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Suburban Sahibs

By: S. Mitra Kalita

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Focuses on three waves of immigration in the post-civil rights era through the stories of three families: the Kotharis, Patels and Sarmas. This book attempts to answer the question of how and why they arrived, and it offers a window into what America has become; a nation of suburbs as well as a nation of immigrants.

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Rutgers University Press

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0813536650

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9780813536651

Suburban Sahibs

Three Immigrant Families and Their Passage from India to America

By: S. Mitra Kalita

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Suburban Sahibs

Three Immigrant Families and Their Passage from India to America

By: S. Mitra Kalita

This book sheds new light on the pursuit of the American dream for the estimated 1.7 million Indians living in the United States. Suburban Sahibs delves into how immigration has altered the American suburb, and how the suburb, in turn, has altered the immigrant." "America has long been a destination for newcomers seeking better lives. In recent years, immigration by South Asians to the United States has increased dramatically, doubling between the 1990 and 2000 censuses. Unlike most of the European immigrants of the last century, however, many South Asians are moving directly to the suburbs rather than settling in large cities." "S. Mitra Kalita focuses on three waves of modern-day immigration through the stories of three families: the Kotharis, Patels, and Sahibs. Readers learn why these families decided to leave India, experience the tensions they encountered upon their arrival in the U.S. and witness the realities of life here for South Asians."--BOOK JACKET. Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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0813558867

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9780813558868

Environmental Chemical Analysis

By: S. Mitra,B.B. Kebbekus

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Environmental Chemical Analysis

By: S. Mitra,B.B. Kebbekus

The study of the environment requires the reliable and accurate measurement of extremely small quantities of chemicals and the ability to determine if they are pollutants or naturally occurring species. Historically, a "dilute and disperse" method of waste disposal has been accepted; yet as we learn the long-term consequences of such an approach, it is clear that more rigorous waste management techniques are necessary to understand the sources and fates of contaminants and to regulate their discharge. This volume presents the details of the basic analytical science involved in making these measurements. It concentrates on the basic principles of sampling and sample preparation, followed by the chemical principles of the major instrumental methods used in chemical analysis, and detailed discussions of the major environmental matrices. This book also provides coverage of topics usually only partially discussed in textbooks, such as quality assurance plans and statistical data handling. Students majoring in environmental sciences need a foundation in measurement techniques used in the field. Environmental Chemical Analysis gives students a thorough grounding in this field and enough information to judge the quality and interpret the information produced in the analytical laboratory.

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348

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CRC Press

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1351991531

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9781351991537

High Pressure Geochemistry & Mineral Physics

Basics for Planetology and Geo-Material Science

By: S. Mitra

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High Pressure Geochemistry & Mineral Physics

Basics for Planetology and Geo-Material Science

By: S. Mitra

Significant achievements have been made at the cross-roads of physics and planetary science. In the second half of the twentieth century, the discipline of planetary sciences has witnessed three major episodes which have revolutionized its approach and content: (i) the plate-tectonic theory, (ii) human landing and discoveries in planetary astronomy and (iii) the extraordinary technical advancement in high P-T studies, which have been abetted by a vast improvement in computational methods. Using these new computational methods, such as first principles including ab initio models, calculations have been made for the electronic structure, bonding, thermal EOS, elasticity, melting, thermal conductivity and diffusivity. In this monograph, the boundaries of the definitions of a petrologist, geochemist, geophysicist or a mineralogist have been willfully eliminated to bring them all under the spectrum of "high-pressure geochemistry" when they deal with any material (quintessentially a chemical assemblage) - terrestrial or extraterrestrial - under the conditions of high-pressure and temperature. Thus, a petrologist using a spectrometer or any instrument for high-pressure studies of a rock or a mineral, or a geochemist using them for chemical synthesis and characterization, is better categorized as a "high-pressure geochemist" rather than any other kind of disciplinarian.The contents of this monograph bring together, under one cover, apparently disparate disciplines like solid-earth geophysics and geochemistry as well as material science and condensed-matter physics to present a thorough overview of high pressure geochemistry. Indeed, such interdisciplinary activities led to the discovery of new phenomena such as high P-T behaviour in metal oxides (e.g. Mott transition), novel transitions such as amorphization, changes in order-disorder in crystals and the anomalous properties of oxide melts.

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Elsevier

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008045822X

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9780080458229

Mercury in the Ecosystem

By: S. Mitra

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Mercury in the Ecosystem

By: S. Mitra

This comprehensive treatise on the environmental dispersion of mercury emphasizes the importance of "mercury-consciousness" in the present-day world, where rapidly expanding metallurgical, chemical, and other industrial developments are causing widespread contamination of the atmosphere, soil, and water by this metal and its toxic organic derivatives.

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Trans Tech Publications Ltd

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3035739625

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9783035739626

Fiber Optics

Advances in Research and Development

By: Bernard Bendow,Shashanka S. Mitra

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Fiber Optics

Advances in Research and Development

By: Bernard Bendow,Shashanka S. Mitra

In June 1978 the University of Rhode Island conducted a three-day short course on Recent Advances in Fiber Optics. followed by a two-day conference on the Physics of Fiber Optics. The course contained over a dozen lectures spanning a wide range of subject matter from fundamental theory to operational systems. presented by well-known scientists from industry. government and academic institutions. The conference. on the other hand. emphasized basic research on fiber optics and related subjects. This volume contains both papers presented at the conference. as well as the majority of the lectures from the course (the written versions were solicited on a voluntary basis for this volume). In some cases the papers in this volume represent expanded or otherwise modified versions of the original presentations. One of the principal aims of the conference was promulgation of novel and/or unconventional concepts. For this reason. the papers in this volume cover subjects such as bistable optical switches. fiber acoustic sensors. extruded infrared fibers. compressively coated glass fibers. and soliton propagation in fibers.

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Springer

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1468434934

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My Two Indias

A Journey to the Ends of Opportunity

By: S. Mitra Kalita

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My Two Indias

A Journey to the Ends of Opportunity

By: S. Mitra Kalita

Autobiographical reminiscences of the journalist of Indian origin about her experiences in India and the United States.

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935029012X

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9789350290125

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Suburban Sahibs

Suburban Sahibs

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Suburban Sahibs

Environmental Chemical Analysis

Environmental Chemical Analysis

High Pressure Geochemistry & Mineral Physics

High Pressure Geochemistry & Mineral Physics

Mercury in the Ecosystem

Mercury in the Ecosystem

Fiber Optics

Fiber Optics

My Two Indias

My Two Indias

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