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UNINA9910160345903321 |
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Autore |
Wang Peng |
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Titolo |
The Chinese mafia : organized crime, corruption, and extra-legal protection / / Peng Wang [[electronic resource]] |
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Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2017 |
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0-19-107604-X |
0-19-181834-8 |
0-19-107603-1 |
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Edizione |
[First edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Collana |
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Clarendon studies in criminology |
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Disciplina |
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Mafia - China |
Gangs - China |
Corruption - China |
Crime - China |
Màfia |
Crim organitzat |
Corrupció |
Llibres electrònics |
Xina |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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This edition previously issued in print: 2017. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Utilising individual interviews and focus group discussions, primarily from two Chinese cities, 'The Chinese Mafia' contributes to the understanding of organized crime and corruption in the Chinese context, filling a significant gap in criminological literature, by investigating how extra-legal protectors - corrupt public officials and street gangsters - emerge, evolve and operate in a rapidly changing society. China's economic reforms have been accompanied by a surge of social problems, such as ineffective legal institutions, booming black markets and rampant corruption. This has resulted in the rise of extra-legal means of protection and enforcement: such is the demand for protection that cannot be fulfilled by state-sponsored institutions. |
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UNINA9910254629503321 |
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Autore |
Galati Gaspare |
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Titolo |
100 Years of Radar / / by Gaspare Galati |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 |
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[1st ed. 2016.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (407 p.) |
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Electronic circuits |
Aerospace engineering |
Astronautics |
Physics |
History |
Electronic Circuits and Devices |
Aerospace Technology and Astronautics |
History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics |
History of Science |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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The unfortunate inventor and the lucky one - the Ur-radar, primordial apparatus -- The owls and the Owl - birth of the Italian radar -- A simultaneous invention - the first developments -- The air defense and the alleged father of radar -- The Second World War and its legacies -- The radar flies: birth and development of airborne radar systems -- The Italian situation in post-war period: SMA, Microlambda, Sindel, Selenia, Contraves, GEM, IDS -- From terrestrial to space-based radar: the adventure of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) -- Scops owls and bats - some considerations on the development of radar -- System Integration: final solution for the radar?. |
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This book offers fascinating insights into the key technical and scientific developments in the history of radar, from the first patent, taken out by Hülsmeyer in 1904, through to the present day. Landmark events are highlighted and fascinating insights provided into the exceptional people who made possible the progress in the field, |
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including the scientists and technologists who worked independently and under strict secrecy in various countries across the world in the 1930s and the big businessmen who played an important role after World War II. The book encourages multiple levels of reading. The author is a leading radar researcher who is ideally placed to offer a technical/scientific perspective as well as a historical one. He has taken care to structure and write the book in such a way as to appeal to both non-specialists and experts. The book is not sponsored by any company or body, either formally or informally, and is therefore entirely unbiased. The text is enriched by approximately three hundred images, most of which are original and have been accessed by detailed searches in the archives. |
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