1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910155751703321

Autore

Boothroyd Jennifer

Titolo

All Charged Up : A Look at Electricity

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lerner

ISBN

1-5124-4685-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (32 p.)

Disciplina

537

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Musica

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting to engage reluctant readers!Lightning streaks across the sky. A lamp lights up a room. Electricity is all around you. But where does electricity come from? And how do we bring it into our homes? Read this book to find out! Learn all about matter, energy, and forces in the Exploring Physical Science series--part of the Lightning Bolt Books(tm) collection. With high-energy designs, exciting photos, and fun text, Lightning Bolt Books(tm) bring nonfiction topics to life!



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910797270503321

Autore

Butler Paula <1960->

Titolo

Colonial extractions : race and Canadian mining in contemporary Africa / / Paula Butler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-4426-1996-1

1-4426-1995-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (397 p.)

Disciplina

338.2096

Soggetti

Mineral industries - Social aspects - Africa

Mineral industries - Africa

Electronic books.

Africa Race relations

Africa

Canada

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contemporary Canadian mining : colonial continuities -- Theorizing Canada's twenty-first-century colonialist mining project -- "I hear the rustling of gold under my feet" : mining, race, and the making of Canada -- "Something from nothing" : generating wealth in the racialized mining economy -- Racial rule : resource appropriation and the rule of law -- Who do we say we are? Narratives of Canadian mining professionals in African states -- "I wouldn't glorify them as prospectors" : colonial contact zones and the eradication of African 'artisanal' miners -- Refusing the "white man's burden" : investing in colour-blind mining in post-apartheid South Africa.

Sommario/riassunto

Challenging Canada's image as a humane, enlightened global actor, Colonial Extractions examines the troubling racial logic that underpins Canadian mining operations in several African countries.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910694101303321

Titolo

Assessing data security : preventing breaches and protecting sensitive information : hearing before the Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, first session, May 4, 2005

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iii, 118 p.)

Soggetti

Computer security - United States

Data protection - United States

Identity theft - United States - Prevention

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia