1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456814503321

Titolo

The culture of energy [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Mogens Rudiger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle, UK, : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2008

ISBN

1-282-33446-8

9786612334467

1-4438-1202-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (299 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

RudigerMogens

Disciplina

333.79

Soggetti

Power resources - Social aspects

Power resources - Environmental aspects

Power resources - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

The contributions in this publication were first presented at the conference on "Energy and Culture" organized by the Centre for Energy and Society which was held in Esbjerb, Denmark from 6-8 February 2006.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; ENERGY AND THE CITY; GAS-LIGHT IN ITALY BETWEEN 1700's & 1800's; DE-ELECTRIFYING THE HISTORY OF STREET LIGHTING; ELECTRIC LIGHT AND THE CITYSCAPE; THE HIDDEN DIMENSIONS OF ELECTRICAL ARCHITECTURE; SPENDING AND SAVING; NIS COUNTRIES; ÅGESTA - THE SUBURB NUCLEAR PLANT; A TAMED SHREW?; ENERGY CONSERVATION IN AMERICA; ENVIRONMENTAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE RECENT ENERGY SECTOR DEVELOPMENT IN DENMARK; ENERGY AND THE HOME; ENERGY CONSUMPTION IN HOMES; HOW DANISH HOUSEHOLDS WENT ELECTRIC AND THE NOTION OF THE MODERN DANISH HOUSEWIFE WAS CONSTRUCTED

WOMEN IN RURAL INDIAN HOUSEHOLDS AND ENERGY NEEDS THE NEW CULTURE OF ENERGY; HEATING AND LIGHTING; THE DIFFUSION OF CENTRAL HEATING SYSTEMS IN MILAN; LESSONS DRAWN FROM THE HISTORY OF HEATING; AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TOWARDS ENERGY



AND AESTHETICS IN LIGHTING; CONTRIBUTORS

Sommario/riassunto

The culture of the modern world involves a sizeable and continuous use of energy. The story of energy as a part of modernity begins in the early 19th Century with hard work, experiments and the establishment of local energy systems. The natural conditions made certain by the alternation between light and dark, between warmth and cold, was gradually suspended by the introduction of electric lighting and heating into the home. The welfare state has significantly hastened this development

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465492003321

Titolo

Europe in black and white [[electronic resource] ] : immigration, race and identity in the 'Old Continent' / / edited by Manuela Ribeiro Sanches ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol, UK ; ; Chicago, : Intellect, 2011

ISBN

1-283-16264-4

9786613162649

1-84150-445-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (266 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SanchesManuela Ribeiro

Disciplina

306.094

Soggetti

Cultural pluralism - Europe

Nationalism - Europe

Postcolonialism - Europe

Electronic books.

Europe Race relations

Europe Emigration and immigration Social aspects

Europe Civilization

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

Front Cover; Preliminary Pages; Contents; Europe in Black and White; Part I: The Problem with Europe; Chapter 1: T he Culture Wars in



Translation; Chapter 2: Nations Re-bound: Race and Biopolitics at EU and US Borders; Chapter 3: New Maps of Europe by Some Contemporary 'Migrant' Artists and Writers; Chapter 4: "Beware Behalfies!" Contradictory Affiliations in Salman Rushdie's Step Across This Line; Chapter 5: A Cape Verdian View of Europe: History and Geography Revised in the Writings of G. T. Didial; Chapter 6: On the Periphery of the Universal and the Splendour of Eurocentrism

Chapter 7: Opportunities, Politics and Subjectivity in Rio de Janeiro and Lisbon's Non-governmental Organizations Part II: Building Walls: Race and Difference; Chapter 8: Technologies of Othering: Black Masculinities in the Carceral Zones of European Whiteness; Chapter 9: Reverses of Modernity: Postcolonialism and Post-Holocaust; Chapter 10: White Resentment - The Other Side of Belonging; Chapter 11: 'Mestizaje', 'Mestiçagem', 'Métissage': Useful Concepts?; Chapter 12: Studies in Brown: Seductions and Betrayals of Hybridity in Richard Burton and Gilberto Freyre

Part III: Language as Contact Zone or the Disavowal of Empire Chapter 13: Old Empires, New Cartographies: Problematizing 'Lusophone Categorizations'; Chapter 14: Spectacles, Lenses and Magnifying Glasses: Critical Approaches in the Definition of the Canon of African Literature; Chapter 15: Literary Responses in Postcolonial and Post-Imperial Europe: The Literatures of Diaspora in Portugal and Britain; Chapter 16: Voices in Shades of Grey; Abstracts and Biographical Notes; Index; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

Europe in Black and White offers new critical perspectives on race, immigration, and identity on the Old Continent. In reconsidering the various forms of encounters with difference, such as multiculturalism and hybridity, the contributors address a number of issues, including geography, politics and linguistic practice. Featuring scholars from a wide variety of nationalities and disciplinary areas, this collection of essays will speak to an equally wide readership and provide an important counter-discourse to the images of migration and racism frequently portrayed in the media.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910716201703321

Titolo

Forfeiture of pay by persons in military or naval service for intemperance acts, etc. May 3, 1926. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : [U.S. Government Printing Office], , 1926

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (4 pages)

Collana

House report / 69th Congress, 1st session. House ; ; no. 1058

[United States congressional serial set ] ; ; [serial no. 8533]

Altri autori (Persone)

SpeaksJohn Charles <1859-1945> (Republican (OH))

Soggetti

Alcoholism

Drug abuse

Military discipline

Military pay

Naval discipline

Sexually transmitted diseases

Soldiers

Sailors

Legislative materials.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

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