American Civilization: An Introduction FROM THE PUBLISHER
Fully revised and updated, this third edition of American Civilization, introduces all the important aspects of contemporary America to students of English language and American studies. The themes surveyed include the people, settlement, immigration, women, minorities, political institutions, foreign policy, the legal system, economic and industrial institutions, social services, education, the media, religion and the arts, sports and leisure. Each chapter consists of one theme and is structured with descriptive material and illustrations, a section on attitudes of American people towards the theme and exercises and essays at the end to test comprehension.
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An introductory anatomy of object-oriented analysis and design marking the muscle and bone of implementing a real system by studying two in-depth cases. Yourdon (developer of the "Yourdon method") and Argila (independent software engineering consultant) eschew complicated math and concentrate on the philosophy behind class and object identification and refinement, system structure and attributes, instance relationships, services, messages, design, and object-oriented transitioning including a 12-step program. 21 appendices contain most of the work products involved in the object-oriented analysis and design of the case study systems, and the volume is accompanied by a diskette featuring the case study programs. Includes illustrations and a pull-out flow chart. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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