1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461471203321

Autore

Robins Nicholas A. <1964->

Titolo

Mercury, mining, and empire [[electronic resource] ] : the human and ecological cost of colonial silver mining in the Andes / / Nicholas A. Robins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2011

ISBN

1-283-23591-9

9786613235916

0-253-00538-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (317 p.)

Disciplina

363.738/49

Soggetti

Silver mines and mining - Bolivia - Potosí (Dept.) - History

Silver mines and mining - Health aspects - Bolivia - Potosí (Dept.)

Silver mines and mining - Environmental aspects - Bolivia - Potosí (Dept.)

Mercury mines and mining - Peru - Huancavelica - History

Mercury mines and mining - Health aspects - Peru - Huancavelica

Mercury mines and mining - Environmental aspects - Peru - Huancavelica

Indians, Treatment of - Bolivia - Potosí (Dept.) - History

Indians, Treatment of - Peru - Huancavelica - History

Environmental degradation - Bolivia - Potosí (Dept.)

Environmental degradation - Peru - Huancavelica

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

Amalgamating an empire -- Toxic travails : mining in Huancavelica -- Blood silver -- Connecting the drops : the wider human and environmental costs -- From corrosion to collapse : the destruction of native communities.

Sommario/riassunto

On the basis of an examination of the colonial mercury and silver production processes and related labor systems, Mercury, Mining, and Empire explores the effects of mercury pollution in colonial



Huancavelica, Peru, and Potosí, in present-day Bolivia. The book presents a multifaceted and interwoven tale of what colonial exploitation of indigenous peoples and resources left in its wake. It is a socio-ecological history that explores the toxic interrelationships between mercury and silver production, urban environments, and the people who lived and worked in them. Nicholas A. Robins tells the

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910463836603321

Autore

Amsden Dora

Titolo

Ukiyo-E / / Dora Amsden and Woldermar von Seidlitz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Parkstone International, , [2014]

ISBN

1-78160-949-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (518 p.)

Disciplina

769.952

Soggetti

Color prints, Japanese

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Chronology; Theatre; Women; Gods; Humour; Polarity of Man and Woman; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Ukiyo-e ('pictures of the floating world') is a branch of Japanese art which originated during the period of prosperity in Edo (1615-1868). Characteristic of this period, the prints are the collective work of an artist, an engraver, and a printer. Created on account of their low cost thanks to the progression of the technique, they represent daily life, women, actors of kabuki theatre, or even sumo wrestlers. Landscape would also later establish itself as a favourite subject. Moronobu, the founder, Shunsho, Utamaro, Hokusai, and even Hiroshige are the most widely-celebrated artists of the move



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910460175103321

Titolo

SARS in context [[electronic resource] ] : memory, history, policy / / edited by Jacalyn Duffin and Arthur Sweetman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal ; ; Ithaca, : School of Policy Studies, Queen's University, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2006

ISBN

1-282-86728-8

9786612867286

0-7735-7684-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (221 p.)

Collana

McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services studies in the history of medicine, health, and society ; ; 27

Altri autori (Persone)

DuffinJacalyn

SweetmanArthur

Disciplina

362.196/2009713

Soggetti

SARS (Disease) - Ontario - Epidemiology - History - 21st century

Communicable diseases - Ontario - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Most of the chapters were first read at a symposium held at Queen's University in February 2004, a symposium that originated in the encounters of medical historians with journalists reporting on SARS" --Intro.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction : lessons and disappointments / Jacalyn Duffin -- Pt. I. Memory : two medical officials recall SARS in Toronto -- 2. My experience with SARS / James G. Young -- 3. Remembering SARS and the Ontario SARS scientific advisory committee / Dick Zoutman -- Pt. II. History : historians of disease reflect on SARS -- 4. SARS and plagues past / Ann G. Carmichael -- 5. SARS viewed from the etiological standpoint / K. Codell Carter -- 6. From cholera to SARS : communicable disease-control procedures in Toronto, 1832 to 2003 / Heather A. MacDougall -- 7. Making history : TB and the public health legacy of SARS in Canada / Georgina Feldberg -- 8. SARS in the light of sexually transmitted diseases and AIDS / Jay Cassel -- Pt. III. Public policy in the aftermath of SARS -- 9. Introduction to economic issues in epidemiology and public policy / Arthur Sweetman -- 10. Governance in pandemics : defining the federal government's role in public health



emergencies / Kumanan Wilson and Harvey Lazar -- 11. economic impacts of SARS and pandemic influenza / Steven James and Timothy Sargent.