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The Age of Discovery explores one of the most dramatic features of the late medieval and early modern period: when voyagers from Western Europe led by Spain and Portugal set out across the world and established links with Africa, Asia and the Americas. This book examines the main motivations behind the voyages and discusses the developments in navigation expertise and technology that made them possible. This second edition brings the scholarship up to date and includes two new chapters on the important topics of the idea of "discovery" and on biological and environmental factors which favoured or limited European expansion.

In 1909 Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, on his way back to South Africa from London, wrote his now celebrated tract Hind Swaraj, laying out his vision for the future of India and famously rejecting the technological innovations of Western civilization. Despite his protestations, Western technology endured and helped to make India one of the leading economies in our globalized world. Few would question the dominant role that technology plays in modern life, but to fully understand how India first advanced into technological modernity, argues David Arnold, we must consider the technology of the everyday. Everyday Technology is a pioneering account of how small machines and consumer goods that originated in Europe and North America became objects of everyday use in India in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Rather than investigate “big” technologies such as railways and irrigation projects, Arnold examines the assimilation and appropriation of bicycles, rice mills, sewing machines, and typewriters in India, and follows their impact on the ways in which people worked and traveled, the clothes they wore, and the kind of food they ate. But the effects of these machines were not limited to the daily rituals of Indian society, and Arnold demonstrates how such small-scale technologies became integral to new ways of thinking about class, race, and gender, as well as about the politics of colonial rule and Indian nationhood. Arnold’s fascinating book offers new perspectives on the globalization of modern technologies and shows us that to truly understand what modernity became, we need to look at the everyday experiences of people in all walks of life, taking stock of how they repurposed small technologies to reinvent their world and themselves.

Informative, timely and accessible introduction to the study of South Asia by leading scholars in the field.

A recurring theme in a traditional introductory graduate algebra course is the existence and consequences of relationships between different algebraic structures. This is also the theme of this book, an exposition of connections between representations of finite partially ordered sets and abelian groups. Emphasis is placed throughout on classification, a description of the objects up to isomorphism, and computation of representation type, a measure of when classification is feasible. David M. Arnold is the Ralph and Jean Storm Professor of Mathematics at Baylor University. He is the author of "Finite Rank Torsion Free Abelian Groups and Rings" published in the Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Mathematics series, a co-editor for two volumes of conference proceedings, and the author of numerous articles in mathematical research journals. His research interests are in abelian group theory and related topics, such as representations of partially ordered sets and modules over discrete valuation rings, subrings of algebraic number fields, and pullback rings. He received his Ph. D. from the University of Illinois, Urbana and was a member of the faculty at New Mexico State University for many years.

Eine dramatische, farbige und wichtige Geschichte Der indische Subkontinent wird in seiner ganzen Geschichte in Band 11 der Neuen Fischer Weltgeschichte behandelt. Der renomierte englische Indienspezialist David Arnold schildert auf dem neuesten Stand der Forschung stets sachlich sowie anschaulich Blüte- und Unruhezeiten, jahrhundertealte Traditionen sowie umwälzende Bewegungen des von Macht- und Religionsstreitigkeiten immer wieder heimgesuchten Erdteils. Die »Neue Fischer Weltgeschichte« ist die erste umfassende Universalgeschichte des 21. Jahrhunderts. Ihr stringentes Konzept setzt Maßstäbe, die Lesbarkeit ihrer Darstellungen erfüllt höchste Ansprüche. Die 21-bändige Reihe wird – wie ihre legendäre Vorgängerin – Standardwerk auf Jahre hin sein: in Schule, Studium, Weiterbildung, für alle wissenshungrigen Leserinnen und Leser.

In Matthew 6:11, Christ instructed us to pray, "give us this day our daily bread." 60 Seconds is a beautiful. inspiring devotional to help start your day with God''s word. July-December is part two of a two-part set.

In Matthew 6:11, Christ instructed us to pray "give us this day our daily bread." 60 Seconds is a beautiful, inspiring devotional to start your day with God''s word. 60 Seconds January-June is part one of a two volume set.

" A collection of poems whose fixationin time and subject matter ranges from the romantic to the political to the phantasmal. The images portrayed give a sense that years separate the events and emotions inspiring them. Though they are based on the experiences of one person still they seem to inspire in the reader something akin to dj vu which may occasionally cause the hair follicles to stand on end. "

From the start of East India Company rule to Independence, this analytical study demonstrates the importance of examining the role of science, technology and medicine in conjunction with the development of the British engagement in India.

It has been variously labelled ‘Language Poetry’, ‘Language Writing’, ‘L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E writing’ (after the magazine that ran from 1978 to 1981), and ‘language-centred writing’. It has been placed according to its geographical positions, on East or West coasts; its venues in small magazines, independent presses and performance spaces, and its descent from historical precursors, be they the Objectivists, the composers-by-field of the Black Mountain School, the Russian Constructivists or American modernism à la William Carlos Williams and Gertrude Stein. Indeed, one of the few statements that can be made about it with little qualification is that ‘it’ has both fostered and endured a crisis in representation more or less since it first became visible in the 1970s. In Poetry & Language Writing David Arnold grasps the nettle of Language poetry, reassessing its relationship with surrealism and providing a scholarly, intelligent way of understanding the movement. Poets discussed include Charles Bernstein, Susan Howe, Michael Palmer and Barrett Watten.

This accessible textbook provides a clear and practical introduction to phonology, the study of sound patterns in language. Designed for students with only a basic knowledge of linguistics, it teaches in a step-by-step fashion the logical techniques of phonological analysis and the fundamental theories that underpin it. Through over sixty graded exercises, students are encouraged to make their own analyses of phonological patterns and processes, based on extensive data and problems sets from a wide variety of languages. Introducing Phonology equips students with the essential analytical skills needed for further study in the field, such as how to think critically and discover generalizations about data, how to formulate hypotheses, and how to test them. Providing a solid foundation in both the theory and practice of phonology, it is set to become the leading text for any introductory course, and will be invaluable to all students beginning to study the discipline.

Offers a new interpretation of the history of colonial India and a critical contribution to the understanding of environmental history and the tropical world. Arnold considers the ways in which India’s material environment became increasingly subject to the colonial understanding of landscape and nature, and to the scientific scrutiny of itinerant naturalists.

Combining traditional material with a modern systems approach, this handbook provides a thorough introduction to differential equations, tempering its classic "pure math" approach with more practical applied aspects. Features up-to-date coverage of key topics such as first order equations, matrix algebra, systems, and phase plane portraits. Illustrates complex concepts through extensive detailed figures. Focuses on interpreting and solving problems through optional technology projects. For anyone interested in learning more about differential equations.

Jake feels pain, stress and extreme loneliness when he is separated from his loving wife of eighteen years. The government takes away his freedom and after several years Jake returns to his hometown to search for the only woman that he has ever loved. Long lonely nights and days filled with empty avenues, as Jake continues searching, in a world that is changing. Even Jake''s sanity is challenged as his heart is tightly drawn to the breaking point. Look into the imagination of the author and experience the new coming of the end of ages, along with a new beginning that will keep you thinking long after you have read the last word.

Arnold reveals why multinationals are actually losing market share--and how the world is rapidly accelerating towards "segments of one." Next, he offers a comprehensive new blueprint for maximizing profitability in a world of local markets.

This text strikes a balance between the traditional and the modern. It combines the traditional material with a modern systems emphasis, offering flexibility of use that should allow faculty at a variety of institutions to use the book.

Interest in the science, technology and medicine of India under British rule has grown in recent years and has played an ever-increasing part in the reinterpretation of modern South Asian history. Spanning the period from the establishment of East India Company rule through to Independence, David Arnold''s wide-ranging and analytical survey demonstrates the importance of examining the role of science, technology and medicine in conjunction with the development of the British engagement in India and in the formation of Indian responses to western intervention. One of the first works to analyse the colonial era as a whole from the perspective of science, the book investigates the relationship between Indian and western science, the nature of science, technology and medicine under the Company, the creation of state-scientific services, ''imperial science'' and the rise of an Indian scientific community, the impact of scientific and medical research and the dilemmas of nationalist science.

As is typical of African languages, there is little published material on Kimatuumbi, a Bantu language spoken in Tanzania. Apart from Professor Odden''s own theoretically-oriented papers the only existing primary description of the language is Krumm''s Grundriss einer Grammatik des Kimatubi (1912) which lacks any discussion of two of the most interesting and complex phonological properties of the language - vowel length and tone. The descriptive account of these properties and of rule interaction in Kimatuumbi phonology bears on a number of important theoretical issues including theories of interaction between phonology and syntax, lexical phonology, the geometric representation of vowel features, and the theory of prosodic representations. This study both broadens our understanding of the structure of African languages and provides data which are crucial for resolving certain questions in contemporary phonology theory.

In this innovative analysis of medicine and disease in colonial India, David Arnold explores the vital role of the state in medical and public health activities, arguing that Western medicine became a critical battleground between the colonized and the colonizers. Focusing on three major epidemic diseases—smallpox, cholera, and plague—Arnold analyzes the impact of medical interventionism. He demonstrates that Western medicine as practiced in India was not simply transferred from West to East, but was also fashioned in response to local needs and Indian conditions. By emphasizing this colonial dimension of medicine, Arnold highlights the centrality of the body to political authority in British India and shows how medicine both influenced and articulated the intrinsic contradictions of colonial rule.

A realistic "tool kit" with practical applications for strategic planning in manufacturing. Table of Contents: Creating a Sustainable Manufacturing Strategy; The Manufacturing Strategic Planning Process; Manufacturing Performance Measures; The Product Linkage Philosophy; Product/Process Strategies; Capacity Strategies; Technology Strategies; Operating Strategies; The People Principle; Turn-Around Strategies; Capacity Analysis; The Experience Curve; Cost/Volume/Profit Analysis. Index. 70 illustrations.

As the number of competing products increases, companies are having to fight harder to defend their market share and maintain the popularity of their key brands. More than ever, brand management is becoming a key issue for general managers, not just the marketing department. Based on the brand expertise of Ashbridge Management College, this book is an up-to-date summary of brand practice. It deals with each stage of the strategic decision-making process, from research and market-testing to implementation and monitoring performance. Also included are case histories and practical advice.

Tides and currents are predictable, yet few sailors use them to the best of their advantage. Whether you sail a dinghy, a yacht or a board, enormous gains can be made by understanding how the water moves. This book explains clearly how to find out about the predicted water flow, how local effects will modify it, and how to plan your strategy on an Olympic triangle, an inshore course or an offshore race.

Because of concerns about the environment, many growers are trying to reduce their reliance on chemical pesticides. This method of using natural means is called integrated pest management (IPM). This handbook describes beneficial flies, wasps, beetles, true bugs, lacewings and mites found on strawberry and raspberry crops, as well as other predators and the common insect pests.