Exemplar of Liberty: Native America and the Evolution of Democracy (Native American Politics Series No. 3) »

A definitive study of how the founders of the United states combined European, American and Indian ideas into a new political system.

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Explains how to implement logic programming languages on parallel computers to most effectively exploit the inherent parallelism of the language and efficiently utilize the parallel architecture of the computer. Assumes basic knowledge of Prolog. No index. Maintaining the thesis that the character of American democracy evolved importantly from the examples provided by the American Indian confederacies that bordered the British colonies, the authors provide a thoroughly researched picture of how these native confederacies operated, and how important architects of American institutions and ideals perceived them. Published by the American Indian Studies Center, 3220 Campbell Hall, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90024-1548. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)