This edited volume contains sixteen chapters by eminent scholars on one of the largest migration corridors in the world i.e., between South and South-East Asia and the Gulf region. Asia’s trade and cultural contact with the Gulf date back to ancient historical times. Since the 1970s, the economic rise of the Gulf Cooperation...
Alyssa Ayres' fascinating study examines Pakistan's troubled history by exploring the importance of culture to political legitimacy. Early leaders selected Urdu as the natural symbol of the nation's great cultural past, but due to its limited base great efforts would be required to make it truly national. This paradox underscores the importance of...
The height of Mt. Everest was first measured in 1850, but the closest any westerner got to Everest during the next 71 years, until 1921, was 40 miles. The Hunt for Mt. Everest tells the story of the 71-year quest to find the world's highest mountain. It's a tale of high drama, of larger-than-life characters-George...
In 1846, under the terms of the Treaty of Amritsar, the British sold the beautiful
valley of Kashmir to the Hindu Dogra ruler, Gulab Singh. It was not a sale in the
traditional sense of the word since Britain was not physically occupying the land it
sold, but rather a confirmation of an existing state of affairs where by Gulab Singh...
Assuming only basic knowledge of C# 2008, Beginning C# 2008 Databases teaches all the fundamentals of database technology and database programming readers need to quickly become highly proficient database users and application developers.
A comprehensive tutorial on both SQL Server 2005 and ADO.NET 3.0, Beginning C# 2008...
Companies and consumers are increasingly dependent on broadband and are committed to taking broadband to the next level with mobile broadband or 802.16e, the WiMAX standard. The Business of WiMAX offers a complete guide to this exciting technology, addressing the critical issues surrounding WiMAX and its future. The author discusses...
BETWEEN 1946 AND 1952, the British Raj, the world’s largest colony,
was transformed into the Republic of India, the world’s largest democracy.
Independence, the Constituent Assembly Debates, the founding of the
Republic, and India’s first universal franchise general election took place
amid the violence and...
The theme of the book is highly relevant to the current emphasis on environment conservation, with focus on native biodiversity conservation in agro-ecosystems. The current impetus being given to organic farming and export oriented agri-hortculture in the country calls for access to relevant scientific knowledge base among the stakeholders....
This book argues that inequality of basic freedoms?economic, political, sociocultural?is a central cause of fragility and challenge to job creation in fragile geopolitical situations. ?It is based on extensive official data and stakeholder interactions in the conflict-ridden Indian border state of Jammu and Kashmir, and involves a case...
This book is interdisciplinary trying to combine ancient history and
modern business ethics. Civilization begins, not with the invention of
agriculture, but with the articulation almost 70,000 years ago, according
to Puranas, the set of books of history from the beginning of the world,
in Sanskrit, with a valid ethical code....
The book provides an introduction to nanostructured materials and guides the reader through their different engineering applications. It gives an overview of nanostructured materials applied in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, and materials science. Materials for different applications in...
Agriculture 5.0: Artificial Intelligence, IoT & Machine Learning provides an interdisciplinary, integrative overview of latest development in the domain of smart farming. It shows how the traditional farming practices are being enhanced and modified by automation and introduction of modern scalable technological...
