1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461082203321

Autore

Dabashi Hamid <1951->

Titolo

The Arab spring [[electronic resource] ] : the end of postcolonialism / / Hamid Dabashi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Zed Books, 2012

ISBN

1-78032-226-7

1-280-38040-3

9786613558312

1-78032-225-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (221 p.)

Disciplina

956.054

Soggetti

Postcolonialism - Iran

Civilization, Arab

Electronic books.

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.

Sommario/riassunto

In this landmark book, Hamid Dabashi argues that the revolutionary uprisings from Morocco to Iran and from Syria to Yemen were driven by a 'delayed defiance' - a point of rebellion against domestic tyranny and globalized disempowerment alike - that signifies no less than the end of Postcolonialism.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910778067703321

Autore

Nadkarni Nalini

Titolo

Between earth and sky [[electronic resource] ] : our intimate connections to trees / / Nalini M. Nadkarni

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008

ISBN

1-282-75948-5

9786612759482

0-520-93312-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (338 p.)

Disciplina

582.16

Soggetti

Trees - Social aspects

Trees - Religious aspects

Trees - Environmental aspects

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 (p. 273-297) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledglnents -- Introduction: View from the Top -- ONE. What Is a Tree? -- TWO. Goods and Services -- THREE. Shelter and Protection -- FOUR. Health and Healing -- FIVE. Play and Imagination -- SIX. Connections to Time -- SEVEN. Signs and Symbols -- EIGHT. Spirituality and Religion -- NINE. Mindfulness -- Scientific Names of Trees in the Text -- Notes -- Recommended Readings -- Poetry Credits -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

World-renowned canopy biologist Nalini Nadkarni has climbed trees on four continents with scientists, students, artists, clergymen, musicians, activists, loggers, legislators, and Inuits, gathering diverse perspectives. In Between Earth and Sky, a rich tapestry of personal stories, information, art, and photography, she becomes our captivating guide to the leafy wilderness above our heads. Through her luminous narrative, we embark on a multifaceted exploration of trees that illuminates the profound connections we have with them, the dazzling array of goods and services they provide, and the powerful lessons they hold for us. Nadkarni describes trees' intricate root systems, their highly evolved and still not completely understood canopies, their role in commerce and medicine, their existence in city



centers and in extreme habitats of mountaintops and deserts, and their important place in folklore and the arts. She explains tree fundamentals and considers the symbolic role they have assumed in culture and religion. In a book that reawakens our sense of wonder at the fascinating world of trees, we ultimately find entry to the entire natural world and rediscover our own place in it.

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910979371703321

Autore

Smith, Gilbert Morgan

Titolo

Cryptogamic botany / Gilbert M. Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York [etc.], : McGraw-Hill, 1955

Edizione

[2. ed.]

Descrizione fisica

v. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Collana

McGraw-Hill publications in the botanical sciences

Disciplina

586

Locazione

FAGBC

Collocazione

A BOT 361-1

A BOT 361-2

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1.: Algae and fungi 2.: Bryophytes and pteridophytes