BOOKS with Alphabet G (Ga, Gb,Gc, Gd, Ge…... )

Overview: Presents a previously-unpublished primary source on the Spanish-American War.Frames the lecture in the context of George Kennan’s life and U.S.-Cuban relations.Offers insight into American perceptionsThis book presents a critical edition of the lecture “Cuba and the Cubans” by George Kennan the Elder, with a wide-ranging introduction examining its influence on American public opinion of the Spanish-American War. A well-known journalist and travel writer, George Kennan went to Cuba in 1898 to report on the war and conditions on the island for American readers. After the war, he delive

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Overview: The book uses interview and survey information from 300 of the world‘s leading industrial enterprises to provide an in-depth investigation of the issues relating to the internationalisation of R & D by multinational enterprises. The viewpoints of central coordinating R & D units and their overseas subsidiaries are analysed. The issues covered include the nature and funding of the work done in overseas facilities; the specialisation of roles in globalised R & D; coordination practices; sources of ideas implemented in R & D programmes and attitudes to government policies.978-0-230-3797

Overview: Non-Profit-Sektor und der ArbeitsmarktGemeinnützige Organisationen erfahren heute nicht nur als infrastrukturelle Basis von Zivilgesellschaft eine hohe Wertschätzung. Neben ihrer innovativen Funktion bei der Modernisierung der Gesellschaft, ihrem Beitrag zur Wohlfahrtsproduktion durch die Erbringung von Dienstleistungen sowie der Integrations-, Partizipations- und Interessenartikulationsfunktion werden sie zugleich als Arbeitsplatzressource der Zukunft hoch gehandelt. In diesem Band wird deshalb besonders die Fragestellung untersucht, ob gemeinnützige Organisationen die in sie gesetz

Overview: Fast-track conference proceedings.State-of-the-art research.Up-to-date resultsThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on GeoSpatial Semantics, GeoS 2011, held in Brest, France, in May 2011. The 13 papers presented together with 1 invited talk were carefully reviewed and selected from 23 submissions. The papers focus on formal and semantic approaches, time and activity-based patterns, ontologies, as well as quality, conflicts and semantic integration. They are organized in topical sections on ontologies and gazetteers, activity-based and temp

Overview: Bevor auf die Griindung der Deutschen Gesellschaft fUr Urologie eingegan­ gen werden kann, mu~ zunachst ein allgemeiner Situationsbericht Uber die damalige Urologie gegeben werden. Schon im Altertum wurden Krankheitsbilder und ihre Therapie beschrie­ ben, die in das heutige Fachgebiet der Urologie fallen, allen voran die au~erst schmerzhaften Harnsteinbeschwerden sowie die HarnrohrenausflUsse, Strik­ turen und Harnveranderungen, seltener Hoden- und Peniserkrankungen und nur ganz vereinzelt Schwellungen der Flanke durch Nierenabscesse, die eroffnet wurden. Die am hauftgsten vorgenomme

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Overview: An excellent starting point for beginners in the field.An advanced high school student can learn basic concepts from the book.Gradual introduction of concepts with many figures and solved examples.This book enables the reader to discover elementary concepts of geometric algebra and its applications with lucid and direct explanations. Why would one want to explore geometric algebra? What if there existed a universal mathematical language that allowed one: to make rotations in any dimension with simple formulas, to see spinors or the Pauli matrices and their products, to solve problems

Overview: Step-by-step approach through appropriate diagnosis and management.Written by world renowned experts in gastrointestinal diseases.Provides practical management of specific bleeding sources.Multidiscip.The diagnosis and management of gastrointestinal bleeding is multidisciplinary by nature involving surgeons, gastroenterologists and radiologists. Due to various pathologies, it involves upper gut, lower gut and occult bleeding. Gastrointestinal Bleeding: A Practical Approach to Diagnosis and Management covers all aspects of bleeding in a systemic approach organized by the site of bleed

Overview: Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind. Der Verlag stellt mit diesem Archiv Quellen für die historische wie auch die disziplingeschichtliche Forschung zur Verfügung, die jeweils im historischen Kontext betrachtet werden müssen. Dieser Titel erschien in der Zeit vor 1945 und wird daher in seiner zeittypischen politisch-ideologischen Ausrichtung vom Verlag nicht beworben.978-3-662-23665-9978-3-662-25751-7

Overview: Thorough overview and discussion of the interaction between demographic trends and international security.New insights into the impact of demographic change on strategic calculations.Systematic review.Military recruitment will become more difficult in times of demographic aging. The question arises whether demographic change will constrain the capacity of aging states like Germany to conduct foreign policy and pursue their national security interests. Since contemporary military operations still display a strong human element, particular scrutiny is given to the empirical analysis of

Overview: Compilation of the most glorious episodes from the annals of theoretical computer science * Over 240 fascinating exercises with elegant solutions on the centrals themes of theoretical computer scienceWhile I was visiting Boston University during the 1996-97 academic year, I noticed a small book, written in German, on a shelf in Steve Homer‘s office. Curious, I borrowed it for my train ride home and began reading one of the chapters. I liked the style and format of the book so much that over the course of the next few months I frequently found myself reaching for it and working throug

Overview: Makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the political representation of women in Central and Eastern Europe.Provides a comparative analysis of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, PThis book traces the struggles over the institutions of political representation in Central and Eastern Europe, focusing on the factors that have held women back over the post-communist period, as well as on the growing evidence for change throughout the region. Post-communist Europe has long raised two puzzles for scholars of women’s representation in politics. First, why have women bee

Overview: Grundfragen der geschichtswissenschaftlichen Theorie.Einführende und systematische Beiträge zur Historik.Geschichtstheorie, geschichtliches Denken und Geschichtskultur im Zusammenhang.Dieser Band bietet einen vielgestaltigen Überblick zu den Grundfragen der Historik und des historischen Denkens. .Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Jörn Rüsen. ist Historiker und Kulturwissenschaftler..978-3-658-29274-4978-3-658-29275-1

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Overview: Integrates Childhood Studies and Development Studies, providing a novel addition to both fields.Helps to drive forward debates around age and generation in relation to development studies.Combines a w.This ground-breaking book weaves together insights from the children and youth studies literature and critical development studies. Debunking the idea of childhood and youth as self-evident social categories, the author unravels how these generational constructs are (re)constituted and experienced in relational terms in development contexts spanning both the Global South and the Global

Overview: First book on all aspects of acquisition of geographical data.Easy-to-read, semi-technical style.Overview about the theory behind various data acquisition methodsThis is a book about techniques used in the acquisition of geographical data. The target audience is students and professionals using geographical information systems who want to go beyond the operation of the software and discover the general principles of how raw geographical data are acquired. By "raw" data we mean da ta acquired directly from the field, from photographs, or from maps but wh ich has not been edited or str

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