1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990002010850403321

Autore

Snodgrass, Robert Evans <1875-1962>

Titolo

Comparative studies on the head of mandibulate arthropods / R.E. Snodgrass

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ithaca ; New York : Comstock Publ. Co., 1951

Descrizione fisica

118 p. ; 23 cm

Disciplina

595.2

Locazione

DAGEN

Collocazione

61 III E.3/16

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910459354703321

Autore

Nilsen Alf Gunvald

Titolo

Dispossession and resistance in India : the river and the rage / / Alf Gunvald Nilsen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-136-99431-9

1-136-99432-7

1-282-58702-1

9786612587023

0-203-85497-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (246 p.)

Collana

Routledge advances in South Asian studies

Disciplina

307.2

Soggetti

Forced migration - India - Madhya Pradesh

Rural poor - Rehabilitation - India - Madhya Pradesh

Dams - Environmental aspects - India - Gujarat

Water resources development - India - Gujarat

Electronic books.

Narmada River Valley (India) Environmental 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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 The river and the rage: Introducing the Narmada Valley conflict; 2 Losing ground: Accumulation by dispossession in the Narmada Valley; 3 Everyday tyranny and rightful resistance: The emergence of the Khedut Mazdoor Chetna Sangath; 4 Discovering the dam: Militant particularist struggles for resettlement and rehabilitation; 5 Towards opposition: The formation of the anti-dam campaign; 6 Cycles of struggle: The trajectory of the anti-dam campaign, 1990-2000; 7 Enablements and constraints: The making of the Maheshwar anti-dam campaign

8 Development, not destruction: Alternative development as a social movement project9 Whither the rage?: Learning from the Narmada Valley movement process; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book deals with the controversies on developmental aspects of large dams, with a particular focus on the Narmada Valley projects in India. Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork and research, the author draws on Marxist theory to craft a detailed analysis of how local demands for resettlement and rehabilitation were transformed into a radical anti-dam campaign linked to national and transnational movement networks. The book explains the Narmada conflict and addresses how the building of the anti-dam campaign was animated by processes of collective learning, how activists exte



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910784967403321

Autore

Hart Lynette A

Titolo

Why dissection? : animal use in education / / Lynette A. Hart, Mary W. Wood, and Benjamin L. Hart

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn., : Greenwood Press, 2008

Westport, Conn. : , : Greenwood Press, , 2008

ISBN

1-281-22470-7

9786611224707

0-313-35150-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 225 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

179/.4

Soggetti

Animal experimentation - Moral and ethical aspects

Biology - Study and teaching

Laboratory animals

Dissection

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based on print version record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-216) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Today's biology classroom crisis -- Early history of dissection: controversy and advances -- Controversy in the development of science education and dissection -- The context for dissection: educational testing -- National versus state educational standards: whither dissection? -- Legislation and regulations related to using animals and dissection in teaching -- Empowering teachers to find substitutes for dissection -- Students and the culture of dissection -- The animals used in teaching -- New teaching resources in the computer age -- Locating teaching resources and research literature on alternatives.

Sommario/riassunto

A resource that provides information on alternatives to dissection in biology classes