from Collective Concepts

Devised Theater’s Collaborative Performance Making Masterpieces from Collective Concepts

This book provides a fascinating and concise history of devised theatre practice. As both a founding member of Philadelphia’s Pig Iron Theater Company and a Professor Telory Arendell begins this journey with a brief history of Joan Littlewood’s Theatre Workshop and Living Newspapers through Brecht’s Berliner Ensemble and Joe Chaikin’s Open Theatre to the racially inflected commentary of Luis Valdez’s Teatro Campesino and Ariane Mnouchkine’s collaboration with Thétre de Soleil. This book explores the impact of devised theatre on social practice and analyzes Goat Island’s use of Pina Bausch’s gestural movement Augusto Boal’s Theatre of the Oppressed in Giving Voice Anna Deavere Smith’s devised envelope for Verbatim Theatre The Tectonic Theatre Project’s moment work Teya Sepinuck’s Theatre of Witness Pig Iron’s use of Lecoq mime to build complex physical theatre scripts and The Riot Group’s musical arrangement of collaborative devised text. Included are a foreword by Allen J. Kuharski and three devised plays by Theatre of Witness Pig Iron and The Riot Group. Replete with interviews from the initial Pig Iron collaborators on subjects of writing directing choreographing teaching and developing a pedagogical platform that supports devised theatre. | Devised Theater’s Collaborative Performance Making Masterpieces from Collective Concepts

GBP 120.00
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The French Economy Theory And Policy

The French Economy Theory And Policy

This volume brings together the proceedings of a conference held at the Institut Europeen d' Administration des Affaires (INSEAD) at Fontainebleau on July 5 6 and 7 1982. Summer conferences abound in the Paris region. That it was possible to attract an imposing international cast of economists within walking distance of the historic castle of Fontainebleau and one hour away from central Paris by car during the month of July is nothing especially surprising. But in this case there was a particular motivation for choosing the French site. | The French Economy Theory And Policy

GBP 130.00
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Wastewater Treatment Using Green Synthesis

Wastewater Treatment Using Green Synthesis

Wastewater Treatment Using Green Synthesis discusses advances in wastewater treatment with a focus on biological processes. Major topics discussed include bioremediation through microorganisms green and iron-based nanoparticles in wastewater treatment TiO2 Doped Lignocellulosic Biopolymer with an emphasis on their photodegradation potential for a variety of pollutants and permanent film growth. It further includes remediation of industrial sludges/effluents with a particular emphasis on biological treatment phytoremediation and de-ballasting water treatment technology. Features: Focuses on the implementation of effective wastewater treatment with orientation towards biological processes Covers both biological and physico-chemical waste and wastewater treatment processes focusing on emerging techniques Reviews computational method approaches the application of TiO2-doped biopolymers iron nanoparticles and the use of molecular techniques for wastewater treatment Illustrates molecular docking molecular dynamics simulation homology modelling and biodegradation pathways prediction Includes dedicated chapters on biological wastewater treatment This book is aimed at graduate students and researchers in environmental and chemical engineering with a focus on wastewater treatment.

GBP 115.00
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Ancient Britain

Ancient Britain

This book is for anyone starting out to understand the prehistoric life of Britain from the first human occupation 450 000 years ago until the Roman conquest in AD 43. James Dyer here succeeds in bringing to life a thriving picture of the people and customs of the Stone Bronze and Iron Ages based on the sometimes sparse clues presented by prehistoric archaeological sites across Britain. For many readers Ancient Britain will provide the first chance to get to grips with the present state of our knowledge of prehistoric agriculture settlement trade and ritual. The rise of power with the development of a class system at the hands of the first metal users is charted through to the growth of wealth and the emergence of a warlike and advanced Iron Age society - a society that was nonetheless unable to withstand the might of Rome. With over 130 illustrations and photographs including a number of specially drawn reconstructions this highly visual book is an ideal primer for all students of prehistory and all those who are simply interested in the subject.

GBP 130.00
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Case Studies in European Prehistory

Case Studies in European Prehistory

This book provides a broad overview of the current research questions facing archaeologists working in Europe. The book uses a case-study method in which a number of archaeologists discuss their work and reflect on their goals and approaches. The emphasis is on the intellectual process of archaeology not just the techniques and results. Chronological coverage is provided from the Mesolithic to the Iron Age and over much of the European continent. | Case Studies in European Prehistory

GBP 160.00
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The Origin of Japan’s Protectionist Agricultural Policy Agricultural Administration in Modern Japan

The Origin of Japan’s Protectionist Agricultural Policy Agricultural Administration in Modern Japan

This book explores the origins of Japan’s protectionist agricultural policies through an in-depth historical analysis of Japanese agricultural policies between the Meiji period and the end of WWII. It offers a constructivist account for the rise of protectionism examining the policies of prewar agricultural bureaucrats who played critical roles in the policymaking process. It argues that protectionist agricultural policy in Japan was not originally generated by the iron triangle (a political alliance consisted of the Liberal Democratic Party the Agricultural Ministry and farmers’ organizations) but by a prewar agricultural bureaucrats’ policy idea called shōnō ron (thoughts on small-scale farming). Ultimately the book reveals how contrary to suggestions of previous scholarship the protective measures based on shōnō ron forged the necessary conditions for the emergence of iron triangle after the end of WWII which in turn institutionalized Japan’s subsequent protectionist agricultural regime. Examining such topics as the origin of protectionist policy the formation of actors’ preferences and the broader effects of agricultural policy ideas this book will be a valuable reading for scholars and students of Japanese politics agricultural policy and political economy. | The Origin of Japan’s Protectionist Agricultural Policy Agricultural Administration in Modern Japan

GBP 130.00
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Italy From Revolution to Republic 1700 to the Present Fourth Edition

Italy From Revolution to Republic 1700 to the Present Fourth Edition

This essential book fills a serious gap in the field by synthesizing modern Italian history and placing it in a fully European context. Emphasizing globalization Italy traces the country's transformation from a land of emigration to one of immigration and its growing cultural importance. Including coverage of the April 2008 elections this updated edition offers expanded examinations of contemporary Italy's economic social and cultural development a deepened discussion on immigration and four new biographical sketches. Author Spencer M. Di Scala discusses the role of women gives ample attention to the Italian South and provides a picture of how ordinary Italians live. Cast in a clear and lively style that will appeal to readers this comprehensive account is an indispensable addition to the field. | Italy From Revolution to Republic 1700 to the Present Fourth Edition

GBP 130.00
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Khilafat in History and Indian Politics

Khilafat in History and Indian Politics

This book is a brief historical account of Khilafat an Islamic political institution mired in controversies from its inception. It is an attempt to present an objective critique of the Islamic polity that in a way was primarily responsible for crafting schisms in Islam with its commencement. By the time the last Khilafat of the Ottomans came to an end in the aftershock of the Second World War the Muslim political elite in India launched a movement for the restoration and continuation of the Ottoman Khilafat. The most paradoxical dimension of the issue was that in the Arab peninsula the epicenter of Islam the people were struggling to cast away the yoke of the Ottoman Khilafat then why were the Indian Muslims emotionally involved in a movement that was vehemently condemned and assailed by a majority of Muslims outside the Indian subcontinent? | Khilafat in History and Indian Politics

GBP 130.00
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Who was Who at Waterloo A Biography of the Battle

Who was Who at Waterloo A Biography of the Battle

Everyone knows about the Battle of Waterloo – or do they?This book presents the battle as never before: through the personal stories of over 150 people present at the battle or its immediate aftermath. A reference book a biographical dictionary and a myth-busting expose Who was Who at Waterloo is an indispensable guide to history's most famous battle. Arranged in alphabetical order and with entries highlighted throughout the text like links in a website the book boasts a colourful cast of soldiers politicians peasants surgeons artists novelists poets scientists entrepreneurs and more. It provides many sorties into nineteenth century culture politics medicine and science. It also provides a thorough look at the sources identifying myths irregularities and cover-ups. The book demonstrates how little we can really know about Waterloo. And yet it also demonstrates just how much can be said about the battle's participants. | Who was Who at Waterloo A Biography of the Battle

GBP 175.00
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ELF and Applied Linguistics Reconsidering Applied Linguistics Research from ELF Perspectives

ELF and Applied Linguistics Reconsidering Applied Linguistics Research from ELF Perspectives

With help from a global cast of scholars Kumiko Murata explores the remodelling of the discipline of applied linguistics which traditionally regarded Anglophone native-speaker English as the standard for English as a lingua franca (ELF). This edited volume probes the dichotomy between the current focus of applied linguistic research and a drastically changed English use in a globalised world. This division is approached from diverse perspectives and with the overarching understanding of ELF as an indispensable area of applied linguistics research. The volume includes theoretical backgrounds to English as a lingua franca the nature of ELF interactions language policy and practice from an ELF perspective and the relationship between multilingualism and ELF. A resourceful book not only to ELF researchers but also applied linguists in general as well as policy makers administrators practicing teachers and university students from diverse linguacultural backgrounds. | ELF and Applied Linguistics Reconsidering Applied Linguistics Research from ELF Perspectives

GBP 130.00
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Nanotechnology Applications in Agricultural and Bioprocess Engineering Farm to Table

Nanotechnology Applications in Agricultural and Bioprocess Engineering Farm to Table

This new volume looks at new research and advances in the use of nanotechnology applications in agricultural and bioprocess engineering. The first section deals with the impact of nanotechnology in agricultural engineering looking at the role of nanomaterials in plant growth and nutrition. It goes on to discuss specific methods and processes in the development of food products nutraceuticals and therapeutics. This includes nanotechnological methods for iron fortification of dairy food for processing and preservation of meat and meat products for selective targeting of cancer and more. The book then discusses the role of nanotechnology in bioprocessing such as for biofuel production for wastewater treatment and as enzymatic nanoparticles for fabrication processes. | Nanotechnology Applications in Agricultural and Bioprocess Engineering Farm to Table

GBP 124.00
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Structure and Properties of Clusters: from a few Atoms to Nanoparticles

Structure and Properties of Clusters: from a few Atoms to Nanoparticles

This volume on Clusters brings together contributions from a large number of specialists. A central element for all contributions is the use of advanced computational methodologies and their application to various aspects of structure reactivity and properties of clusters. The size of clusters varies from a few atoms to nanoparticles. Special emphasis is given to bringing forth new insights on the structure and properties of these systems with an eye towards potential applications in Materials Science. Overal the volume presents to the readers an amazing wealth of new results. Particular subjects include water clusters Silicon Iron Nickel and Gold clusters carbon-titanium microclusters and nanoparticles fullerenes carbon nanotubes chiral carbon nanotubes boron nanoclusters and more. | Structure and Properties of Clusters: from a few Atoms to Nanoparticles

GBP 145.00
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Permission to Narrate Explorations in Group Analysis Psychoanalysis Culture

Permission to Narrate Explorations in Group Analysis Psychoanalysis Culture

Permission to Narrate develops exciting new theory and explorations for group analysis. They are diverse in range and from differing bases in theory and research aim to cast light on how clients find voice and speak out in groups and the importance of rhetoric in the understanding of communication. It addresses the ways in which silenced submerged and less confident voices emerge finding permission and narration often against the odds. Positioning and dialogical theory is used to show how such voices are caught up in and defined by discourses and also how we can transcend the definitions and positions into which we are thrown. Accessible clinical and historical examples bring theory to life. Permission to Narrate also uses applied group analytic theory to consider the cultural role and rhetoric of monsters and what these representations tell us about the position in which human beings conceive themselves. Also explored using applied group theory are the meetings of Alcoholics Anonymous and Quakers both serving as remarkable examples of different alternative group formations. | Permission to Narrate Explorations in Group Analysis Psychoanalysis Culture

GBP 130.00
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Shotcrete Materials Performance and Use

Shotcrete Materials Performance and Use

Shotcrete: Materials Performance and Use is a comprehensive textbook covering the current state-of-the-art shotcrete technology. It provides an overview of the many and various uses of shotcrete. Shotcrete is well suited for construction of curvilinear structures (domes shells bobsleigh/luge tracks etc. ) and overhead shotcrete applications (seismic retrofit repairs ground support etc. ) that could not be constructed technically and/or economically using conventional formed cast-in-place concrete construction methods. It contains chapters on history shotcrete materials and mixture proportioning performance shotcrete research equipment and shotcrete application. It is also comprised of shotcrete case history examples including buildings and structures infrastructure repair and rehabilitation ground support and shoring underground support in tunnels and mines swimming pools and spas and finally architectural shotcrete. This text should be of interest to design engineers and architects considering the use of the technology as well as academics. It serves as a useful guide to contractors using shotcrete in one or more of its many and various applications. | Shotcrete Materials Performance and Use

GBP 145.00
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Finland's National Theatre 1974–1991 The Two Decades of Generational Contests Cultural Upheavals and International Cold War Politics

Finland's National Theatre 1974–1991 The Two Decades of Generational Contests Cultural Upheavals and International Cold War Politics

This study analyses the Finnish National Theatre’s activities throughout the decades during which the post-war generation with its new societal and theatrical views was rising to power and during which Europe divided by the Iron Curtain was maturing to break the boundaries dividing it. Pirkko Koski summarizes the activities of the Finnish National Theatre as a cultural factor and as a part of the Finnish theatre field during 1970s and 1980s. Alongside this he examines the general requirements resources and structures for activity including artists places geographical position performances and the analysis on the societal conditions. This book will be of great interest to scholars and students of European theatre and history. | Finland's National Theatre 1974–1991 The Two Decades of Generational Contests Cultural Upheavals and International Cold War Politics

GBP 130.00
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The Crisis in Pro Baseball and Japan’s Lost Decade The Curious Resilience of Heisei Japan

The Crisis in Pro Baseball and Japan’s Lost Decade The Curious Resilience of Heisei Japan

This book examines Japan’s Heisei era through the lens of the crisis in Japanese professional baseball of 2004 challenging the narrative of decline that dominates the discourse on the period. The story of this crisis reveals much about the Japanese psyche during the “Lost Decade ” about the nature of change during Heisei Japan and of the nation’s resilience. The business of professional baseball provides crucial insights as it achieved its basic form at the same time as Japan’s postwar political economy and shared many characteristics with it including systemic inefficiencies that post-“bubble” Japan could no longer sustain. The book traces how the crisis unfolded and the cast of characters who appeared during it (including team owners players IT entrepreneurs and ordinary fans) revealing much about the push and pull of continuity and change in Japan. Featuring an in-depth analysis of the key participants and developments of the crisis in baseball this book will be a valuable resource for students and scholars of sports management Japanese history and Japanese culture particularly of the Heisei era. | The Crisis in Pro Baseball and Japan’s Lost Decade The Curious Resilience of Heisei Japan

GBP 130.00
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Gendered Injustice Uncovering the Lived Experience of Detained Girls

Gendered Injustice Uncovering the Lived Experience of Detained Girls

Without strong proof policy advocates along with some scholars have causally linked declines in juvenile offending and incarceration with evidence-based and rehabilitation-oriented policy reform. Such studies have called for a shift back to rehabilitative ideals augmented by innovative strategies that emphasize cultures of care and in the cases of system-involved girls ‘gender-responsive’ programs anchored in feminist literature. These programs have also caught the attention of feminist scholars who cast doubt on both their design and implementation. Gendered Injustice offers a unique contribution to the latter line of scholarship and critically examines claims of innovation empowerment and gender-responsivity in youth correction that currently dominate the field. Drawing on rich ethnographic data this book uncovers the reality of and gives voice to the experiences and continued mistreatment of marginalized girls housed in locked institutions in the US State of California. By providing detailed insight into the detention experiences and the pathways of several young women this book draws stark comparisons between the lived experience of young women in detention with the official rhetoric of empowerment that dominates public discourse. This book reveals the ways in which institutional policies and practices are designed to neglect and in many instances re-victimize inmates. This is essential reading for those engaged in corrections juvenile justice gender and crime and feminist criminology. | Gendered Injustice Uncovering the Lived Experience of Detained Girls

GBP 130.00
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The Role of Law in Transboundary River Basin Disputes Cooperation and Peaceful Settlement

The Role of Law in Transboundary River Basin Disputes Cooperation and Peaceful Settlement

This book examines the role legal rules play in the resolution of disputes in transboundary river basins. When states fail to resolve disputes over shared water resources many cast such failures on inadequate or ineffective legal rules. With this view in mind this book examines the role that legal rules do and can play in aiding the peaceful settlement of disputes and furthering cooperation between different parties. Building on the interactional theory of law this book formulates three analytical frameworks: the effect of norm-generating processes the effects of water-related agreements and/ or arrangements in the basins and the effect of international water. It uses these frameworks to assess the role of law in the processes of cooperation and peaceful settlement of disputes on transboundary river basin by drawing on four illustrative case studies: the Jordan River Basin the Nile River Basin the Mekong River Basin and the Indus River Basin. In doing so this book presents a unique perspective on the multi-functional role of legal rules in those processes. Tapping into the global discussion on water security and water-related conflicts this book stimulates readers to explore broader or interdisciplinary perspectives for understanding water-related issues. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars interested in water resource management water law environmental politics conflict resolution and sustainable development more generally. | The Role of Law in Transboundary River Basin Disputes Cooperation and Peaceful Settlement

GBP 130.00
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The Marketization of Religion

The Marketization of Religion

The Marketization of Religion provides a novel theoretical understanding of the relationship between religion and economy of today’s world. A major feature of today's capitalism is ‘marketization’. While the importance that economics and economics-related phenomena have acquired in modern societies has increased since the consumer and neoliberal revolutions and their shock waves worldwide social sciences of religion are still lagging behind acknowledging the consequences of these changes and incorporating them in their analysis of contemporary religion. Religion as many other social realities has been traditionally understood as being of a completely different nature than the market. Like oil and water religion and the market have been mainly cast as indissoluble into one another. Even if notions such as the marketization commoditization or branding of religion and images such as the religious and spiritual marketplace have become popular some of the contributions aligned in this volume show how this usage is mostly metaphorical and at the very least problematic. What does the marketization of religion mean? The chapters provide both theoretical and empirical discussion of the changing dynamics of economy and religion in today’s world. Through the lenses of marketization the volume discusses the multiple at times surprising connections of a global religious reformation. Furthermore in its use of empirical examples it shows how different religions in various social contexts are reformed due to growing importance of a neoliberal and consumerist logic. This book was originally published as a special issue of the journal Religion.

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Defending Traditional Islam in Indonesia The Resurgence of Hadhrami Preachers

Defending Traditional Islam in Indonesia The Resurgence of Hadhrami Preachers

Defending Traditional Islam in Indonesia examines the rise of young preachers of Arab descent (habaib) and their sermon groups in the region and shows how Islam and politics coexist flourish interlace and strive in Indonesia in complex pragmatic and mutually beneficial relationships. The book argues that the emergence of Arab preachers in the late 1990s when traditional forms of Islamic authority came under growing challenge from a diverse array of Muslim groups and ideologies is closely tied to contestation between traditionalists and their puritanical rivals the Salafi-Wahhabi. Not only have the habaib featured prominently in defending traditionalism they have also used this contestation as an opportunity to build their authority and religious capital through marketisation and their ties to the Middle East. The author explores the ways in which habaib promote themselves to the mostly young urban Muslim community and also analyses the use of new media and marketing strategies by habaib to attract young followers. The use of merchandise utilising popular culture and group identity markers is especially salient in the preachers’ outreach to urban audiences. In addition public staging and entertainment during preaching activities are means by which the habaib cast their Islamic preaching (dakwah) as the Prophet’s mission and encourage their followers’ participation. A novel socio-cultural and religious study and a contribution to the growing discussion on new media market and religion this book will be of interest to anthropologists social scientists and area studies scholars interested in Indonesia Southeast Asia and Islamic studies. | Defending Traditional Islam in Indonesia The Resurgence of Hadhrami Preachers

GBP 130.00
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