1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910828141603321

Autore

O'Day Rosemary

Titolo

Mr Charles Booth's inquiry : life and labour of the people in London reconsidered / / Rosemary O'Day and David Englander

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Rio Grande, Ohio : , : Hambledon Press, , 1993

ISBN

1-4411-3443-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Disciplina

305.5/62/09421

Soggetti

Working class - England - London

Poor - England - London

London (England) Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-224) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction; I. THE POVERTY SERIES; 1 The Youthful Pretender; 2 The Board of Statistical Inquiry; 3 Not Probably a Perfect Instrument but a Usable One; 4 Making the Dry Bones Live; 5 Head of the Statistical Tree; 6 Trades of East London Connected with Poverty: Special Subject Inquiries; 7 The Docks: Beatrice Potter; 8 The Tailoring Trade: Beatrice Potter and George Arkell; 9 The Jewish Community: Beatrice Potter; 10 Women''s Work: Clara Collet and George Arkell; 11 The Boot and Shoe Industry: David Schloss and Jesse Argyle; 12 Conclusion; II. THE INDUSTRY SERIES

1 Interviews and Impressions2 Work and the Workers; 3 The Booths and the Webbs: Some Comparisons and Contrasts; 4 Conclusion; III. THE RELIGIOUS INFLUENCES SERIES; 1 Evaluate not Enumerate; 2 Summing up the Survey; 3 Charles Booth and Social Science; 4 The Religious Influences Series: The Printed Books; APPENDIXES; I: Booth''s Special Street Survey; II: Trade Interviews Questionnaire; III: Trade Union Questionnaire; IV: Employers'' Questionnaire; V: Booth on Religion; VI: The Church of England; Select Bibliography; Index of Names and Places; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R

ST; U; V; W; Y; Z; Index of Subjects; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Sommario/riassunto

Charles Booth''s pioneering survey, Life and Labour of the People in London,  published in 17 volumes between 1889 and 1903, was a



landmark in  empirical social investigation. His panorama of London life has  dominated all subsequent accounts: its scope, precision and detail make  it an unrivalled source for the period.  Mr. Charles Booth''s  Inquiry is the first systematic account of the making of the survey,  based upon an intensive examination of the huge Booth archive. This  contains far more material than was eventually published, in particular  on women, work, religion, education, housin

2.

Record Nr.

UNICAMPANIAVAN0114995

Titolo

Models of calcium signalling / Genevieve Dupont ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Cham], : Springer, 2016

Titolo uniforme

Models of calcium signalling

Descrizione fisica

XXIII, 436 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Soggetti

34C23 - Bifurcation theory for ordinary differential equation [MSC 2020]

92C30 - Physiology (general) [MSC 2020]

92C05 - Biophysics [MSC 2020]

34E13 - Multiple scale methods for ordinary differential equation [MSC 2020]

37H10 - Generation, random and stochastic difference and differential equations [MSC 2020]

34C15 - Nonlinear oscillations and coupled oscillators for ordinary differential equation [MSC 2020]

92C42 - Systems biology, networks [MSC 2020]

92C45 - Kinetics in biochemical problems (pharmacokinetics, enzyme kinetics, etc.) [MSC 2020]

92B25 - Biological rhythms and synchronization [MSC 2020]

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia