1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457423003321

Titolo

The economics of alternative energy sources and globalization [[electronic resource] /] / editors, Andrew Schmitz ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Oak Park, Ill.?], : Bentham eBooks, [2011]

ISBN

1-60805-233-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SchmitzAndrew

Disciplina

662.88

Soggetti

Renewable energy sources - Economic aspects

Globalization

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 indexes.

Nota di contenuto

01 Title.pdf; 02 Cover Page; 03 eBooks End User License Agreement-Website; 04 Table of Contents; 05 Foreword; 06 Preface; 07 List of Contributors; 08 Summary; 09 Chapter 1 -- Rapier; 10 Chapter 2 -- Klein LeRoy; 11 Chapter 3 -- Zilberman Rajagopal Sexton Hochman Serra; 12 Chapter 4 -- Moss Schmitz Schmitz; 13 Chapter 5 -- Kliauga deGorter Just; 14 Chapter 6 -- Schmitz Schmitz Seale; 15 Chapter 7 -- Schwarz vonWitzke Noleppa; 16 Chapter 8 -- Yano Blanford Surry; 17 Chapter 9 -- Zhang Wetzstein; 18 Chapter 10 -- Thompson Meyer Westhoff; 19 Chapter 11 -- Bryant Lu Richardson Outlawz

20 Chapter 12 -- Granja Vansickle Ingram Weldon21 Chapter 13 -- Peters; 22 Chapter 14 -- Liu Farmer Capareda; 23 Chapter 15 -- Dwivedi Alavalapati Carter Larkin; 24 Chapter 16 -- Hodges Stevens Rahmani; 25 Chapter 17 -- DeLaTorreUgarte Hellwinckel; 26 Subject Index; 27 Author Index

Sommario/riassunto

Considerable effort and money are devoted to developing alternative energy sources, such as wind power, solar power, cellulosic ethanol, and biofuels. This ebook is a collection of research papers on alternative energy sources presented at the Economics of Alternative Energy Sources and Globalization: The Road Ahead Conference that was held in November 2009 in Orlando, Florida. Thirty-three papers were presented by leading experts in the field, with about half being published in the e-book. Several of the papers explored the economics



of biofuels produced from corn, sugarcane, and/or forestry

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910140870403321

Autore

Snape S. R (Steven R.)

Titolo

Ancient Egyptian tombs : the culture of life and death / / Steven Snape

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011

ISBN

9786612944529

9781444393736

1444393731

9781282944527

1282944525

9781444393743

144439374X

9781444393729

1444393723

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (307 p.)

Collana

Blackwell ancient religions

Disciplina

932

Soggetti

Funeral rites and ceremonies - Egypt

Tombs - Egypt

Egypt Antiquities

Egypt Civilization To 332 B.C

Egypt Social conditions

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 (p. [260]-280) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Ancient Egyptian Tombs: The Culture of Life and Death; Contents; List of Figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Nameless Lives at Tarkhan and Saqqara: Early Tombs and the Ka; 2 Pits, Palaces and Pyramids: Royal Cemeteries of the Early Dynastic Period and Old Kingdom; 3 Non-Royal Cemeteries of Dynasty 4; 4 Unas, Teti and Their Courts: The Late Old Kingdom at Saqqara; 5 The Tombs of Qar and Idu: Families and Funerals in the Late Old Kingdom; 6 A Growing Independence: Court and Regional Cemeteries in the Late Old Kingdom;



7 Ankhtify: A Time of Change; 8 Osiris, Lord of Abydos

9 'Lords of Life': Coffins10 Strangers and Brothers: The Middle Kingdom in Middle Egypt; 11 North and South: Middle Kingdom Tombs at the Royal Residence; 12 Ineni, Senenmut and User-Amun: New Tombs for Old; 13 Rekhmire and the Tomb of the Well-Known Soldier: Foreigners and Funerals in the Age of Empire; 14 Huya and Horemheb: Amarna and After; 15 Samut and the Ramesside Private Tomb; 16 Sennedjem: Building and Buying at Deir el-Medina; 17 Petosiris: A Dying Tradition; References; Further Reading; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the development of tombs as a cultural phenomenon in ancient Egypt and examines what tombs reveal about ancient Egyptian culture and Egyptians' belief in the afterlife. Investigates the roles of tombs in the development of funerary practicesDraws on a range of data, including architecture, artifacts and textsDiscusses tombs within the context of everyday life in Ancient EgyptStresses the importance of the tomb as an eternal expression of the self