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UNINA9910454134703321 |
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Jackson Ashley |
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The British Empire and the Second World War / / Ashley Jackson |
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London, England ; ; New York, New York : , : Hambledon Continuum, , 2006 |
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1 online resource (639 p.) |
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Electronic books. |
Commonwealth countries Armed Forces History World War, 1939-1945 |
Commonwealth countries History 20th century |
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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; Illustrations; Preface; Note; Abbreviations; 1 Prologue; 2 The Approach of War; 3 Imperial War; 4 The Home Front; 5 The Atlantic; 6 The Caribbean; 7 The Mediterranean; 8 Iraq, Iran and Syria; 9 Sub-Saharan Africa; 10 The Indian Ocean; 11 The Islands of the Indian Ocean; 12 India and Burma; 13 South-East Asia and the Far East; 14 Australia and New Zealand; 15 The Pacific; 16 Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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In 1939 Hitler went to war not just with Great Britain; he also went to war with the whole of the British Empire, the greatest empire that there had ever been. In the years since 1945 that empire has disappeared, and the crucial fact that the British Empire fought together as a whole during the war has been forgotten. All the parts of the empire joined the struggle and were involved in it from the beginning, undergoing huge changes and sometimes suffering great losses as a result. The war in the desert, the defence of Malta and the Malayan campaign, and the contribution of the empire as a whol |
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UNINA9910279576103321 |
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Autore |
Bikfalvi Andreas |
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A Brief History of Blood and Lymphatic Vessels / / by Andreas Bikfalvi |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 |
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[1st ed. 2017.] |
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1 online resource (xiii, 192 pages) : illustrations |
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Human physiology |
Medicine—History |
Biology—History |
Cardiology |
Philosophy and science |
Human Physiology |
History of Medicine |
History of Biology |
Philosophy of Science |
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The vasculature, what is it? -- Historical consideration -- The vasculature in evolution -- Where it all began -- Culture of vascular cells in vitro -- The discovery of the first stimulating factors of blood vessels -- Vascular Endothelial growth factor (VEGF) : the cornerstone of angiogenesis stimulators -- Inhibition of angiogenesis "successes and deceptions" -- Stimulating angiogenesis -- The story is more complicated than anticipated -- How to study angiogenesis -- Lymphangiogenesis joins in -- Endothelial progenitors and stem cells -- The neuronal connection -- Vascular targeting and vessel destruction ("Vascular targeting") -- What future for angiogenesis? -- Philosophical aspect of the vascular tree -- Concluding remarks. |
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This book provides a comprehensive account of vascular biology and pathology and its significance for health and disease. It systematically and chronologically explains how we came to our current |
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understanding of the vasculature and it´s function today, and describes in an entertaining way the diverse flaws and turns in science and medicine from the past. It thereby offers a complete and well-studied history on vascular biology and medicine. The book has an easy-to-read style and is written for students as well as scientists, physicians and lecturers in the field of biomedicine, human physiology, cardiology and hematology. |
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