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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452255103321

Titolo

Multiculturalism in the United States [[electronic resource] ] : a comparative guide to acculturation and ethnicity / / edited by John D. Buenker and Lorman A. Ratner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn., : Greenwood Press, 2005

ISBN

1-282-41800-9

9786612418006

0-313-06273-0

Edizione

[Rev. and expanded ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (456 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BuenkerJohn D

RatnerLorman

Disciplina

305.8/00973

Soggetti

Minorities - United States

Multiculturalism - United States

Cultural pluralism - United States

Acculturation - United States

Ethnicity - United States

Electronic books.

United States Ethnic relations

United States Race relations

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. [389]-417) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; African Americans; American Indians; Arab Americans; Asian Indian Americans; Chinese Americans; Dominican Americans; Filipino Americans; German Americans; Haitian Americans; Irish Americans; Italian Americans; Jewish Americans; Korean Americans; Mexican Americans; Polish Americans; Scandinavian Americans; Vietnamese Americans; Bibliographical Essay; Index; About the Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

Interest in ethnic studies and multiculturalism has grown considerably in the years since the 1992 publication of the first edition of this work. Co-editors Ratner and Buenker have revised and updated the first edition of Multiculturalism in the United States to reflect the changes,



patterns, and shifts in immigration showing how American culture affects immigrants and is affected by them. Common topics that helped determine the degree and pace of acculturation for each ethnic group are addressed in each of the 17 essays, providing the reader with a comparative reference tool. Seven new ethnic

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450531603321

Titolo

Igneous rocks : a classification and glossary of terms : recommendations of the International Union of Geological Sciences, Subcommission on the Systematics of Igneous Rocks / / R.W. Le Maitre (editor) [and others] [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2002

ISBN

1-280-41767-6

9786610417674

1-139-14621-1

0-511-16974-4

0-511-06651-1

0-511-06020-3

0-511-32391-3

1-60119-746-2

0-511-53558-9

0-511-06864-6

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 236 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

552/.1

Soggetti

Igneous rocks

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction: 1.1. Changes to the 1st edition -- 2. Classification and nomenclature: 2.1. Principles; 2.2. Pyroclastic rocks and tephra; 2.3. Carbonatites; 2.4. Melilite-bearing rocks; 2.5. Kalsilite-bearing rocks; 2.6. Kimberlites; 2.7. Lamproites; 2.8. Leucite-bearing rocks; 2.9. Lamprophyres; 2.10. Charnockitic rocks; 2.11. Plutonic rocks; 2.12.



Volcanic rocks; 2.13. References -- 3. Glossary of terms: 3.1. Detailes of entries; 3.2. Historical perspective; 3.3. Glossary -- 4. Bibliography of terms: 4.1. Bibliographic analysis; 4.2. References -- Appendices: Appendix A. Lists of participants; Appendix B. Recommended IUGS names; Appendix C. IUGSTAS software package.

Sommario/riassunto

Decades of field and microscope studies, and more recent quantitative geochemical analyses have resulted in a vast, and sometimes overwhelming, array of nomenclature and terminology associated with igneous rocks. This book presents a complete classification of igneous rocks based on all the recommendations of the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) Subcommission on the Systematics of Igneous Rocks. The glossary of igneous terms has been fully updated since the first edition and now includes 1637 entries, of which 316 are recommended by the Subcommission. Incorporating a comprehensive bibliography of source references for all the terms included in the glossary, this book is an indispensable reference guide for all geologists studying igneous rocks, either in the field or the laboratory. It presents a standardised and widely accepted naming scheme that will allow geologists to interpret terminology in the primary literature and provide formal names for rock samples based on petrographic analyses. It is also supported by a website with downloadable code for chemical classifications.