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Pivoted hydrostatic bearing pads for the Canberra homo-polar generator »
Publication date: 1969
Published Press Archives http://press.anu.edu.au/node/2909 1885_114987.jpg ANU Press Pivoted hydrostatic bearing pads for the Canberra homo-polar generator Monday, 18 August, 1969 Not available Archive Scholarly Information Services Carden, Peter O'Neil
Instrumentation of the Australian National University 300 kilogauss experimental magnet »
Publication date: 1969
Published Press Archives http://press.anu.edu.au/node/3051 1885_114991.jpg ANU Press Instrumentation of the Australian National University 300 kilogauss experimental magnet Monday, 18 August, 1969 Not available Archive Scholarly Information Services Carden, Peter O'Neil
African rural-urban migration: the movement to Ghana's towns »
Publication date: 1969
In the fast-growing populations of the developing tropics, rural areas are no longer able to absorb the vast increases in their populations. In Ghana the result is striking - over a quarter of the population now lives in the towns. This book sets out to examine the kinds of people migrating to the towns, the effect of their migration on the rural areas they leave and the urban areas they adopt, their methods of travel and of solving the problems of accommodation and work, their degree of satisfaction with town life, the numbers returning to the village, and their reasons for doing so. It thus discusses whether and when a truly urban population is created. Those specialising in any branch of the social sciences, and also the layman with an interest in the way tropical African countries are developing, will welcome the information to be found here.
Opposition in a dominant-party system: a study of the Jan Sangh, the Praja Socialist Party, and the Socialist Party in Uttar Pradesh, India »
Publication date: 1969
In countries in which one political party is dominant, attention naturally centers on that party. This book is unusual because it concentrates on what were until recently the largest opposition parties in the largest Indian state. It deals with such questions as: What problems are involved in building an opposition party in a dominant-party system, particularly in a newly independent underdeveloped country? What effects do opposition parties experience when the dominant party is identified with the winning of national independence? What relationship is there between the goals of the dominant party and the activities of opposition parties? In considering these questions, Mrs. Burger offers hypotheses that can be tested in dominant-party systems outside of India. Very little has been written about the Jan Sangh, Praja Socialist, and Socialist parties in Uttar Pradesh, for until recently these were small entities in a system dominated by the Congress Party. In the Indian General Elections of 1967, however, popular support for the Congress Party declined so markedly that the three parties in question were able to form the Uttar Pradesh Government in alliance with several other parties. They are therefore opposition parties no longer. This improvement in their fortunes does not, however, affect the value of this book - and this for two reasons. For one, Mrs. Burger's main concern is with comparative, not area, politics; she has invested much time and effort in identifying factors, developing categories and constructing hypotheses that have broad relevance. The hypotheses that she has tested in Uttar Pradesh can accordingly be tested in other dominant-party systems. Moreover, because the changed political situation in Uttar Pradesh raises questions about the former minority parties and the causes for their recent rise to power, Mrs. Burger offers a close analysis of the socioeconomic political forces utilized in party building and discusses problems of party maintenance as well as providing much background information concerning the state legislators.
Pacific market-places: a collection of essays »
Publication date: 1969
Town and country meet and mingle in the urban produce markets of the Pacific region. From here economic forces operate to diffuse new forms of production and organisation throughout the region. These new forms are, however, superimposed on the traditional trading exchanges of the Pacific peoples; full understanding of them requires consideration of the whole social and economic environment, of trading practices and their economic motivation. This book presents a snapshot of urban marketing in the Pacific in the 1960s against such a background. The five market studies, ranging from small incipient markets in New Guinea to larger, more complex urban markets in the Solomons and Samoa, are empirical, each independently prepared. The editor draws them together with a discussion of the wider aspects of produce marketing in the Pacific, and places them within the context of a theoretical approach to urban markets in developing areas.
Agricultural development in Asia »
Publication date: 1969
This book comes at a critical time in the economic history of Asia. Most countries of the region, faced with burgeoning populations and a demand for higher living standards, are uncertain of their capacity to meet growing food needs and to use agriculture to initiate sustained economic development. The authors examine the problem through analyses of the agricultural development performances of nine countries within the region. What emerges is a mixture of agricultural success stories, indifferent performances, and downright failures to develop the agricultural sector. For each country a specialist author examines past and current growth rates of agricultural output, factors which have promoted and inhibited this growth, and future prospects for development. The final chapter isolates the cardinal elements in the development process and suggests ways in which these can be manipulated to promote a fast rate of growth in output. The book will interest students of agricultural development, policymakers, agricultural administrators, aid-donors, and all those who appreciate the gravity and urgency of the agricultural problems of the region.
A bibliography of Fiji, Tonga and Rotuma »
Publication date: 1969
The Pacific Islands constitute an important geographical link between the civilisations of Europe and America and those of Asia. Increasingly the region is the subject of serious study in many disciplines - over the last twenty or so years, publications referring to the South Pacific exceed those of the past 300 years. Some bibliographies of different regions and selective ones for the whole area do exist; until now none has existed for the trio of territories that straddle the {u2018}dividing{u2019} line between the Melanesian western Pacific and the Polynesian eastern Pacific - Fiji, Tonga, and Rotuma. This bibliography is the result of thirty-one years{u2019} research in libraries and archives throughout the world. It consists of some 10,000 entries in distinct categories, each giving full bibliographical details, and it ranges in time from the seventeenth century to the mid-1960s. It is non-selective, for, as its author rightly says, no bibliographer knows the purposes for which his work will be used. Though this work is an essential tool for all workers in the Pacific area, the many vicissitudes it has endured - literally, it has suffered fire, flood, and war - together with its wide range in time and space, make it less than perfect. It is, therefore, published now as a preliminary working edition with the invitation that any new or emending material be sent to the author.
An investigation of arcing in the electrolytic switch/test load used with the Canberra homopolar generator »
Publication date: 1969
Published Press Archives http://press.anu.edu.au/node/3637 1885_114978.jpg ANU Press An investigation of arcing in the electrolytic switch/test load used with the Canberra homopolar generator Monday, 18 August, 1969 Not available Archive Scholarly Information Services Smith, B. D
Arid lands of Australia: proceedings of a symposium held in the Academy of Science, Canberra, May 1969 »
Publication date: 1969
Three-quarters of the Australian continent is arid or semi-arid. History has shown that man{u2019}s utilisation of arid lands has, in general, caused progressive deterioration of the natural vegetation, the animal resources, and finally the landscape itself. Already settlement in Australia{u2019}s arid lands bears all too evident witness to damage and degradation. Each additional use of these lands - for grazing, farming, mining - tends to distort the extremely delicate ecological balance of most of Australia. In this volume eighteen experts discuss the, often competing, uses and needs of and for the land, the abuses of it, and some possible solutions. The problem is so vast and widespread that no single state could tackle the problems, let alone tackle them successfully. Before it is too late, the problems of preserving the arid lands for present and future generations challenge the nation and the national government.
Educating for the profession of arms: current thinking and practice in Britain and the United States »
Publication date: 1969
The problems of the education of officers in the armed services are at present the subject of vigorous debate within official and service circles in Australia. To what extent do officers in the Army, the Navy and the Air Force need to be provided with a full-fledged academic education in order to fulfil their responsibilities in the modern world? How can the demands of an academic education be reconciled with those of the inculcation of soldierly virtues and skills? Should the academic part of an officer's education be imparted by military academies, or should it be undertaken by universities? Should the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force maintain separate academies, or has the time come for these to be replaced by a single, multi-service academy? Professor P. H. Partridge recently had occasion to examine recent thought and practice concerning military education in Britain and the United States. Here he gives an account of his impressions and reflects about some of the major questions.