1.

Record Nr.

UNIORUON00196102

Autore

HALLORAN, J.D.

Titolo

Demonstrations and Communications : A Case Study / James D. Halloran, Philip Elliott, Graham Murdock

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Harmondsworth, : Penguin Books, 1970

Descrizione fisica

330 p. ; 18 cm.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910964220003321

Autore

Roorda Eric

Titolo

The dictator next door : the good neighbor policy and the Trujillo regime in the Dominican Republic, 1930-1945 / / Eric Paul Roorda

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Durham : , : Duke University Press, , 1998

ISBN

9780822398325

082239832X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (369 p.)

Collana

American encounters/global interactions

Disciplina

327.7307293

Soggetti

HISTORY / Caribbean & West Indies / General

United States Foreign relations Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic Foreign relations United States

Dominican Republic History 1930-1961

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [307]-325) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Dominican history, the United States in the Caribbean and the origins of the good neighbor policy -- The Dominican revolution of 1930 and the policy of nonintervention -- The bankrupt neighbor policy: depression diplomacy and the Foreign Bondholders Protective Council



-- What will the neighbors think? Dictatorship and diplomacy in the public eye -- Genocide next door: the Haitian massacre of 1937 and the Sosua Jewish refugee settlement -- Gold braid and striped pants: the culture of foreign relations in the Dominican Republic -- Fortress America, Fortaleza Trujillo: The Hull-Trujillo Treaty and the Second World War -- The good neighbor policy and dictatorship.

Sommario/riassunto

The question of how U.S. foreign policy should manage relations with autocratic governments, particularly in the Caribbean and Latin America, has always been difficult and complex. In The Dictator Next Door Eric Paul Roorda focuses on the relations between the U.S. and the Dominican Republic following Rafael Trujillo’s seizure of power in 1930. Examining the transition from the noninterventionist policies of the Hoover administration to Roosevelt’s Good Neighbor policy, Roorda blends diplomatic history with analyses of domestic politics in both countries not only to explore the political limits of American hegemony but to provide an in-depth view of a crucial period in U.S. foreign relations.Although Trujillo’s dictatorship was enabled by prior U.S. occupation of the Dominican Republic, the brutality of his regime and the reliance on violence and vanity to sustain his rule was an untenable offense to many in the U.S. diplomatic community, as well as to certain legislators, journalists, and bankers. Many U.S. military officers and congressmen, however—impressed by the civil order and extensive infrastructure the dictator established—comprised an increasingly powerful Dominican lobby. What emerges is a picture of Trujillo at the center of a crowded stage of international actors and a U.S. government that, despite events such as Trujillo’s 1937 massacre of 12,000 Haitians, was determined to foster alliances with any government that would oppose its enemies as the world moved toward war.Using previously untapped records, privately held papers, and unpublished photographs, Roorda demonstrates how caution, confusion, and conflicting goals marked U.S. relations with Trujillo and set the tone for the ambivalent Cold War relations that prevailed until Trujillo’s assassination in 1961. The Dictator Next Door will interest Latin Americanists, historians, political scientists, and specialists in international relations and diplomacy.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911019512003321

Autore

Ruch David K. <1959->

Titolo

Wavelet theory : an elementary approach with applications / / David K. Ruch, Patrick J. Van Fleet

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, 2009

ISBN

9786613280015

9781283280013

1283280019

9781118165652

1118165659

9781118165669

1118165667

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (502 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

Van FleetPatrick J. <1962->

Disciplina

515/.2433

Soggetti

Wavelets (Mathematics)

Transformations (Mathematics)

Digital images - Mathematics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Wavelet Theory: An Elementary Approach with Applications; CONTENTS; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 The Complex Plane and the Space L2(R); 1.1 Complex Numbers and Basic Operations; Problems; 1.2 The Space L2(R); Problems; 1.3 Inner Products; Problems; 1.4 Bases and Projections; Problems; 2 Fourier Series and Fourier Transformations; 2.1 Euler's Formula and the Complex Exponential Function; Problems; 2.2 Fourier Series; Problems; 2.3 The Fourier Transform; Problems; 2.4 Convolution and 5-Splines; Problems; 3 Haar Spaces; 3.1 The Haar Space Vo; Problems; 3.2 The General Haar Space Vj; Problems

3.3 The Haar Wavelet Space W0Problems; 3.4 The General Haar Wavelet Space Wj; Problems; 3.5 Decomposition and Reconstruction; Problems; 3.6 Summary; 4 The Discrete Haar Wavelet Transform and Applications; 4.1 The One-Dimensional Transform; Problems; 4.2 The Two-Dimensional Transform; Problems; 4.3 Edge Detection and Naive Image Compression; 5 Multiresolution Analysis; 5.1 Multiresolution Analysis;



Problems; 5.2 The View from the Transform Domain; Problems; 5.3 Examples of Multiresolution Analyses; Problems; 5.4 Summary; 6 Daubechies Scaling Functions and Wavelets

6.1 Constructing the Daubechies Scaling FunctionsProblems; 6.2 The Cascade Algorithm; Problems; 6.3 Orthogonal Translates, Coding, and Projections; Problems; 7 The Discrete Daubechies Transformation and Applications; 7.1 The Discrete Daubechies Wavelet Transform; Problems; 7.2 Projections and Signal and Image Compression; Problems; 7.3 Naive Image Segmentation; Problems; 8 Biorthogonal Scaling Functions and Wavelets; 8.1 A Biorthogonal Example and Duality; Problems; 8.2 Biorthogonality Conditions for Symbols and Wavelet Spaces; Problems

8.3 Biorthogonal Spline Filter Pairs and the CDF97 Filter PairProblems; 8.4 Decomposition and Reconstruction; Problems; 8.5 The Discrete Biorthogonal Wavelet Transform; Problems; 8.6 Riesz Basis Theory; Problems; 9 Wavelet Packets; 9.1 Constructing Wavelet Packet Functions; Problems; 9.2 Wavelet Packet Spaces; Problems; 9.3 The Discrete Packet Transform and Best Basis Algorithm; Problems; 9.4 The FBI Fingerprint Compression Standard; Appendix A: Huffman Coding; Problems; References; Topic Index; Author Index

Sommario/riassunto

A self-contained, elementary introduction to wavelet theory and applications Exploring the growing relevance of wavelets in the field of mathematics, Wavelet Theory: An Elementary Approach with Applications provides an introduction to the topic, detailing the fundamental concepts and presenting its major impacts in the world beyond academia. Drawing on concepts from calculus and linear algebra, this book helps readers sharpen their mathematical proof writing and reading skills through interesting, real-world applications. The book begins with a brief introduction to the fundamentals of com