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The main purpose is to present an up-to-day account of important research that has been done for coercive singular perturbations appearing in elasticity theory (say, for elastic rods, thin elastic plates at equilibrium etc). The author intends to present the subject as self-contained as possible, and divides the book into three chapters containing the following topics: 1) Stationary elasticity theory. Basic equations and boundary conditions; 2) Singular perturbations in the theory of thin elastic rods, and 3) Singular perturbations in the theory of buckling of plates. In chapter 1, the author deduces the models which will be considered in the book, and follows closely the classic text by \textit{L. D. Landau} and \textit{E. M. Lifshits} [Lehrbuch der theoretischen Physik. (Textbook on theoretical physics. Vol. VII. Theory of eleasticity). In deutscher Sprache hrsg. von Paul Ziesche. Band VII: Elastizitaetstheorie. Übers. aus dem Russ. 6., bearb., v. E. M. Lifschitz, A. M. Kosewitsch u. L. P. Pitajewski erg. Aufl. (German) Berlin: Akademie-Verlag. viii (1989; Zbl 0677.73001)]. In chapter 2, asymptotic formulas for solutions, eigenvalue problems and bifurcation phenomena are studied. Several boundary conditions for rods and beams are considered. To conclude the chapter, the author presents some numerical methods for the problems, and combines the asymptotic and numerical approaches. In chapter 3, two-sided a priori estimates are found for the plate equation. Next, a model problem in the half-plane \(\mathbb{R}^2_+\) is treated. Finally, the author derives a posteriori estimates for a model problem in \(\mathbb{R}^m_+\) as well as for plate problems in bounded domains. The book contains also four appendices which give a summary of differential coercive singular perturbations, travelling waves in shallow water, present Toeplitz finite difference operators from the point of view of singular perturbations, and describe some quasi-linear elliptic and parabolic singular perturbations appearing in theory of artificial membranes with enzymatic activity. A large bibliography (397 references) is presented. The book is well organized, accurately written, and gives an exhaustive and clear description of the subject topics. I think, it is a succesful attempt to give a unified and comprehensive treatment to the problems in this important area of research.