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Reconsidering Colonial Heritage in West African Cities Urban Space in Cape Verde Senegal and The Gambia

The material heritage of the colonial era is built into Africa’s cities from their urban layouts to their architecture monuments and street names. This book discusses the varying responses to colonial heritage in West African cities with a particular focus on the case studies of Praia in Cape Verde Dakar in Senegal and Banjul in The Gambia. Europeans tended to focus on cities as centres of administration and they were often both the starting points for settlement and the locations in which power was formally handed over to new African governments. Colonialism in Praia Dakar and Banjul was abolished at different times under different colonial powers (Portuguese French and British) and amongst vastly different conditions of unrest. Based on extensive original research this book demonstrates that the contemporary approach to the contentious issue of urban colonial heritage is often determined by metropolis-colony relationship before decolonisation postcolonial diplomatic relations as well as present-day political decisions. The book uncovers a rich relationship between politics and urban space and between new and old. Combining insights from political sciences history critical geography heritage studies and urban planning this book will be of interest to a wide range of researchers. | Reconsidering Colonial Heritage in West African Cities Urban Space in Cape Verde Senegal and The Gambia

GBP 130.00

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Masonry Design

Masonry is found extensively in construction throughout the world. It is economical and strong. Masonry Design—part of the Architect’s Guidebook to Structures series—presents the fundamentals in an accessible fashion through beautiful illustrations simple and complete examples and from the perspective of practicing professionals with hundreds of projects under their belt and decades of teaching experience. Masonry Design provides the student with and reminds the practitioner of fundamental masonry design principles. Beginning with an intriguing case study of the Mesa Verde National Park visitor center the subsequent chapters present the fundamentals of masonry design bending shear compression design wind and seismic design and connection design. It is a refreshing change in textbooks for architectural materials courses and is an indispensable reference for practicing architects.

GBP 31.99

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Ecological Epistemologies and Spiritualities in Brazilian Ecovillages In the Labyrinth of an Environmental Anthropology

This book brings together ethnographic field research on four permacultural ecovillages in Brazil to highlight the importance of spirituality and ecological epistemologies as key analytical tools. It demonstrates that ecological spirituality can and should be understood beyond the dichotomy of personal and political between people and nature in the field of environmental anthropology. The book uses a broad philosophical methodology based on the phenomenological theories of Maurice Merleau-Ponty Tim Ingold and Alfred Schutz combined with post-structuralist conceptions of the relationship between person and world individual and society. The field research consisted of ethnographic travel observation and recorded dialogue with individuals based in each ecovillage: Arca Verde situated in Campos de Cima da Serra; Vrinda Bhumi a Vaishnava ecovillage in Baependi-MG; Goura Vrindavana a Vaishnava ecovillage in Paraty-RJ; and Muriqui Assu Ecovillage Project a secular ecovillage in Niterói-RJ. Throughout the book ethnographic research is woven together with poetic interludes images personal narrative experience and phenomenological theory bringing a new understanding and approach to environmental anthropology as a discipline. Including a Preface written by Tim Ingold it will appeal to academics researchers and upper-level students in phenomenology environmental philosophy environmental anthropology religious studies and social sciences more broadly. | Ecological Epistemologies and Spiritualities in Brazilian Ecovillages In the Labyrinth of an Environmental Anthropology

GBP 48.99

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Contemporary Lusophone African Film Transnational Communities and Alternative Modernities

Offering a range of critical perspectives on a vibrant body of films this collection of essays engages with questions specific to the various cinemas and films addressed while putting forward an argument for their inclusion in current debates on world cinema. The collection brings together 11 chapters by recognized scholars who analyze a variety of films and videos from Angola Cape Verde Guiné-Bissau and Mozambique. It also includes an interview with Pedro Pimenta one of the most distinguished African film festival organizers. Drawing on various theoretical perspectives the volume strives to reverse the relative invisibility that has afflicted these cinemas arguing that most if not all Lusophone films are transnational in all aspects of production acting and reception. The initial three chapters sketch broad comparative overviews and suggest theoretical approaches while the ensuing chapters focus on specific case studies and discuss a number of key issues such as the convergence of film with politics the question of gender and violence as well as the revisiting of the period immediately following independence. Attention is given to fiction documentary films and recent short alternative video productions that are overlooked by more traditional channels. The book stresses the need to pay attention to the significance of African film and Lusophone African film in particular within the developing field of world cinema. Bringing together general overviews historical considerations detailed case studies and focused theoretical reflections this book is a significant volume for students and researchers in film studies especially African Lusophone cultural studies and world cinema. | Contemporary Lusophone African Film Transnational Communities and Alternative Modernities

GBP 130.00

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Secure and Resilient Software Requirements Test Cases and Testing Methods

Secure and Resilient Software: Requirements Test Cases and Testing Methods provides a comprehensive set of requirements for secure and resilient software development and operation. It supplies documented test cases for those requirements as well as best practices for testing nonfunctional requirements for improved information assurance. This resource-rich book includes:Pre-developed nonfunctional requirements that can be reused for any software development project Documented test cases that go along with the requirements and can be used to develop a Test Plan for the softwareTesting methods that can be applied to the test cases provided Downloadable resources with all security requirements and test cases as well as MS Word versions of the checklists requirements and test cases covered in the bookOffering ground-level already-developed software nonfunctional requirements and corresponding test cases and methods this book will help to ensure that your software meets its nonfunctional requirements for security and resilience. The accompanying downloadable resources filled with helpful checklists and reusable documentation provides you with the tools needed to integrate security into the requirements analysis design and testing phases of your software development lifecycle. Some Praise for the Book:This book pulls together the state of the art in thinking about this important issue in a holistic way with several examples. It takes you through the entire lifecycle from conception to implementation . . —Doug Cavit Chief Security Strategist Microsoft Corporation. provides the reader with the tools necessary to jump-start and mature security within the software development lifecycle (SDLC). —Jeff Weekes Sr. Security Architect at Terra Verde Services. full of useful insights and practical advice from two au | Secure and Resilient Software Requirements Test Cases and Testing Methods

GBP 56.99

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A History of Radioecology

This book presents a history of radioecology from World War II through to the critical years of the Cold War finishing with a discussion of recent developments and future implications for the field. Drawing on a vast array of primary sources the book reviews synthesizes and discusses the implications of the ecological research supported by the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) of the United States government from World War II to the early 1970s. This was a critical period in the history of ecology characterized by a transition from the older largely descriptive studies of communities of plants and animals to the modern form of the science involving functional studies of energy flow and mineral cycling in ecosystems. This transition was in large part due to the development of radioecology which was a by-product of the Cold War and the need to understand and predict the consequences of a nuclear war that was planned but has never occurred. The book draws on important case studies such as the Pacific Proving Grounds the Nevada Test Site El Verde in Puerto Rico the Brookhaven National Laboratory and recent events such as the nuclear disasters at Chernobyl and Fukushima. By revisiting studies and archived information from the Cold War era this book offers lessons from the history of radioecology to provide background and perspective for understanding possible present-day impacts from issues of radiation risks associated with nuclear power generation and waste disposal. Post-Cold War developments in radioecology will be also reviewed and contrasted with the AEC-supported ecology research for further perspectives. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of radioecology environmental pollution environmental technology bioscience and environmental history.

GBP 34.99

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European Destiny Atlantic Transformations Portuguese Foreign Policy Under the Second Republic 1979-1992

With the fall of its centuries-old empire in 1974-1975 Portugal embarked on a transitional period that reconciled a long tradition of acting out national interests overseas with the need to integrate itself into Western Europe. The result has been a deemphasis on various Atlantic and colonial linkages and the forging of a new and highly successful European identity within the framework of the European Community. In European Destiny Atlantic Transformations Scott B. MacDonald offers a comprehensive analysis of Portugal's foreign policy and its highly successful venture in economic and political transformation. Although Portugal is firm in its committment to a European destiny it has not turned its back on relations with the United States and its former colonies hi Africa and Asia. MacDonald traces the evolution of U. S. Portuguese cooperation along economic cultural and military lines and shows how NATO has played a pivotal role in the process. This was most recently underscored when the U. S. made extensive use of the Azores during the Gulf War against Iraq. Likewise in its ties with the Lusophone countries formerly under its control - Cape Verde Guinea-Bissau S - o Tom and Princip - Portugal has sought to improve political relations and act as a peacemaker in regional conflicts such as those in East Timor Angola and Mozambique. The scope of MacDonald's work takes in issues posed to Portugal by new foreign policy concerns that range from the breakup of the Soviet Union to the rise of Islamic fundamentalism in North Africa and the Middle East. He points out that in a world of rapidly shifting political and economic alignments Portugal provides a representative model of a relatively small nation that has undergone succesful economic reform while deepening its committment to its new democratic system. As such the Portuguese model is instructive for newly emerging democracies of Eastern Europe and Latin America. European Destiny Atlantic Transformations is an important addition to the literature on post-Cold War politics. It will be read by historians economists and foreign policy specialists. | European Destiny Atlantic Transformations Portuguese Foreign Policy Under the Second Republic 1979-1992

GBP 24.99

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