1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910451381503321

Autore

Parker Robert <1950->

Titolo

Polytheism and society at Athens [[electronic resource] /] / Robert Parker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005

ISBN

0-19-170584-5

0-19-153452-8

1-282-26850-3

9786612268502

1-280-90576-X

9786610905768

1-4294-7080-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (577 p.)

Disciplina

292.080938/5

Soggetti

Polytheism

Electronic books.

Athens (Greece) Religion

Athens (Greece) Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes indexes.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Illustrations; Conventions and Abbreviations; Introduction; I; II; III; Epilogue; Subject Index; Select Index of Sources and Monuments

Sommario/riassunto

Probably more is known about the religious life of Athens than of any other ancient city. This book attempts for the first time to give a comprehensive account of that religion from every angle - public festivals are there, including the Eleusinian Mysteries, but so are private rites and magic, and the treatment of religion by the great playwrights of Athens. The Athenians emerge as both very pious and very down-to-earth. - ;This book is the first attempt that has ever been made to give a comprehensive account of the religious life of ancient Athens. The city's many festivals are discussed in



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910779756603321

Autore

Miller Ian Jared <1970->

Titolo

The nature of the beasts : empire and exhibition at the Tokyo Imperial Zoo / / Ian Jared Miller ; foreword by Harriet Ritvo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

9780520952102

9780520271869

9780520377523

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource : illustrations

Collana

Asia--local studies/global themes

Disciplina

590.52/135

Soggetti

Zoos - Social aspects - Japan - History

Philosophy of nature - Japan - History

Nature and civilization - Japan - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration -- Introduction: Japan's Ecological Modernity -- Part One. The Nature of Civilization -- Part Two. The Culture of Total War -- Part Three. After Empire -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

It is widely known that such Western institutions as the museum, the university, and the penitentiary shaped Japan's emergence as a modern nation-state. Less commonly recognized is the role played by the distinctly hybrid institution-at once museum, laboratory, and prison-of the zoological garden. In this eye-opening study of Japan's first modern zoo, Tokyo's Ueno Imperial Zoological Gardens, opened in 1882, Ian Jared Miller offers a refreshingly unconventional narrative of Japan's rapid modernization and changing relationship with the natural world. As the first zoological garden in the world not built under the sway of a Western imperial regime, the Ueno Zoo served not only as a staple attraction in the nation's capital-an institutional marker of national accomplishment-but also as a site for the propagation of a new "natural" order that was scientifically verifiable and evolutionarily foreordained. As the Japanese empire grew, Ueno became one of the



primary sites of imperialist spectacle, a microcosm of the empire that could be traveled in the course of a single day. The meaning of the zoo would change over the course of Imperial Japan's unraveling and subsequent Allied occupation. Today it remains one of Japan's most frequently visited places. But instead of empire in its classic political sense, it now bespeaks the ambivalent dominion of the human species over the natural environment, harkening back to its imperial roots even as it asks us to question our exploitation of the planet's resources.

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910158839703321

Autore

Romm Aviva

Titolo

Adrenal Thyroid Revolution, The : A Proven 4-week Program to Rescue Your Metabolism, Hormones, Mind & Mood

Pubbl/distr/stampa

HarperCollins

ISBN

0-06-265856-5

Disciplina

616.45

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Musica

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

A Yale-trained, board-certified family physician with a specialty in women's health and obstetrics delivers a proven 28-day program to heal the overwhelmed, overloaded systems, and prevent and reverse the myriad of symptoms affecting the vast majority of women today.Weight gain, fatigue, brain fog, hormonal imbalances, and autoimmune conditions--for years, health practitioners have commonly viewed each as individual health problems resulting from a patient's genetic bad luck, poor lifestyle choices, or lack of willpower. Patients, too, have turned to different doctors to alleviate their specific symptoms: an endocrinologist for a thyroid problem; a gynecologist for hormonal issues; an internist for weight, diabetes, and high blood pressure; a rheumatologist for joint problems, and even to therapists or psychologists.While these ailments may seem unrelated, Dr. Aviva



Romm contends that they are intrinsically connected by what she calls Survival Overdrive Syndrome, a condition that occurs when the body becomes overloaded. SOS can result from childhood survival patterns or adult life stressors that are compounded by foods we eat, toxins in our environment, viral infections, lack of sleep, disrupted gut microflora, and even prescribed medications.Two of the systems most affected are the adrenal system and the thyroid, which control mood, hormones, inflammation, immunity, energy, weight, will power, blood sugar balance, cholesterol, sleep, and a host of other bodily functions. When these systems become overwhelmed they lead to symptoms that can develop into full blow illnesses, including diabetes, hypertension, osteoporosis, and heart disease--all of which have medically provable origins in SOS.The Adrenal Thyroid Revolution explains SOS, how it impacts our bodies and can lead to illness, and most importantly, offers a drug-free cure developed through Dr. Romm's research and clinical work with tens of thousands of patients. In as little as two weeks, you can lose excess weight, discover increased energy, improve sleep, and feel better. With The Adrenal Thyroid Revolution, you can rescue your metabolism, hormones, mind and mood--and achieve long-lasting health.To download more resources, visit avivaromm.com/adrenal-thyroid-revolution