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The Constitutional Origins of the American Civil War - Michael F. Conlin - Bog - Cambridge University Press - Plusbog.dk

The Constitutional Origins of the American Civil War - Michael F. Conlin - Bog - Cambridge University Press - Plusbog.dk

In an incisive analysis of over two dozen clauses as well as several ''unwritten'' rules and practices, The Constitutional Origins of the American Civil War shows how the Constitution aggravated the sectional conflict over slavery to the point of civil war. Going beyond the fugitive slave clause, the three-fifths clause, and the international slave trade clause, Michael F. Conlin demonstrates that many more constitutional provisions and practices played a crucial role in the bloody conflict that claimed the lives of over 750,000 Americans. He also reveals that ordinary Americans in the mid-nineteenth century had a surprisingly sophisticated knowledge of the provisions and the methods of interpretation of the Constitution. Lastly, Conlin reminds us that many of the debates that divide Americans today were present in the 1850s: minority rights vs. majority rule, original intent vs. a living Constitution, state''s rights vs. federal supremacy, judicial activism vs. legislative prerogative, secession vs. union, and counter-majoritarianism vs. democracy.

DKK 292.00
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The Constitutional Origins of the American Civil War - Michael F. Conlin - Bog - Cambridge University Press - Plusbog.dk

The Constitutional Origins of the American Civil War - Michael F. Conlin - Bog - Cambridge University Press - Plusbog.dk

In an incisive analysis of over two dozen clauses as well as several ''unwritten'' rules and practices, The Constitutional Origins of the American Civil War shows how the Constitution aggravated the sectional conflict over slavery to the point of civil war. Going beyond the fugitive slave clause, the three-fifths clause, and the international slave trade clause, Michael F. Conlin demonstrates that many more constitutional provisions and practices played a crucial role in the bloody conflict that claimed the lives of over 750,000 Americans. He also reveals that ordinary Americans in the mid-nineteenth century had a surprisingly sophisticated knowledge of the provisions and the methods of interpretation of the Constitution. Lastly, Conlin reminds us that many of the debates that divide Americans today were present in the 1850s: minority rights vs. majority rule, original intent vs. a living Constitution, state''s rights vs. federal supremacy, judicial activism vs. legislative prerogative, secession vs. union, and counter-majoritarianism vs. democracy.

DKK 533.00
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The Persistence of Realism in Modernist Fiction - Paul Stasi - Bog - Cambridge University Press - Plusbog.dk

The Persistence of Realism in Modernist Fiction - Paul Stasi - Bog - Cambridge University Press - Plusbog.dk

Form vs. content, aesthetics vs. politics, modernism vs. realism: these entrenched binaries tend to structure work in early 20th century literary studies even among scholars who seek to undo them. The Persistence of Realism demonstrates how realism''s defining concerns – sympathy, class, social determination – animate the work of Henry James, James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, Samuel Beckett and Ralph Ellison. In contrast to the oft-told tale of an aesthetically rich modernism overthrowing realism''s social commitments along with its formal structures, Stasi shows how these writers engaged with realism in concrete ways. The domestic novel, naturalist fiction, novels of sentiment, and industrial tales are realist structures that modernist fiction simultaneously preserves and subverts. Putting modernist writers in conversation with the realism that preceded them, The Persistence of Realism demonstrates how modernism''s social concerns are inseparable from its formal ones.

DKK 773.00
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The BMT Data Book - - Bog - Cambridge University Press - Plusbog.dk

The BMT Data Book - - Bog - Cambridge University Press - Plusbog.dk

This is an essential guide to the data, basic science, outcome studies and decision-making processes involved in blood and marrow stem cell transplantation. Organized according to disease types and procedures, it contains more than 100 tables, figures and algorithms that reflect up-to-date research and give guidance on the choices between different types of chemotherapy, autologous vs. allogeneic transplantation, peripheral blood vs. bone marrow stem cells, and standard vs. experimental treatments. This new edition summarizes the research of the last four years and gives mature data for all established indications, such as acute myeloid leukemia, myelodysplastic syndrome and Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphomas. New chapters discuss global trends in stem cell transplantation, cellular therapies including donor lymphocytes, and pediatric neurologic and metabolic disorders. With an expanded complications section, links to electronic databases and discussion of new drugs and alternative stem cell sources, this text belongs in every transplant unit.

DKK 939.00
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The Economics of Venture Capital Firm Operations in India - Kshitija Joshi - Bog - Cambridge University Press - Plusbog.dk

The Economics of Venture Capital Firm Operations in India - Kshitija Joshi - Bog - Cambridge University Press - Plusbog.dk

This book studies diverse categories of venture capital (VC) firms in India based on their ownership type (domestic vs foreign), stage of investment (early vs growth stage) and VC investment team composition (entrepreneurial experience vs investing experience). For each category of VC firms, the nuances in their investment, portfolio involvement and exit strategies are separately analysed. Employing the framework of information asymmetry, the book studies how different categories of VC firms rely on distinct mechanisms such as deal syndication and domain specialization to address the ensuing adverse selection and agency risks. It also delves into the macro context by assessing whether the emergence of VC in India has been driven by ''pull'' or ''push'' factors. This is accomplished by analysing in depth the supply and demand of VC funds. Finally, it critically reviews the existing policies of entrepreneurial finance and arrives at recommendations for future directions of the same.

DKK 967.00
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Tropical Forest Insect Pests - K. S. S. Nair - Bog - Cambridge University Press - Plusbog.dk

Tropical Forest Insect Pests - K. S. S. Nair - Bog - Cambridge University Press - Plusbog.dk

Tropical Forest Insect Pests, first published in 2007, promotes a better theoretical understanding of pest population dynamics, and causes of forest insect outbreaks in the tropics. Covering pests of both natural forests and plantations, it examines the diversity of tropical forest insects; their ecological functions; the concept of pests; and the incidence of pests in natural forests, plantations, and stored timber. General issues on which foresters and forest entomologists hold strong traditional views, such as the severity of pest incidence in plantations vs. natural forests, in plantations of exotics vs. indigenous tree species, and in monocultures vs. mixed plantations are discussed. The final section looks in detail at specific insect pests of the common plantation tree species across the tropics, with recommendations for their control. This is a comprehensive resource suitable for graduate students and researchers in forestry and tropical forest entomology, and for forest plantation managers in the tropics.

DKK 873.00
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American and British English - Paul (lancaster University) Baker - Bog - Cambridge University Press - Plusbog.dk

American and British English - Paul (lancaster University) Baker - Bog - Cambridge University Press - Plusbog.dk

Is British English becoming more like American English? If so, why, and in what ways? This book compares examples of American and British language data from the 1930s, 1960s, 1990s and 2000s, to track the most important ways that both varieties are changing over time, and compares the extent to which they are following similar paths using a mixture of computer and human analysis. The analysis is carried out across several levels, including spelling differences (such as colour vs color), vocabulary (truck vs lorry), and a range of morphological, grammatical, semantic and pragmatic features. Baker explores the changing aspects of American and British society which help to explain the findings.

DKK 292.00
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Proof Complexity Generators - Jan Krajicek - Bog - Cambridge University Press - Plusbog.dk

Proof Complexity Generators - Jan Krajicek - Bog - Cambridge University Press - Plusbog.dk

The P vs. NP problem is one of the fundamental problems of mathematics. It asks whether propositional tautologies can be recognized by a polynomial-time algorithm. The problem would be solved in the negative if one could show that there are propositional tautologies that are very hard to prove, no matter how powerful the proof system you use. This is the foundational problem (the NP vs. coNP problem) of proof complexity, an area linking mathematical logic and computational complexity theory. Written by a leading expert in the field, this book presents a theory for constructing such hard tautologies. It introduces the theory step by step, starting with the historic background and a motivational problem in bounded arithmetic, before taking the reader on a tour of various vistas of the field. Finally, it formulates several research problems to highlight new avenues of research.

DKK 534.00
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Causation - Luke Fenton Glynn - Bog - Cambridge University Press - Plusbog.dk

Causation - Luke Fenton Glynn - Bog - Cambridge University Press - Plusbog.dk

This Element provides an accessible introduction to the contemporary philosophy of causation. It introduces the reader to central concepts and distinctions (type vs token causation, probabilistic vs deterministic causation, difference-making, interventions, overdetermination, pre-emption) and to key tools (structural equations, graphs, probabilistic causal models) drawn upon in the contemporary debate. The aim is to fuel the reader''s interest in causation, and to equip them with the resources to contribute to the debate themselves. The discussion is historically informed and outward-looking. ''Historically informed'' in that concise accounts of key historical contributions to the understanding of causation set the stage for an examination of the latest research. ''Outward looking'' in that illustrations are provided of how the philosophy of causation relates to issues in the sciences, law, and elsewhere. The aim is to show why the study of causation is of critical importance, besides being fascinating in its own right.

DKK 218.00
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Lucan's Egyptian Civil War - Jonathan Tracy - Bog - Cambridge University Press - Plusbog.dk

Lucan's Egyptian Civil War - Jonathan Tracy - Bog - Cambridge University Press - Plusbog.dk

This book explores Lucan''s highly original deployment of contradictory Greco-Roman stereotypes about Egypt (utopian vs. xenophobic) as a means of reflecting on the violent tensions within his own society (conservatism vs. Caesarism). Lucan shows the two distinct facets of first-century BC Egypt, namely its ancient Pharaonic heritage and its latter-day Hellenistic culture under the Ptolemies, not only in spiritual conflict with one another (via the opposed characters of Acoreus, priest of old Memphis, and the Alexandrian courtier Pothinus) but also inextricably entangled with the corresponding factions of the Roman civil war and of Nero''s Rome. Dr Tracy also connects Lucan''s portrayal of Egypt and the Nile to his critical engagement with Greco-Roman discourse on natural science, particularly the Naturales Quaestiones of his uncle Seneca the Younger. Lastly, he examines Lucan''s attitude toward the value of cultural diversity within the increasingly monocultural environment of the Roman Mediterranean.

DKK 858.00
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