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Books in Social sciences and humanities

  • Advances in Child Development and Behavior

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 23
    • January 8, 1992
    • English

  • Studies in Organizational Sociology

    Essays in Honor of Charles K. Warriner
    • 1st Edition
    • January 1, 1992
    • Gale Miller
    • English

  • The Art of Dress Modelling

    Shape Within Shape
    • 1st Edition
    • January 1, 1992
    • Lily Silberberg + 1 more
    • English

  • Giancarlo De Carlo

    • 1st Edition
    • January 1, 1992
    • Benedict Zucchi
    • English

  • Robert T. Moran's Cultural Guide to Doing Business in Europe

    • 2nd Edition
    • January 1, 1992
    • Michael L. Johnson + 1 more
    • English

  • Agricultural Futures and Options

    A Guide to Using North American and European Markets
    • 1st Edition
    • January 1, 1992
    • Richard Duncan
    • English
    Agricultural futures and options has been written for the potential and actual users of agricultural futures markets but should also provide a useful introduction to the more academic students of the subject.Divided into three parts, the first examines the North American markets with chapters on Chicago, definitions, hedgers, commodity trading advisors, options, New York and the Winnipeg community.Part 2's study of the European markets looks at soft commodities and the London Fox, the London Grain Futures Market, meat futures, potato futures and soya bean meal futures.Investing and investor protection is the subject of part 3. Guidelines are provided for opening and servicing an account and a further chapter deals with regulation.

  • The International Nickel Trade

    • 1st Edition
    • January 1, 1992
    • Simon Clow
    • English
    Nickel is an internationally traded commodity and the smallest of the LME's six base metals contracts. Its unique characteristics allow a variety of commercial and industrial applications, the most important of which is undoubtedly in the production of stainless steels. Simon Clow has set out to paint an overall picture of the nickel trade; the result is a book which genuinely covers the entire industry. It describes the history and growth, defines areas of production and explains the mechanisms of demand and consumption. Above all the book is concerned with patterns of supply, with prices and with attitudes towards different pricing mechanisms.

  • Cosmetics Additives

    An Industrial Guide
    • 1st Edition
    • December 31, 1991
    • Ernest W. Flick
    • English
    Describes about 4,000 cosmetics additives for industrial use, compiled from information from 84 manufacturers and distributors. The cosmetics and personal care products industry has a $60 billion market worldwide, and future growth is expected. In the US the market breaks down roughly into: hair care, 20%; fragrances, 20%; skin care, 14%; makeup, 17%; deodorants and skin and body lotions, 10%; and oral care products, 10%. Growth is expected in products targeting ethnic markets and working women. The book lists the following product information, as available, in the manufacturer's own words: (1) Company name and product category, (2) Trade name and product number, (3) Product description. Also included are a Trade Name Index and a list of Suppliers' Addresses.

  • Approaches to the Study of Motor Control and Learning

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 84
    • December 18, 1991
    • J.J. Summers
    • English
    During the past two decades, there has been a dramatic increasein interest in the study of motor control and learning. In thisvolume authors from a variety of backgrounds and theoreticalperspecti... review their research with particular emphasis onthe methods and paradigms employed, and the future direction oftheir work. The book is divided into four main sections. Thefirst section contains chapters examining general issues andtrends in the movement behaviour field. The remaining threesections contain chapters from scientists working in threebroadly defined areas of interest: coordination and control;visuo-motor processes; and movement disorders. Each sectionprovides an overview of the different approaches and differentlevels of analysis being used to examine specific topics withinthe motor domain.

  • The Science of Musical Sounds

    • 1st Edition
    • December 11, 1991
    • Johan Sundberg
    • English
    This book is concerned with the scientific aspects of musical sounds. It presents basic acoustics, auditory theory, and sound generation from both a theoretical and a practical view. Room acoustics, sound analysis, recording and reproduction, and sound synthesis as well as cognition are examined from the perspective of music.

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