Contested Spaces

Mumford is a well-known mathematician and winner of the Fields Medal, the highest honor available in mathematics.Many of these papers are currently unavailable, and the commentaries by Gieseker, Lange

Salma Nageeb's book provides case studies and analysis of the lives of four Muslim women living in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan. Nageeb examines how these women negotiate their social space, locatin

Hispanics/Latinos are the largest ethnic minority in the United States—but they are far from being a homogenous group. Mexican Americans in the Southwest have roots that extend back four centur

This book brings together a series of new and historical case studies to show how different phases of globalization are transforming the built environment. Taking a broad interdisciplinary approach, t

Bilingual education policy in the United States raises contentious issues of national identity, federalism, power, ethnicity, and power. San Miguel (history, U. of Houston) looks at the origins and ev

Film noir remains one of the most enduring legacies of 1940s and '50s Hollywood. Populated by double-crossing, unsavory characters, this pioneering film style explored a shadow side of American life d

Richly illustrated with many new photographs as well as archival images and drawings, this is the first publication to examine the architecture of all four Tate galleries. Helen Searing traces the arc

This volume is based on the lecture notes of six courses delivered at a Cimpa Summer School in Temuco, Chile, in January 2001. Leading experts contribute with introductory articles covering a broad ar

First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

This book provides an essential insight into the practices and ideas of maps and map-making. It draws on a wide range of social theorists, and theorists of maps and cartography, to show how maps and

This book is the first to present an overview of higher-order Hamilton geometry with applications to higher-order Hamiltonian mechanics. It is a direct continuation of the book The Geometry of Hamilto

First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Explains how to use a cost-effective, creative approach to transforming one's home into a personal sanctuary with the help of eclectic, individual touches, seasonal accents, innovative storage solutio

This book describes and analyses life in 'St Antony's', a Zambian Catholic boys' mission boarding school in the 1990s, using the context-sensitive methods of social anthropology. Drawing upon Michel F

Contends that effective biological conservation and social justice must go hand in hand.

Chickens are hot! There's a chicken-farming boomlet on the rise, with upscale urban and suburban homeowners from every part of the country ordering fancy breeds of chickens, hiring architects to buil

The charismatic form of healing called qigong, based on meditative breathing exercises, has achieved enormous popularity in China during the last two decades. Qigong served a critical social organizat

Most flowers and vegetables love the sun, but the gardeners who tend them crave the shade. A comfortable hammock strung between two trees. A set of Adirondack chairs arranged for conversation beneath

This book explains how the authority Thomas Aquinas's theological teachings grew out of the doctrinal controversies surrounding it within the Dominican Order. The adoption and eventual promotion of th

While many of the essays in this book were written before 9/11, they point to a number of important issues such as the commercialization of public life, the stepped up militarization, racial profiling

"[An important] detailing of the development and evolution of a major institution of the African Diaspora [and] of Brazilian and Afro-Brazilian identity." —Sheila S. WalkerThe Afro-Brazilian religion

In chronological sections, historians from Israel, Poland, and the US begin with relations between Jews and Poles during the final years of the Second Polish Republic in the late 1930s, and end with t

This is a softcover reprint of the 1987 English translation of the second edition of Bourbaki's Espaces Vectoriels Topologiques. Much of the material has been rearranged, rewritten, or replaced by a m

This is the first volume to analyse systematically the role of neoliberalism in contemporary processes of urban restructuring.Includes contributions from leading scholars in the fields of critical urb

From the meditative ambience of a purist devotional room to the colourful, organic forms of shop furnishings, the design of an interior space influences its atmosphere and lends a specific character.

The place of childhood in popular culture is one that invites new readings both on childhood itself, but also on approaches to studying childhood. Discussing different methods of researching children'

Announcing the new revised edition of the classic industry reference! Landscape Graphics is the architect’s ultimate guide to all the basic graphics techniques used in landscape design and landscape a

The place of childhood in popular culture is one that invites new readings both on childhood itself, but also on approaches to studying childhood. Discussing different methods of researching children'

Altar (noun): an elevated surface upon which one displays meaningful objects.Any surface can become an altar. Geddes and Cunningham, with beautiful, inspirational photos and text that's both instructi

Enjoy it for its sheer beauty or use it for inspiration while creating your own small landscape garden.Japanese gardening is the art of arranging plants, rocks, lanterns, and basins in an open or, as

Fourteen essays explore the key role white women play in the perpetuation of global racism, and the part they could play to overcome the oppressive force of whiteness. Mainly literary in focus, the e

The relations between Frobenius manifolds and singularity theory are treated here in a rigorous yet accessible manner. For those working in singularity theory or other areas of complex geometry, this book will open the door to the study of Frobenius manifolds. This class of manifolds are now known to be relevant for the study of singularity theory, quantum cohomology, mirror symmetry, symplectic geometry and integrable systems. The first part of the book explains the theory of manifolds with a multiplication on the tangent bundle. The second presents a simplified explanation of the role of Frobenius manifolds in singularity theory along with all the necessary tools and several applications. Readers will find here a careful and sound study of the fundamental structures and results in this exciting branch of maths. This book will serve as an excellent resource for researchers and graduate students who wish to work in this area.

First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.