1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990000045040403321

Autore

Ferrini, Rinaldo <1831-1908>

Titolo

Galvanoplastica ed altre applicazioni nell'elettrolisi : galvanostegia, elettrometallurgia, affinatura dei metalli,preparazione dell'alluminio, sbianchimento della carta e delle stoffe, risanamento delle acque, concia elettrica delle pelli / Rinaldo Ferrini

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milano : U. Hoepli, 1892

Edizione

[2. ed. completamente rifatta.]

Descrizione fisica

XII, 391, 31 p. : ill. ; 15 cm

Collana

Manuali Hoepli

Disciplina

671.732

Locazione

FINBC

Collocazione

13 AR 13 A 27

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910454674003321

Autore

Liu Lydia He

Titolo

The clash of empires [[electronic resource] ] : the invention of China in modern world making / / Lydia H. Liu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2004

ISBN

0-674-04029-5

Descrizione fisica

xiii, 318 p. : ill., maps

Disciplina

951/.034

Soggetti

HISTORY / Asia / China

Electronic books.

China History 19th century

China History 1861-1912

China Politics and government 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-296) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Civilizations Do Not Clash; Empires Do -- 1 The Semiotic Turn of International Politics -- 2 The Birth of a Super-Sign -- 3 Figuring Sovereignty -- 4 Translating International Law -- 5 The Secret of Her Greatness -- 6 The Sovereign Subject of Grammar -- Conclusion: The Emperor's Empty Throne -- Appendix: Lin Zexu's Communication to Queen Victoria -- Notes -- Glossary of Selected Chinese Characters -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

What is lost in translation may be a war, a world, a way of life. A unique look into the nineteenth-century clash of empires from both sides of the earthshaking encounter, this book reveals the connections between international law, modern warfare, and comparative grammar--and their influence on the shaping of the modern world in Eastern and Western terms. The Clash of Empires brings to light the cultural legacy of sovereign thinking that emerged in the course of the violent meetings between the British Empire and the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). Lydia Liu demonstrates how the collision of imperial will and competing interests, rather than the civilizational attributes of existing nations and cultures, led to the invention of "China," "the East," "the



West," and the modern notion of "the world" in recent history. Drawing on her archival research and comparative analyses of English--and Chinese--language texts, as well as their respective translations, she explores how the rhetoric of barbarity and civilization, friend and enemy, and discourses on sovereign rights, injury, and dignity were a central part of British imperial warfare. Exposing the military and philological--and almost always translingual--nature of the clash of empires, this book provides a startlingly new interpretation of modern imperial history.

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910446316303321

Titolo

Biotechnology and plant disease management [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Z.K. Punja, S.H. De Boer, and H. Sanfaçon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Cabi, c2007

ISBN

1-281-06040-2

9786611060404

1-84593-310-9

Descrizione fisica

xi, 574 pages : illustrations ; 1 online resource (589 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PunjaZamir K

De BoerS (S. H.)

SanfaçonHélène

Disciplina

632/.3

636

Soggetti

Plant biotechnology

Plant diseases

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

section A. Unraveling microbe-plant interaction for applications to disease management -- section B. Molecular diagnostics of plant pathogens for disease management -- section C. Enhancing resistance of plants to pathogens for disease management -- section D. Understanding microbial interactions to enhance disease management.

Sommario/riassunto

As agricultural production increases to meet the demands of a growing



world population, so has the pace of biotechnology research to combat plant disease. Disease can be caused by a variety of complex plant pathogens including fungi, bacteria, viruses and nematodes, and their management. requires the use of techniques in transgenic technology, biochemistry and genetics. While texts exist on specific pathogens or management practices, a comprehensive review is needed of recent developments in modern techniques and the understanding of how pathogens cause disease. This collection of studies disc