Books published by Harwood-Academic Publishers

A volume in the economic development studies section of this series, discussing the relationship between agrarian institutions and economic development and efficiency. Dr Basu is an associate editor of the "Journal of Public Economics" and the "Journal of Development Economics".

This volume summarizes the manifold interactions between the endothelium and the immune response system and includes important sections examining the immunopathology involved in various forms of vascular damage, particularly atherosclerosis.

A detailed study in English of Ernst Toller's plays and their most significant productions. Particular productions directed by Karl-Heinz Martin, Jurgen Fehling and Edwin Piscator are analyzed because of their obscuring or distortion of Toller's intentions, according to the author.

This text provides an account of molecular genetic advances in a wide spectrum of genetic eye disorders and forms the second volume on the "Modern Genetics" series. Sections on albinism, retinitis pigmentosa and collagen disorders deal with the problems of heterogeneity.

Gives a unified presentation of the entire subject of particle physics, starting with a self-contained discussion of quantam field theory and going on with the symmetry and interaction of particles.

This textbook elucidates the basic principles of behaviour that have been developed through the experimental analysis of behaviour and illustrates how those principles are encompassing an increasingly large section of the broad field of psychology.

This volume deals with the manipulation of atoms by laser light, describing the focusing, channeling and reflection of atoms by laser fields. Different atom optics methods are described, along with the radiation forces involved.

Presents a basic model of the Bayesian implementation problem and summarizes and explains recent developments in this branch of implementation theory. Substantive problems of interest (public goods provision, auctions and bargaining) are special cases of this model and are also discussed.

Ailey's choreography caused shock waves in the dance world of 1958 and continues to move audiences deeply. Diverse contributors discuss the impact of Ailey and his company on American Modern Dance.

This is an ethnographically-focused environmental study of Montane, New Guinea, where people were among the world's first to cultivate crops some ten millennia ago, and where today an enduring agricultural tradition continues.

Recognition of the importance of complex oligosaccharides in a variety of biological processes has stimulated a massive effort to synthesize them. This work presents a review of oligosaccharide synthesis leading from classical methods through to the state-of-the-art technology.

The first section of this volume covers chemistry and biological activity of major classes of naturally occurring pesticides, including the development of more potent insecticides based on natural lead-in structures. The second section consists of monographs on each compound by product.

What level of scientific training is necessary to understand contemporary science? Does the lack of historical perspective prevent good scholarship? This text answers these questions.

A study of Yury Lyubimov's tempestuous career and his style of theatre. This work traces the development of his ideas, from his arrival at the Taganka Theatre in 1964 through to his explusion in 1984, and his period of exile in the West until his return in 1989 to a much-changed Russia.