1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910779285803321

Autore

Boggs Grace Lee

Titolo

The next American revolution [[electronic resource] ] : sustainable activism for the twenty-first century / / Grace Lee Boggs, with Scott Kurashige ; foreword by Danny Glover ; new afterword with Immanuel Wallerstein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2012

ISBN

1-280-49189-2

9786613587121

0-520-95339-8

Edizione

[Updated & expanded ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KurashigeScott

Disciplina

303.48/4097309051

Soggetti

Social action - United States - History - 21st century

Social movements - United States - History - 21st century

Sustainable development - United States - History - 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previous edition: 2011.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface to the 2012 Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. These Are the Times to Grow Our Souls -- 2. Revolution as a New Beginning -- 3. Let's Talk about Malcolm and Martin -- 4. Detroit, Place and Space to Begin Anew -- 5. A Paradigm Shift in Our Concept of Education -- 6. We Are the Leaders We've Been Looking For -- Notes -- Afterword: In Conversation with Immanuel Wallerstein -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

A world dominated by America and driven by cheap oil, easy credit, and conspicuous consumption is unraveling before our eyes. In this powerful, deeply humanistic book, Grace Lee Boggs, a legendary figure in the struggle for justice in America, shrewdly assesses the current crisis-political, economical, and environmental-and shows how to create the radical social change we need to confront new realities. A vibrant, inspirational force, Boggs has participated in all of the twentieth century's major social movements-for civil rights, women's rights, workers' rights, and more. She draws from seven decades of activist experience, and a rigorous commitment to critical thinking, to



redefine "revolution" for our times. From her home in Detroit, she reveals how hope and creativity are overcoming despair and decay within the most devastated urban communities. Her book is a manifesto for creating alternative modes of work, politics, and human interaction that will collectively constitute the next American Revolution.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910784016903321

Titolo

The mouse in animal genetics and breeding research [[electronic resource] /] / Eugene J. Eisen [editor]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Imperial College Press

Hackensack, NJ ; ; London, : Distributed by World Scientific Pub. Co., c2005

ISBN

1-281-34751-5

9786611347512

1-86094-716-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (376 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

EisenEugene J

Disciplina

616/.027333

Soggetti

Mice - Genetics

Mice as laboratory animals

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.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; CHAPTER 1 THE BEGINNINGS: ODE TO A WEE MOUSE; CHAPTER 2 TESTING QUANTITATIVE GENETIC SELECTION THEORY; CHAPTER 3 MATERNAL EFFECTS, GENOMIC IMPRINTING AND EVOLUTION; CHAPTER 4 INBREEDING AND CROSSBREEDING; CHAPTER 5 GENOTYPE BY ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION: LESSONS FROM THE MOUSE; CHAPTER 6 GENETICS OF GROWTH IN THE MOUSE; CHAPTER 7 GENETICS OF BODY COMPOSITION AND METABOLIC RATE; CHAPTER 8 GENETICS OF REPRODUCTION; CHAPTER 9 GENETICS AND BEHAVIOR; CHAPTER 10 GENETICS OF DISEASE RESISTANCE; CHAPTER 11 GENOMIC DISSECTION OF COMPLEX TRAIT PREDISPOSITION

CHAPTER 12 MOUSE MUTAGENESISCHAPTER 13 EMBRYO



BIOTECHNOLOGIES; CHAPTER 14 TRANSGENICS; CHAPTER 15 THE MOUSE IN BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CHAPTER 16 THE MOUSE GENOME SEQUENCING PROJECT: AN OVERVIEW; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The sequencing of the mouse genome has placed the mouse front and center as the most important mammalian genetics model. However, no recent volume has detailed the genetic contributions the mouse has made across the spectrum of the life sciences; this book aims to fill that vacuum. Mouse genetics research has made enormous contributions to the understanding of basic genetics, human genetics, and livestock genetics and breeding. The wide-ranging topics in the book include the mouse genome sequencing effort, molecular dissection of quantitative traits, embryo biotechnology, ENU mutagenesis, and