Book Search

1. Mapping China and Managing the World

   Culture, Cartography and Cosmology in Late Imperial Times

   By Richard J. Smith

   Series: Asia's Transformations/Critical Asian Scholarship

   From the founding of the Qin dynasty in 221 BCE to the present, the Chinese have been preoccupied with the notion of ordering their world. Efforts to create and maintain order are expressed not only in China’s bureaucratic institutions and methods of social and economic organization but also in...

   To Be Published October 3rd 2012 by Routledge
2. Negotiating Environment and Science

   "An Insider's View of International Agreements, from Driftnets to the Space Station"

   By Richard J. Smith

   In this thought-provoking new book, career U.S. State Department negotiator Richard J. Smith offers readers unprecedented access to the details about some of the most complex and politically charged international agreements of the late and immediate post Cold War era. During his nine years as...

   Published March 1st 2012 by RFF Press
3. International Judicial Institutions

   The Architecture of International Justice at Home and Abroad

   By Richard J. Goldstone, Adam M. Smith

   Series: Global Institutions

   Written by a former UN Chief Prosecutor and a leading international law expert, this is a much needed, short and accessible introduction to the current debates in international humanitarian law. Analyzing the legal and political underpinnings of international judicial institutions, it...

   Published September 29th 2008 by Routledge
4. Japanese Culture

   Its Development and Characteristics

   Edited by Richard K. Beardsley, Robert J. Smith

   This book presents an authoritative and illuminating insight into the development and most important characteristics of Japanese society and culture. Approaching the subject from a number of different points of view. Originally published in 1963....

   Published February 25th 2004 by Routledge
5. Usability Evaluation and Interface Design

   Cognitive Engineering, Intelligent Agents, and Virtual Reality, Volume 1

   Edited by Michael J. Smith, Richard John Koubek, Gavriel Salvendy, Don Harris

   Series: Human Factors and Ergonomics

   This three volume set provides the complete proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction held August, 2001 in New Orleans. A total of 2,738 individuals from industry, academia, research institutes, and governmental agencies from 37 countries submitted their work...

   Published July 31st 2001 by CRC Press