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UNINA9910460225103321 |
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Williams Robert Chadwell <1938-, > |
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The forensic historian : using science to reexamine the past / / Robert C. Williams |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015 |
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0-7656-3662-X |
1-317-45680-7 |
1-315-69975-3 |
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1 online resource (158 p.) |
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Historiography - Methodology |
Forensic sciences |
World history |
Electronic books. |
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Monografia |
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First published 2013 by M.E. Sharpe. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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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. |
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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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UNINA9910555233803321 |
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Cocaine : from coca fields to the streets / / Enrique Desmond Arias and Thomas Grisaffi |
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Durham : , : Duke University Press, , 2021 |
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1-4780-1372-9 |
1-4780-2195-0 |
9781478021957 |
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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 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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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 |
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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. |
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"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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UNINA9910955302403321 |
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Donoghue Daniel <1956-> |
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Old English literature : a short introduction / / Daniel Donoghue |
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Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2004 |
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1-281-31072-7 |
9786611310721 |
0-470-70717-8 |
0-470-77602-1 |
0-470-77680-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (162 p.) |
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Blackwell introductions to literature |
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English literature - Old English, ca. 450-1100 - History and criticism |
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Note generali |
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Series statement on jacket. |
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Includes bibliographical references (p.[126]-130) and index. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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