1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990008357900403321

Titolo

Gangliosides in neurological and neuromuscolar function, development, and repair / editors Maurice M. Rapport, Alfredo Gorio

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : Raven Press, c1981

ISBN

0890046603

Descrizione fisica

XIX, 276 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Disciplina

599.0188

Locazione

FFABC

DMECM

Collocazione

80 XV 104 CFT (11)

612.8 GAN/DIR

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910449859703321

Autore

Crenson Matthew A. <1943->

Titolo

Building the invisible orphanage [[electronic resource] ] : a prehistory of the American welfare system / / Matthew A. Crenson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 1998

ISBN

0-674-02999-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 383 p. ) : ill., ports

Disciplina

362.70973

Soggetti

Public welfare - United States - History

Child welfare - United States - History

Welfare state

Orphanages - United States - History

Electronic books.

United States Social policy

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 (p. 333-374) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Decline of the Orphanage and the Invention of Welfare -- 2 The Institutional Inclination -- 3 Two Dimensions of Institutional Change -- 4 Institutional Self-Doubt and Internal Reform -- 5 From Orphanage to Home -- 6 The Orphanage Reaches Outward -- 7 “The Unwalled Institution of the State” -- 8 The Perils of Placing Out -- 9 “The Experiment of Having No Home” -- 10 Mobilizing for Mothers’ Pensions -- 11 Religious Wars -- Conclusion: An End to the Orphanage -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

In 1996, the US abandoned its long-standing welfare system in favour of a new and largely untried public assistance programme. This text examines the connection between the decline of the orphanage and the rise of welfare.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910460115403321

Autore

Bohme Susanna Rankin <1973->

Titolo

Toxic injustice : a transnational history of exposure and struggle / / Susanna Rankin Bohme

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-520-27899-2

0-520-95981-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (357 p.)

Disciplina

363.738/4

Soggetti

Dibromochloropropane - Toxicology

Dibromochloropropane - Health aspects - Law and legislation

Agricultural laborers - Health and hygiene

Environmental justice

Fruit trade - Health aspects - Law and legislation

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

Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Roots of Optimism and Anxiety -- 2. DBCP on the Farm -- 3. Unequal Exposures -- 4. An Inconvenient Forum? -- 5. Making a Movement -- 6. National Law, Transnational Justice? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

The pesticide dibromochloropropane, known as DBCP, was developed by the chemical companies Dow and Shell in the 1950's to target wormlike, soil-dwelling creatures called nematodes. Despite signs that the chemical was dangerous, it was widely used in U.S. agriculture and on Chiquita and Dole banana plantations in Central America. In the late 1970's, DBCP was linked to male sterility, but an uneven regulatory process left many workers-especially on Dole's banana farms-exposed for years after health risks were known. Susanna Rankin Bohme tells an intriguing, multilayered history that spans fifty years, highlighting the transnational reach of corporations and social justice movements. Toxic Injustice links health inequalities and worker struggles as it



charts how people excluded from workplace and legal protections have found ways to challenge power structures and seek justice from states and transnational corporations alike.