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Barbed Wire Capitalism and the Enclosure of the Commons

A call to transform the way we think about property this book examines how capitalism has from its origins sought to enclose or privatize the commons or land and other forms of property that had been viewed as communally owned and argues that neoliberal economic policies and the corporate takeovers of urban spaces prisons schools the mass media farms and natural resources have failed to serve the public interest. A study of corporate globalization and the continuation of empire after the era of political decolonization it begins with the fencing of the West starting in the 1870s and moves to examine recent phenomena such as urbanization mass incarceration financialization and the treatment of people as commodities in the context of the longue durée of land enclosures empire and capitalism. Highlighting the threatened elimination of the public domain as a result of corporate efforts to privatize public utilities prisons schools forests seeds and just about everything else that can yield a profit Barbed Wire: Capitalism and the Enclosure of the Commons asks what it would mean if instead of either private or public property our most fundamental conception of property were communal. Would a redefinition of property from a community perspective lead us beyond the military-industrial complex? | Barbed Wire Capitalism and the Enclosure of the Commons

GBP 36.99

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Ethnomusicology of the Flathead Indians

All people in no matter what culture must be able to place their music firmly in the context of the totality of their beliefs experiences and activities for without such ties music cannot exist. This means that there must be a body of theory connected with any music system - not necessarily a theory of the structure of music sound although that may be present as well but rather a theory of what music is what it does and how it is coordinated with the total environment both natural and cultural in which human beings move. The Flathead Indians of Western Montana (just over 26 000 in number as of the 2000 census) inhabit a reservation consisting of 632 516 acres of land in the Jocko and Flathead Valleys and the Camas Prairie country which lie roughly between Evaro and Kalispell Montana. The reservation is bounded on the east by the Mission Range on the west by the Cabinet National Forest on the south by the Lolo National Forest and on the north by an arbitrary line approximately bisecting Flathead Lake about twenty-four miles south of Kalispell. The area is one of the richest agricultural regions in Montana and fish and game are abundant. The Flathead are engaged in stocking timbering and various agricultural enterprises. For the Flathead the most important single fact about music and its relationship to the total world is its origin in the supernatural sphere. All true and proper songs particularly in the past owe their origin to a variety of contacts experienced by humans with beings which though a part of this world are superhuman and the source of both individual and tribal powers and skills. Thus a sharp distinction is drawn by the Flathead between what they call make-up and all other songs. Merriam's pioneering work in the relationship of ethnography and musicology remains a primary source in this field in anthropology. | Ethnomusicology of the Flathead Indians

GBP 130.00

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The Work-Smart Academic Planner Revised Edition (Wire-Bound Paperback) Write It Down Get It Done

From executive skills experts Peg Dawson and Richard Guare the 8 ½” x 11” academic planner that has helped thousands of students in grades 6–12 is now revised and updated. It provides an all-in-one resource for keeping track of assignments and due dates while developing the crucial executive skills needed to succeed in school and beyond. Students are given the tools to get organized manage their time learn study strategies create daily/weekly study plans and stay on track. They are also guided to evaluate their own executive skills in order to target their weaknesses and capitalize on strengths. In addition to simplified planner pages the revised edition has an improved Studying for Tests form. User-friendly features: *Convenient spiral binding. *Three-hole punched to fit in a binder (with a new slimmer profile). *Reproducible planning forms that can be downloaded and printed for repeated use. *Undated daily and monthly calendars for one academic year. *Online-only User's Guide for school psychologists educators coaches and parents (www. guilford. com/work-smart-guide). See also the authors' Coaching Students with Executive Skills Deficits which provides additional resources and guidance for professionals working with this population plus the authoritative Executive Skills in Children and Adolescents Third Edition. Also from Dawson and Guare: Smart but Scattered parenting guides and a self-help guide for adults. | The Work-Smart Academic Planner Revised Edition (Wire-Bound Paperback) Write It Down Get It Done

GBP 14.99

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Kinderculture The Corporate Construction of Childhood

America is a corporatized society defined by a culture of consumerism and the youth market is one of the groups that corporations target most. By marketing directly to children through television movies radio video games toys books and fast food advertisers have produced a 'kinderculture'. In this eye-opening book editor Shirley R. Steinberg reveals the profound impact that our purchasing-obsessed culture has on our children and argues that the experience of childhood has been reshaped into something that is prefabricated. Analyzing the pervasive influence of these corporate productions top experts in the fields of education sociology communications and cultural studies contribute incisive essays that students parents educators and general readers will find insightful and entertaining. Including seven new chapters this third edition is thoroughly updated with examinations of the icons that shape the values and consciousness of today's children including Twilight True Blood and vampires hip hop Hannah Montana Disney and others. | Kinderculture The Corporate Construction of Childhood

GBP 130.00

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Power Quality Issues Current Harmonics

Power Quality Issues: Current Harmonics provides solutions for the mitigation of power quality problems related to harmonics. Focusing on active power filters (APFs) due to their excellent harmonic and reactive power compensation in two-wire (single phase) three-wire (three-phase without neutral) and four-wire (three-phase with neutral) AC power networks with nonlinear loads the text:Introduces the APF technology describing various APF configurations and offering guidelines for the selection of APFs for specific application considerationsCompares shunt active filter (SHAF) control strategies for extracting three-phase reference currents evaluating their performance under a number of source voltage conditions using a proportional-integral (PI) controllerPresents PI controller-based SHAF instantaneous active and reactive power (p-q) and instantaneous active and reactive current (Id-Iq) control strategies supplying detailed MATLAB®/Simulink simulation resultsProposes SHAF control strategies using type 1 and type 2 fuzzy logic controllers (FLCs) with different fuzzy membership functions (MFs) analyzing their harmonic mitigation and DC link voltage regulationVerifies the proposed type 2 FLC-based SHAF control strategies with trapezoidal triangular and Gaussian fuzzy MFs using RT-LAB a real-time digital simulation software from OPAL-RT TechnologiesPower Quality Issues: Current Harmonics is a useful resource for those tackling electrical power quality challenges. The compensation techniques described in this book alleviate harmonic issues that can distort voltage waveforms fry a building’s wiring trigger nuisance tripping overheat transformer units and cause random end-user equipment failure. | Power Quality Issues Current Harmonics

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Three-Phase Electrical Power

Three-Phase Electrical Power addresses all aspects of three-phase power circuits. The book treats the transmission of electrical power from the common sources where it is generated to locations where it is consumed. At typical facilities where electrical power is used the book covers the important topics of grounding currents power demand metering circuit protection motors motor protection power factor correction tariffs electrical drawings and relays. Included in the text are the necessary methods of computing currents and power in all possible types of circuit applications as those that are balanced unbalanced leading lagging three-wire and four-wire. Focusing on electrical gear programs and issues related to the generation and use of three-phase electrical power this contemporary educational guide:Uses simple straightforward language to explain key concepts and their underlying theoryIntroduces numerous examples illustrations and photographs to aid in comprehensionEmploys phasor concepts throughout the text to aid in the analysis of three-phase circuitsEncourages applied learning by supplying practical problems at the end of each chapterProvides extensive references and a glossary of symbols acronyms and equationsThree-Phase Electrical Power delivers a much-needed modern-day treatment of three-phase electrical power for electrical engineering students and practitioners alike.

GBP 52.99

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Fabrication

Packed with stunning images this is an indispensable visual guide illustrating and explaining current fabrication processes and material transformation. Providing a documentary of an eclectic range of fabrication techniques this is the ideal reference for designers who wish to learn more about the materials and current technologies in material production available to them. Featuring the work of 12 fabricators based in the UK the case studies displayed range from manufacture of complex wire rope the processes of metal spinning large-scale composite casting to computer controlled sheet steel fabrication. With a full knowledge of how the materials are transformed this book provides readers with a greater ability to employ material processes for their own designs and to better understand material fabrication. This is a book that provides information on contemporary technology and design inspiration in abundance.

GBP 130.00

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Industrial Communication Technology Handbook

Featuring contributions from major technology vendors industry consortia and government and private research establishments the Industrial Communication Technology Handbook Second Edition provides comprehensive and authoritative coverage of wire- and wireless-based specialized communication networks used in plant and factory automation automotive applications avionics building automation energy and power systems train applications and more. New to the Second Edition: 46 brand-new chapters and 21 substantially revised chapters Inclusion of the latest most significant developments in specialized communication technologies and systems Addition of new application domains for specialized networks The Industrial Communication Technology Handbook Second Edition supplies readers with a thorough understanding of the application-specific requirements for communication services and their supporting technologies. It is useful to a broad spectrum of professionals involved in the conception design development standardization and use of specialized communication networks as well as academic institutions engaged in engineering education and vocational training.

GBP 94.99

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Executive Team Leadership in the Global Economic and Competitive Environment

Corporations have continued to grow and extend their operations into the global economy to the point that the modern corporation has become larger and more influential than many sovereign countries. In this global expansion corporations have extended their operations with little restraint—almost only limited by corporate lawyers’ imaginations. Modern corporations have become so pervasive; world populations are more dependent on them for their food services technologies work and daily well-being than ever before. This book analyzes the twenty-first century forces challenging the executive leadership of the modern corporation. Lessons are drawn for corporate leaders facing these challenges: turbulent times balancing creators and stewards managing company culture managing by wire incorporating global virtual organization structures and managing sustained innovation. Nolan concludes with guidelines on creating a leadership agenda for transforming the corporation to successfully compete in the realities of the new corporate world of the twenty-first century. | Executive Team Leadership in the Global Economic and Competitive Environment

GBP 42.99

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Analysis of Grounding and Bonding Systems

Learn the theory behind grounding systems and bonding equipotential connections from a worldwide expert. Through mathematical analysis comprehensive explanations and detailed figures Analysis of Grounding and Bonding Systems explains the theory and the reasons behind basic ground-electrodes (i. e. the sphere the ground rod and the horizontal ground wire) and more complex grounding systems (i. e. ground-grids) buried in uniform and non-uniform soils. Through calculations and explanatory diagrams this comprehensive guide provides code-complying solutions for the safety against electric shock provided by equipotential bonding connections between exposed-conductive-parts such as equipment enclosures and metalwork. Details on the calculation of step and touch voltages in different types of system grounding (i. e. TT TN and IT) are provided also with the aid of solved problems. Readers will learn how to minimize hazardous interactions between grounding systems cathodically protected pipelines and heat networks. The analysis of the effectiveness of bonding systems against electric shock in the case of contact with electric vehicles during charge in the event of ground-faults which is an upcoming issue challenging our safety is included.

GBP 54.99

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Material Modeling in Finite Element Analysis

Finite element analysis has been widely applied in mechanical civil and biomedical designs. This new edition provides the readers with comprehensive views of various material models through practical examples which will help them better understand various materials and build appropriate material models in finite element analysis. Material Modeling in Finite Element Analysis Second Edition consists of four main parts: (1) metals (2) polymers (3) soils and (4) modern materials. Each part starts with the structure and function of different materials and then follows the corresponding material models and the temperature and time effects on the material models. The final part focuses on user subroutines such as UserMat and UserHyper. This book presents some specific problems including the metal-forming process combustion room Mullins effect of rubber tires viscoelasticity of liver soft tissues small punch test tunnel excavation slope stability concrete slump test orthodontic wire and piezoelectric microaccelerometer. All modeling files are provided in the appendices of this book. This book would be helpful for graduate students and researchers in the mechanical civil and biomedical fields who conduct finite element analysis. This book provides all readers with a comprehensive understanding of modeling various materials.

GBP 115.00

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AutoCAD 2024 Tutorial Second Level 3D Modeling

The primary goal of AutoCAD 2024 Tutorial Second Level 3D Modeling is to introduce the aspects of computer based three dimensional modeling. This text is intended to be used as a training guide for both students and professionals. The chapters in this book cover AutoCAD 2024 and proceed in a pedagogical fashion to guide you from constructing 3D wire frame models 3D surface models and 3D solid models to making multiview drawings and rendering images. The text takes a hands-on exercise-intensive approach to all the important 3D modeling techniques and concepts. This book contains a series of twelve tutorial style chapters designed to introduce CAD users to 3D modeling with AutoCAD 2024. Users upgrading from a previous release of the AutoCAD software will also find this text helpful. The basic premise of this book is that the more 3D designs you create using AutoCAD 2024 the better you learn the software. With this in mind each tutorial introduces a new set of commands and concepts building on previous chapters. By going through this book you will establish a good basis for exploring and growing in the exciting field of Computer Aided Engineering.

GBP 62.99

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AutoCAD 2023 Tutorial Second Level 3D Modeling

The primary goal of AutoCAD 2023 Tutorial Second Level 3D Modeling is to introduce the aspects of computer based three dimensional modeling. This text is intended to be used as a training guide for both students and professionals. The chapters in this book cover AutoCAD 2023 and proceed in a pedagogical fashion to guide you from constructing 3D wire frame models 3D surface models and 3D solid models to making multiview drawings and rendering images. The text takes a hands-on exercise-intensive approach to all the important 3D modeling techniques and concepts. This book contains a series of twelve tutorial style chapters designed to introduce CAD users to 3D modeling with AutoCAD 2023. Users upgrading from a previous release of the AutoCAD software will also find this text helpful. The basic premise of this book is that the more 3D designs you create using AutoCAD 2023 the better you learn the software. With this in mind each tutorial introduces a new set of commands and concepts building on previous chapters. By going through this book you will establish a good basis for exploring and growing in the exciting field of Computer Aided Engineering.

GBP 62.00

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Contemporary Circus

In this volume twenty-four creators come together with three scholars to discuss Contemporary Circus bridging the divide between practice and theory. Lavers Leroux and Burtt offer conversations across four key themes: Apparatus Politics Performers and New Work. Extensively illustrated with fifty photos of Contemporary Circus productions and extensively annotated Contemporary Circus thematically groups and contextualises extracts of conversations to provide a sophisticated and wide-ranging study supported by critical theory. Of interest to both practitioners and scholars Contemporary Circus uses the lens of ‘contestation ’ or calling things into question to provide a portal into ways of seeing today’s circus performance. Conversations with: Lachlan Binns and Jascha Boyce (Gravity and Other Myths) Tilde Björfors (Cirkus Cirkör) Kim ‘Busty Beatz’ Bowers (Hot Brown Honey) Shana Carroll (The 7 Fingers) David Clarkson (Stalker) Philippe Decouflé (Compagnie DCA) Fez Faanana (Briefs) Mike Finch (Circus Oz) Daniele Finzi Pasca (Compagnia Finzi Pasca) Sean Gandini (Gandini Juggling) Firenza Guidi (ElanFrantoio NoFit State Circus) Jo Lancaster and Simon Yates (Acrobat) Johann Le Guillerm (Cirque Ici) Yaron Lifschitz (Circa) Chelsea McGuffin (Company 2) Phia Ménard (Compagnie Non Nova) Jennifer Miller (Circus Amok) Adrien Mondot (Compagnie Adrien M and Claire B) Charlotte Mooney and Tina Koch (Ockham’s Razor) Philippe Petit (high wire artist) and Elizabeth Streb (STREB EXTREME ACTION).

GBP 36.99

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Handbook of Superconductivity Fundamentals and Materials Volume One

This is the first of three volumes of the extensively revised and updated second edition of the Handbook of Superconductivity. The past twenty years have seen rapid progress in superconducting materials which exhibit one of the most remarkable physical states of matter ever to be discovered. Superconductivity brings quantum mechanics to the scale of the everyday world where a single coherent quantum state may extend over a distance of metres or even kilometres depending on the size of a coil or length of superconducting wire. Viable applications of superconductors rely fundamentally on an understanding of this intriguing phenomena and the availability of a range of materials with bespoke properties to meet practical needs. This first volume covers the fundamentals of superconductivity and the various classes of superconducting materials which sets the context and background for Volumes 2 and 3. Key Features: Covers the depth and breadth of the field Includes contributions from leading academics and industry professionals across the world Provides hands-on guidance to the manufacturing and processing technologies A comprehensive reference this handbook is suitable for both graduate students and practitioners in experimental physics materials science and multiple engineering disciplines including electronic and electrical chemical mechanical metallurgy and others. | Handbook of Superconductivity Fundamentals and Materials Volume One

GBP 240.00

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Thin-Film Optical Filters

Praise for prior editionsan excellent treatise of thin film coatings explaining how to produce all sorts of different filters selected according to the function they are required to play… an indispensable text for every filter manufacturer and user and an excellent guide for students. ―Contemporary Physicsessential reading for all those involved in the design manufacture and application of optical coatings ―Materials Worlda must-have addition to the library of any optical thin-film theorist or practitioner ―SVC NewsThis book is quite simply the Bible for the field of optical thin films. It gives the most complete introduction to thin film optical coatings addressed to manufacturers and users alike. This fifth edition offers a complete update on current design manufacture performance and applications. New topics include absorbers and coherent perfect absorbers photonic crystals and metamaterials for optical coating. The author has also made substantial additions on scattering composite materials wire grid polarizers laser damage and applications. H. Angus Macleod is President of Thin Film Center Inc. in Tucson Arizona and Professor Emeritus of Optical Sciences Center at the University of Arizona. His professional honors include a Gold Medal from SPIE the Esther Hoffman Beller Medal from the Optical Society of America and the Nathaniel H. Sugerman Memorial Award from the Society of Vacuum Coaters. | Thin-Film Optical Filters

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Practical Handbook for Professional Investigators

An increase in fraud cases has escalated government accountability and corporate oversight and media attention on cases ranging from missing persons to white-collar crime has increased the visibility of professional investigators. This has resulted in a great source of increased work for the profession. The third edition of Practical Handbook for Professional Investigators continues to supply an up-to-date nuts-and-bolts learning tool for students and an everyday reference for investigative professionals at all levels. More relevant than ever this edition adds two new chapters on death and terrorism investigations and several new sections including: Insurance fraud fire and arson investigation and liability claims investigation Indicators of online marital infidelity Obtaining governmental records to locate people and sample reports for skip tracing Practical considerations for surveillance and procedures for interception of wire or oral communications Service of subpoenas for witnesses in federal courts Testifying in court—including witness and evidence preparation trial tactics used by attorneys and an investigator’s rights as a witness The Rules of Professional Conduct Niche markets in the investigative industry Managing and marketing an investigative practice running a paperless office and customer retention An unparalleled guide to the ins and outs of private investigation Practical Handbook for Professional Investigators Third Edition belongs on the shelf of every professional and trainee. Rory McMahon appeared on Al Jazeera America to discuss his investigation company The Grafton Group.

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Handbook of Approximation Algorithms and Metaheuristics Methologies and Traditional Applications Volume 1

Handbook of Approximation Algorithms and Metaheuristics Second Edition reflects the tremendous growth in the field over the past two decades. Through contributions from leading experts this handbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the underlying theory and methodologies as well as the various applications of approximation algorithms and metaheuristics. Volume 1 of this two-volume set deals primarily with methodologies and traditional applications. It includes restriction relaxation local ratio approximation schemes randomization tabu search evolutionary computation local search neural networks and other metaheuristics. It also explores multi-objective optimization reoptimization sensitivity analysis and stability. Traditional applications covered include: bin packing multi-dimensional packing Steiner trees traveling salesperson scheduling and related problems. Volume 2 focuses on the contemporary and emerging applications of methodologies to problems in combinatorial optimization computational geometry and graphs problems as well as in large-scale and emerging application areas. It includes approximation algorithms and heuristics for clustering networks (sensor and wireless) communication bioinformatics search streams virtual communities and more. About the EditorTeofilo F. Gonzalez is a professor emeritus of computer science at the University of California Santa Barbara. He completed his Ph. D. in 1975 from the University of Minnesota. He taught at the University of Oklahoma the Pennsylvania State University and the University of Texas at Dallas before joining the UCSB computer science faculty in 1984. He spent sabbatical leaves at the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education and Utrecht University. He is known for his highly cited pioneering research in the hardness of approximation; for his sublinear and best possible approximation algorithm for k-tMM clustering; for introducing the open-shop scheduling problem as well as algorithms for its solution that have found applications in numerous research areas; as well as for his research on problems in the areas of job scheduling graph algorithms computational geometry message communication wire routing etc. | Handbook of Approximation Algorithms and Metaheuristics Methologies and Traditional Applications Volume 1

GBP 44.99

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Barbed Wire Capitalism and the Enclosure of the Commons

Ethnomusicology of the Flathead Indians

The Work-Smart Academic Planner Revised Edition (Wire-Bound Paperback) Write It Down Get It Done

Kinderculture The Corporate Construction of Childhood

Power Quality Issues Current Harmonics

Three-Phase Electrical Power

Fabrication

Industrial Communication Technology Handbook

Executive Team Leadership in the Global Economic and Competitive Environment

Analysis of Grounding and Bonding Systems

Material Modeling in Finite Element Analysis

AutoCAD 2024 Tutorial Second Level 3D Modeling

AutoCAD 2023 Tutorial Second Level 3D Modeling

Contemporary Circus

Handbook of Superconductivity Fundamentals and Materials Volume One

Thin-Film Optical Filters

Practical Handbook for Professional Investigators

Handbook of Approximation Algorithms and Metaheuristics Methologies and Traditional Applications Volume 1

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