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"This book introduces the subject of solid mechanics using physical descriptions of the topics starting from the readers’ basic understanding of strength of materials concepts that all civil and mechanical engineers are familiar with. The author uses simple language and a unified style to explain the mathematical derivations needed to solve elasticity, plasticity and fracture mechanics problems. This approach should help students and engineers understand when and how to apply the theories presented to solve real world problems." — Michel Ghosn, The City College of New York - CUNY,New York, USA
"Although books that discuss the theory of elasticity and theory of plasticity are plentiful, this book stands out in that it combines essential elements of these two important and classic theories into a single volume that is informative and conducive to readers. Because its focus is on applications of these theories, a number of example problems are solved using both theories. As such, readers are able to gain important insight into the load resisting behavior of the structural members over the entire stress range. This book is ideal for graduate students and self-learners who want to gain exposure to the basics of elasticity and plasticity, without overly burdened by the complexities and intricacies of these theories."— Eric M. Lui, Syracuse University, New York
"The topics in this book are broad enough to satisfy the needs of students and instructors, giving them flexibility to design their courses. After introducing the basic concepts and formulations of elasticity and plasticity, they are applied to a variety of topics from thick walled cylinders to thermal stresses to crack problems to name a few. One important feature of the book is that both applied elasticity and applied plasticity principles and problems are covered in the same book, freeing the instructors from the burden of assigning different textbooks for each subject. The book is well written and the concepts are illustrated with carefully chosen examples to help students master the subject matter."— Feridun Delale, The City College of New York – CUNY, New York, USA

Applied Elasticity and Plasticity

The broad range of important themes and topics covered, all in one text, will be a valuable resource for students, researchers, and professionals. The editors have done excellent work in identifying a fairly wide readership and outlining a text that will appeal to that readership…In addition to the book being well-structured and including a range of important themes and issues around capital punishment, the chapters are authored by well-respected scholars. The collection of authors is impressive, and the book is sure to reflect current research and scholarship. – DJ Williams, Idaho State University

Routledge Handbook on Capital Punishment

The Discourse of Exile in Early Modern English Literature

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'Ellen Goldman has done a superb job in dealing lucidly and forthrightly with the most important topic of our time... communication. In discussing and exploring this vast subject, she directs her flashlight of knowledge into previously dark corners, thus leading us to at least the beginning of understanding how close observation of movement can help us realize our potential. This book should be a real contribution to the study of the human family.' - John A. Atchley, Psychiatric Services Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, USA

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The Brides of High Hill

"Afascinating and important contribution to the literature not just on Chesterton but also on modernism and literary movements of the early 20th century more widely... Shallcross does this with Chesterton so expertly, originally and fascinatingly that his book should be welcomed and read by anyone with any interest in British culture in the early twentieth century."Luke Seaber, University College London
"Rethinking G. K. Chesterton and Literary Modernism proves a richly informed, rewarding undertaking [...] Shallcross's masterful project offers keen insights into [Chesterton's] peculiarly unsettled/unsettling narrative performances"William J. Scheick, University of Texas
"Intellectual combat between the anti-modernist G. K. Chesterton and the 'Men of 1914' (Ezra Pound, Wyndham Lewis, T. S. Eliot) apparently marks a defining moment of modernism’s emergence. But appearances are deceiving. Revealing that his combatants’ enmity was more masquerade than substance, Shallcross’s book brilliantly demonstrates that differentiations between literary periods or aesthetic 'isms' are not to be taken at face value. This is literary history at its best."Robert L. Caserio, Pennsylvania State University
"Rethinking G. K. Chesterton and Literary Modernism should be in every college and university library, available to anyone seeking a new way to understand not only Chesterton but also anxieties over his influence."
Crystal Downing, Co-Director of the Marion E. Wade Center, Wheaton College.

Parody, Performance, and Popular Culture

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’This book provides a novel and thoughtful comparison of the debilitating processes of economic decline and reorganisation in two old industrial regions of Western and Eastern Europe. It also offers critical insights into the various urban, regional and industrial policy responses of government. The analysis and lessons it draws will be of interest to readers throughout Europe as the continent becomes increasingly integrated and regional disparities become more severe.’ Ivan Turok, Glasgow University, UK  ’This is a highly readable volume providing an interesting, informative and up-to-date comparative assessment of regional restructuring in West Scotland and Upper Silesia...The book should be essential reading for both students and specialists in regional development with an interest in policy transfer between Western and East-Central Europe.’  John Bachtler, University of Strathclyde, UK  ’...intriguing...deserves a wide audience...’  Geography  ’Given the considerable changes facing the EU, this is a very timely book...the editor and the contributors to this collection of essays should be commended for providing us with an exemplary in-depth study of two traditional manufacturing regions, their economic and historical legacy, the process of transformation and the institutional and political context within which policy has sought to adds problems of seismic job losses, technological change and structural shift in the nature of industrial organization.’ Urban Studies

Towards a Comparative Study of Scotland and Upper Silesia

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'In this tightly argued and fascinating study, Greg Graham seeks to explore and comprehend a certain narrative of disappointing outcomes and dreams deferred that has been the overwhelming pattern among newly independent countries of the South, or what Achille Mbembe appropriately terms the postcolony. Abandoning linear notions of progress which run counter to lived experiences, Graham instead draws significantly on left Hegelian dialectics, David Scott’s reflections and Frantz Fanon’s notion of national consciousness to center tragedy as a critical conceptual tool with which to grasp these histories. His interlocutors are Michael Manley of the period of Democratic Socialism in Jamaica (1972-1980) and Nelson Mandela and his leadership in post- Apartheid South Africa. Both Manley and Mandela are situated as charismatic leaders who played central roles in processes of popular uplift and national regeneration, but who ultimately failed to fulfill their promises. The concurrent triumph of neo-liberalism is seen as both the failure of these leaders to sustain policies built on democratic foundations of marronage and national consciousness, as well as the effect of powerful international forces arrayed against them. Greg Graham, however, doesn’t end his conversation at the moment of tragedy, but suggests that despite the overwhelming weight of the neo-liberal ascendancy, the experience of tragedy and its effects is, in dialectical fashion, a teaching moment, leading to fresh attempts at thinking through new projects based on freedom and democracy and scaling the parapets of seemingly unassailable power.' - Brian Meeks, Professor of Africana Studies, Brown University

'Greg Graham's Democratic Political Tragedy in the Postcolony is a brilliant and heartfelt attempt at theorizing, in terms of tragedy, the collapse of the epic aspirations of the mid-20th century anti-colonial movements as most were rolled over by the counter-revolutionary neoliberal strategies of global capitalism. It is a work that effectively poeticizes these historic struggles and historicizes their poetic foundations. A must read for postcolonial scholars and, particularly, those of Jamaica and South Africa.' - Paget Henry, Professor of Sociology and Africana Studies, Brown University

'A virtue of this remarkable book is that it actually offers a theory, grounded in rich historical evidence, through which to understand the now clichéd conclusion seemingly inevitable failure of former colonies of the global south. Provocatively creolizing the political thought of Hegel on tragedy through an examination of recent Africana political philosophical reflections on the same, Greg Graham materializes these ideas in this detailed study of two recent giants of resistance from the Caribbean and Southern Africa—Michael Manley and Nelson Mandela—who were ultimately constrained by neoliberal impositions, investments, and military force. The result is a powerfully written profound treatise not only of traditional political scientific concerns of leadership, power, and effective administrating but also of relationships between the ethical and the political, the meaning of political action, the shifting symbolic meaning of history, and notions of possibility and potential in social-political phenomena—in short, necessary thought as humanity unfortunately continues to struggle through proverbially interesting times.' - Lewis Gordon, Honorary President of the Global Center for Advanced Study and author of What Fanon Said: A Philosophical Study of His Life and Thought

The Tragedy of Postcoloniality in Michael Manley’s Jamaica and Nelson Mandela’s South Africa

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Eco-Driving: From Strategies to Interfaces comes at an important time for humans in our race towards saving our life-supporting environment. McIlroy and Stanton apply a Human Factors and Ergonomics approach to demonstrate how we might design vehicle interfaces to achieve significant reductions in harmful atmospheric emissions through enabling more responsible driver behaviour. McIlroy and Stanton raise an interesting set of questions for future researchers to build on such as human interactions with regenerative braking, the impacts on traffic system design, and which haptic displays may be appropriate.
Professor Andrew Thatcher, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.

With sustainability as a key design goal for road transport systems, the topic of eco-driving is gaining increasing importance. Despite this, there is still a considerable lack of literature addressing eco-driving behaviors as well as the question how to best support drivers. This book steps into this gap and addresses several core issues such as the eco-driving strategies drivers use, the cognitive structure of these strategies as well as the best ways to assist drivers. McIlroy and Stanton apply well-proven human factors methods expertly to this domain and compile a helpful and much-needed contribution, both for researchers and for practitioners.
Professor Thomas Franke, University of Lübeck, Germany

Technology is changing what it means to drive, and the race is on to define the next generation displays and controls.　　This design challenge requires not just rethinking vehicle displays, but also rethinking the theoretical basis of vehicle interface design. McIlroy and Stanton provide such a rethinking through a deep analysis of ecological interface design. Ecological interface design is a powerful approach, but is rarely applied to driving and rarely considers anything but a graphical interface. McIlroy and Stanton address these limits and extend ecological interface design to eco-driving. This is an excellent demonstration of how to think differently about interface design for cars.
Professor John D. Lee, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

From Strategies to Interfaces

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'Harry Daniels' Vygotsky and Research goes far beyond his 2001 book, Vygotsky and Pedagogy. Think again, if you are tempted to regard this new book as a mere re-statement of its predecessor, because you would thereby miss a tour de force. This richly sustained commentary is an analytical review of ideas whose origin was, in part, in Vygotsky's own work, but whose development continues to be due to the on-going and expansive work of his successors.' Leslie Smith, Research Papers in Education

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'The formalism introduced by the author allows better understanding of the role of semantics in grammars of natural languages and supplies mechnisms for various levels of linguistic description.' T.Balanescu, Zenrrallblatt fur Mathematik und ihre Grenzgebiete No. 855, 1997

Type-Theoretical Grammar

"This book is an invaluable introduction to the theory of hardware design for any Computer Systems Engineering program."— Kyle D. Gilsdorf, Arizona State University, USA
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"The comprehensive coverage of polymer engineering topics makes this text an important ‘go-to’ source, especially for specialty topics. The text is well organized with extensive references that provide a ready entre into details associated with all topics."— Kenneth J. Wynne, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA
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