Connecting the emergence and development of certain dog breeds to both scientific understandings of race and blood as well as Britain's posture in a global empire, The Invention of the Modern Dog demonstrates that studying dog breeding cultures allows historians to better understand the complex social relationships of late-nineteenth-century Britain.
This book reveals the varied and often eccentric lives of the Victorians who helped define dogs as we know them today. -- .
The second edition offers a comprehensive and current overview of Geographic Information Systems, emphasizing the crucial contributions of computing science, information systems, and IT. It delves into the latest advancements and methodologies in GIS, making it an essential resource for understanding the evolving landscape of this technology.
This book covers the foundational concepts, structures and design techniques for decentralized computing with spatial and spatiotemporal information, applying these through a suite of increasingly sophisticated algorithms, and describing their application.