Books published by Taylor & Francis Ltd

The book is concerned with the operation of the neuromuscular system, which is the part of our nervous system that enables us to maintain an upright posture and allows voluntary or involuntary movement of our bodies or body parts.

This book challenges the long-established structure of Chinese history around dynasties, adopting a more "organic" approach which emphasises cultural and economic trends that transcend arbitrary dynastic boundaries.

Ecological Film Theory and Psychoanalysis argues that these films exploit cinemäs inherent Cartesian grammar to construct texts in which not only small groups of protagonist survivors, but also vicarious spectators, pleasurably transcend the fictionalised destruction.

Operational Auditing: Principles and Techniques for a Changing World, 2nd edition, explains the proven approaches and essential procedures to perform risk-based operational audits.

This book highlights key ideas and factors to coach and guide professionals involved in learning about Sterile Manufacturing and operational requirements.

The study of nonlinear optimization is both fundamental and a key course for applied mathematics, operations research, management science, industrial engineering, and economics at most colleges and universities.

This book integrates the insights of environmental constitutionalism and ecological law in a concise, engaging and accessible manner. It will be of great interest to students and scholars of environmental law, ecological law, environmental constitutionalism, sustainability and rights of nature.

Record-Making and Record-Keeping in Early Societies provides a concise and up-to-date survey of early record-making and record-keeping practices across the world. It investigates the ways in which human activities have been recorded in different settings using different methods and technologies.

This book analyses the role industrial policy can play in the transformation of African economies, outlining a specific type of industrial policy, Frontier Industrial Policy as an instrument for transformation. The book will be of interest to researchers across Economics, Development, Postcolonial Studies and African Studies.

This book offers detailed accounts of everyday encounters between children and animals, exploring the myriad ways in which their lives are entangled, co-shaped and co-implicated in their common worlds. It uniquely frames child-animal relations within the context of global ecological challenges, engaging with more-than-human theory.

China's accession to the World Trade Organisation in 2001 was a highly significant event both for China and for the wider world. This book argues that, although at the time some people doubted the likely benefits, China's WTO accession has been highly successful. It discusses how China has abided by WTO terms and how membership has contributed to China's reform, showing how China's WTO membership has been a great stimulus both for China's economy and the world economy. The book considers the subject from a range of perspectives, drawing out lessons for China's future reform and development, and its relations with the rest of the world, emphasising the need to maintain a win-win approach.

The third edition of Approaches to Art Therapy brings together varied theoretical approaches and provides a variety of solutions to the challenge of translating theory to technique.

This book demonstrates how land tax operates and is administered across State and local governments in Australia. International expert Vincent Mangioni reviews the current status and emerging trends in these taxes in Australia and compares them with the UK, USA/Canada, Denmark and New Zealand. He sets out what Australia must do through practice and policy to reform and bring this tax into the 21st Century to strengthen the finances of sub-national governments whilst minimising the risk of future property tax revolts. This book provides an essential resource for all property professionals as well as accountants, lawyers and government administrators.

Paediatric Radiology for MRCPCH and FRCR, second edition is the essential, bestselling and exam-oriented text for radiologists and paediatricians alike.

Provides an understanding of how the fluvial system operates at different spatial and temporal scales. This book is suitable as an introductory text for first and second year undergraduates.

Extensively revised and updated, this popular text presents an accessible yet rigorous treatment of