Author: Johan Elverskog
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Keywords: imperial, china, state, buddhism, mongols, qing
Number of Pages: 242
Published: 2006-08-30
List price: $52.00
ISBN-10: 0824830210
ISBN-13: 9780824830212

Although it is generally believed that the Manchus controlled the Mongols through their patronage of Tibetan Buddhism, scant attention has been paid to the Mongol view of the Qing imperial project. In contrast to other accounts of Manchu rule, Our Great Qing focuses not only on what images the metropole wished to project into Mongolia, but also on what images the Mongols acknowledged themselves. Rather than accepting the Manchu s use of Buddhism, Johan Elverskog begins by questioning the static, unhistorical, and hegemonic view of political life implicit in the Buddhist explanation. By stres

Author: Johan Elverskog
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Keywords: encounters, asia, road, silk, islam, buddhism
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 2010-03-25
List price: $69.95
ISBN-10: 0812242378
ISBN-13: 9780812242379

In the contemporary world the meeting of Buddhism and Islam is most often imagined as one of violent confrontation. Indeed, the Taliban’s destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas in 2001 seemed not only to reenact the infamous Muslim destruction of Nalanda monastery in the thirteenth century but also to reaffirm the stereotypes of Buddhism as a peaceful, rational philosophy and Islam as an inherently violent and irrational religion. But if Buddhist-Muslim history was simply repeated instances of Muslim militants attacking representations of the Buddha, how had the Bamiyan Buddha statues surviv

Authors:Johan Meyers, Johan Meyers, Bernard Geurts, Pierre Sa
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: ercoftac, series, simulations, eddy, reliability, large, quality
Number of Pages: 400
Published: 2008-06-21
List price: $209.00
ISBN-10: 140208577X
ISBN-13: 9781402085772

Computational resources have developed to the level that, for the first time, it is becoming possible to apply large-eddy simulation (LES) to turbulent flow problems of realistic complexity. Many examples can be found in technology and in a variety of natural flows. This puts issues related to assessing, assuring, and predicting the quality of LES into the spotlight. Several LES studies have been published in the past, demonstrating a high level of accuracy with which turbulent flow predictions can be attained, without having to resort to the excessive requirements on computational resources i

Authors:Arie Johan Vanderjagt, Arie Johan Vanderjagt, Martin
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
Keywords: intellectual, history, studies, brill, princely, culture, princes
Number of Pages: 357
Published: 2005-01
List price: $142.00
ISBN-10: 9004136908
ISBN-13: 9789004136908

Many products of medieval and renaissance culture – literature, music, political ideology, social and governmental structures, the fine arts, forms of devotional piety, and also the social, political and literary self-representation of rulers – found their best expression in the context of the courts of greater and lesser princes. This second volume on princes and princely culture between 1450 and 1650 – the first was published in 2003 as volume 118/1 in this series – contains twelve essays. These are focused on England under Edward IV, Henrys VII and VIII, Elizabeth I, and under James

Author: Johan Theli
Publisher: Apre
Keywords: open, source, voice, expert, qtâ®, development, foundations
Number of Pages: 528
Published: 2007-08-03
List price: $54.99
ISBN-10: 1590598318
ISBN-13: 9781590598313

As the standard for KDE desktop environment, Trolltechs Qt is a necessary basis for all programmers who want to develop cross-platform applications on Windows, Mac OS, Linux, and FreeBSD. A multitude of popular applications have been written in Qt including Adobe Photoshop Elements, Google Earth, Perforce Visual Client, and Skype. Foundations of Qt Development is based on Qt 4.2, and is aimed at C++ programmers who want to become proficient using this excellent toolkit to create graphical applications that can be ported to all major platforms. The book is focused on teaching you to write your

Author: Johan van Lenge
Publisher: Shelter Publications, Inc.
Keywords: architect, barefoot
Number of Pages: 720
Published: 2007-10-28
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 0936070420
ISBN-13: 9780936070421

A former UN worker and prominent architect, Johan van Lengen has seen firsthand the desperate need for a "greener" approach to housing in impoverished tropical climates. This comprehensive book clearly explains every aspect of this endeavor, including design (siting, orientation, climate consideration), materials (sisal, cactus, bamboo, earth), and implementation. The author emphasizes throughout the book what is inexpensive and sustainable. Included are sections discussing urban planning, small-scale energy production, cleaning and storing drinking water, and dealing with septic waste, and al

Author: Johan Zuidweg
Publisher: Artech House Publisher
Keywords: telecommunications, library, house, artech, intelligent, networks, generation
Number of Pages: 366
Published: 2002-08-15
List price: $99.00
ISBN-10: 1580532632
ISBN-13: 9781580532631

If you want an up-to-date, in-depth understanding of next generation intelligent networks (IN), this book is essential reading. It provides you with a comprehensive survey of current and emerging intelligent telecommunications networks, including underlying software, implementation, deployment and standards. It assesses the influence of mobile networks and IP technology on the directions that IN is taking now, and looks at the way middleware is reducing the dependence of service logic on the underlying network protocols. Moreover, it discusses the role of IN in tomorrowÂ’s network. Next Genera