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UNINA9910462450603321 |
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Moscovici Claudia <1969-> |
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Titolo |
Velvet totalitarianism [[electronic resource] ] : post-Stalinist Romania / / Claudia Moscovici |
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Lanham, MD, : University Press of America, c2009 |
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1-283-83377-8 |
0-7618-4694-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (414 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Human rights - Romania |
Electronic books. |
Romania Politics and government 1989- Fiction |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Romanian Stalinism and Post-Stalinism; 3. Nicolae Ceausescu and his Rule (1965-1989); 4. The Secret Police, or Securitate; 5. Birth Control Policies and the Romanian Orphanages; 6. The Romanian Revolution of December,1989; 7. Writing Politics; 8. Bibliography; Reincarnations of Love: A Novel; Part I; Part II; Part III; About the Author |
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This book introduces students and the general public to the post-Stalinist phase of totalitarianism, focusing on Romania under the Ceausescu dictatorship, through the dual optic of scholarship and fiction, in a story about a family surviving difficult times under a totalitarian regime due to the strength of their love. |
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UNINA9910777847003321 |
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Autore |
Striffler Steve <1967-> |
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Chicken [[electronic resource] ] : the dangerous transformation of America's favorite food / / Steve Striffler |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2005 |
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1-281-73006-8 |
9786611730062 |
0-300-12816-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (208 p.) |
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Chicken industry - United States - History |
Poultry plants - United States - History |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-191) and index. |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I. Love That Chicken! -- II. An American Industry -- III. Anatomy of a Merger -- IV. The Right to Work -- V. Getting Here -- VI. Inside a Poultry Plant -- VII. Growing Pains -- VIII. Toward a Friendlier Chicken -- Notes -- Index |
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Anthropologist Steve Striffler begins this book in a poultry processing plant, drawing on his own experiences there as a worker. He also reports on the way chickens are raised today and how they are consumed. What he discovers about America's favorite meat is not just unpleasant but a powerful indictment of our industrial food system. The process of bringing chicken to our dinner tables is unhealthy for all concerned-from farmer to factory worker to consumer. The book traces the development of the poultry industry since the Second World War, analyzing the impact of such changes as the destruction of the family farm, the processing of chicken into nuggets and patties, and the changing makeup of the industrial labor force. The author describes the lives of immigrant workers and their reception in the small towns where they live. The conclusion is clear: there has to be a better way. Striffler proposes radical but practical change, a plan that promises more humane treatment of chickens, better food for the consumer, and |
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fair payment for food workers and farmers. |
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