1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910480579103321

Autore

Oliver Robert <1949->

Titolo

Logarithmic descriptions of Whitehead groups and class groups for p-groups / / Robert Oliver and Laurence R. Taylor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Providence, Rhode Island : , : American Mathematical Society, , 1988

©1988

ISBN

1-4704-0812-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (109 p.)

Collana

Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society, , 0065-9266 ; ; Volume 76, Number 392

Disciplina

512/.22

Soggetti

Whitehead groups

Localization theory

p-adic logarithms

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"November 1988, Volume 76, Number 392 (first of 2 numbers)."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Table of Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""0. Summary of results""; ""1. Localization sequences and logarithms""; ""2. Factoring homomorphisms of functors on p-groups""; ""3. The main theorem""; ""4. Wh'(G) for finite 2-groups G""; ""5. D(ZG) for 2-groups""; ""6. Classgroups of GxC[sup(k)][sub(2)]""; ""7. Wh'(G) and D(ZG) for odd p-groups""; ""Bibliography""



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996207147903316

Titolo

Witchcraft continued [[electronic resource] ] : popular magic in modern Europe / / edited by Willem de Blécourt and Owen Davies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press, : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2004

ISBN

1-5261-3797-6

1-280-73457-4

9786610734573

1-84779-099-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 219 pages) : digital file(s)

Altri autori (Persone)

BlécourtWillem de

DaviesOwen <1969->

Disciplina

133.4309409034

Soggetti

Witchcraft - Europe - History - 19th century

Witchcraft - Europe - History - 20th century

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

Introduction: witchcraft continued -- 1. A case of witchcraft assault in early nineteenth-century England as ostensive action -- 2. Witchcraft, witch doctors and the fight against 'superstition' in nineteenth-century Germany -- 3. The witch and the detective: mid-Victorian stories and beliefs -- 4. Narrative and the social dynamics of magical harm in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Finland -- 5. Boiling chickens and burning cats: witchcraft in the western Netherlands, 1850-192 -- 6. Witchcraft accusations in France, 1850-1990 -- 7. Magical healing in Spain (1875-1936): medical pluralism and the search for hegemony -- 8. Witchcraft, healing and vernacular magic in Italy --  9. Curse, maleficium, divination: witchcraft on the borderline of religion and magic --10. Spooks and spooks: black magic and bogeymen in Northern Ireland, 1973-74 -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

An important collection of essays that use a variety of different approaches and sources to uncover the continued relevance of witchcraft and magic in nineteenth and twentieth-century Europe.