1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910458725703321

Autore

Hall Brian Keith <1941->

Titolo

Bones and cartilage [[electronic resource] ] : developmental and evolutionary skeletal biology / / Brian K. Hall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Australia ; ; San Diego, Calif., : Elsevier Academic Press, c2005

ISBN

1-280-64135-5

9786610641352

0-08-045415-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (789 p.)

Disciplina

573.76

Soggetti

Bone

Bones - Physiology

Bones - Growth

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. [559]-736) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Bones and Cartilage: Developmental and Evolutionary Skeletal Biology

Sommario/riassunto

Bones and Cartilage provides the most in-depth review ever assembled on the topic. It examines the function, development and evolution of bone and cartilage as tissues, organs and skeletal systems. It describes how bone and cartilage is developed in embryos and are maintained in adults, how bone reappears when we break a leg, or even regenerates when a newt grows a new limb, or a lizard a tail. This book also looks at the molecules and cells that make bones and cartilages and how they differ in various parts of the body and across species. It answers such questions as "Is bone a



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910449914003321

Autore

González Prada Manuel <1844-1918.>

Titolo

Free pages and hard times [[electronic resource] ] : anarchist musings / / Manuel Gonzalez Prada

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2003

ISBN

1-280-47030-5

0-19-993885-7

0-19-802767-2

1-60256-230-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (368 p.)

Collana

Library of Latin America Free pages and other essays

Disciplina

861/.5

868.508

Soggetti

Spanish literature

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 bibliography.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Series Editors' General Introduction; Criteria for This Edition; Biographical Note on Manuel González Prada; Chronology of Manuel González Prada; Introduction; Selected Bibliography; About the Editor and Translator; Free Pages and Other Essays: Anarchist Musings; Contents; I: Free Pages; II: Times of Struggle; III: New Free Pages; IV: Diogenes' Cask; V: Anarchy; VI: Under Opprobrium

Sommario/riassunto

Manuel Gonzalez Prada was a powerful Peruvian writer and political reformer whose essays and speeches influenced generations of young radicals. He founded the Party of National Unity in 1891, was linked to the anarchist movement, and served as Director of the National Library from 1912-1914. His writings have had enormous impact on the literary and political life of Peru: taking up the defense of exploited indigenous people, broadsiding the landowning oligarchy, and denouncing the social and political errors of the country. In fact, the radical politics Prada advocated then are still alive and