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1. Advances in Transportation Geotechnics

   Proceedings of the International Conference held in Nottingham, UK, 25-27 August 2008

   Edited by Ed Ellis, Hai-Sui Yu, Glenn McDowell, Andrew R. Dawson, Nick Thom

   Highways provide the arteries of modern society. The interaction of road, rail and other transport infrastructure with the ground is unusually intimate, and thus needs to be well-understood to provide economic and reliable infrastructure for society. Challenges include not only the design of new...

   Published July 31st 2008 by CRC Press
2. Pavements Unbound

   Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Pavements Unbound (UNBAR 6), 6-8 July 2004, Nottingham, England

   Edited by Andrew Dawson

   Nearly all highway, airport, dock and industrial pavements contain large quantities of untreated aggregate in the form of unbound pavement layers. In many pavements, which are lightly or moderately trafficked, crushed rock or gravel derived aggregates comprise the majority of the construction or,...

   Published April 14th 2004 by Taylor & Francis
3. Unbound Aggregates in Roads

   Edited by Andrew Dawson

   This is an overview of research and practice on the behaviour, use, specification, assessment and modelling of unbound aggregate material behaviour and of its performance in practice. The book covers topics such as mechanical and hydraulic behaviour, specification and testing....

   Published December 31st 1999 by Taylor & Francis
4. After Writing Culture

   Epistemology and Praxis in Contemporary Anthropology

   Edited by Andrew Dawson, Jenny Hockey, Allison James

   Series: ASA Monographs

   This collection addresses the theme of representation in anthropology. Its fourteen articles explore some of the directions in which contemporary anthropology is moving, following the questions raised by the "writing culture" debates of the 1980s.It includes discussion of issues such as:* the...

   Published April 9th 1997 by Routledge