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Steele Family

By: Daniel Steele Durrie

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1859. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

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Foundations for a Low-Carbon Energy System in China

By: Henry Lee,Daniel P. Schrag,Matthew Bunn,Michael Davidson,Wei Peng,Wang Pu,Mao Zhimin

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Foundations for a Low-Carbon Energy System in China

By: Henry Lee,Daniel P. Schrag,Matthew Bunn,Michael Davidson,Wei Peng,Wang Pu,Mao Zhimin

Overview of how decisions by China on climate, energy, and environmental policy will influence the country's capacity to decarbonize.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108842380

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Sustainability in Engineering Design and Construction

By: J. K. Yates,Daniel Castro-Lacouture

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Sustainability in Engineering Design and Construction

By: J. K. Yates,Daniel Castro-Lacouture

Successfully Measure the Benefits of Green Design and Construction Sustainability in Engineering Design and Construction outlines the sustainable practices used in engineering design and construction operations for all types of engineering and construction projects. Aimed at ushering the engineering and construction industry into embracing sustainable practices and green construction techniques, this book addresses sustainability in engineering design and construction operations from a historical and global perspective, and delves into specific sustainability concepts and processes. The book explains the concepts of sustainable development, corporate social responsibility (CSR), the Dow Jones Global Sustainability Index (DJGSI), key performance indicators (KPIs), corporate sustainability, and the triple bottom line (economic, environmental, and social values in design and construction). Relevant to sustainability in every facet of engineering and construction, it also covers life-cycle environmental cost analysis, discusses sustainable engineering and site selection, the economic considerations evaluated when making sustainability decisions, and explains how to measure and quantify sustainable performance and apply these practices in the real world. It also covers project and corporate level sustainability practices, sustainable construction materials and processes, sustainable heavy construction equipment, traditional and alternative energy sources, provides implementation resources for starting and evaluating sustainability programs, and includes a checklist for measuring the sustainability of construction operations. The text contains detailed information on sustainable construction materials and processes, heavy construction equipment, and traditional and alternative energy sources. It presents information on sustainable designs, selecting sustainable sites, designing for passive survivability, designing for disassembly, and the ISO 14,000 standards. It provides implementation resources for starting and evaluating sustainability programs and a checklist for measuring the sustainability of construction operations In addition, it provides definitions of sustainability terms and expressions, as well as case studies, examples, discussion questions, and a list of supplemental references at the end of each chapter. This book provides information on: Definitions for sustainability terms Sources for locating global sustainability requirements Current sustainability issues Environmental laws related to sustainability and their implications Sustainable design Life-cycle cost assessment models Sustainable practices currently being used in the engineering and construction (E&C) industry Corporate-level sustainability practices Project-level sustainability practices Global sustainability trends and implications Sustainable materials Sustainable heavy construction equipment Traditional and alternative energy sources LEED Green Building Rating System Sustainability organizations and certification programs Sustainability implementation resources A summary of sustainable engineering design and construction

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CRC Press

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1315359979

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Labor, Industry, and Regulation During the Progressive Era

By: Daniel E. Saros

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Labor, Industry, and Regulation During the Progressive Era

By: Daniel E. Saros

A theoretical framework for the historical analysis of American industry -- The structure and performance of the progressive era regulationist institutional structure (RIS) -- Regulation in the era of big steel -- The consequences of progressive era regulation for the steelworkers -- Analytical results of the case study.

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1135842337

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Energy Efficiency

Concepts and Calculations

By: Daniel M. Martinez,Ben W. Ebenhack,Travis P. Wagner

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Energy Efficiency

Concepts and Calculations

By: Daniel M. Martinez,Ben W. Ebenhack,Travis P. Wagner

Energy Efficiency: Concepts and Calculations is the first book of its kind to provide an applied, systems oriented description of energy intensity and efficiency in modern economies across the entire energy chain. With an emphasis on analysis, specifically energy flow analysis, lifecycle energy accounting, economic analysis, technology evaluation, and policies/strategies for adopting high energy efficiency standards, the book provides a comprehensive understanding of the concepts, tools and methodologies for studying and modeling macro-level energy flows through, and within, key economic sectors (electric power, industrial, commercial, residential and transportation). Providing a technical discussion of the application of common methodologies (e.g. cost-benefit analysis and lifecycle assessment), each chapter contains figures, charts and examples from each sector, including the policies that have been put in place to promote and incentivize the adoption of energy efficient technologies. - Contains models and tools to analyze each stage at the macro-level by tracking energy consumption and how the resulting data might change energy use - Includes accessible references and a glossary of common terms at the end of each chapter - Provides diagnostic figures, tables and schematics within the context of local, regional and national energy consumption and utilization

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Elsevier

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0128123168

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Managing In Emerging Market Economies

Cases From The Czech And Slovak Republics

By: Daniel S Fogel

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Managing In Emerging Market Economies

Cases From The Czech And Slovak Republics

By: Daniel S Fogel

Since 1989, east-central Europe has plunged headlong into reform efforts, and firms large and small have been forced almost overnight to adapt to the demands of a market economy. This book of case studies on business development in the Czech and Slovak Republics illustrates how various industries and specific companies are responding to the challen

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042971999X

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Cut Protective Textiles

By: Daniel (Xuedong) Li

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Cut Protective Textiles

By: Daniel (Xuedong) Li

Cut Protective Textiles is a comprehensive guide to the background theory, industrial testing methods, regulations, applications and material characteristics important to those working with cut protective textiles. This book will help readers understand the pitfalls of assessing cut performance and how to translate that understanding into innovative concepts for their research or product development. Detailed coverage of the properties of cut resistant textiles includes information on fibers, yarns and fabrics, providing a valuable resource for a wide range of researchers and practitioners. The book's comparisons will help clear up confusion caused by different testing methods. Finally, the inclusion of methodologies for the creation of cut protective articles will help readers make full use of this book in a practical setting. - Explains global testing standards in detail, also comparing their various strengths and weaknesses - Provides cut resistance performance information for different materials - Introduces the characteristics of the appropriate materials with supporting theory - Draws on industry best practice to create a detailed guide to making cut resistant products

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0128203919

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New Era of Global Competition

State Policy and Market Power

By: Daniel Drache,Meric S. Gertler

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New Era of Global Competition

State Policy and Market Power

By: Daniel Drache,Meric S. Gertler

The contributors first analyse recent public-sector initiatives that have altered the Canadian economy and transformed Canadian society. These include monetarist macroeconomic policies, a trade deal with the United States, and the increasing use of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms to make regulatory decisions. The contributors then analyse the consequences of these changes for some of Canada's key industries and for Canadian social policy, noting the conservative agenda's effect on workers' incomes, work conditions, social benefits, and the role of the state in the economy. The final chapters explore possible alternatives and the difficult but very real choices economic and social policy makers must make with respect to macroeconomic management, employment, industrial strategy, and the environment. The contributors to this volume are Isabella Bakker, Duncan Cameron, Stephen Clarkson, Marjorie Cohen, Robert Cox, Arthur Donner, Daniel Drache, Colin Duncan, Meric S. Gertler, John Holmes, Jeanne Laux, Rianne Mahon, Michael Mandel, Anthony Masi, Jon Morris, John Myles, Paul Phillips, Abraham Rotstein, Frank Tester, Bruce Wilkinson.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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077356277X

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Product and Process Design Principles

Synthesis, Analysis, and Evaluation

By: Warren D. Seider,Daniel R. Lewin,J. D. Seader,Soemantri Widagdo (Chemical engineer),Rafiqul Gani,Ka Ming Ng

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Product and Process Design Principles

Synthesis, Analysis, and Evaluation

By: Warren D. Seider,Daniel R. Lewin,J. D. Seader,Soemantri Widagdo (Chemical engineer),Rafiqul Gani,Ka Ming Ng

The new 4th edition of Seider’s 'Product and Process Design Principles : Synthesis, Analysis and Design' covers content for process design courses in the chemical engineering curriculum, showing how process design and product design are inter-linked and why studying the two is important for modern applications. A principal objective of this new edition is to describe modern strategies for the design of chemical products and processes, with an emphasis on a systematic approach. This fourth edition presents two parallel tracks : (1) product design ("what to make"), and (2) process design ("how to make"), with an emphasis on process design. Process design instructors can show easily how product designs lead to new chemical processes. Alternatively, product design can be taught in a separate course subsequent to the process design course."--adapted from description on publisher web site.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119282632

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Workers, Managers, and Technological Change

Emerging Patterns of Labor Relations

By: Daniel B. Cornfield

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Workers, Managers, and Technological Change

Emerging Patterns of Labor Relations

By: Daniel B. Cornfield

Workers, Managers, and Technological Change: Emerging Patterns of Labor Relations contributes significantly to an important subject. Technological change is one of the most powerful forces transforming the American industrial relations In fact, the synergistic relationships between technology and indus system. trial relations are so complex that they are not well or completely understood. We know that the impact of technology, while not independent of social forces, already has been profound: it has transformed occupations, creating new skills and destroying others; altered the power relationships between workers and managers; and changed the way workers learn and work. Tech nology also has made it possible to decentralize some economic activities out of large metropolitan areas and into small towns, rural areas, and other coun tries. Most important, information technology makes it possible for interna tional corporations to operate on a global basis. Indeed, some international corporations, especially those based in the United States, are losing their national identities, detaching the welfare of corporations from that of particu lar workers and communities. Internationalization, facilitated by information technology, has trans formed industrial relations systems. A major objective of the traditional American industrial relations system was to take labor out of competition.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1461318211

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The Tentacles of Progress

Technology Transfer in the Age of Imperialism, 1850-1940

By: Daniel R. Headrick

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The Tentacles of Progress

Technology Transfer in the Age of Imperialism, 1850-1940

By: Daniel R. Headrick

This penetrating examination of a paradox of colonial rule shows how the massive transfers of technology--including equipment, techniques, and experts--from the European imperial powers to their colonies in Asia and Africa resulted not in industrialization but in underdevelopment. Examining the most important technologies--shipping and railways, telegraphs and wireless, urban water supply and sewage disposal, economic botany and plantation agriculture, irrigation, and mining and metallurgy--Headrick provides a new perspective on colonial economic history and reopens the debate on the roots of Asian and African underdevelopment.

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Oxford University Press

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0190281499

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The British Military Revolution of the 19th Century

"The Great Gun Question" and the Modernization of Ordnance and Administration

By: Daniel R. LeClair

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The British Military Revolution of the 19th Century

"The Great Gun Question" and the Modernization of Ordnance and Administration

By: Daniel R. LeClair

From the Crimean War through the Second Boer War, the British Empire sought to solve the "Great Gun Question"--to harness improvements to ordnance, small arms, explosives and mechanization made possible by the Industrial Revolution. The British public played a surprising but overlooked role, offering myriad suggestions for improvements to the civilian-led War Office. Meanwhile, politicians and army leaders argued over control of the country's ground forces in a decades-long struggle that did not end until reforms of 1904 put the military under the Secretary of State for War. Following the debate in the press, voters put pressure on both Parliament and the War Office to modernize ordnance and military administration. The "Great Gun Question" was as much about weaponry as about who ultimately controlled military power. Drawing on ordnance committee records and contemporary news reports, this book fills a gap in the history of British military technology and army modernization prior to World War I.

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McFarland

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1476638594

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Better Things

Materials for Sustainable Product Design

By: Daniel Liden

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Better Things

Materials for Sustainable Product Design

By: Daniel Liden

How often have you seen a label on a product proclaiming it to be made from 'recycled material', 'bioplastic' or similar, without it giving any details of the concrete environmental benefits? What do these terms really mean? A drive for greater transparency and demonstrable environmental benefits is happening in product design, through emerging legislation and standards, and consumer demand for more sustainable products and unambiguous marketing. In Better Things: Materials for Sustainable Product Design, Daniel Liden seeks to tackle the lazy 'greenwashing' terminology we see every day, providing a guide for product designers, manufacturers and consumers wishing to make better and more informed decisions about materials. The book comprises six chapters devoted to material categories - plastics, textiles, metals, ceramics and glass, wood and paper - and a seventh chapter covering emerging sustainable technologies. Each chapter includes interviews with industry experts, as well as photos, diagrams, environmental impact data, general material properties and more.

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Laurence King Publishing

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1529419697

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Operations and Basic Processes in Ironmaking

By: José Ignacio Verdeja González,Daniel Fernández González,Luis Felipe Verdeja González

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Operations and Basic Processes in Ironmaking

By: José Ignacio Verdeja González,Daniel Fernández González,Luis Felipe Verdeja González

This textbook explores the production of pig iron, covering the first part of the steel production process, known as ironmaking. Divided into seven chapters, it discusses the following topics: raw materials for steel production (coking coal, iron ore, slag-forming agents and fluxes, scrap, ferroalloys and pre-reduced materials), the sintering process (used to prepare the burden for the blast furnace), the pelletizing process (used to agglomerate the fine iron ores), the production of coke (the main reductant in the ironmaking process), the production of iron by reduction with gas (an alternative to the blast furnace) and the production of pig iron in the blast furnace (which is used in more than 65% of steel production worldwide). Specially conceived for graduate and undergraduate courses, this book is based on more than 30 years of teaching experience in courses for undergraduates, graduates (master and Ph.D.) and industry professionals (technicians). It explores the recent trends in the iron- and steelmaking process (which might used in the future production of steel), and features 55 worked exercises and real-world problems to complement of the theoretical sections of the text.

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Springer Nature

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3030546063

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Operations and Basic Processes in Steelmaking

By: Luis Felipe Verdeja González,Daniel Fernández González,José Ignacio Verdeja González

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Operations and Basic Processes in Steelmaking

By: Luis Felipe Verdeja González,Daniel Fernández González,José Ignacio Verdeja González

This book describes the operations and industrial processes related to the production of steel. The chapters cover the second part of the iron and steelmaking process, called steelmaking, presenting the stages of the process until obtaining the finished steel product in different formats for distinct applications. This book reports significant operating variables of the processes and basic operations of the steelmaking. The chapters contain numerous solved exercises conceptually supported on the thermodynamic and kinetic fundamentals of the production of steel from the pig iron in the Basic Oxygen Furnace (BOF) and the production of steel and ferroalloys in Electric Arc Furnaces (EAF). The thermal and mechanic fundamentals of the hot rolling operations and the mechanical fundamentals of the cold rolling, forming, and wire drawing to obtain different steel products are also reported. The book summarizes the strengths and uncertainties of steel as a structural material.

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3030680002

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Managers and Workers

Origins of the Twentieth-Century Factory System in the United States, 1880–1920

By: Daniel Nelson

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Managers and Workers

Origins of the Twentieth-Century Factory System in the United States, 1880–1920

By: Daniel Nelson

During the early years of this century, the classic factory system of the industrial revolution evolved rapidly into a new, identifiable form that would characterize American and world industry for most of the twentieth century. This transformation, as important for industrial managers, workers, and consumers as the initial creation of the factory, is the subject of Daniel Nelson’s illuminating synthesis, updated and expanded to include the scholarship of recent decades. This edition of Managers and Workers describes the interrelations between technological and organizational innovation, including such familiar developments as the spread of mass production and the emergence of scientific management, and other developments that were little known when the first edition of this book appeared, such as the revolution in factory architecture, the changing role of the foreman, and the spread of personnel work. The volume also incorporates the best scholarship of the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, some of it stimulated by Managers and Workers, and includes a new chapter on the role of organized labor in the early twentieth-century factory. The focus of the work, however, remains the individual managers and workers who created the twentieth-century factory system. The preeminent historian of the American business firm, Alfred D. Chandler Jr. reviewed the first edition of Managers and Workers in The Journal of Economic History, predicting that this book would “long remain the standard work on the origins of the American factory.” The second edition will make that prediction true for the 1990s and beyond.

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Univ of Wisconsin Press

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0299148831

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Green Walls in High-Rise Buildings

An output of the CTBUH Sustainability Working Group

By: Antony Wood, Payam Bahrami & Daniel Safarik,The Images Publishing Group

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Green Walls in High-Rise Buildings

An output of the CTBUH Sustainability Working Group

By: Antony Wood, Payam Bahrami & Daniel Safarik,The Images Publishing Group

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat has produced four Technical Guides to date, since the series launched in late 2012. Each of these guides is the product of a CTBUH Working Group—committees formed specifically to address focused topical subjects in the industry. The intention of each guide is the same—to provide working knowledge to the typical building owner or professional who wants a better understanding of available options for improving tall buildings, and what affects their design. The object of the series is to provide a tool-kit for the creation of better-performing tall buildings, and to spread the understanding of the considerations that need to be made in designing tall. This technical guide offers an extensive overview of the use of vertical vegetation in high-rise buildings, an indepth analysis of green walls, definitions and typology, including standards, policies and incentives. It features comprehensive case studies, along with architectural theories of the public and private benefits of green walls. The book delves into architect-design considerations and limitations, the effects of green walls on energy efficiencies and includes recommendations and future research.

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1864705930

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Disruption in Detroit

Autoworkers and the Elusive Postwar Boom

By: Daniel J. Clark

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Disruption in Detroit

Autoworkers and the Elusive Postwar Boom

By: Daniel J. Clark

It is a bedrock American belief: the 1950s were a golden age of prosperity for autoworkers. Flush with high wages and enjoying the benefits of generous union contracts, these workers became the backbone of a thriving blue-collar middle class. It is also a myth. Daniel J. Clark began by interviewing dozens of former autoworkers in the Detroit area and found a different story--one of economic insecurity caused by frequent layoffs, unrealized contract provisions, and indispensable second jobs. Disruption in Detroit is a vivid portrait of workers and an industry that experienced anything but stable prosperity. As Clark reveals, the myths--whether of rising incomes or hard-nosed union bargaining success--came later. In the 1950s, ordinary autoworkers, union leaders, and auto company executives recognized that although jobs in their industry paid high wages, they were far from steady and often impossible to find.

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University of Illinois Press

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0252050754

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9780252050756

International Business Transactions

Problems, Cases, and Materials

By: Daniel C.K. Chow,Thomas J. Schoenbaum

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International Business Transactions

Problems, Cases, and Materials

By: Daniel C.K. Chow,Thomas J. Schoenbaum

Focusing on private international business transactions, International Business Transactions: Problems, Cases, and Materials, Fourth Edition covers the planning, structure, and implementation of transactions in today’s global economy. New to the Fourth Edition: New materials on the International Chamber of Commerce’s Incoterms 2020 coming into effect on January 1, 2020 Additional discussion of China’s new Foreign Investment Law coming into effect on January 1, 2020 A Discussion of the recent U.S. trade sanctions against China and other trading partners and the rise of U.S. economic nationalism Updates regarding recent changes in U.S. tax policy affecting foreign investment, including the Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017 Updates to all statistics, tables legislative and treaty changes to the most currently available data Professors and students will benefit from: Compact but comprehensive coverage of the subject. This book covers both international business planning and international litigation. Thorough coverage of the United Nations Convention on International Sales of Goods. Practical knowledge of the types of international business transactions. Knowledge for how to handle international business litigation and arbitration. An understanding of international sales and investment transactions.

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Aspen Publishing

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154382238X

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Routledge Revivals: Defence Industries (1988)

A Global Perspective

By: Daniel Todd

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Routledge Revivals: Defence Industries (1988)

A Global Perspective

By: Daniel Todd

Originally published in 1989 Defence Industries presents a worldwide survey of defence industries. It argues that modern weapon systems and electronic warfare have led to the transition of the military-industrial enterprise into a multifaceted entity where electronics production is the key. It analyses the extent of defence industries, showing that large portions of the aerospace, shipbuilding, motor vehicle and electronics industries are devoted to defence and discusses where the defence industries are located. It examines the differences in government policies, contrasting the superpowers, with newly industrialised countries.

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1351009826

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Energy Futures

The Story of Fossil Fuel, Greenhouse Gas, and Climate Change

By: Daniel Soeder

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Energy Futures

The Story of Fossil Fuel, Greenhouse Gas, and Climate Change

By: Daniel Soeder

The objective of this book is to help readers better understand the links between fossil fuel, greenhouse gas, and climate change in a clear, explanatory format. It avoids sensationalism and politics, using plain language to explain the details of the science, how the science works, and how we know what we know. It describes the history of fossil fuels, why fossil fuel combustion products are a problem, and what must be done to address the impacts on climate. It provides details about a number of energy engineering solutions to replace fossil fuels and technology called geoengineering that can cool the planet and directly remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. Some of these technologies can be implemented almost immediately, and others may be applied in the future. Many young people are pessimistic about the future and prepared to give up on addressing climate change. The book strives to maintain hope throughout that humanity can solve this and other environmental problems. The climate crisis was caused by human engineering, and human engineering can fix it. The goal is to produce informed readers that can have responsible discussions with their political leaders about implementing solutions to climate change.

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3031153812

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South Korea

A Socioeconomic Overview from the Past to Present

By: Daniel J. Schwekendiek

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South Korea

A Socioeconomic Overview from the Past to Present

By: Daniel J. Schwekendiek

During the second half of the twentieth century, an economic boom, driven by advances in technology, has led South Korea to become the world’s fastest growing economy. But, there were also social factors associated with this shift. In this book, Daniel J. Schwekendiek examines South Korea’s socioeconomic evolution since the 1940s. After a brief introduction to Korean history from the late Joseon Dynasty to the division of the Korean peninsula into two occupied zones in 1945, the focus of the book shifts to the rapid socioeconomic development and change that took place in South Korea in the twentieth century. Topics covered include demography, rural-urban development, economic planning, and international trade, in addition to lower and higher education. Important, but understudied areas, such as social capital, nutritional improvements, the rise of capitalist consumerism, and recent nation branding issues, are also addressed. Rarely has a resource incorporated such unique macro-historical perspectives of South Korea, especially in the context of social development. Throughout the book, the author corroborates historical events with empirical data. With over one hundred figures and illustrations, suggested readings at the end of each chapter, and comparisons with North Korea, South Korea will be a crucial reference work for scholars and advanced students in Korean and East Asian Studies.

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Transaction Publishers

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1412863686

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Minimal Art

By: Daniel Marzona

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Minimal Art

By: Daniel Marzona

The bare minimum Often regarded as a backlash against abstract expressionism, Minimalism was characterized by simplified, stripped-down forms and materials used to express ideas in a direct and impersonal manner. By presenting artworks as simple objects, minimalist artists sought to communicate esthetic ideals without reference to expressive or historical themes. This critical movement, which began in the 1960s and branched out into land art, performance art, and conceptual art, is still a major influence today. This book explains the how, why, where and when of Minimal Art, and the artists who helped define it. Featured artists: Carl Andre, Stephen Antonakos, Jo Baer, Larry Bell, Ronald Bladen, Walter De Maria, Dan Flavin, Robert Grosvenor, Eva Hesse, Donald Judd, Gary Kuehn, Sol LeWitt, Robert Mangold, John McCracken, Robert Morris, Robert Ryman, Fred Sandback, Richard Serra, Tony Smith, Frank Stella, Robert Smithson, Anne Truitt About the Series: Each book in TASCHEN's Basic Genre Series features: a detailed illustrated introduction plus a timeline of the most important political, cultural and social events that took place during that period a selection of the most important works of the epoch, each of which is presented on a 2-page spread with a full-page image and with an interpretation of the respective work, plus a portrait and brief biography of the artist approximately 100 colour illustrations with explanatory captions

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