Control Flow Semantics presents a unified, formal treatment of the semantics of a wide spectrum of control flow notions as found in sequential, concurrent, logic, object-oriented, and functional progr
The original contributions in Fair Trade and Harmonization investigate the growing conflict between free trade policies and the domestic environmental, labor, and antitrust policies of individual nati
An anthology collecting 18 essays from Design Issues volumes 3-10 surveying unique conceptual and methodological topics in design history. The discussions focus on the categories of graphic design,
This compact disk contains 41 audio illustrations of the principles underlying the human perceptual organization of sound that were first described in Albert Bregman's book, "Auditory Scene Analysis"
Photographs by Gerald Cubitt"Wild Thailand" is the fifth volume in a series celebrating the earth's great wilderness areas, illustrated by one of the world's leading natural history photographers. Lik
Macroeconomics began as the study of large-scale economic pathologies such as prolonged depression, mass unemployment, and persistent inflation. In the early 1980s, rational expectations and new class
W. S. McCulloch, a professor of psychiatry at Illinois, later a scientist at the Research Laboratory of Electronics at MIT and author of the groundbreaking book, "Embodiments of Mind" (reissued in pap
This is Kenneth Frampton's follow-up to his "A Critical History of Modern Architecture". "Studies in Tectonic Culture" is a rethinking of the entire modern architectural tradition. The notion of tecto
Romanian-born Constantin Brancusi (1876-1957) is one of the most important names in 20th-century sculpture. This book accompanies a major retrospective exhibition of Brancusi's scultpure, drawings, an
In order to address contemporary issues, industrial relations as a field of study will have to take an increasingly international and comparative dimension. Accordingly, this text looks at the critica
The fourth edition of "linguistics" has been thoroughly updated and science. This is especially evident in the chapter on language acquisition, which now includes sections on the acquisition of morpho
Erwin Panofsky (1892-1968) was one of the pre-eminent art historians of the 20th century. These three essays place Panofsky's genius in a different perspective: "What Is Baroque?", "Style and Medium i
This collection takes up the important issues in enabling widely available access to the Internet at a time of rapid commercialization and growth. The 17 contributions present material that network ma
This text crystallises and extends the work Wiebe Bijker has done in the last decade to found a full-scale theory of sociotechnical change that describes where technologies come from and how societies
Anyone reviewing the history of architectural theory, Robin Evans observes, would have to conclude that architects do not produce geometry, but rather consume it. In this text Evans recasts the idea o
To speak comprehensively about a building today requires that we think about the building in three different ways - as an instance of architectural order, as an embodiment of values about living, and
The Wage Curve casts doubt on some of the most important ideas in macroeconomics, labor economics, and regional economics. According to macroeconomic orthodoxy, there is a relationship between unemplo
Journalist Dowie weaves a spellbinding tale, from the movement's conservationist origins as a handful of rich white men's hunting clubs, through the evolution in the 1960s and '70s into a powerful pol
The most important legal foundation of the contemporary European security order is the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE). Negotiated by NATO and the Warsaw Pact states as the Cold Wa
"Broadcast content regulation has failed miserably, and will continue to fail," claim the authors of "Regulating Broadcast Programming", in their comprehensive review of past and present efforts to re
One of the fruits of the scientific revolution was the idea of a social science - a science of government, of individual behaviour, and of society - that would operate in ways comparable to the newly
The analysis and theory developed in Zero Syntax is an important contribution to the understanding of Universal Grammar. The overriding theme is the notion that the availability and syntactic position
In the shrinking arms market of the post-Cold War era, countries with advanced arms industries face difficult choices concerning force size, arms production, arms export and defence industrial capacit
This work faces the crisis of the city in the late 20th century, embarking on a journey through theatres and museums, panoramas and maps, buildings and institutions that are used to construct a new re
A detailed case study of how international environmental treaties can be made more effective. Combining theoretical analysis with a rigorous empirical evaluation of changes in the compliance process o
This collaboration between two distinguished architects and former colleagues is a celebration of admired places and a thoughtful consideration of the role that design has played in giving these place
How should capital income be taxed to achieve efficiency and equity? In this detailed study, tax policy analyst Jane Gravelle brings together comprehensive estimates of effective tax rates on a wide v
In this detailed study, tax policy analyst Jane Gravelle, brings together comprehensive estimates of effective tax rates on a wide variety of capital by type, industry, legal form, method of financing
This work is a composite history of the individuals and firms that defined the field of landscape architecture in America from 1925 to 1975, a period that spawned a significant body of work combining
The rapid collapse of socialism has raised new economic policy questions and revived old theoretical issues. In this book, Joseph Stiglitz explains how the neoclassical, or Walrasian model (the formal
Global Networks takes up the host of issues raised by the new networking technology that now links individuals, groups, and organizations in different countries and on different continents. The twenty
Wireless Imagination directly addresses what is perhaps the most conspicuous silence in contemporary theory and art criticism, the silence that surrounds the polyphonous histories of audio and radio
The Na of China, farmers in the Himalayan region, live without the institution of marriage. Na brothers and sisters live together their entire lives, sharing household responsibilities and raising th
The Na of China, farmers in the Himalayan region, live without the institution of marriage. Na brothers and sisters live together their entire lives, sharing household responsibilities and raising th
Which paradigm of critique - Foucault's or Habermas's - is philosophically and practically superior, especially with regard to the nature and role of power in contemporary society? This collection add
In this collection of essays, some of today's most innovative architects, urban designers, and planners reshape (re-vision) the physical and social space of the contemporary city. The projects represe
This book introduces to an English-language audience the writings of the so-called New Vienna School of art history. In the 1930s Hans Sedlmayr (1896-1984) and Otto Pacht (1902-1988) undertook an amb
Ferdinand Boberg (1860-1946) was the preeminent architect ofSweden at the turn of the century, and judged the dominantarchitectural force not only in his country but byin
Under what conditions are expressions of a language the same; when are theydifferent? Indices and Identity focuses on this question in the context of the theory of anaphoraand on the role of indices i
Playful illustions, spellbinding games, and lifelike automata were once integral to education. This reveals the intertwining of enchantment with enlightenment in the early modern period. A cross-disci
