1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910782024603321

Autore

Holland Dorothy

Titolo

Local democracy under siege [[electronic resource] ] : activism, public interests, and private politics / / Dorothy Holland ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : New York University Press, c2007

ISBN

0-8147-9088-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (368 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HollandDorothy C

Disciplina

320.809756

Soggetti

Political participation - North Carolina

Political anthropology - North Carolina

Political culture - North Carolina

Democracy - North Carolina

North Carolina Politics and government

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. 271-284) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Experimenting with democracy -- Landscapes in transition -- Hope, fear, and political autobiography -- Racial framing -- Public goods for private ends : the redirection of schooling -- Local politics and the contemporary American scene -- Imagining local futures : who sets priorities for the present? -- Public business as usual -- Against American plutocracy : democratizing our communities, one by one -- Counter experiments for democracy : activism on new political terrain -- It's up to us : from local politics to a democratic America?

Sommario/riassunto

2007 Society for the Anthropology of North America (SANA) Book Award  Complete List of Authors:Dorothy Holland, Donald M. Nonini, Catherine Lutz, Lesley Bartlett, Marla Frederick-McGlathery, Thaddeus C. Guldbrandsen, and Enrique G. Murillo, Jr.  What is the state of democracy at the turn of the twenty-first century?  To answer this question, seven scholars lived for a year in five North Carolina communities. They observed public meetings of all sorts, had informal and formal interviews with people, and listened as people conversed with each other at bus stops and barbershops, soccer games and



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910389176803321

Titolo

The GMP letter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, : Washington Business Information

ISSN

1930-3971

Disciplina

344.73/042

347.30442

Soggetti

Medical instruments and apparatus - Safety regulations - United States

Medical instruments and apparatus

Médecine - Appareils et instruments - Sécurité - Règlements - États-Unis

Médecine - Appareils et instruments

Medical instruments and apparatus - Safety regulations

Periodicals.

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910597891403321

Titolo

A cultural history of chemistry in antiquity / / edited by Marco Beretta

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2022

ISBN

9781474203746

1474203744

9781350251472

135025147X

9781474294539

1474294537

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 300  pages)

Collana

The Cultural Histories Series

Disciplina

660

Soggetti

Chemistry - History

Chemistry - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-295).

Sommario/riassunto

"A Cultural History of Chemistry in Antiquity covers the period from 3000 BCE to 600 CE, ranging across the civilizations of the Mediterranean and Near East. Over this long period, chemical artisans, recipes, and ideas were exchanged between Mesopotamia, Egypt, Phoenicia, Greece, Rome, and Byzantium. The flowering of alchemy in the Middle and Early Modern Ages had its roots in the chemical arts of antiquity. This study presents the first synthesis of this epoch, examining the centrality of intense exchange and interconnectivity to the discovery and development of sources, techniques, materials, and instruments"--