1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456533003321

Titolo

American history now [[electronic resource] /] / edited for the American Historical Association by Eric Foner and Lisa McGirr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, c2011

ISBN

9786613196323

1-283-19632-8

1-4399-0245-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (439 p.)

Collana

Critical perspectives on the past

Altri autori (Persone)

FonerEric

McGirrLisa <1962->

Disciplina

973.072

Soggetti

Electronic books.

United States Historiography

United States History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Rev. ed. of: The new American history. Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1997.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Volume Editors' Preface; Series Editor's Preface; Part I:  Eras of the American Past; 1. Squaring the Circles: The Reach of Colonial America; 2. American Revolution and Early Republic; 3. Jacksonian America; 4. Slavery, the Civil War, and Reconstruction; 5. The Possibilities of Politics: Democracy in America, 1877 to 1917; 6. The Interwar Years; 7. The Uncertain Future of American Politics, 1940 to 1973; 8. 1973 to the Present; Part II: Major Themesin the American Experience; 9. The United States in the World; 10. The "Cultural Turn"; 11. American Religion

12. Frontiers, Borderlands, Wests13. Environmental History; 14. History of American Capitalism; 15. Women's and Gender History; 16. Immigration and Ethnic History; 17. American Indians and the Study of U.S. History; 18 African-American History; Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

American History Now collects eighteen original historiographic essays that survey recent scholarship in American history and trace the shifting lines of interpretation and debate in the field. Building on the legacy of two previous editions of The New American History, this



volume presents an entirely new group of contributors and a reconceptualized table of contents.The new generation of historians showcased in American History Now have asked new questions and developed new approaches to scholarship to revise the prevailing interpretations of the chronolog

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910811997303321

Titolo

Adhesion and microorganism pathogenicity / / [editors : Katherine Elliott, Maeve O'Connor and Julie Whelan]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Pitman Medical

Summit, N.J., : Distributed in North America by CIBA Pharmaceutical, 1981

ISBN

9786613694362

9781280783975

1280783974

9780470720639

0470720638

9780470718315

0470718315

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (358 p.)

Collana

Ciba Foundation symposium ; ; 80

Altri autori (Persone)

ElliottKatherine

O'ConnorMaeve

WhelanJulie

Disciplina

576.118

576/.118

Soggetti

Adhesion

Bacteria - Pathogenesis

Viruses - Pathogenesis

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Symposium on Adhesion and microorganism pathogenicity held at the Ciba Foundation, London, 13-15 May 1980"--Contents page.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Adhesion and microorganism pathogenicity; Contents; Introduction; Attachment of mycoplasmas to inert surfaces; Discussion; Adhesion



properties of Entamoeba histolytica; Discussion; Mechanisms of association of bacteria with mucosal surfaces; Discussion; The mechanism of entry of viruses into plant protoplasts; Discussion; Models for studying the adhesion of enterobacteria to the mucosa of the human intestinal tract; Discussion; Short communication; An in vivo model for studying adherence of intestinal pathogens; Discussion; Adhesion of mycoplasrnas to eukaryotic cells; Discussion

Bacterial adherence to cell surface sugarsDiscussion; Adhesion of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli in humans and animals; Discussion; Adhesion of Escherichia coli in urinary tract infection; Discussion; Adhesion of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and disease; Discussion; Invasion of erythrocytes by malaria merozoites: evidence for specific receptors involved in attachment and entry; Discussion; Plasmodial modifications of erythrocyte surfaces; Discussion; Interaction of chlamydiae with host cells and mucous surfaces; Discussion; General Discussion Glycolipids in receptor assays

Functions of surface glycoproteins of myxoviruses and paramyxoviruses and their inhibitionDiscussion; effect of inhibitors on glycoprotein biosynthesis and bacterial adhesion; Discussion; Sublethal concentrations of antibiotics and bacterial adhesion; Discussion; Final general discussion; Streptococcal adherence; Terminology; Receptors; Other factors affecting adhesion; Models; Clinical implications; Closing remarks; Index of contributors; Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

The Novartis Foundation Series is a popular collection of the proceedings from Novartis Foundation Symposia, in which groups of leading scientists from a range of topics across biology, chemistry and medicine assembled to present papers and discuss results. The Novartis Foundation, originally known as the Ciba Foundation, is well known to scientists and clinicians around the world.