In this book Jan Albers examines the history--natural, environmental, social, andultimately human--of one of America's most cherished landscapes: Vermont.Albers shows how Vermonthas come to stand for
In the Guadalupe Dunes, 170 miles north of Los Angeles and 250 miles south of SanFrancisco, an oil spill persisted unattended for 38 years. Over the period 1990-1996, the nationalpress devoted 504 sto
An investigation of the logical flexibility principles needed for a formal semantic account of coordination, plurality, and scope in natural language. Since the early work of Montague, Boolean seman
Why isn't the whole world as rich as the United States? Conventional views holds that differences in the share of output invested by countries account for this disparity. Not so, say Stephen Parente a
A guide to help business managers better compete in the age of the internet and electronic commerce. This book offers a novel approach for analyzing and developing business strategies for the Intern
The study of investment under uncertainty was stagnant for several decades, untilrecent developments in real options provided the tools to revitalize the field. The techniques andinsights derived from
A guide to doing positive work in the context of business. A heady hybrid of critical thinking, personal narrative, and economic analysis, Utopian Entrepreneur is a field manual for those who want t
A model for strategic negotiation for intelligent agents.As computers advance from isolated workstations to linked elements in complex communities of systems and people, cooperation and coordination v
A heady hybrid of critical thinking, personal narrative, and economic analysis, Utopian Entrepreneur is a field manual for those who want to do socially positive work in the context of business. One
The dominant architectures in our culture of development consist of generic protocolsfor building offices, airports, houses, and highways. For Keller Easterling these organizationalformats are not mer
This long-awaited two-volume book examines how the interplay of ideas and actions applied to environmental problems has laid the foundations for global environmental management. It looks at how ideas,
This long-awaited two-volume book examines how the interplay of ideas and actions applied to environmental problems has laid the foundations for global environmental management. It looks at how ideas,
This long-awaited two-volume book examines how the interplay of ideas and actions applied to environmental problems has laid the foundations for global environmental management. It looks at how ideas,
This long-awaited two-volume book examines how the interplay of ideas and actions applied to environmental problems has laid the foundations for global environmental management. It looks at how ideas,
In this book Simon Parsons describes qualitative methods for reasoning under uncertainty, "uncertainty" being a catch-all term for various types of imperfect information. The advantage of qualitative
Using qualitative methods to deal with imperfect information. In this book Simon Parsons describes qualitative methods for reasoning under uncertainty, "uncertainty" being a catch-all term for vario
Presents a study of female design engineers that has implications for attempts to change organizational culture. The text describes how the collision of gender and power in the workplace "disappears"
The essays in this collection celebrate Ken Hale's lifelong study of underdocumented languages and their implications for universal grammar. The authors report their latest research in syntax, morphol
Musicians begin formal training by acquiring a body of musical concepts commonly known as musicianship. These concepts underlie the musical skills of listening, performance and composition. Like human
In Environmentalism Unbound, Robert Gottlieb proposes a new strategy for social and environmental change that involves reframing and linking the movements for environmental justice and pollution preve
Welfare and Employment in a United Europe takes a nuanced approach to the issues. Unusual for an edited volume, it consists of two long studies-each written by a group of economists working in four di
Welfare and Employment in a United Europe takes a nuanced approach to the issues. Unusual for an edited volume, it consists of two long studies-each written by a group of economists working in four di
In Fire and Memory, Luis Fernandez-Galiano reconstructs the movement from cold towarm architecture, from building fire to building a building with and for fire, through what hecalls a "metaphorical pl
This book is a map of the work of Gilles Deleuze—the man Michel Foucault would call the "only real philosophical intelligence in France." It is not only for professional philosophers,
For more than thirty years, interdisciplinary historians have studied how groups and individuals in the past progressed despite food scarcities, nutritional deficiencies, exposure to virulent disease
For more than thirty years, interdisciplinary historians have studied how groups and individuals in the past progressed despite food scarcities, nutritional deficiencies, exposure to virulent disease
At the beginning of 2000, the U.S. economy was enjoying the longest period ofsustained growth and economic prosperity in its history. According to The Internet Upheaval, part ofthe explanation for thi
Why isn't the whole world as rich as the United States? Conventional views holds that differences in the share of output invested by countries account for this disparity. Not so, say Stephen Parente a
This book presents in detail a pair of models of the economics of climate change. The models, called RICE-99 (for the Regional Dynamic Integrated model of Climate and the Economy) and DICE-99 (for the
The author examines the lives of thirty-six female mathematicians to look for similar patterns in their lives, thought processes, and career strategies.
foreword by John Friedmann In many areas of the world, environmental degradation inand around human settlements is undermining prospects for both socioeconomic justice and ecologicalsustainability. To
This long-awaited work presents a theory of speech-sound generation in the human vocal system. The comprehensive acoustic theory serves as one basis for defining categories of speech sounds used to fo
The essays in America's Strategic Choices present contending perspectives on the future of U.S. grand strategy. Several authors argue that the time has come for the United States to reduce its global
Systematic and concrete prescriptions for strengthening America's alliances in the Asia-Pacific region.Unlike the new and largely peaceful Europe, the Asia-Pacific region is fraught with old instabili
Unplanned deforestation, which is occurring at unsustainable rates in many parts of the world, can cause significant hardships for rural communities by destroying critical stocks of fuel, fodder, food
For the past quarter-century, government and the private sector have relied heavily on risk assessment for making decisions, allowing widespread environmental deterioration. In this book, Mary O'Brie
The game console may help to prepare children for participation in the digital world, but at the same time it socializes boys into misogyny and excludes girls from all but the most objectified positi
Seymour Mandelbaum's extended reflection on communities and the myths that sustain them is a plea for a communitarian sensibility. Communities are critically important in maintaining and adapting publ
