edinburgh university press nov 2009 (8 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This illuminating guide to discovering your Scottish family history has been fully revised and updated to take account of changes to resources and methods for researching your Scottish ancestry over the last few years. Accessible in style and comprehensive in coverage, this new edition stresses the importance of traditional methods of family history research while also embracing the exciting possibilities afforded by new technologies, sources and developments in genetic science. Indispensable to both the fledgling researcher and the more experienced family history specialist in Scotland or elsewhere, this book provides a guide to the very latest resources available to assist with research. Covering Scottish primary and secondary sources in full detail, this book also provides illustrative case studies of family history research, lists of useful websites and archives, and family history organisations and societies. Highlights of this new edition: \*An updated chapter dedicated to aspects of recording, scanning and storing information \*New insight into accessing English, Irish, emigrant and immigrant records \*An update on developments in DNA genetics of relevance to the genealogist \*A substantial and broad-ranging bibliography essential for those who want to take their research further.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Edinburgh Advanced Textbooks in LinguisticsSeries editors: Peter Ackema and Mitsuhiko OtaThis series supports the study of core topics that form substantial and identifiable parts of Linguistics degree courses as taught in the later years of undergraduate study. Each volume provides an in-depth introduction to a particular linguistic subdiscipline, while also engaging with recent research on the subject.Essential Programming for LinguisticsMartin WeisserA gentle introduction to programming for students and researchers interested in conducting computer-based analysis in linguistics, this book is an ideal starting point for linguists approaching programming for the first time. Assuming no background knowledge of programming, the author introduces basic notions and techniques needed for linguistic programming and helps readers to develop their understanding of electronic texts.The book includes many examples based on diverse topics in linguistics in order to demonstrate the applicability of the concepts at the heart of programming. Practical examples are designed to help the reader to:\*Identify basic issues in handling language data, including Unicode processing\*Conduct simple analyses in morphology/morphosyntax, and phonotactics\*Understanding techniques for matching linguistic patterns\*Learn to convert data into formats and data structures suitable for linguistic analysis\*Create frequency lists from corpus materials to gather basic descriptive statistics on texts\*Understand, obtain and 'clean up' web-based data\*Design graphical user interfaces for writing more efficient and easy-to-use analysis tools.Two different types of exercise help readers to learn to interpret and understand illustrative sample code, and then develop algorithmic thinking and solution strategies through turning a series of instructions into sample programs. Readers will be equipped with the necessary tools for designing their own extended projects.Key Features:\*Ide.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A Special Publication of the journal Archives of Natural History to coincide with the bicentenary of Darwin's birth.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Assessing the George W. Bush PresidencyA Tale of Two TermsEdited by Andrew Wroe and John HerbertIn one of the first volumes assessing the full two terms of the George W. Bush presidency, Wroe and Herbert have gathered the work of leading American and European scholars. In fifteen succinct and incisive chapters, authorities such as Jim Pfiffner, John Maltese, Graham Wilson and Alan Gitelson offer assessments of the Bush administration's successes and failures. Extensive attention is paid to Bush's foreign policy, including 'The War on Terror' but the focus is broadened to absorb not only the Bush Doctrine and its repercussions, but also his trade and homeland security policies. The president's domestic leadership in economics and social policy is investigated, as are his dealings as president with the other institutions of the U.S. political system. The result is a comprehensive guide to the Bush presidency and its legacy.Key Features\*Chapters by leading authorities from both sides of the Atlantic\*One of the first volumes to take into account the full span of the Bush presidency\*Broad-ranging coverage of both domestic and foreign policy\*Short, direct chapters providing incisive analysis of the administration's successes and failuresAndrew Wroe is a Lecturer in US Politics in the Department of Politics and IR at the University of Kent.Jon Herbert is a Lecturer in US Politics at Keele University's School of Politics, International Relations and Philosophy.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This illuminating guide to discovering your Scottish family history has been fully revised and updated to take account of changes to resources and methods for researching your Scottish ancestry over the last few years. Accessible in style and comprehensive in coverage, this new edition stresses the importance of traditional methods of family history research while also embracing the exciting possibilities afforded by new technologies, sources and developments in genetic science. Indispensable to both the fledgling researcher and the more experienced family history specialist in Scotland or elsewhere, this book provides a guide to the very latest resources available to assist with research. Covering Scottish primary and secondary sources in full detail, this book also provides illustrative case studies of family history research, lists of useful websites and archives, and family history organisations and societies. Highlights of this new edition: \*An updated chapter dedicated to aspects of recording, scanning and storing information \*New insight into accessing English, Irish, emigrant and immigrant records \*An update on developments in DNA genetics of relevance to the genealogist \*A substantial and broad-ranging bibliography essential for those who want to take their research further.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The second of Tales of the Crusaders, The Talisman is set in Palestine during the Third Crusade (1189 - 92). Scott constructs a story of chivalric action, apparently adopting a medieval romance view of the similarities in the values of both sides. But disguise is the leading theme of the tale: it is not just that characters frequently wear clothing that conceals their identity, but that professions and cultures hide their true nature. In this novel the Christian leaders are divided by a factious criminality, and are contrasted to the magnanimity and decisiveness of Saladin, the leader of the Moslem armies. In a period when the west was fascinated with the exotic east, Scott represents the Moslem other as more humane than the Christian west. The Talisman is one of Scott's great novels. It is a superb tale. It is also a bold departure as, for the first time, Scott explores not cultural conflict within a country or society but in the opposition of two world religions.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Set at the time of the Third Crusade (1189 - 92), The Betrothed is the first of Scott's Tales of the Crusaders. The betrothed is Eveline, daughter of a Norman noble, who is a victim of the Crusade in that her intended husband is required by the Church to fulfil his vow to join the war and departs for three years. The full horror of an arranged marriage, and of being a possible prize as men seek to gain possession of her is vividly realised -- the heroine is never free; her fate is always determined by the agency of men. And being set on the Marches of Wales, it is not just men but differing cultures that strive for mastery over her.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Assessing the George W. Bush PresidencyA Tale of Two TermsEdited by Andrew Wroe and John HerbertIn one of the first volumes assessing the full two terms of the George W. Bush presidency, Wroe and Herbert have gathered the work of leading American and European scholars. In fifteen succinct and incisive chapters, authorities such as Jim Pfiffner, John Maltese, Graham Wilson and Alan Gitelson offer assessments of the Bush administration's successes and failures. Extensive attention is paid to Bush's foreign policy, including 'The War on Terror' but the focus is broadened to absorb not only the Bush Doctrine and its repercussions, but also his trade and homeland security policies. The president's domestic leadership in economics and social policy is investigated, as are his dealings as president with the other institutions of the U.S. political system. The result is a comprehensive guide to the Bush presidency and its legacy.Key Features\*Chapters by leading authorities from both sides of the Atlantic\*One of the first volumes to take into account the full span of the Bush presidency\*Broad-ranging coverage of both domestic and foreign policy\*Short, direct chapters providing incisive analysis of the administration's successes and failuresAndrew Wroe is a Lecturer in US Politics in the Department of Politics and IR at the University of Kent.Jon Herbert is a Lecturer in US Politics at Keele University's School of Politics, International Relations and Philosophy.