Peasant women and politics in Fascist Italy : the Massaie rurali / / Perry Willson

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910451228103321
• Autore: Willson Perry R.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2002
• ISBN: 1-134-43649-1; 1-280-05388-7; 0-203-45168-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (236 p.)
• Disciplina: 324.245/02
• Soggetti: Fascism and women; History; Political activity; Women peasants; Women peasants-- Italy-- Political activity-- Hist; Women peasants - Political activity - History - 20th century - Italy; Fascism and women - History - 20th century - Italy; Gender Studies & Sexuality; Gender & Ethnic Studies; Social Sciences; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of plates; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Glossary of Italian terms and organizations; Map of Italy; Introduction; Peasant women, the rural world and the Fasci Femminili; Ladies in the field: women's farm education, the Unione delle Massaie della Campagna and Domus Rustica; 'An Extraordinary Thing': the National Fascist Federation of Massaie Rurali; 'Going to the People': the Massaie Rurali section of the Fasci Femminili; 'Into Every Farmhouse and Cottage': propaganda in print; 'Women with a Hundred Arms': the training programme; 'At the Gates of Rome': the Sant'Alessio Training CollegeA Dopolavoro ; for rural women? radio, film and folklore; Recruiting for the nation: Why did three million join the Massaie Rurali?; Epilogue; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This study is the first published history of the Massaie Rurali, the Fascist Party's section for peasant women, which, with three million members by 1943, became one of the largest of the regime's mass mobilizing organizations.

Australia and the Vietnam War / / Peter Edwards

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910668729003321
• Autore: Edwards Peter
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Sydney, Australia : , : NewSouth Publishing, , 2014; ©2014
• ISBN: 1-74224-167-0; 1-74224-669-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (384 p.)
• Disciplina: 959.7043
• Soggetti: Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Participation, Australian; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Australia; 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 and index.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; PREFACE; ABBREVIATIONS; CHRONOLOGY; 1. Decolonisation and the Cold War in Southeast Asia 1945-50; The decolonisation of Southeast Asia; The Cold War; 2. Australia and Southeast Asia 1945-53; The Chifley Government's foreign and defence policies; The Chifley Gvernment, the Indonesian Revolution and the Malayan Emergency; The Menzies Government and Australian Conservatism; Menzies and Spender; The Menzies Government and Indochina; The Menzies Government and the Malayan Emergency; The RAAF in Malaya; Australia and the Korean War; Australia and the First Indochina War; 4. Australia and Southeast Asia 1954-60The 'United Action' Crisis; The ; Geneva Conference; The Creation of SEATO; The Strategic Reserve and the Commitment of Troops to Malaya 1955; Australian Troops and the Emergency 1955-1960; Australia and Vietnam 1955-60; Australia, Indonesia and West New Guinea; 4.The Crises of the early 1960s; The Laos Crises 1959-61; Commitments to Thailand and Vietnam 1962; Confrontation 1963; Defence Review 1963; The Commitment to the Defence of Malaysia; The End of Diem, November 1963; Two Conflicts, two Allies; 5. Commitments to Confrontation and Vietnam 1965; The two Crises DeepenThe Commitment of a Battalion to Confrontation; The Commitment of Abattalion to Vietnam; The Announcement and Parliamentary Reaction; Reactions at Home and Abroad; Operations in Confrontation; 1RAR at Bien Hoa; The Malaysia-Singapore Split and the Commitment of a Battalion Group; The Indonesian Coup and its Impact on Australian Policy; 6.The Task Force and th Elelection 1966; A New Prime Minister; Operations in Borneo; The Long Election Campaign; The Establishment of the Taskforce in Phuoc Tuy; The Battle of Long Tan; Relations with Allies and Enemies; 'All the Way with LBJ'The Commitment Confirmed and Increased; 7. Escalation of the Commitment, Escalation of Controversy 1967; The Escalation of Dissent; The War of Attrition; British Withdrawal, American Pressure; The New Task Force Commander; The Minefield; The Third Battalion; ANZAC in Vietnam; The Task Force and its Third Commander; The Commitment of Three Services; Death of a Prime Minister; 8. The Turning-Point 1968-69; The Revolutions of 1968; The Tet Offensive and its Impact; A Missed Opportunity?; Another New Prime Minister; Gorton on Foreign and Defence Policies; Australian Protest; The Task Force 1968-69RAN and RAAF Commitments 1968-69; The 1969 Election; 9. Social Dissent, Political Division and Military Withdrawal 1969-72; The First Australian Withdrawal; The First Moratorium; Task Force Operations 1969-70; The Second Withdrawal, the Civic Action Crisis and a New Prime Minister; The Pentagon Papers; Operating Under a Withdrawal 1971-72; Increasing the Advisory Role 1971-72; The Withdrawal of RAN and RAAF Forces; The Easter Offensive; 10. The Whitlam Government and the End of the Vietnam War 1972-75; The Suspension of Conscription, the Withdrawal of the AATTV; The 'Christmas Bombing' and the Near Rupture in Australia - US Relations
• Sommario/riassunto: The Vietnam War was Australia's longest and most controversial military commitment of the twentieth century, ending in humiliation for the United States and its allies with the downfall of South Vietnam. The war provoked deep divisions in Australian society and politics, particularly since for the first time young men were conscripted for overseas service in a highly contentious ballot system. The Vietnam era is still identified with diplomatic, military and political failure. Was Vietnam a case of Australia fighting 'other people's wars'? Were we really 'all the way' with the United States? H

Eco's chaosmos : from the Middle Ages to postmodernity / / Cristina Farronato

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910813484903321
• Autore: Farronato Cristina
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2003; ©2003
• ISBN: 1-281-99456-1; 9786611994563; 1-4426-7425-3
• Edizione: [2nd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (263 p.)
• Collana: Toronto Italian Studies
• Disciplina: 853/.914
• Soggetti: American fiction - 20th century; Gay erotic stories, American; Gay men - Sexual behavior; Gay men's writings, American; LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Italian; Criticism, interpretation, etc.; 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 and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- From cosmos to chaosmos: Eco and Joyce -- Semiotics as a solution: from a theory of aesthetics to the study of culture -- The aesthetics of reception and the reflection on the reader: from the labyrinth to the Southern Seas -- Intertextuality: the Middle Ages, postmodernity, and the use of citation -- A theory of medieval laughter: the comic, humour, and wit -- The whodunit and Eco's postmodern fiction -- Baudolino and the language of monsters -- Conclusion.
• Sommario/riassunto: "While Umberto Eco's intellectual itinerary was marked by his early studies of post-Crocean aesthetics and his concentration on linguistics, information theory, structuralism, semiotics, cognitive science, and media studies, what distinguishes his critical and fictional writing is the tension between a typically medieval search for a code and a ; hermeneutic representative of deconstructive tendencies. This tension between cosmos and chaos, order and disorder, is reflected in the word chaosmos." "In this assessment of the philosophical basis of Eco's critical and fictional writing, Cristina Farronato explores the other distinctive aspect of Eco's thought - the struggle for a composition of opposites, the outcome deriving from his ability to elicit similar contrasts from the past and replay them in modern terms. Focusing principally on how Eco's scholarly background influenced his study of semiotics, Farronato analyses The Name of the Rose in relation to William of Ockhman's epistemology, C.S. Peirce's work on abduction, and Wittgenstein's theory of language. She also discusses Foucault's Pendulum as an explicit comment on the modern debate on interpretation through a direct reference to early modern hermetic thought, correlates The Island of the Day Before as a postmodern mixture of science and superstition, and reviews Baudolino as a historical/fantastic novel that again situates the Middle Ages in a postmodern context. Demonstrating Eco's use of semiotic theory, Eco's Chaosmos shows how critical models of the past map contemporary literature and culture."--Jacket

Environmental and human health impacts of nanotechnology [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Jamie R. Lead, Emma Smith

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910829958203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; ; Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2009
• ISBN: 1-282-27892-4; 9786612278921; 1-4443-0750-9; 1-4443-0749-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (461 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): LeadJamie R; SmithEmma (Emma L.)
• Disciplina: 620.5; 620/.5
• Soggetti: Nanoparticles - Environmental aspects; Nanoparticles - Toxicology; Nanostructured materials - Environmental aspects; Nanostructured materials - Health aspects; Nanotechnology - Environmental aspects; Nanotechnology - Health aspects
• 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: Environmental and Human Health Impacts of Nanotechnology; Contents; Preface; Biographies; Contributors; 1: Overview of Nanoscience in the Environment; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 History; 1.3 Definitions; 1.4 Investment and International Efforts; 1.5 Development: Four Anticipated Generations; 1.6 Applications of Nanotechnology; 1.7 Potential Benefits of Nanotechnology; 1.7.1 Environmental; 1.7.2 Human Health; 1.8 Potential Adverse Effects of Nanomaterials; 1.8.1 Environmental; 1.8.2 Human Health; 1.9 Classification; 1.9.1 Chemistry; 1.9.2 Origin; 1.9.3 Size; 1.9.4 State; 1.10 Sources of Nanomaterials in the Environment1.11 Properties of Nanomaterials; 1.12 Nanomaterial Structure-Toxicity Relationship; 1.13 Environmental Fate and Behaviour of Nanomaterials; 1.13.1 Fate in Air; ; 1.13.2 Fate in Water; 1.13.3 Fate in Soil; 1.14 Potential for Human Exposure; 1.15 Detection and Characterization of Nanomaterials; 1.16 Issues to be Addressed; 1.16.1 Nomenclature; 1.16.2 Future Development and Risk; 1.16.3 Dosimetry; 1.16.4 Methods of Detection and Characterization; 1.16.5 Environmental Fate of Nanomaterials and their (Eco)Toxicology; 1.17 Conclusion; 1.18 References; 2: Nanomaterials: Properties, Preparation and Applications2.1 Overview; 2.2 Introduction; 2.3 Nanoparticle Architecture; 2.3.1 Nanoparticle Surface; 2.3.2 Charge Stabilisation; 2.3.3 Steric Stabilisation; 2.4 Particle Properties; 2.4.1 Surface Plasmon Resonance; 2.4.2 Catalysis; 2.4.3 Quantum Confinement; 2.4.4 Mechanical Performance; 2.4.5 Magnetic Properties; 2.4.6 Interfacial Properties; 2.4.7 Other Properties; 2.5 Nanoparticle Preparation; 2.5.1 The Challenges of Nanoparticle Synthesis: Scale Up; 2.5.2 Reactivity; 2.5.3 Dispersability; 2.5.4 Cost; 2.5.5 Methods: Natural Sources; 2.5.6 Top Down2.5.7 Bottom Up; 2.5.8 Metal Nanoparticles; 2.5.9 Carbon; 2.5.10 Graphene; 2.5.11 Carbon Black; 2.5.12 Inorganic Compounds; 2.5.13 Polymers; 2.6 Applications of Nanoparticles and Nanotechnology; 2.6.1 The Past; 2.6.2 The Present and Near Future; 2.7 Implication for Environmental Issues; 2.8 Conclusions; 2.9 References; 3: Size/Shape-Property Relationships of Non-Carbonaceous Inorganic Nanoparticles and their Environmental Implications; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Inorganic Nanoparticle Anatomy; 3.3 Redox Chemistry of Nanoparticles; 3.3.1 Photoredox Chemistry in Semiconductor Nanoparticles3.3.2 Redox Chemistry in Other Nanoparticle Systems; 3.4 Size Effects in Nanoparticle Sorption Processes; 3.5 Nanoparticle Fate: Dissolution and Solid State Cation Movement; 3.5.1 Basic Energetic and Kinetic Considerations of Nanoparticle Dissolution; 3.5.2 Effects of Nanoparticle Morphology; 3.5.3 Effects of Nanoparticle Coatings and External Substances; 3.5.4 Case Study: The Dissolution of Lead Sulfide Nanoparticles; 3.5.5 Solid State Cation Movement in Nanoparticles; 3.6 Effect of Nanoparticle Aggregation on Physical and Chemical Properties
• Sommario/riassunto: An increased understanding of the environmental and human health impacts of engineered nanoparticles is essential for the responsible development of nanotechnology and appropriate evidence-based policy and guidelines for risk assessment. Presenting the latest advances in the field from a variety of scientific disciplines, this book offers a comprehensive overview of this challenging, inter-disciplinary research area. Topics covered include:The properties, preparation and applications of nanomaterialsCharacterization and analysis of manufactured nanoparticlesThe fate and behav