1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910454895403321

Titolo

Life support [[electronic resource] ] : the environment and human health / / edited by Michael McCally

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2002

ISBN

0-262-27933-9

0-585-43670-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (327 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

McCallyMichael

Disciplina

615.9/02

Soggetti

Environmental health

Public health - Environmental aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

A solutions-oriented examination of the connections between environmental degradation and human health.Life Support brings together the best medical information available on the implications for human health of the global environmental crisis. Written by prominent physicians and public health experts who see environmental degradation as a serious threat to public health, it provides essential information for health professionals, policymakers, concerned citizens, and environmental activists. The book, which is a sequel to the 1993 Critical Condition, covers a broad range of topics, including air and water pollution, population and consumption, climate change, ozone depletion, ultraviolet radiation, biodiversity loss, habitat destruction, war, and vulnerable populations (workers and children). It also discusses such controversial topics as environmental endocrine disruption and risk assessment. The focus is on solutions. Each chapter ends with specific recommendations for actions to solve particular environmental health problems. Underlying the book are three major themes: that the habitat is an important determinant of human health, that prevention of human illness must involve protection of the environment, and that well-informed physicians can and should



communicate with the public and policymakers about environmental hazards.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910794573703321

Titolo

Albee and influence / / edited by John M. Clum and Natka Bianchini

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : Brill, , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

90-04-44860-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

New Perspectives in Edward Albee Studies ; ; volume 4

Disciplina

812.54

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Part 1: Influences on Albee -- Lean[ing] against a Proscenium: Edward Albee's Me, Myself & I as Homage to Thornton Wilder / Lincoln Konkle -- "The Opposition of Artworks To Domination Is Mimesis of Domination": Albee Via Adorno as a Conduit for Postmodern Playwriting / David Marcia -- Animal Sacrifice in Albee's Plays and its Influence on the Contemporary Stage / Philipp Reisner -- Part 2: Albee's Influence -- Love and Lies in the Living Room Dramas of John Guare, Tennessee Williams, and Edward Albee / Michael Y. Bennett -- Dramatic Dialogue: Amiri Baraka's Response to Edward Albee's Influence / Douglas S. Kern -- "To Fail...and To Fail Interestingly": Edward Albee, Sam Shepard and The Playwrights Unit / Shannon Blake Skelton -- Self-Constructed Dramatists: Edward Albee and Lanford Wilson as Outsider Playwrights / David A. Crespy -- Resistant Influencer: Edward Albee and Queer Plays of the 1960s / Lesley Broder -- "Laughter and Pain": Edward Albee and Nicky Silver / John M. Clum -- Part 3: Interviews -- Interview: Director Pam MacKinnon on Finding the Artistic 'Spine' of her Career and Working with Albee / Natka Bianchini.

Sommario/riassunto

Albee and Influence is the fourth volume in the series New Directions in Edward Albee Studies sponsored by the Edward Albee Society. The volume contains essays, written by leading Albee scholars, that focus



on literary and philosophical influences on Edward Albee's plays as well as essays on writers and works that Albee influenced. Essays focus on Albee's relationship with such major American playwrights as Thornton Wilder, Amiri Baraka, Sam Shepard, Lanford Wilson and John Guare. There are also contributions on Albee's work as mentor to young playwrights. The volume also includes an interview with award-winning director Pam McKinnon.