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Physique, chimie

Neutron Physics

Originally just an offshoot of nuclear physics, neutron physics soon became a branch of physics in its own right. It deals with the movement of neutrons in nuclear reactors and all the nuclear reactions they trigger there, particularly the fission of heavy nuclei which starts a chain reaction to produce energy. Neutron Physics covers the whole range of knowledge of this complex science, discussing the basics of neutron physics and some principles of neutron physics calculations. Because neutron physics is the essential part of reactor physics, it is the main subject taught to students of Nuclear Engineering. This book takes an instructional approach for that purpose. Neutron Physics is also intended for all physicists and engineers involved in development or operational aspects of nuclear power.

09/2008

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A Life of Her Own

This study reconstructs Brittain's feminist theory, which mainly refutes assumptions made about women, supports companionate marriage, and demands the communal reorganization of child care and domestic work to enable a married woman to work outside her home. It compares her theory to her five novels. Doing so, it uncovers revealing feminist 'flaws', above all that marriage remains, the sine qua non for a woman's happiness. The study describes Brittain's way to the top as a formidable obstacle race, in which she constantly had to fight the men she loved, her children, her parents, and resulting domesticity in order to find time to write "the book of the decade". She reached her goal with the publication of Testament of Youth in 1933.

11/1996

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Autres collections (6 à 9 ans)

Léontine n'aime pas ses cheveux crépus. Edition bilingue français-anglais

Pour Léontine, avoir des cheveux crépus n'est pas chose facile. Moquée en cour de récréation, il est difficile pour la jeune fille de s'accepter. Pourquoi doute-t-elle de sa perfection ? Entourée de ses parents, elle apprend à s'aimer et à embrasser ses origines antillaises. Elle est, comme tout un chacun, unique et spéciale telle qu'elle est. For Léontine, kinky hair is not the easiest trait to carry. Mocked relentlessly by her classmates, it's difficult for her to accept herself. Why is it hard for her to recognise her perfection ? Surrounded by her parents, she learns to love herself and embrace her Caribbean origins. She is, after all, unique and special just the way she is.

07/2021

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12 ans et +

L'asperge

Tiens la porte pour la personne qui se trouve derrière toi. Dis bonjour d'un signe de tête à tes professeurs. Souris si tu croises le regard de quelqu'un. J'ai toujours eu besoin de Post-it pour savoir comment réagir. Ne pas être trop froide. Ne pas parler trop fort. Rire au bon moment. Quand on n'a pas les codes, le monde est très compliqué à comprendre. Et quand on ne comprend pas le monde, comment peut-on se comprendre soi-même ? Peut-être qu'un jour je trouverai quelqu'un ne cherchera pas à me rendre "normale". Quelqu'un avec qui je n'aurai pas besoin de ces fichus Post-it. Cela dit, peut-être que je le connais déjà...

04/2019

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Droit

The Broker-Dealer's Liability for Recommendations

In today's capital markets the individual investor finds it increasingly difficult to gather, select and evaluate all the information that is required to make a reasonable investment decision. It is the broker-dealer who steps into the breach. The service he renders as a professional intermediary of informations culminates in investment recommendations. The threat of being held liable should ensure that a broker-dealer's recommendation is the result of a sound inquiry into the security and the customer's situation. This study examines the extent to which such a remedy is actually provided for under the U.S. securities laws and the so-called suitability rules of self-regulatory organizations (i.e., broker-dealer associations and stock exchanges).

12/1982

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Contes et nouvelles

Le Chevalier, la Lance et le Dragon. The Knight, the Spear and the Dragon

"Et c'est quoi un chevalier ? Un chevalier est à la recherche de la magie. Un chevalier plonge dans les ombres pour chercher la lumière. Une fois qu'il l'a trouvée, il la répand". Auteur, photographe : à travers un style anticonformiste, toute la singularité de l'univers de Marc Kiska se déploie dans ce conte initiatique, publié en édition bilingue (français - anglais). _________________"And what is a knight ? A knight is in search of magic. A knight dives into the shadows to seek the light. Once he finds it, he spreads it. " Author, photographer : through an unconventional style, all the singularity of Marc Kiska's universe is deployed in this initiatory tale, published in a bilingual edition (French - English). Translated to English by Caroline Messersmith.

01/2022

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Droit

The Journey of a Successful Entrepreneur. The great story of a huge collective success

His name is Patrice X. Thiry. He is 48 years old. In 2000, he founded his start-up : ProwebCE. In 2017, he sold it to Edenred for 300 million euros. This is his story and the one of his teams.

01/2021

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Droit européen - Textes

Luxembourg Fund Law Compendium. Edition 2023

DROIT LUXEMBOURGEOIS The compendium is one of a kind, as it contains both Luxembourg and European fund laws. With EUR 5. 028 trn in net assets under management, Luxembourg is the largest investment fund centre in Europe and the second largest in the world after the US. Hence, European/Luxembourg fund legislation is amongst the most important pieces of legislation in Luxembourg. In this in-depth Luxembourg Fund Law Compendium, the most important European and Luxembourg fund laws, regulations, circulars and FAQs are being bundled for everyday use. The compendium is one of a kind, as it contains both Luxembourg and European fund laws. The compendium will be warmly welcomed by (fund) lawyers, consultants, legal counsels working for fund managers, depositaries, asset managers and administrators, as well as, academics and (fund) supervisors.

12/2023

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Religion

Cross and Crown in Barbados

During the late 19th century, Caribbean society was generally controlled by the local plantocracy and the colonial administration of the Europeans. Barbados was so much the pride of the British colonies in the Caribbean that it was called "Little England". The life-blood of the society, the Black labouring classes, reaped very little of the social and economic benefits from the Sugar industry which the White planter-class owned and controlled. The Church was also controlled by the planter-class, and it functioned effectively to sustain a pattern of rigid social containment, and to work consistently for the maintenance of the status quo. Political religion in Barbados was therefore an engine of social control of the poor Blacks by the rich Whites. Cross and Crown together created "peace" and poverty.

12/1983

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Philosophie

Mediation - A Necessary Element in Family Dispute Resolution?

Mediation as a method of alternative dispute resolution is gaining increased attention in a growing number of legal areas. In Australian law family counselling was developed to deal with issues related to family disputes. It is brought in prior to court settlement of disputes and thus integrated into the system of conflict resolution. The characteristics and use of alternative dispute resolution call into question the role of the court as the sole forum for institutionalised conflict resolution. For this reason the transferability of the concept of mediation into the German legal system needs to be examined. In particular, it needs to be measured against the yardstick of the German Constitution, which by granting basic substantive and procedural rights, sets out the demands a modern state of law makes on a method of conflict resolution.

01/1994

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Informatique

PURE JAVASCRIPT. A Code-Intensive Premium Reference

Pure JavaScript is a premium reference for experienced JavaScript programmers. It contains concise descriptions of JavaScript forms, cookies, windows, and layers. It also includes an accelerated introduction to JavaScript concepts and components. Beyond the brief descriptions and short syntax snippets found in most references, this book provides real-life, well-commented JavaScript examples for each documented object, property, method, and event handler. This not only helps your understanding of the syntax, but also provides a contextual aid in determining how and why a specific object or method may be used. Pure JavaScript also includes: • A special reference section dedicated to server-side JavaScript • Coverage of JScript and Microsoft's Active Scripting • A complete reference to browser-supported JavaScript, including support for Netscape Navigator, Microsoft Internet Explorer, and Opera.

01/1999

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Techniques artistiques

Songbook coup de pouce piano chants de noel. Special chants de noel

Un songbook complet de 64 pages avec un répertoire festif et progressif Les fichiers audio de cette méthode sont disponibles sur notre kiosque média. Les morceaux sont de niveaux différents et accessibles dès la 1ère année de piano. Dans ce songbook, nous vous proposons une sélection de chants de Noël jouée au piano. Pour que chacun puisse jouer, nous vous proposons deux arrangements différents de chaque titre, classés par niveau.
Pour chaque morceau, quatre pistes audio sont proposées : le morceau complet joué au tempo original le morceau complet à tempo plus lent la main gauche seule la main droite seule Les titres : Douce nuit (Silent night) Petit papa Noël Il est né le divin enfant Minuit chrétien La marche des rois mages Les anges de nos campagnes Mon beau sapin Jingle bells (Vive le vent) We wish you a merry Christmas Oh when the Saints Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow ! Jingle bells rock...
Les accords ainsi que les paroles sont inclus dans ce recueil, afin de jouer et chanter ces mélodies en famille. Alors n'attendez pas Noël et prenez le temps de vous entraîner pour être au top le jour J ! Pour progresser ef ? cacement, nous vous invitons à suivre nos conseils et à écouter les ? chiers audio qui accompagnent cet ouvrage.

11/2019

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Histoire internationale

Charge of the Bull

Few will deny that 11th Bristish Armoured Division, the "Charging Bulls" of this story, was the finest armoured division on any side in the Normandy campaign in 1944. Soon after the end of the war, the history of the Division, Taurus Pursuant, was published in England in 1946. About 30 years later, Jean Brisset published his French-language book, La Charge du Taureau, about the same Division. It quickly went through two editions in France. What ensured its success was that it enlivened and humanized the well-know official accounts of the Division's battles in Operations EPSOM, GOODWOOD, BLUECOAT and others with the personal stories of participants in those battles who were often soldiers of humble but honourable rank. In addition, he paralleled the British military story with accounts of the experiences of French civilians caught up in the terror of thoses same battles, the anguish of theur tragedies and losses and the joy of their liberation. It is a history unique of its kind and deserves to be presented in this English translation. In addition to the story about 11th Armoured Division an Appendix telles about the battles in the Normandy bocage fought alongside the "Charging Bulls" by the hard-fighting 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division and how the local civilians and Resistance fighters helped them. Another Appendix recounts, among other adventures, how a little 5-year-old French girl saved an Australian Spitfire pilot from recapture by the Germans after he had been shot clown in the bocage. Finally, an Epilogue brings the story up to date. It pays homage to those, both British and French, who strove to keep alive the flames of remembrance, mutual gratitude and friendship. Containing over 100 photographs and illustrated by 9 maps, specially draw for this edition, The Charge of the Bull is a nostalgic trip back for those who fought in Normandy in 1944 and an important addition to the litterature about that campaign.

06/2012

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Histoire et Philosophiesophie

Concepts of Mass in Contemporary Physics and Philosophy

The concept of mass is one of the most fundamental notions in physics, comparable in importance only to those of space and time. But in contrast to the latter, which are the subject of innumerable physical and philosophical studies, the concept of mass has been but rarely investigated. Here Max Jammer, a leading philosopher and historian of physics, provides a concise but comprehensive, coherent, and self-contained study of the concept of mass as it is defined, interpreted, and applied in contemporary physics and as it is critically examined in the modern philosophy of science. With its focus on theories proposed after the mid-1950s, the book is the first of its kind, covering the most recent experimental and theoretical investigations into the nature of mass and its role in modern physics, from the realm of elementary particles to the cosmology of galaxies. The book begins with an analysis of the persistent difficulties of defining inertial mass in a noncircular manner and discusses the related question of whether mass is an observational or a theoretical concept. It then studies the notion of mass in special relativity and the delicate problem of whether the relativistic rest mass is the only legitimate notion of mass and whether it is identical with the classical (Newtonian) mass. This is followed by a critical analysis of the different derivations of the famous mass-energy relationship E = mc2 and its conflicting interpretations. Jammer then devotes a chapter to the distinction between inertial and gravitational mass and to the various versions of the so-called equivalence principle with which Newton initiated his Principia but which also became the starting point of Einstein's general relativity, which supersedes Newtonian physics. The book concludes with a presentation of recently proposed global and local dynamical theories of the origin and nature of mass. Destined to become a much-consulted reference for philosophers and physicists, this book is also written for the nonprofessional general reader interested in the foundations of physics.

01/2000

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Sociologie

La Représentation et la réinvention des espaces de sociabilité au cours du long XVIIIe siècle. Tome VII

Ce volume de Transversales constitue le septième volet des travaux de spécialistes des études sur le dix-huitième siècle français et britannique. Ces chercheurs tentent de redéfinir les modes opératoires de la sociabilité pour chacune des deux nations, à partir de sources célèbres ou méconnues, et s'interrogent sur la réalité de la supériorité du modèle français de sociabilité. Le présent volume s'intéresse plus particulièrement à la représentation et à la réinvention des espaces de sociabilité à partir de sources diverses, correspondance, oeuvres littéraires, archives de sociétés, essais philosophiques, films. Il met en évidence les dimensions urbanistiques et transgressives de l'espace, sa dualité, en étant à la fois imaginaire et physique et s'interroge sur le rôle de l'être humain, acteur et spectateur. La représentation des espaces de sociabilité, telle qu'elle est abordée dans cet ouvrage, pose la question de l'autorité et de la négociation opérée par l'individu entre liberté et appartenance à un groupe socio-culturel lui-même indissociable d' une nation en devenir. This volume is the seventh in the Transversales series published by a group of researchers of different nationalities on the topic of sociability in France and Britain during the Enlightenment. The research focuses on the extent to which a new model of sociability emerged in these nations during this period, and the similarities and differences between the ways this model developed on each side of the Channel. The present volume examines the representation and reinvention of sociable spaces through an excavation of various sources, letters, literary works, archives of societies, philosophical essays, films. It highlights the urbanistic and transgressive aspects of space, its duality, as it is at once physical and imaginary, and it questions the role of human beings, both as actors and spectators. The representation of sociable spaces, as it is dealt with in this work, raises the issue of authority and of the negotiation enacted by the individual between freedom and the membership of a socio-cultural group that is inseparable from a nation in the making.

03/2021

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Littérature française

Maana Barma ge 1

"Maana barma ge" is a collection of traditional stories and fables told by the Bagirmi people of central Chad. They are published in the original Bagirmi language, preserving the unique oral and dialectic character of each story as it was told. They are i

06/2017

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Non classé

Efficiency of Income Redistribution through Agricultural Policy

Since government can use manifold policy instruments at various levels, which influence various social groups, the evaluation of the efficiency of income redistribution is not straight forward. The study in hand contributes to the literature by first applying a multimarket framework to recent theoretical developments in transfer efficiency analysis. A three-stage vertically-structured model including the bread grains market as well as agricultural input industries and the food processing industry is developed and econometrically estimated. This model and standard welfare measures are used to judge the Austrian agricultural policy. It is revealed that in addition to farmers, downstream and upstream industries benefit considerably from agricultural policy. Using nonlinear optimization procedures, it is shown that the applied policy is not Pareto efficient. Applying an optimal policy instead of the current one could Pareto improve the social state by 1.7 billion Austrian Shilling.

10/1997

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Non classé

Nonlinear Dynamics and Unemployment Theory

This book attempts to integrate two lines of research. It joins the tradition of nonlinear macrodynamic models of cyclical growth, in particular the Goodwin/Kaldor/Phillips-type models of persistent fluctuations and limit cycles. Capital deepening and capital widening investment is introduced into models of cyclical growth. This approach is combined with recent neo-Keynesian analysis of wage-price formation and unemployment theory. Unemployment is decomposed in terms of demand deficiencies, job shortages, and the impact of capital-labor substitution. In this way a dynamic analysis of unemployment in terms of Classical, Keynesian and technological elements is obtained. It is shown that different components of unemployment can display their own cyclical frequencies and patterns. In this way the typical long and short term cyclical behavior of unemployment is simulated by an integrated nonlinear model of persistent growth cycles.

05/1994

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Informatique

JavaScript et jQuery. Maîtrisez le développement web côté client, 2 volumes

- Un livre de la collection Expert IT - JavaScript - Développez efficacement (2e édition) - Extrait du résumé : Ce livre sur JavaScript s'adresse à des développeurs soucieux de progresser dans leurs compétences JavaScript et de passer de la maîtrise syntaxique à la maîtrise du cycle de développement complet. Une première expérience du développement avec JavaScript, dans sa syntaxe de base, est indispensable à la bonne compréhension de cet ouvrage... - Un livre de la collection Expert IT - jQuery - Le framework JavaScript pour des sites dynamiques et interactifs (4e édition) Extrait du résumé : Ce livre sur jQuery s'adresse à des experts ou des candidats experts dans la création de sites Web. La connaissance, sinon la maîtrise du JavaScript, des Feuilles de style CSS, du DOM et de l'AJAX sont des prérequis indispensables à la compréhension et à la mise en pratique de cet ouvrage...

02/2019

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Guides pratiques

Val Briard en anglais Carnet 2022 Petit Futé

Do you know the Val Briard ? Probably if you are from the Ile-de-France. If you don't, that's unlucky ! The purpose of this book is to help you discover it. A fertile and largely wooded territory, the Val Briard is home to landscapes, where crops, forests and meadows alternate with streams and ponds. In addition, there are charming villages with medieval houses, listed churches and, in the countryside, romantic romantic farms and castles with their stone and brickwork, half-timber and gazebos. With its 21 communes and 27, 243 inhabitants, the Val Briard is an attractive area offering a high quality of rural life. It is also a green and sparsely urbanised area suitable for gentle tourism, where you can enjoy hiking, pleasant cycling routes and forest paths that are popular among horse riders.

02/2022

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Théâtre

C'est du théâtre comme c'était à espérer et à prévoir. This is theatre like it was to be expected and foreseen, avec 2 DVD

Ils vident des sacs de sable, ils lèchent du yaourt à même le sol, ils s'habillent et se déshabillent le plus vite possible, ils s'enduisent de mousse à raser. Dix-huit gestes qui constituent pour Fabre une journée de travail au théâtre. Les spectateurs peuvent passer au bar et revenir ensuite, ils sont libres de traverser cette journée comme bon leur semble. Avec son esthétique des années quatre-vingt - projecteurs Super 8, crochets de boucherie et costumes noirs et blancs - Fabre creuse un cratère dans le théâtre de cette époque.

07/2009

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Droit international

Luxembourg fund law compendium

DROIT LUXEMBOURGEOIS The compendium is one of a kind, as it contains both Luxembourg and European fund laws. The compendium will be warmly welcomed by (fund) lawyers, consultants, legal counsels working for fund managers, depositaries, asset managers and administrators, as well as, academics and (fund) supervisors.

09/2021

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Policiers

Quatre dames et un joker

- En tous les cas, pour une mort inopinée, c'est une mort inopinée. Quel vol plané ! Elles la regardèrent surprises. Et en plus elle souriait. - L'escalier est raide, il est vrai. - It is, souligna Emilienne. Et la double rampe munie de chaque côté de bar

07/2018

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Divers

Charlotte Lennox, "The Female Quixote". Agrégation d'anglais, Edition 2024-2025

Picture a resolute heroine from a seventeenth-century French romance who has been unknowingly teleported to mid-eighteenth-century Britain. Equipped with her worldview fashioned by the beliefs and values of those romances, how would she navigate this unfamiliar world ? Would her journey be a seamless progression from one comically ridiculous error to the next ? How would she assess the morals and customs of her newfound society, and how would its members perceive her ? In The Female Quixote, Charlotte Lennox embarks on this imaginative experiment. Her Cervantean parody fosters a dynamic reading experience, swinging between complicity and detachment. It projects an image of the parodied romances but also of the social world of eighteenth-century Britain. Encouraging readers to contemplate the fluid interplay between fiction and the real, the novel prompts reflection on the disparities between the social norms of both realms. This study takes a multifaceted approach to Lennox's novel, situating the work in its literary-historical context and examining the narrative features aligning it both with realist novels and romances. Additionally, it analyses key themes and provides summaries of characters and chapters. The study also offers a selection of texts that shed light on the debates accompanying the transition from an older codification of prose fiction to a new contender : the realist novel. The overarching objective is to showcase The Female Quixote's significance in shaping the modern novel's early history.

11/2023

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Mathématiques

Statistical and Data Handling Skills in Biology

All biologists need to be able to handle numbers, yet students of biology often approach this topic fearfully. This guide helps to, develop key skills for the study of biology in the minimum time through guided practise. Statistical and Data Handling Skills in Biology is an easy-to-use handbook which concentrates on essentials. It explains why certain mathematical concepts can help in biology and describes them in simple language and pictures with few equations. Numerous worked examples and problems from real biological situations are provided. The book first shows how to handle numbers and S.I. units. It then explains why variation is such a problem in biology and shows how to use statistical tests to separate real effects from the background variation. Finally it explains how to choose appropriate statistical tests to, analyse data and how to improve the design of experiments. Students will develop confidence in dealing with numbers by working through the problems provided. Key features include: - takes a biological viewpoint; - clear, concise coverage of essential concepts; - helpful explanations and pictures with a minimum of equations; - step-by-step guides to statistical tests; - guidance on using computer-based statistical packages; - decision charts for choosing statistical tests; - worked examples and problems, with solutions provided. This book makes an ideal companion for biologists at all levels, as a text for elementary courses for sixth form and first year undergraduate students, a self-study guide, or as a laboratory handbook for the working biologist.

01/2000

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Non classé

Studies in Slang, part 3

The Studies in Slang monographs are a forum for the detailed discussion of slang items, an activity of worth both in itself and for the insight it can bring to broader issues in linguistics ; we deal here in particular with the study of language in its social context.

07/1993

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Non classé

Ruling Class Men

What is it like to be a master of the universe ? The authors have researched the desires and fears of the world's most powerful men. The Murdochs, Packers, Kennedys, Agnellis and other men like them, directly determine the fates of thousands and influence the future of the world like no other people. Described as ‘sacred monsters' by one of their own, they are carefully created to be what they are and to enjoy shaping the world in their own likeness. To learn about these often reclusive men, the authors extended the life-history technique to interrogate autobiographies, diaries and biographies and have created a composite picture, a collective portrait, of tycoons over three generations. The book carefully explores the childhoods, schooling, work and play, sexual activities, marriages and deaths of the wealthiest men who have ever lived. It exposes the nature of ruling-class masculinity itself.

02/2007

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Mathématiques

ORIENTED MATROIDS. Second Edition

Oriented matroids are a very natural mathematical concept which prescrits itself in many different guises and which has connections and applications to many different areas. These include discrete and computational geometry, combinatorics, convexity, topology, algebraic geometry, operations research, computer science and theoretical chemistry. This is the first comprehensive, accessible account of the subject. It is intended for a diverse audience: graduate students who wish to learn the subject from scratch, researchers in the various fields of application who want to concentrate on certain aspects of the theory; specialists who need a thorough reference work; and others at points in between. A list of exercises and open problems ends each chapter. For the second edition, the authors have expanded the bibliography greatly to ensure that it remains comprehensive and up-to-date, and they have also added an appendix surveying research since the work was first published.

01/1999

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Histoire internationale

Violence and Atonement

Following the violence of Amritsar in 1919, Gandhi emerged as the leader of the Indian nationalist movement, and the missionary situation in India changed forever. Whilst most European missionaries lamented the loss of a friendly spirit between Englishman and Indian, a few took up Gandhi's challenge to make atonement for the wrongs of British imperialism. An American, Samuel Stokes, became a leading figure in the Indian National Congress and was imprisoned because of his pro-Gandhian activities. An Englishman, Verrier Elwin rankled officialdom with anti-British activities and was deported. This study repatriates Stokes and Elwin. It observes a continuity between their earlier missionary activities and their later careers as horticulturist and anthropologist respectively. It discerns in Stokes and Elwin and in other missionaries such as C.F. Andrews, Edward Thompson and Jack Winslow, a distinct strand of missionary thought and practice in the troubled inter-war years.

04/1994

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Religion

Third World Tourism Research 1950-1984

Since the early fifties tourism to developing countries has dramatically increased and in many a developing country it is now a sector of vital importance. This increase has been reflected in an equally impressive rate of growth in scholarly output. Despite this, there are as yet no indexed guides providing in a single volume easy access to the rapidly expanding body of knowledge. This bibliography seeks to fill the gap. It covers a period of 35 years and comprises more than 2000 titles in English, French, German and Dutch, on tourism in the Third World and in richer countries such as Greece, Yugoslavia, Portugal and Spain. The titles are chronologically arranged according to the year of publication, and for each year in alphabetical order. To assist readers the titles are catalogued by three indexes : an author and editor index, a geographical index and a subject index.

01/1991