1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990000071670403321

Autore

Giolitti, Federico

Titolo

Il trattamento termico preliminare degli acciai dolci e semi-duri per costruzioni meccaniche / Federico Giolitti

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milano : U. Hoepli, 1918

Descrizione fisica

XV, 621 p. : ill. ; 23 cm

Disciplina

669.142

Locazione

FINBC

Collocazione

13 L 22 10

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910462567503321

Autore

Jencks Charles

Titolo

Adhocism [[electronic resource] ] : the case for improvisation / / Charles Jencks and Nathan Silver

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, 2013

ISBN

0-262-31254-9

Edizione

[Expanded and updated ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SilverNathan

Disciplina

701/.15

Soggetti

Arts - Psychological aspects

Improvisation in art

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published by Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1972.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Part one by Charles Jencks. The spirit of adhocism -- The pluralist universe, or pluriverse -- Mechanical, natural and critical evolution -- Consumer democracy -- Towards an articulate environment -- The ad



hoc revolution -- Part two by Nathan Silver -- Modes and resources of adhocism -- The adhocist sensibility -- Adhocism in the market and the city -- Appendix: miscellaneous adhockery.

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455499403321

Autore

Taylor Ula Y

Titolo

The veiled Garvey [[electronic resource] ] : the life & times of Amy Jacques Garvey / / Ula Yvette Taylor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, 2002

ISBN

0-8078-6229-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (324 p.)

Collana

Gender & American culture

Disciplina

305.896/073/0092

B

Soggetti

African American women political activists

Political activists - United States

Feminists - United States

Women intellectuals - United States

Black nationalism - United States - History - 20th century

Pan-Africanism - History - 20th century

African American women - Political activity - History - 20th century

Feminism - United States - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

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 (p. [281]-295) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Formative Years, 1895–1917; 2. Amy Jacques and the UNIA; 3. I Only Live to Perpetuate the Ideas of My Husband; 4. Our Women and What They Think; 5. Back to Jamaica and Forward to Europe; 6. New Freedoms, New Constraints; 7. Single Motherhood; 8. A Decade of Unity; 9. The Fifth Pan-African Congress, 1945; 10. Essays and Literature for a Pan-African World; 11. Activism Closer to Home; 12. The Progressive Radical; Conclusion; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

In this biography, Ula Taylor explores the life and ideas of one of the



most important, if largely unsung, Pan-African freedom fighters of the 20th century: Amy Jacques Garvey (1895-1973).

4.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910812334303321

Autore

Adeola Francis O. <1956->

Titolo

Industrial disasters, toxic waste, and community impacts : the health effects and environmental justice struggles around the globe / / Francis Ọlajide Adeọla

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham : , : Lexington Books, , [2012]

©2012

ISBN

1-322-06449-0

0-7391-4748-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (315 p.)

Disciplina

363.11

Soggetti

Industrial accidents - Social aspects

Hazardous wastes - Social aspects

Environmental health

Environmental justice

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

Dedication; Contents; Figures; Tables; Photospread; Abbreviations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I: Hazardous Wastes, Theories of Industrial Disasters, and Population at Risk; Chapter 1: Sociology of Hazardous Wastes, Unnatural Disasters, and Health Risks; Chapter 2: Hazardous and Toxic Wastes: Modern Social Problem or Plague of Our Time?; Chapter 3: Theories of Industrial Accidents, Disasters, and Catastrophes; Chapter 4: Classification and Characterization of Hazardous Wastes; Part II: E-Wastes, Persistent Organic Pollutants, and Health Effects

Chapter 5: Electronic Waste: The Detritus of the High-Tech RevolutionChapter 6: The Hazards and Environmental Health Risks of Persistent Organic Pollutants; Part III: Contaminated Communities, National and Transnational Regulatory Responses; Chapter 7: Cases of



Communities Contaminated by Industrial Disasters and Toxic Wastes; Chapter 8: National and Transnational Regulatory Frameworks; Part IV: Conclusion; Chapter 9: From Local to Global Environmental Justice Movements; Appendix I: Principles of Environmental Justice (PEJ); Glossary; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

<span><span>In the post-World War II period, modern societies have developed numerous heterogeneous synthetic organic compounds released into the environment and human habitats. This book addresses the threats posed by these contaminants and other hazardous wastes to human health and the health of other species in the environment.</span></span>