1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456729803321

Autore

Wagner Caroline S

Titolo

The new invisible college [[electronic resource] ] : science for development / / Caroline S. Wagner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2008

ISBN

1-282-13141-9

9786612131417

0-8157-0364-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (175 p.)

Disciplina

338.9/26

Soggetti

Science and state

Science - Study and teaching - International cooperation

Global method of teaching

Research - International cooperation

Information networks

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

The new invisible college emerges -- The topology of science in the twenty-first century -- Networked science -- Tectonic shifts : the rise of global networks -- The virtual geography of knowledge -- Scientific capacity and infrastructure -- Governing the new invisible college.

Sommario/riassunto

"Combines quantitative data and extensive interviews to map emerging global science networks and trace the dynamics driving their growth. Argues that the shift from big science to global networks creates unprecedented opportunities for developing countries to tap science's potential. Offers a guidebook and playbook for policymakers confronting science's transformation"--Provided by publisher.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457073803321

Titolo

Feminist readings in Middle English literature : the Wife of Bath and all her sect / / edited by Ruth Evans and Lesley Johnson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1994

ISBN

1-134-93181-6

9786610144884

1-280-14488-2

0-203-97679-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (270 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

EvansRuth <1954->

JohnsonLesley <1957->

Disciplina

820.9001

820.93520420902

Soggetti

English literature - Middle English, 1100-1500 - History and criticism

Women and literature - England - History

Feminism and literature - England - History

Sex role in literature

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

Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 The Wife of Bath and the painting of lions; 3 Engendering pity in the Franklin's Tale; 4 Sexual economics, Chaucer's Wife of Bath and The Book of Margery Kempe; 5 Mysticism and hysteria: the histories of Margery Kempe and Anna O.; 6 Body politics: engendering medieval cycle drama; 7 Lady Holy Church and Meed the Maid: re-envisioning female personifications in Piers Plowman; 8 The Virgin's Tale; 9 Reincarnations of Griselda: contexts for the Clerk's Tale?

10 'Taking the gold out of Egypt' the art of reading as a woman; Further reading; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This volume, designed with the student reader in mind, is an indispensable blend of key essays in the field with specially



commissioned new material by feminist scholars from the UK and the US. It includes a diversity of texts and feminist approaches, a substantial and very illuminating introduction by the editors, and an annotated list of Further Reading, offering preliminary guidance to the reader approaching the topic of gender and medieval literature for the first time. Works and writers covered include: * Chaucer * Margery Kempe * Christine de Pisan * The Katherine gro