Cane Rivers

by Lalita Tademy

Overview

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The unique and deeply moving saga of four generations of African-American women whose journey from slavery to freedom begins on a Creole plantation in Louisiana.

Beginning with her great-great-great-great grandmother, a slave owned by a Creole family, Lalita Tademy chronicles four generations of strong, determined black women as they battle injustice to unite their family and forge success on their own terms. They are women whose lives begin in slavery, who weather the Civil War, and who grapple with contradictions of emancipation, Jim Crow, and the pre-Civil Rights South. As she peels back layers of racial and cultural attitudes, Tademy paints a remarkable picture of rural Louisiana and the resilient spirit of one unforgettable family.

There is Elisabeth, who bears both a proud legacy and the yoke of bondage... her youngest daughter, Suzette, who is the first to discover the promise-and heartbreak-of freedom... Suzette's strong-willed daughter Philomene, who uses a determination born of tragedy to reunite her family and gain unheard-of economic independence... and Emily, Philomene's spirited daughter, who fights to secure her children's just due and preserve their dignity and future.

Meticulously researched and beautifully written, Cane River presents a slice of American history never before seen in such piercing and personal detail.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780759522428
Publisher:	Grand Central Publishing
Publication date:	04/17/2001
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Pages:	432
Sales rank:	18,827
File size:	6 MB

About the Author

Joseph J. DiStefano, III is a professor of computer science and medicine. He is also the director of the Biocybernetics Research Laboratory and chair of the Cybernetics Interdepartmental program at UCLA. DiStefano is on the editorial boards of Annals of Biomedical Engineering and Optimal Control Applications and Methods, as well as the editor and founder of the Modeling Methodology Forum in the American Journals of Physiology.

Allen R. Stubberud is a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of more than 100 articles and books, and belongs to a number of professional and technical organizations, including the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Ivan J. Williams is a project manager at the Space and Technology Group of TRW. He has instructed courses in control systems engineering at the UCLA.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Control Systems Terminology
3. Differential Equations, Difference Equations, and Linear Systems
4. The LaPlace Transform
5. The Z-Transform
6. Stability
7. Transfer Functions
8. Block Diagram Algebra and Transfer Functions of Systems
9. Signal Flow Graphs
10. System Sensitivity Measures and Classification of Feedback Systems
11. Analysis and Design of Feedback Control Systems: Objectives and Methods
12. Nyquist Analysis
13. Nyquist Design
14. Root-Locus Design
15. Bode Analysis
16. Bode Design
17. Nichols Chart Analysis
18. Nichols Chart Design
19. Introduction to Nonlinear Control Systems
20. Introduction to Advanced Systems
21. Topics in Control Systems
22. Analysis and Design

Joseph J. DiStefano, III is a professor of computer science and medicine. He is also the director of the Biocybernetics Research Laboratory and chair of the Cybernetics Interdepartmental program at UCLA. DiStefano is on the editorial boards of Annals of Biomedical Engineering and Optimal Control Applications and Methods, as well as the editor and founder of the Modeling Methodology Forum in the American Journals of Physiology.

Allen R. Stubberud is a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of more than 100 articles and books, and belongs to a number of professional and technical organizations, including the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Ivan J. Williams is a project manager at the Space and Technology Group of TRW. He has instructed courses in control systems engineering at the UCLA.