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Although three decades have passed since the first publication of this book, it is reprinted now as a result of popular demand. The content remains up-to-date and interesting for many researchers as is shown by the many references to it in current publications. The author is one of the leading experts of the field and gives an authoritative trea...

Examines the changes that have occurred in the aftermath of European colonization of the globe from 1492-1947. Ranging widely over the major themes, regions, theories and practices of postcolonial study today, the volume presents essays by leading proponents of postcolonial study.

An enormous amount of scientific research compels two fundamental conclusions about the human...

Why do consumers buy particular products, brands and services? How do they think and feel about their cravings? This book provides provocative answers to all these questions. Formerly only available in Hardback.

This Brief looks at the illustrative case of the Hindu-Muslim conflict in India, with the aim of understanding the dynamics of lived secularism as it exists in traditional multi-faith societies such as India. The data analyzed in this Brief comprise many interviews, conducted amidst Hindus and Muslims, with respondents of both sexes living in sl...

Stochastic Optimal Control (SOC)?a mathematical theory concerned with minimizing a cost (or maximizing a payout) pertaining to a controlled dynamic process under uncertainty?has proven incredibly helpful to understanding and predicting debt crises and evaluating proposed financial regulation and risk management. Stochastic Optimal Control and t...

The purpose of this book is to present a modern account of mapping theory with emphasis on quasiconformal mapping and its generalizations. The modulus method was initiated by Arne Beurling and Lars Ahlfors to study conformal mappings, and later this method was extended and enhanced by several others. The techniques are geometric and they have tu...

The amount and variety of waste that humanity dumps in landfill sites is nothing short of a scandal, believes Rafat Siddique, of Deemed University in Patiala, India. Instead, we ought to be building new homes out of it! Siddique shows in this important book that many non-hazardous waste materials and by-products which are landfilled, can in fact...

Takes a look at the media industry and the strategies for media promotion and marketing. This book explores the scope and goals of media production from the perspectives of network and local television, cable, Internet and radio. It includes topics such as: goals of promotion; research in promotion; on-air, print, Web message design; and more.