1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461458203321

Autore

Bourne Richard

Titolo

Catastrophe [[electronic resource] ] : what went wrong in Zimbabwe? / / Richard Bourne

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Zed Books, 2011

ISBN

1-78032-107-4

1-283-23858-6

9786613238580

1-84813-522-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (322 p.)

Disciplina

968.91

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Zimbabwe History 1980-

Zimbabwe Politics and government 1980-

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Glossary of acronyms, personalities, organisations -- Timeline -- Preface and acknowledgements -- Prologue: two birthdays -- Conquest -- White supremacy and the settler state -- From UDI to Lancaster House -- ZANU in power - the 1980's -- The 1990's - when the wheels began to fall off -- Disaster years, and the third chimurenga -- From Operation Murambatsvina to an inclusive government -- How did it go wrong? -- Select bibliography.

Sommario/riassunto

"No one in 1980 could have guessed that Zimbabwe would become a failed state on such a monumental and tragic scale. In this incisive and revealing book, Richard Bourne shows how a country which had every prospect of success when it achieved a delayed independence in 1980 became a brutal police state with hyperinflation, collapsing life expectancy and abandonment by a third of its citizens less than thirty years later. Beginning with the British conquest of Zimbabwe and covering events up to the present precarious political situation, Catastrophe is the most comprehensive, up-to-date and readable account of the ongoing crisis. Bourne shows that Zimbabwe's tragedy is not just about Mugabe's 'evil' but about history, Africa today and the



world's attitudes towards them." --Publisher's website.

2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996279868703316

Titolo

ANSI/IEEE Std 336-1980 (revision of ANSI/IEEE Std 336-1977) : IEEE Standard Installation, Inspection, and Testing Requirements for Class 1E Power, Instrumentation and Electric Equipment at Nuclear Power Generating Stations / / IEEE

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Piscataway, NJ : , : IEEE, , 1980

ISBN

1-5044-0303-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (14 pages)

Collana

ANSI/IEEE Std ; ; 336-1980

Soggetti

Nuclear power plants - Design and construction

Electric power systems - Reliability

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

This standard sets forth the minimum requirements for installation, inspection and testing of Class 1E power, instrumentation and control equipment and systems during the construction phase of a nuclear power generating station. These requirements also cover modifications and those activities occurring during the operating phase that are comparable in nature and extent to related activities occurring during the initial construction of the station. All references to construction activities in this standard shall refer to this scope which includes operational modifications.