1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910585963003321

Autore

Orcutt Beth N

Titolo

Deep carbon : past to present / / edited by Beth N. Orcutt, Isabelle Daniel, Rajdeep Dasgupta [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge University Press, 2019

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2020

ISBN

1-108-61569-4

1-108-63851-1

1-108-67795-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 665 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Physical Sciences

Disciplina

549/.27

Soggetti

Carbon

Carbon cycle (Biogeochemistry)

Earth (Planet) Crust

Earth (Planet) Mantle

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Oct 2019).

Sommario/riassunto

Carbon is one of the most important elements of our planet, and ninety percent of it resides inside Earth's interior. This book summarizes ten years of research by scientists involved in the Deep Carbon Observatory, a global community of 1200 scientists. It is a comprehensive guide to carbon inside Earth, including its quantities, movements, forms, origins, changes over time, and impact on planetary processes. Leading experts from a variety of fields, including geoscience, biology, chemistry, and physics, provide exciting new insights into the interconnected nature of the global carbon cycle, and explain why it matters to the past, present, and future of our planet. With end-of-chapter problems, illustrative infographics, full-color images, and access to online models and datasets, it is a valuable reference for graduate students, researchers, and professional scientists interested in carbon cycling and Earth system science. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778576803321

Autore

Davis Steven L. <1963->

Titolo

J. Frank Dobie : a liberated mind / / Steven L. Davis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Austin : , : University of Texas Press, , 2009

©2009

ISBN

0-292-79913-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (284 pages)

Collana

Charles N. Prothro Texana series

Disciplina

398.092

Soggetti

Folklorists - United States

Authors, American - 20th century

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

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A Liberated Mind -- Part 1: Rebel of the Lost Cause -- Part 2: The Rising Star -- Part 3: Mr. Texas -- Part 4: Texas Needs Brains -- Part 5: Elder Statesman -- Part 6: Twilight -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

The first Texas-based writer to gain national attention, J. Frank Dobie proved that authentic writing springs easily from the native soil of Texas and the Southwest. In best-selling books such as Tales of Old-Time Texas, Coronado's Children, and The Longhorns, Dobie captured the Southwest's folk history, which was quickly disappearing as the United States became ever more urbanized and industrial. Renowned as "Mr. Texas," Dobie paradoxically has almost disappeared from view—a casualty of changing tastes in literature and shifts in social and political attitudes since the 1960s. In this lively biography, Steven L. Davis takes a fresh look at a J. Frank Dobie whose "liberated mind" set him on an intellectual journey that culminated in Dobie becoming a political liberal who fought for labor, free speech, and civil rights well before these causes became acceptable to most Anglo Texans. Tracing the full arc of Dobie's life (1888–1964), Davis shows how Dobie's insistence on "free-range thinking" led him to such radical actions as calling for the complete integration of the University of Texas during the 1940s, as well as taking on governors, senators, and the FBI (which secretly investigated him) as Texas's leading dissenter during the McCarthy era.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910631093003321

Autore

Jing Tiankui

Titolo

The Origins and Continuity of Chinese Sociology / / by Tiankui Jing

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022

ISBN

981-19-5681-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2022.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (507 pages)

Collana

Social Sciences Series

Disciplina

301

Soggetti

Sociology

China - History

History of China

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

The Origins of Sociology in China -- The Basic Concept of Sociology in China -- Self-cultivation -- Harmonious Families -- Well Governed State -- Six Peace in the World.

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the origins and basic concepts of sociology in China and traces the discipline’s evolutionary trajectory. Building on the premise that qunxue, which goes back to Xunzi, is essentially the Chinese antecedent of modern/Western sociology, contributors try to show the distinctive ways qunxue addresses a wide range of both foundational and practical issues related to society using its own set of conceptual, analytical and methodological apparatus. The book argues that the rise of Chinese sociology will depend crucially on whether the rich heritage of traditional Chinese sociology can be fully appreciated and integrated with the Western tradition of learning. Following two preliminary chapters laying out qunxue’s basic paramters, the four remaining chapters focus on its four primary concerns: cultivation of the self (xiushen), regulation of the family (qijia), governance of the state (zhiguo), and realization of universal peace (pingtianxia).