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Japanese Culture
Its Development and Characteristics
This book presents an authoritative and illuminating insight into the development and most important characteristics of Japanese society and culture. Approaching the subject from a number of different points of view. Originally published in 1963....
To Be Published September 26th 2013 by Routledge
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Mapping China and Managing the World
Culture, Cartography and Cosmology in Late Imperial Times
Series: Asia's Transformations/Critical Asian Scholarship
From the founding of the Qin dynasty in 221 BCE to the present, the Chinese have been preoccupied with the concept of order (zhi). This cultural preoccupation has found expression not only in China’s highly refined bureaucratic institutions and methods of social and economic organization but also...
Published October 18th 2012 by Routledge
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Negotiating Environment and Science
An Insider's View of International Agreements, from Driftnets to the Space Station
In this thought-provoking new book, career U.S. State Department negotiator Richard J. Smith offers readers unprecedented access to the details about some of the most complex and politically charged international agreements of the late and immediate post Cold War era. During his nine years as...
Published March 1st 2012 by RFF Press
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An Atlas of Gynecologic Oncology
Investigation and Surgery, Third Edition
Fully updated and revised by an international team of editors and contributors, the third edition of this best-selling book presents a full description of the investigative and surgical procedures carried out by the gynecologic oncologist. The superb artwork of Dee McLean and Joanna Cameron is...
Published May 18th 2011 by CRC Press
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International Judicial Institutions
The Architecture of International Justice at Home and Abroad
Series: Global Institutions
Written by a former UN Chief Prosecutor and a leading international law expert, this is a much needed, short and accessible introduction to the current debates in international humanitarian law. Analyzing the legal and political underpinnings of international judicial institutions, it...
Published September 29th 2008 by Routledge
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Atlas of Gynecologic Oncology
2nd Edition
Fully updated and revised, the second edition of An Atlas of Gynecologic Oncology presents a full description of the investigative and surgical procedures carried out by the gynecologic oncologist. Key features of this important text include:a practical guide to a range of operative and...
Published January 9th 2006 by CRC Press
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Usability Evaluation and Interface Design
Cognitive Engineering, Intelligent Agents, and Virtual Reality, Volume 1
Series: Human Factors and Ergonomics
This three volume set provides the complete proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction held August, 2001 in New Orleans. A total of 2,738 individuals from industry, academia, research institutes, and governmental agencies from 37 countries submitted their work...
Published July 31st 2001 by CRC Press