1.

Record Nr.

UNIBAS000043526

Autore

Prenant, Marcel

Titolo

Darwin / Marcel Prenant

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Torino] : <<Giulio>> Einaudi, 1949

Descrizione fisica

211 p. ; 17 cm

Collana

Piccola biblioteca scientifico-letteraria ; 8

Disciplina

576.82092

Soggetti

Darwin

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Traduzione di Lola Balbo

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910785509603321

Autore

Murphy-Shigematsu Stephen

Titolo

When Half Is Whole [[electronic resource] ] : Multiethnic Asian American Identities

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Palo Alto, : Stanford University Press, 2012

ISBN

0-8047-8395-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (246 p.)

Collana

Asian America

Disciplina

305.895/073

305.895073

Soggetti

Asian Americans -- Ethnic identity

Racially mixed people -- United States -- Ethnic identity

Transnationalism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Prologue; Chapter 1: Flowers Amidst the Ashes; Chapter 2:



We Must Go On; Chapter 3: For the Community; Chapter 4: English, I Don't Know!; Chapter 5: Bi Bi Girl; Chapter 6: I Am Your Illusion, Your Reality, Your F; Chapter 7: Grits and Sushi; Chapter 8: I Cut across Borders as If They Have No; Chapter 9: Victims No More; Chapter 10: American Girl in Asia; Chapter 11: Found in Translation; Epilogue; Notes; Recommended Readings; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

""I listen and gather people's stories. Then I write them down in a way that I hope will communicate something to others, so that seeing these stories will give readers something of value. I tell myself that this isn't going to be done unless I do it, just because of who I am. It's a way of making my mark, leaving something behind . . . not that I'm planning on going anywhere right now.""So explains Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu in this touching, introspective, and insightful examination of mixed race Asian American experiences. The son of an Irish American father and Japanese

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910780315403321

Titolo

The sustainable management of vertisols [[electronic resource] /] / edited by J. Keith Syers, Frits Penning de Vries, and Phibion Nyamudeza ; with the assistance of Robin L. Leslie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; ; New York, : CABI Pub., c2001

ISBN

1-280-81197-8

9786610811977

0-85199-894-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (318 p.)

Collana

IBSRAM proceedings ; ; no. 20

Altri autori (Persone)

SyersJohn K (John Keith)

Penning de VriesF. W. T

NyamudezaPhibion

Disciplina

631.4

Soggetti

Vertisols - Africa

Soil management - Africa

Vertisols

Soil management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Note generali

"In association with the International Water Management Institute (IWMI)."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1 Vertisols: Genesis, Properties and Soilscape Management for Sustainable Development; 2 Soil and Water Conservation Strategies for Vertisols: Past Experiences and Challenges Ahead for Africa; 3 Sustainable Nutrient Management of Vertisols; 4 New Tools for Research and Development to Promote Sustainable Land Management; 5 Vertisols Management in Malawi; 6 Vertisols Management in South Africa; 7 Vertisols Management in the Sudan; 8 Vertisols Management in Tanzania; 9 Vertisols Management in Zambia; 10 Vertisols Management in Zimbabwe

11 Improving the Productivity of Vertisols for Smallholders on the Accra Plains of Ghana12 From Plot to Watershed Management: Experience in Farmer Participatory Vertisol Technology Generation and Adoption in Highland Ethiopia; 13 Low-cost Animal-drawn Implements for Vertisol Management and Strategies for Land-use Intensification; 14 Indian Vertisols: ICRISAT's Research Impact - Past, Present and Future; 15 Planning and Facilitating a 'Negotiated Learning and Action System': Participatory Research to Improve Soil Management Practices on Indian Vertisols and Alfisols

16 Research Approaches to Developing Sustainable Management Practices on Australian Vertisols17 The Vertisols of Texas; 18 Research Needs and Opportunities for Farming Vertisols Sustainably; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This text reviews the state of knowledge on the management of vertisols in Africa, with comparative chapters covering other parts of the world.