Sherman McCoy is an icon for the superficial life of the wealthy in New York City in the 1980s. His world is shaken by a sudden encounter with unexpected fear and danger when he accidently drives his $50,000 Mercedes into the South Bronx. Wolfe's novel touches on every rung of the social and economic ladder of the times, from inner-city ...
The public budgeting process intensifies political competition at all levels of the U.S. federal system. Gosling clearly explains the intergovernmental dynamics of the actors, institutions, and processes of U.S. public budgeting at the local, state, and federal levels - both now and through changes of the last several decades. This edition ...
This text distinguishes itself through its highly accessible writing style, brevity, inclusion of unique topics such as tribal governments, extensive discussion of intergovernmental relations, and its focus on the relationship between government and the governed--how individuals are affected by government decisions and how individuals influence ...
This title explains the design motivation of the language, as well as the tradeoffs involved in using specific features. Practical examples are presented with tips to effectively exploit Java's constructs, libraries, and language details.
In this 2 volume set, Volume 1 describes the core packages which are the most fundamental to Java--java.lang, java.util, java.io, and java.net. The Window Toolkit (java.awt) and Applet (java.applet) packages, described in Volume 2, implement the high-level, graphical programming APIs.
Second Edition now available!Written by the inventors of the technology, The Java Language Specification is the definitive technical reference for the Java programming language. It provides complete, accurate, and detailed coverage of the entire language and its syntax. If you want to know the precise meaning of Java's constructs, this is the ...
In language that is understandable to non-economists, this work introduces readers to the interrelationship of politics and economics in America - how economics influences public policy and how public policy can impact the economy. Readers learn how the U.S. economy works (domestically and in its global connectedness), how to measure economic ...
Real-time programming is a critical component in the development of many consumer and industrial devices. The long-awaited Real-Time Java specification has arrived, delivering the powerful benefits of Java to the embedded software development community. The Real-Time Specification for JavaaA A , introduces the new specification in detail -- giving ...
One of the few books to focus on the domestic economy, Politics and the American Economy represents an up-to-date assessment of the relationship between economics and politics in the context of America's ideology and historical experience. It takes a problem-oriented approach that attracts and keeps student interest. This book gives students the ...
Immunoassays is the first practical volume designed to help any biologist develop an immunoassay of any common format for any suitable analyte. The basic principles are described and the choices of assay types and formats listed. Methods for raising and for characterizing antibodies, for preparing radioactive, enzymatic, fluorescent and other ...
This unique new text gives students the philosophical and analytical tools they need to place today's policy issues within a normative context, evaluate the policy actions of our government, and understand and appraise the choices our policymakers make. Combining practical, real world examples with both empirical and normative theory, this book ...
A new edition of the undergraduate text combining the virtue of conciseness with a thorough course outline pertaining to public budgeting processes at each level of government. Gosling (political science, U. of Utah) overviews the function of public budgeting and sources of political conflict, outl
This text shows Web developers how to add interactive content to attract and hold Internet visitors to Websites. Readers should gain a working understanding of how Java 3D fits into other Web technologies, how to use special development tools included with the Java 3D product, and methods to construct rich, 3D Java programs for business ...
This single-volume work is a comprehensive survey of the present state of immunoassay methodology, one of the most important tests in medicine, and its many applications in clinical practice. Emphasizing their applications, it provides up-to-date information on the immunoassays and related methods. Immunoassay is one of the most sensitive and most ...
"The NeWS Book" leads the technical reader through the discovery of a revolutionary window system: the Network extensible Window System, developed by Sun Microsystems. Independent of computer hardware and systems software, NeWS has been ported to a number of platforms and licensed to many computer vendors and software developers. NeWS will be part ...
The 're-imagined' "Battlestar Galactica" is quite simply one of the most acclaimed series on any channel. It was voted TV Show of the Year by "Time" magazine, and also received a Peabody Award, an unprecedented achievement for a sci-fi show. With its classy ensemble cast, including Edward James Olmos and Mary McDonnell, its cutting-edge special ...
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