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RESEARCHING DIGITAL LIFE

JAMES ASH / ROB KITCHIN / AGNIESZKA LESZCZYNSKI

We now live in a world where all aspects of everyday life are thoroughly mediated by digital technologies. Making sense of digital life is accordingly an essential undertaking for social science and humanities scholars. This multidisciplinary book provides an essential guide to researching digital life: Orienting readers with respect to methodologies, research design, and resea...

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EXPLAINING MORALITY

STEVE ASH

Adopting a critical realist approach to morality, this book considers morality as an aspect of social reality, enquiring into the nature of moral agency and asking whether we can legitimately argue for a specific moral position and whether moral positions can be understood to apply universally. Drawing on the thought of Bhaskar, Collier and Sayer, it explores a series of ontolo...

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RECULTURING MUSEUMS

DORIS B. ASH

Reculturing Museums takes a unified sociocultural theoretical approach to analyze the many conflicts museums experience in the 21st century. Embracing conflict, Ash asks: What can practitioners and researchers do to create the change they want to see when old systems remain stubbornly in place? Using a unified sociocultural, cultural-historical, activity-theoretical approach to...

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HANDBOOK OF INDUSTRIAL SURFACTANTS

ASH MICHAEL / ASH IRENE

Originally published in 1993, over 16,000 tradename surface-active agents for industrial applications, manufactured worldwide, are contained in this edition. General-use surfactants, such as emulsifiers, wetting agents, foaming agents, detergents, dispersants, and solubilizers are included, as well as detergent raw materials, defoamers, and antifoaming agents. The types and qua...

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TEACHER EDUCATION TO ENHANCE DIVERSITY IN STEM

A. ANTHONY ASH II / GREG A. WIGGAN / MARCIA J. WATSON-VANDIVER

Addressing underlying issues in science education and teacher training, which contribute to continued underrepresentation of racial and ethnic minority students in STEM and STEAM subjects and careers, this timely volume illustrates how a critical postmodern science pedagogy (CPSP) can be used effectively to raise awareness of diversity issues amongst preservice teachers. Using ...

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ROBOTICS, AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS AND CONTEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL SECURITY

ASH ROSSITER

Rapid technological advances in the field of robotics and autonomous systems (RAS) are transforming the international security environment and the conduct of contemporary conflict. Bringing together leading experts from across the globe, this book provides timely analysis on the current and future challenges associated with greater utilization of RAS by states, their militaries...

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CONFLICT AND COOPERATION IN THE INDO-PACIFIC

ASH ROSSITER / BRENDON J. CANNON

This book explores the most important strategic questions about the emerging Indo-Pacific region by offering an incisive analysis on the current and future patterns of competition and cooperation of key nations in the region. Examining emerging policies of cooperation and conflict adopted by Indo-Pacific states in response to a rising China, the book offers insights into the ev...

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MORALS AND POLITICS

WILLIAM ASH

First published in 1977. Ethics is the most practical branch of philosophy: its immediate concern is with people's actions. Yet most philosophers do little to relate ethics intelligibly to the human situation. In this inquiry into the nature of ethics, William Ash draws on the relevant works of Marx, Engels, Lenin and Stalin to present the theory and practice of Marxist ethics....

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THEATRE AND PERFORMING ARTS COLLECTIONS

LEE ASH

Here is an exciting book that provides detailed descriptions of dozens of the most important and unique collections of “theatricana” in the United States and Canada. In Theatre and Performing Arts Collections, distinguished theatre specialists, librarians, and curators describe the unique possessions of the best and largest collections in theatre and performing arts. Each chapt...

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THE REFLECTIVE MUSEUM PRACTITIONER

LAURA MARTIN / LYNN UYEN TRAN / DORIS ASH

The Reflective Museum Practitioner explores a range of expansive and creative ways in which the concept of “reflective practice” has been applied in the informal STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) learning environments of museums and zoos. It seeks to demonstrate how such a process can inspire lifelong learning in practitioners, to the benefit of practitio...

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CHICAGO UNION STATION

FRED ASH

A history of the Midwestern transportation hub and its impact on the city and the region, plus stunning photographs of the station’s architecture. More than a century before airlines placed it at the center of their systems, Chicago was already the nation’s transportation hub—from Union Station, passengers could reach major cities on the Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf coasts as wel...

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HANDBOOK OF ANIMAL MODELS OF RENAL FAILURE

STEPHEN R. ASH

This text presents a variety of methods of creation of renal failure, by the author‘s experience in the study and support of laboratory animal models of renal failure. This text also discusses three studies on the mechanisms of renal damage and renal failure in animal models. ...

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RELEASING THE COMMONS

ASH AMIN AND PHILIP HOWELL

This book moves beyond seeing the commons in the past tense, an entity passed over from the public into the private, to reimagine the commons as a process, a contest of force, a reconstitution, and a site of convening practices. It highlights new spaces of gathering opening up, such as the digital commons, and new practices of being in common, such as community economies and so...

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FIVE CRITICAL LEADERSHIP PRACTICES

RUTH C. ASH / PAT H. HODGE

What are the critical practices of leaders in high-performing schools? Based on extensive observations, interviews, and in-depth case studies of principals and superintendents who significantly increase student learning and achievement, this exciting new book provides novice and veteran school leaders with the five critical steps for effective school leadership: Focus on Direct...

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THE ZEN OF RECOVERY

MEL ASH

A practical synthesis of AA’s Twelve Steps and Zen’s Eightfold Path. In this compelling blend of East and West, Mel Ash shows how Zen mind and practice connect to the heart of recovery. Courageously drawing from his lifetime of experience as an abused child, alcoholic, Zen student, and dharma teacher, Ash presents a practical synthesis of Alcoholics Anonymous’s Twelve Steps and...

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REAL ANALYSIS AND PROBABILITY

ROBERT B. ASH

Real Analysis and Probability provides the background in real analysis needed for the study of probability. Topics covered range from measure and integration theory to functional analysis and basic concepts of probability. The interplay between measure theory and topology is also discussed, along with conditional probability and expectation, the central limit theorem, and stron...

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TOPICS IN STOCHASTIC PROCESSES

ROBERT B. ASH / MELVIN F. GARDNER

Topics in Stochastic Processes covers specific processes that have a definite physical interpretation and that explicit numerical results can be obtained. This book contains five chapters and begins with the L2 stochastic processes and the concept of prediction theory. The next chapter discusses the principles of ergodic theorem to real analysis, Markov chains, and informatio...

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REAL ANALYSIS AND PROBABILITY

ROBERT P. ASH

Real Analysis and Probability: Solutions to Problems presents solutions to problems in real analysis and probability. Topics covered range from measure and integration theory to functional analysis and basic concepts of probability; the interplay between measure theory and topology; conditional probability and expectation; the central limit theorem; and strong laws of large num...

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MEASURE, INTEGRATION, AND FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS

ROBERT B. ASH

Measure, Integration, and Functional Analysis deals with the mathematical concepts of measure, integration, and functional analysis. The fundamentals of measure and integration theory are discussed, along with the interplay between measure theory and topology. Comprised of four chapters, this book begins with an overview of the basic concepts of the theory of measure and integ...

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COMPLEX VARIABLES

ROBERT B. ASH

Complex Variables deals with complex variables and covers topics ranging from Cauchy's theorem to entire functions, families of analytic functions, and the prime number theorem. Major applications of the basic principles, such as residue theory, the Poisson integral, and analytic continuation are given. Comprised of seven chapters, this book begins with an introduction to the ...

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CHINA'S INTEGRATION IN ASIA

ROBERT ASH

A collection of authoritative papers on key issues for China's relations with other countries in the region in terms of trade, defence, regional development, energy security, and social, political and economic development. ...

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CHINA'S ECONOMIC REFORM

ASH, ROBERT / HOWE, CHRISTOPHER / KUEH, Y Y / KUEH, Y. Y.

This book presents a collection and analysis of original policy documents, newly translated into English, from a key period of Chinese development, providing both a current and a retrospective analysis of China's economic reform efforts. Topics dealt with include the evolution of Chinese economic strategy; economic planning and the spread of market mechanisms; technology transf...

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TAIWAN'S DEMOCRACY

ASH, ROBERT / GARVER, JOHN W. / PRIME, PENELOPE

Taiwan’s rapid industrialization during the 1960s and 1970s, combined with the democratic revolution that began with the lifting of martial law in 1987 were of deep historic importance. Over the next decade Taiwan’s "political miracle" matched its earlier "economic miracle" creating a vibrant liberal democracy complete with freedom of speech, association and assembly, rule of l...

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SONGSPINNERS

SARAH ASH

An alternate eighteenth-century England sets the stage for a lyrical novel by the author of the Tears of Artamon trilogy, “an innovative fantasist” (Asimov’s). Young rebel composer Amaru Khassian flees from religious persecution to peaceful Tourmalise. Crippled by horrible burns, he can no longer write down his stirring, seditious music—until he meets Orial, a girl with a uniqu...

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CHINA'S ACCESSION TO THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION

ASH, ROBERT / HOLBIG, HEIKE

With China's accession to the World Trade Organization imminent, this book brings together the expert views of scholars, policy-makers and business representatives on the consequences of this historic event. Insight into the past and future of China's relationship to the WTO is offered by authors involved on both sides of the negotiations on the EU-China bilateral agreement of ...

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SIR FREDERICK SYKES AND THE AIR REVOLUTION 1912-1918

LIEUTENANT-COLONEL ERIC ASH

This is a long-overdue study of Sir Frederick H. Sykes, Chief of the Air Staff of Britain's Royal Air Force (RAF) during the First World War. Historians, for the most part, have either overlooked Sykes or misinterpreted him, leaving a gap in the story of British flying. Contrary to previous images of Sykes, we now see that he was not a secretive intriguer or a tangential subjec...

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PSYCHOLOGY'S TERRITORIES

MITCHELL ASH / THOMAS STURM

This volume is the final publication of the Interdisciplinary Working Group, “Psychological Thought and Practice in Historical and Interdisciplinary Perspective,” sponsored by the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities from October 2000 until March 2004. ...

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HONG KONG IN TRANSITION

ASH, ROBERT / FERDINAND, PETER / HOOK, BRIAN / PORTER, ROBIN

Hong Kong in Transition offers a perspective on the exceptional constitutional and administrative experiment that has been taking place in Hong Kong, based on a substantial period under Chinese rule. There have been both successes and failures, and a perceptible process of change which is important to document. The particular appeal of this volume lies in the fact that it combi...

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BEHIND THE MYTH OF EUROPEAN UNION

ASH AMIN

The vision of the original arhitects of the European Community was to create a Europe of economic prosperity and social harmony. Economic integration has come ever closer, but sustained growth and a reduction in social disparities seen as far away as ever. This book examines the prospects for the real cohesion in Europe and find that, far from promroting it, many of the Communi...

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PLACING THE SOCIAL ECONOMY

ASH AMIN / ANGUS CAMERON / RAY HUDSON

In recent years there has been a great deal of discussion about the social economy and the term 'the third way' has attained a level of household recognition, especially in America and Britain. Academics and commentators have debated the usefulness of the social economy as a restraint on capitalist excesses with some arguing that the 'third way' is ...

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