Subject(s): McMillan, Rachel, 1859-1917 | McMillan, Margaret, 1860-1931 | Montessori, Maria, 1870-1952 | Isaacs, Susan Sutherland Fairhurst, 1885-1948 | Early childhood educators | Education and state -- Great Britain Summary: Rachel and Margaret McMillan, Maria Montessori and Susan Isaacs have had a major impact on contemporary early years cur

Subject(s): Ward, Colin | Educational sociology | Education -- Social aspects | City children | Environmental education | Anarchism Summary: "As one of Britain's most original thinkers and writers Colin Ward wrote extensively about positive and practical examples from the past and present of the anarchist spirit or the "social princ

Subject(s): City planning -- Case studies | Metropolitan areas -- Case studies | Cities and towns -- Case studies -- History -- 20th century | Cities and towns -- Case studies -- History -- 21st century | Sociology, Urban Summary: "Taking on the key issues in urban design, Shaping the City examines the critical ideas that have driven these

Subject(s): Mobile television | Mobile computing | Multimedia communications Summary: "Edited by a member of the DVB-NGH standardization meeting, this book covers the newest finalized standards. The first section contains overview papers, including commercial requirements and limitations of DVB-T2. It covers the first version of the standar

Subject(s): Etiquette -- Philippines | National characteristics, Philippine | Philippines -- Social life and customs Summary: A survival guide for anyone living, working or wanting to discover life in the Philippines. Learn to appreciate the Filipino ways, and learn about the history and culture of this diverse country. Discover how to communic

Subject(s): Electromagnetism -- Mathematical models | Electromagnetic waves -- Computer simulation | Electronics -- Materials Electric properties Summary: "Preface The subject of electromagnetics is still a core subject of the undergraduate electrical engineering (EE) curriculum; however, at most of the universities in United States, the ti

Subject(s): China -- Foreign relations -- Japan | Japan -- Foreign relations -- China | China -- Foreign economic relations -- Japan | Japan -- Foreign economic relations -- China | China -- Foreign relations -- 1976- | Japan -- Foreign relations -- 1989- Summary: "Since the end of the Cold War China and Japan have faced each other as power

Subject(s): Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- History -- 1951- | Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- Politics and government -- 1951- Summary: "It is not possible to fully understand contemporary politics between China and the Dalai Lama without understanding what happened in the 1950's. The third volume in Melvyn Goldstein's Histor

Subject(s): Soil stabilization | Reinforced soils Summary: "The Deep Mixing Method (DMM), a deep in-situ soil stabilization technique using cement and/or lime as a stabilizing agent, was developed in Japan and in the Nordic countries independently in the 1970s. Numerous research efforts have been made in these areas investigating properties

Subject(s): Citizenship -- Korea (South) | Political participation -- Korea (South) | Civil rights -- Korea (South) Summary: South Korea has continued to impress the world in the way it has harnessed social modernization, economic development, political democratization and, most recently, multi-faceted globalization. Relying on both established