1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910707351603321

Autore

Lee Myung W.

Titolo

Linearized inversion of reflection traveltimes / / by Myung W. Lee and Warren F. Agena

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Reston, Va.] : , : U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, , 1991

[Washington, D.C.] : , : United States Government Printing Office

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iii, 21 pages) : illustrations

Collana

U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin ; ; 1965

Soggetti

Seismic reflection method

Seismic traveltime inversion

Seismology - Mathematical models

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed Aug. 20, 2014).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910959002503321

Autore

Bristol Douglas Walter, Jr., <1965->

Titolo

Knights of the razor : black barbers in slavery and freedom / / Douglas Walter Bristol, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2009

ISBN

9780801898303

0801898307

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (229 p.)

Disciplina

646.7/2408996073

Soggetti

African American barbers - History

Free African Americans - History

African American businesspeople - History

African American business enterprises - History

United States Race relations History

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

The origins of black barbers -- Becoming knights of the razor -- Caught between regional origins and the barber's trade -- Self-improvementand self-loathing before the war -- Defining the meaning of freedom -- From barbershops to boardrooms.

Sommario/riassunto

They advocated economic independence from whites and founded insurance companies that became some of the largest black-owned corporations.