1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910784499403321

Autore

Spanos William V

Titolo

America's shadow [[electronic resource] ] : an anatomy of empire / / William V. Spanos

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2000

ISBN

0-8166-9021-9

0-8166-5294-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (313 p.)

Disciplina

325/.32/0973

Soggetti

Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - United States

Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Influence

Imperialism - History - 20th century

East and West

Postmodernism - Political aspects - United States

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. 207-272) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Ontological Origins of Occidental Imperialism: Thinking the Meta of Metaphysics; 2. Culture and Colonization: The Imperial Imperatives of the Centered Circle; 3. Vietnam and the Pax Americana: A Genealogy of the ""New World Order""; 4. ""Theory"" and the End of History: Rethinking Postmodernity; 5. Thinking in the Interregnum: Prolegomenon to a Spectral Politics; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A study of imperialism that stretches from ancient Rome to the post-Cold War world and focuses on the Vietnam War, this provocative work boldly revises our assumptions about the genealogy of the West.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910557523903321

Autore

Ryl Jacek

Titolo

Recent Advances in Corrosion Science

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (300 p.)

Soggetti

Research and information: general

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

The dynamic development of global industry and growing demand for new material technologies generate constantly increasing problems regarding premature material degradation and the requirement to determine corrosion mechanisms and to develop new protection/evaluation approaches. Corrosion resistance depends on numerous determinants, such as material structure, chemistry, and complex environmental factors. It is highly challenging to obtain consensus between high corrosion resistance and an economic approach. On the other hand, inadequate levels of corrosion control create serious hazards to life and the environment. This Special Issue, "Recent Advances in Corrosion Science", brings together fourteen articles and one review, providing a snapshot of the recent activity and development in this field. The book contains studies related to the development of new corrosion-resistant alloys and the determination of microstructure-dependent properties; it also provides an insight into recent approaches towards anticorrosion technologies, such as corrosion inhibitors and composite and metal protective coatings.