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UNINA9910451398303321 |
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Titolo |
Making sense of the Vietnam wars [[electronic resource] ] : local, national, and transnational perspectives / / edited by Mark Philip Bradley and Marilyn B. Young |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008 |
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1-281-34206-8 |
9786611342067 |
0-19-804302-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (331 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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BradleyMark <1961-> |
YoungMarilyn Blatt |
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Indochinese War, 1946-1954 |
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 |
Electronic books. |
Vietnam History 1945-1975 |
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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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Contents; Editors and Contributors; Introduction: Making Sense of the Vietnam Wars; PART I: American Intervention and the Cold War Consensus; PART II: The Coming of War in Vietnam; PART III: War's End and Endless Wars; Index |
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Making sense of the wars for Vietnam has had a long history. The question ""why Vietnam?"" dominated American and Vietnamese political life for much of the length of the wars and has continued to be asked in the decades since they ended. This volume brings together the work of eleven scholars to examine the conceptual and methodological shifts that have marked the contested terrain of Vietnam War scholarship. Editors Marilyn Young and Mark Bradley's superb group of renowned contributors spans the generations--including those who were active during wartime, along with scholars conducting resear |
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UNINA9910461578003321 |
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The Praeger handbook of environmental health [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Robert H. Friis |
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Santa Barbara, Calif., : Praeger, c2012- |
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1-280-57017-2 |
9786613599773 |
0-313-38601-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (2395 p.) |
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Environmental health |
Public health |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Note generali |
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Four volumes combined as one. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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COVER; TITLE; VOLUME 1 FOUNDATIONS OF THE FIELD; COPYRIGHT; Contents; Introduction: Current Status of Environmental Health; Chapter 1 Ecology and Environmental or Ecosystem Health; Chapter 2 Human Exposure Assessment; Chapter 3 The Environment and Endangered Species/Species Extinctions; Chapter 4 Environmental Noise and Health; Chapter 5 Environmental Epigenetics; Chapter 6 Climate Change and Health; Chapter 7 Oceanic Pollution; Chapter 8 Fundamentals of Environmental Epidemiology; Chapter 9 Using Epidemiology as a Tool to Study Environmental Health |
Chapter 10 Solutions to the Growing Solid Waste ProblemChapter 11 Population Trends and the Environment; Chapter 12 International Environmental Law; Chapter 13 Biomarkers Used in Environmental Health, with a Focus on Endocrine Disrupters; Chapter 14 Environmental Health Risk Assessment; Chapter 15 The Environmental Health Policy-Making Process; Chapter 16 Significant Environmental Health Statutes and Key Regulations; Chapter 17 The Role of State and Local Public Health Departments in Environmental Enforcement |
Chapter 18 Risk Communication and Environmental Health: Principles, Strategies, Tools, and TechniquesChapter 19 The Role of Health |
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Professionals in Protecting Environmental Health; Chapter 20 Renewable Energy; Chapter 21 Eco-Friendly Transportation and the Built Environment; Chapter 22 Lighting and Astronomy; Chapter 23 Green Living: Reducing the Individual's Carbon Footprint; Chapter 24 Educating the Environmental Health Workforce; About the Editor and Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; VOLUME 2 AGENTS OF DISEASE; Contents |
Chapter 1 Microbial Agents: ZoonoticChapter 2 Environment and Vector-Borne Diseases; Chapter 3 Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and the Environment; Chapter 4 Mold Prevention Strategies and Possible Health Effects in the Aftermath of Hurricanes and Major Floods; Chapter 5 Food Contamination and Poisoning; Chapter 6 Environmental Aspects of the Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers; Chapter 7 Cadmium Exposure and Human Health; Chapter 8 Asbestos; Chapter 9 Lead: Neurotoxic Effects in Adults; Chapter 10 Mercury and Environmental Health; Chapter 11 Arsenic |
Chapter 12 Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: Health Effects, Surveillance, and EpidemiologyChapter 13 Pesticides; Chapter 14 Disposal of E-Waste; Chapter 15 Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs): Cancer and Immunological Health Effects; Chapter 16 Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs): Reproductive and Developmental Health Effects; Chapter 17 Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs): Neurological and Other Health Effects; Chapter 18 The Dioxin Story; Chapter 19 DDT and Environmental Health; Chapter 20 Phthalates: What They Are and Why They Raise Concerns about Human Health; Chapter 21 Endocrine Disruptors |
Chapter 22 Ionizing Radiation |
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Written by internationally acclaimed experts in the United States and abroad, this comprehensive set of environmental health articles serves to clarify our impending challenges as well as opportunities for health and wellness. |
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