“gil l robertson”

At long last, the time has come: the time for African American people to face the scourge that has affected it disproportionately for years, and to break through the cultural inhibitions that have prevented them from dealing with it head on. This landmark collection of personal essays, stories, brie... More

A comprehensive and accessible textbook, Food Packaging: Principles and Practice, Second Edition presents an integrated approach to understanding the principles underlying food packaging and their applications. Integrating concepts from chemistry, microbiology, and engineering, it continues in the f... More

With more than 18 million refugees worldwide, the refugee problem has fostered an intense debate regarding what political changes are necessary in the international system to provide effective solutions in the 1990s and beyond. In the past, refugees have been perceived largely as a problem of intern... More

Over fifty years ago, governments established the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to be a human rights and advocacy organization. This is the first independent history of this highly important establishment. Gil Loescher, one of the world's leading experts on refu... More

An examination of the historical background and contemporary significance of the asylum and refugee issue confronting Western governments that draws lessons for future policy-making This is the first study of the asylum-refugee problems to examine not only the history of policies of receiving nation... More

"" ... Hard to imagine a more complete resource for architects, engineers, and code officials."" -- Charles Linn, Deputy Editor, Architectural Record. . THE ALL-IN-ONE QUALITY, CODE COMPLIANCE, AND BUILDING INSPECTION TOOLKIT. . This resource simplifies quality assurance, code compliance, and inspec... More