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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460225103321

Autore

Williams Robert Chadwell <1938-, >

Titolo

The forensic historian : using science to reexamine the past / / Robert C. Williams

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015

ISBN

0-7656-3662-X

1-317-45680-7

1-315-69975-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (158 p.)

Disciplina

907.2

Soggetti

Historiography - Methodology

Forensic sciences

World history

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2013 by M.E. Sharpe.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction : scope of evidence -- 2. Faking it : chemistry and forgery -- 3. Atomic evidence -- 4. A question of identity : from bones to DNA fingerprinting -- 5. Not-so-cold cases -- 6. Conclusion : modern forensics and historical revision.

Sommario/riassunto

Modern forensic science has significantly affected historical debate over some well-known past crimes or mysteries, utilizing modern DNA, nuclear, and chemical analyses to reexamine the past. This book takes an in-depth look at 20 significant cases where investigators have applied new forensic techniques to confirm, dispute, or revise accepted historical accounts. Among the cases included are the murder of King Tut, the validity of the Vinland Map, the authenticity of the Hitler diaries, Joan of Arc's ashes, the bones of Anastasia, arsenic and the death of Napoleon, and the dating of the Shrou



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910555233803321

Titolo

Cocaine : from coca fields to the streets / / Enrique Desmond Arias and Thomas Grisaffi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Durham : , : Duke University Press, , 2021

ISBN

1-4780-1372-9

1-4780-2195-0

9781478021957

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Classificazione

SOC002010HIS024000

Disciplina

364.1/3365

Soggetti

Cocaine industry - Latin America

Cocaine industry - United States

Drug traffic - Social aspects - Latin America

Drug traffic - Social aspects - United States

Drug control - Latin America

Drug control - United States

Coca industry - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: The moral economy of the cocaine trade / Enrique Desmond Arias and Thomas Grisaffi -- The white factory : coca, cocaine, and informal governance in the Chapare, Bolivia / Thomas Grisaffi -- Tracing cocaine supply chains from within : illicit flows, armed conflict, and the moral economy of Andean borderlands / Annette Idler -- Drug crops, twisted motorcycles, and cultural loss in indigenous Colombia / Autumn Zellers-León -- From Corumbá to Rio : an ethnography of trafficking / Robert Gay -- Border, ghetto, prison : cocaine and social orders in Guatemala / Anthony W. Fontes -- Drug cartels, from political to criminal intermediation : The Caballeros Templarios' mirror sovereignty in Michoacán, Mexico / Romain Le Cour Grandmaison -- Of drugs, tortillas, and real estate : on the tangible and intangible benefits of drug dealing in Nicaragua / Dennis Rodgers -- "A very well-established culture" : cocaine market self-regulation as alternative governance in San Juan, Puerto Rico / Lilian Bobea and Cyrus



Veeser -- Visible and invisible "cracklands" in Brazil : moral drug commerce and the production of space in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro (1990-2017) / Taniele Rui -- The violence of the American dream in segregated US inner-city narcotics markets / Philippe Bourgois, Laurie Kain Hart, George Karandinos, and Fernando Montero -- Shifting south : cocaine's historical present and the changing politics of drug war, 1975-2015 / Paul Gootenberg -- Conclusion. Responding to cocaine's moral economies / Enrique Desmond Arias.

Sommario/riassunto

"The contributors to Cocaine analyze the contemporary production, transit, and consumption of cocaine throughout Latin America and the illicit economy's entanglement with local communities."--

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910955302403321

Autore

Donoghue Daniel <1956->

Titolo

Old English literature : a short introduction / / Daniel Donoghue

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2004

ISBN

1-281-31072-7

9786611310721

0-470-70717-8

0-470-77602-1

0-470-77680-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (162 p.)

Collana

Blackwell introductions to literature

Disciplina

829/.09

Soggetti

English literature - Old English, ca. 450-1100 - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Series statement on jacket.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p.[126]-130) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Old English Literature: A Short Introduction; Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction; List of Abbreviations; 1 The Vow; 2 The Hall; 3 The Miracle; 4 The Pulpit; 5 The Scholar; Notes; Further Reading; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This innovative and intriguing introduction to Old English literature is structured around what the author calls 'figures' from Anglo-Saxon culture: the Vow, the Hall, the Miracle, the Pulpit, and the Scholar. An



innovative and intriguing introduction to Old English literature. Structured around 'figures' from Anglo-Saxon culture: the Vow, the Hall, the Miracle, the Pulpit, and the Scholar. Situates Old English literary texts within a cultural framework. Creates new connections between different genres, periods and authors. Combines close textual