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A Midwestern ethnic community approaching its centennial has more interesting stories than one could imagine. This factual history of this archetypical town provides insights into a major underpinning of our society. Making it more captivating is the fact that every word is true.

A Midwestern ethnic community approaching its centennial has more interesting stories than one could imagine. This factual history of this archetypical town provides insights into a major underpinning of our society. Making it more captivating is the fact that every word is true.

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Bodies may be currently fashionable in social and feminist theory, but their insides are not. Biological bodies always seem to drop out of debates about the body and its importance in Western culture.

Kaum eine Figur der nationalsozialistischen Führungsspitze ist mit so vielen Rätseln verbunden wie Albert Speer. Seine Karriere war beispiellos: Geboren 1905, wurde er mit gerade dreißig Jahren eine Art Chefarchitekt des Dritten Reiches, baute die neue Reichskanzlei, erfand die «Lichtdome» und entwickelte jene pompösen Konzepte, die Berlin die die «Welthauptstadt Germania» verwandeln sollten. 1942 ernannte ihn Hitler zum Rüstungsminister. Binn...

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This book acquaints readers with the philosophical concepts upon which ethical theory is based. It applies these ideas to specific issues and dilemmas within the criminal justice system. The authors' ultimate goal is to acquaint the reader with basic concepts of ethics in criminal justice and to train the mind to solve moral issues independently. The Ethical Foundations of Criminal Justice offers a comprehensive definition of ethics, and eluci...

Aviation exposes pilots and other operators to stress and risk on a daily basis. Focusing on clinical psychology, this book intersects human factors and clinical areas of aviation, exploring areas such as selection, training, accident investigation and practical interventions.

The role of a Turnaround Manager is to save companies from a seriously unprofitable situation. This may follow a merger, take-over, restructure or as a result of adverse market conditions or mismanagement. A first class Turnaround Manager is more than a short-term 'company doctor', he or she redefines the company's business mission and restructures it for long-term survival. This book shows how to do this. It includes practical advice from exp...

In the last decades of the 20th century, Wales has experienced a process of social upheaval. These essays address a kaleidoscope of themes, such as education, language, the arts, race, poverty, welfare and crime. It provides an assessment of the political, cultural and social state of Wales.

In this brilliantly conceived and clearly argued discussion of the relationship between high and popular culture, Herbert Gans, outspoken advocate of cultural pluralism, questions the universality of high culture standards.

Hudson (family and community medicine, U. of California) and Cohen (radiology, U. of California) cover a range of topics relevant to computer-assisted techniques for biomedical decision making. Theoretical and practical approaches to the development of neural networks are presented, followed by algorithmic development and application to specific problems. Artificial intelligence applications like knowledge-based acquisition and representation,...

Thirteen essays explore the varying virtual, physical, cultural and institutional contexts influencing the nature of electronic space for women and explore the intersection of feminisms, power, authority, voice, and computer technologies. It also contains four interviews with prominent scholars, which historicize the disciplinary formation of computers and composition and the impact of technology on the professional lives of women. This collec...

In the introduction to the first volume of The Arithmetic of Elliptic Curves (Springer-Verlag, 1986), I observed that "the theory of elliptic curves is rich, varied, and amazingly vast, " and as a consequence, "many important topics had to be omitted." I included a brief introduction to ten additional topics as an appendix to the first volume, with the tacit understanding that eventually there might be a second volume containing the details. Y...

A unified treatment of resonant problems with special emphasis on the recently discovered phenomenon of homoclinic jumping. After a survey of the necessary background, the book develops a general finite dimensional theory of homoclinic jumping, illustrating it with examples. The main mechanism of chaos near resonances is discussed in both the dissipative and the Hamiltonian context, incorporating previously unpublished new results on universal...

Wars and natural disasters--from the Balkans to the Sudan, and from Afghanistan to Central Africa--have increasingly placed humanitarian workers in the crossfire. Kevin M. Cahill has assembled an international team of renowned experts to offer a much-needed assessment of the moral, legal and political dilemmas and consequences of humanitarian assistance. Focusing on health issues, "A Framework for Survival" takes an unflinching look at the r...

A discussion of models for the behaviour of gas bearings, particularly of the aspects affecting the stability of the system. The text begins with a discussion of the mathematical models, identifying the stiffness and damping coefficients, and describing the behaviour of the models in unstable regions. It then turns to apply these results to bearings: static characteristics and stability of various rotor systems and an extensive discussion of a...

Boasting numerous industrial applications, inorganic chemistry forms the basis for research into new materials and bioinorganic compounds such as calcium that act as biological catalysts. Now complete, this highly acclaimed series presents current knowledge in all areas of inorganic chemistry, including chemistry of the elements, organometallic, polymeric and solid-state materials, and compounds relevant to bioinorganic chemistry.