1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910453050803321

Autore

Laudan Rachel <1944->

Titolo

Cuisine and empire : cooking in world history / / Rachel Laudan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

0-520-28631-6

1-78402-600-X

0-520-95491-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (483 p.)

Collana

California Studies in Food and Culture ; ; 43

California studies in food and culture ; ; 43

Disciplina

641.5

Soggetti

Cooking - History

Food habits - History

Food - Social aspects

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

Mastering grain cookery, 2,000-300 B.C.E -- The barley-wheat cuisines of the ancient empires, 500 B.C.E.-400 C.E -- Buddhism transforms the cuisines of eastern Asia, 200 B.C.E.-800 C.E -- Islam transforms the cuisines of central and west Asia, 800-1650 C.E -- Christianity transforms the cuisines of Europe and the Americas, 100-1650 C.E -- Prelude to modern cuisines: Europe, 1650-1840 -- Modern cuisines in the industrializing regions, 1810-1920 -- The globalization of modern cuisines, 1920-2000.

Sommario/riassunto

Rachel Laudan tells the remarkable story of the rise and fall of the world's great cuisines-from the mastery of grain cooking some twenty thousand years ago, to the present-in this superbly researched book. Probing beneath the apparent confusion of dozens of cuisines to reveal the underlying simplicity of the culinary family tree, she shows how periodic seismic shifts in "culinary philosophy"-beliefs about health, the economy, politics, society and the gods-prompted the construction of new cuisines, a handful of which, chosen as the cuisines of empires,



came to dominate the globe. Cuisine and Empire shows how merchants, missionaries, and the military took cuisines over mountains, oceans, deserts, and across political frontiers. Laudan's innovative narrative treats cuisine, like language, clothing, or architecture, as something constructed by humans. By emphasizing how cooking turns farm products into food and by taking the globe rather than the nation as the stage, she challenges the agrarian, romantic, and nationalistic myths that underlie the contemporary food movement.  

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910366602803321

Autore

Gialanella Stefano

Titolo

Aerospace Alloys / / by Stefano Gialanella, Alessio Malandruccolo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020

ISBN

3-030-24440-7

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xix, 570 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Topics in Mining, Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, , 2364-3307

Disciplina

669.94

669

Soggetti

Building materials

Aerospace engineering

Astronautics

Surfaces (Physics)

Automotive engineering

Coatings

Tribology

Structural Materials

Aerospace Technology and Astronautics

Surface and Interface and Thin Film

Automotive Engineering

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- 1 Introduction to aerospace applications -- 2 Metal based



materials for airframe applications -- 3 Materials for gas turbine aero engines -- 4 Steels -- 5 Titanium and titanium alloys -- 6 Superalloys -- 7 Coatings for gas turbine engine -- 8 Hot corrosion -- 9 Other interesting materials for aerospace and related applications.

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents an up-to-date overview on the main classes of metallic materials currently used in aeronautical structures and propulsion engines and discusses other materials of potential interest for structural aerospace applications. The coverage encompasses light alloys such as aluminum-, magnesium-, and titanium-based alloys, including titanium aluminides; steels; superalloys; oxide dispersion strengthened alloys; refractory alloys; and related systems such as laminate composites. In each chapter, materials properties and relevant technological aspects, including processing, are presented. Individual chapters focus on coatings for gas turbine engines and hot corrosion of alloys and coatings. Readers will also find consideration of applications in aerospace-related fields. The book takes full account of the impact of energy saving and environmental issues on materials development, reflecting the major shifts that have occurred in the motivations guiding research efforts into the development of new materials systems. Aerospace Alloys will be a valuable reference for graduate students on materials science and engineering courses and will also provide useful information for engineers working in the aerospace, metallurgical, and energy production industries.