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Third World Cities
2nd Edition
Series: Routledge Perspectives on Development
This imformative book is a thoroughly revised and updated edition of the classic introduction to urbanization in developing areas. Using case studies of cities drawn from around the world, including Bangkok, Delhi, Manila, Mexico City, Singapore and cities in Zimbabwe, this key text confronts...
Published April 26th 2000 by Routledge
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Inorganic Mass Spectrometry
Fundamentals and Applications
Series: Practical Spectroscopy
Providing a theoretical background for inorganic mass spectrometry, this text describes classical applications of four modern mass spectrometers - magnetic sector, quadrupole, time-of-flight, and ion trap - and illustrates how they have impacted elemental and isotopic analysis. The book features...
Published February 17th 2000 by CRC Press
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Knowledge, Groupware and the Internet
Knowledge, Groupware, and the Internet details the convergence of modern knowledge management theory and emerging computer technologies, and discusses how they collectively enable business change and enhance an organization's ability to create and share knowledge. This compendium of authoritative...
Published January 11th 2000 by Routledge
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Geography and Ethics
Journeys in a Moral Terrain
This book represents a landmark exploration of the common terrain of geography and ethics. Drawing together specially commissioned contributions from distinguished geographers across the UK, North America and Australasia, the place of geography in ethics and of ethics in geography is examined...
Published August 4th 1999 by Routledge
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States and Sovereignty in the Global Economy
Globalization and the role of the state are issues at the forefront of contemporary debates. With editors and contributors of outstanding academic repututation this exciting new book presents an unconventional and radical perspective. Revealing that states do still matter despite the vigour of...
Published June 23rd 1999 by Routledge
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Perspectives on Radio and Television
Telecommunication in the United States, 4th Edition
Series: Routledge Communication Series
This textbook describes the field of radio and television in the United States, presents the material in a manner the reader can grasp and enjoy, and makes the book useful for the classroom teacher. Written for adaptation to individual teaching situations, the book is divided by subject matter...
Published July 31st 1998 by Routledge
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Nutrition in Britain
Science, Scientists and Politics in the Twentieth Century
Series: Routledge Studies in the Social History of Medicine
This volume brings together for the first time a collection of essays, based on original research, which focus on the history of nutrition science in Britain. Each chapter considers a different episode in the development and application of nutritional knowledge during the twentieth century. The...
Published November 6th 1996 by Routledge
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The Silicone Breast Implant Story
Communication and Uncertainty
Series: Routledge Communication Series
This volume examines one health issue -- breast implants -- across a series of contexts often thought to be separate -- media coverage, doctor-patient interaction, doctor-doctor professional communication, support group dialogues, public relations campaigns, and more. In so doing, it provides a...
Published July 31st 1996 by Routledge
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Organizing Aids
Workplace and Organizational Responses to the HIV/AIDS Epidemic
Series: Social Aspects of AIDS
It is estimated that 90% of those who are HIV positive are in employment. However, the significant body of literature into HIV/AIDS to date has primarily focused on the medical aspects of the disease and its implications for health/social policy. There has been little analysis of the employment...
Published October 4th 1995 by Taylor & Francis
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Ethical Issues in Social Work
Series: Professional Ethics
It has always been recognised that the practice of social work raises ethical questions and dilemmas. Recently, however, traditional ways of addressing ethical issues in social work have come to seem inadequate, as a result of developments both in philosophy and in social work theory and practice....
Published September 27th 1995 by Routledge