An Experimentall discoverie of Spanish practises, or, The Counsell of a well-wishing souldier, for the good of his prince and state [[electronic resource] ] : wherein is manifested from known experience, both the cruelty, and policy of the Spaniard, to effect his own ends : chiefly swelling with multiplicity of glorious titles, as one of the greatest monarchs of the earth, that being admired of all, his greatnesse might amaze all, and so by degrees seeking covertly to tyrannize over all, when as indeed and truth, the greatest part of his pretended greatnesse is but a windy crack of an ambitious minde

• Record Nr.: UNISA996387290003316
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [London] printed, : [s.n.], 1623
• Descrizione fisica: [2], 54 p
• Altri autori (Persone): ScottThomas <1580?-1626.>; HexhamHenry <1585?-1650?>
• Soggetti: Spain Foreign relations Great Britain; Great Britain Foreign relations Spain; Spain History Philip IV, 1621-1665; Netherlands History Wars of Independence, 1556-1648
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "Possibily by Henry Hexham; generally but probably erroroneously attributed to Thomas Scott, B.D. ..."--NUC pre-1956 imprints. Also, cf. STC (2nd ed.).; Place of publication suggested by STC (2nd ed.).; Signatures: A⁴(-A4) B-G⁴ H².; Errors in paging: page numbers 10-11 and 26-27 reversed in the numbering.; Bound with "The second part of Spanish practises" (STC 22078.5), which can be found at reel 1714:12.; Reproduction of original in the Harvard University. Library.
• Sommario/riassunto: eebo-0062

Applied chemistry for environmental engineering / / Armen S. Casparian and Gergely Sirokman

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910798143403321
• Autore: Casparian Armen S.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, NY : , : Momentum Press, , [2016]; ©2016
• ISBN: 1-78684-369-2; 1-60650-924-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxii, 154 pages) : illustrations
• Collana: Environmental engineering collection, , 2375-3633
• Disciplina: 628.0285
• Soggetti: Environmental engineering - Data processing
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Introduction to chemistry -- 1.1 Matter -- 1.2 Stoichiometry -- 1.3 Reaction types -- 1.4 Quantifying reactions -- 1.5 Organic chemistry -- 1.6 Polymers --; 2. The atmosphere and the chemistry of air -- 2.1 The composition of the atmosphere -- 2.2 Definitions of gases, fumes, vapors, aerosols, and mists -- 2.3 Primary air pollutants from stationary and mobile sources -- 2.4 Indoor air quality -- 2.5 Eight major air pollutants -- 2.6 Multiple chemical sensitivity -- Bibliography --; 3. Water quality and water pollution -- 3.1 Chemistry of water -- 3.2 Colloids -- 3.3 Common sources of contamination of water supplies -- 3.4 Chemical oxygen demand and biochemical oxygen demand -- 3.5 Carbon dioxide pollution -- 3.6 Environmental fate and transport of selected water pollutants -- Bibliography --; 4. The chemistry of hazardous materials -- 4.1 The chemistry of four common elements -- 4.2 The chemistry of some corrosive materials -- 4.3 The chemistry of pyrophoric substances -- 4.4 The chemistry of flammable substances -- 4.5 The chemistry of explosives -- Bibliography --; 5. Radioactivity and nuclear chemistry -- 5.1 Types of radioactivity -- 5.2 Half-life -- 5.3 Units of radiation -- 5.4 Radiation in the field: decay series of uranium -- Bibliography --; 6. Introduction to toxicology -- 6.1 The problem -- 6.2 Basic concepts ; -- 6.3 More terms and definitions -- 6.4 The dose-response relationship -- 6.5 Example calculations and conversions -- Bibliography --; 7. Special topics -- 7.1 Green chemistry -- 7.2 Persistence of arsenic -- 7.3 The plastic ocean -- 7.4 Endocrine disruptors -- 7.5 Biofuels -- 7.6 Carbon and sulfur markets -- 7.7 Hard water treatments -- 7.8 Nanotechnology -- 7.9 Three important "environmental" disasters -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book presents applications of chemistry specific to topics, issues, and problems relevant to environmental engineering. It is the companion volume of Chemistry for Environmental Engineering. Considerable effort has been made to clarify and explain the subjects of air and water quality, including a section on colloids. Other topics include hazardous materials, radiation hazards and sources, toxicology and chemical hygiene, and a final chapter devoted to environmental issues of contemporary interest and importance.

The Pariah problem : caste, religion, and the social in modern India / / Rupa Viswanath ; cover design, Milenda Nan Ok Lee

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910786770703321
• Autore: Viswanath Rupa
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York ; ; Chichester, England : , : Columbia University Press, , 2014; ©2014
• ISBN: 0-231-53750-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (705 p.)
• Collana: Cultures of History
• Disciplina: 305.5/6880954
• Soggetti: Pariahs - History; Pariahs - Social conditions; Caste - India - History; India Social conditions; India History
• 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: Front matter -- Contents -- Preface on Terminology -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Land Tenure or Labor Control?: The Agrarian Mise-en-Scène -- Chapter 2. Conceptualizing Pariah Conversion: Caste, Spirit, Matter, and Penury -- Chapter 3. The Pariah-Missionary Alliance: Agrarian Contestation and the Local State -- Chapter 4. The State and the Cēri -- Chapter 5. Settling Land, Sowing Conflict; or, The Rise and Rise of Religious Neutrality -- Chapter 6. The Marriage of Sacred and Secular Authority: New Liberalism, Mission-State Relations, and the Birth of Authenticity -- Chapter 7. Giving the Panchama a Home: Creating "a Friction Where None Exists" -- Chapter 8. Everyday Warfare: Caste, Class, and the Public -- Chapter 9. The Depressed Classes, Rights, and the Embrace of the Social -- Conclusion: The Pariah Problem's Enduring Legacies -- GLOSSARY -- NOTES -- ARCHIVAL SOURCES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: Once known as "Pariahs," Dalits are primarily descendants of unfree agrarian laborers. They belong to India's most subordinated castes, face overwhelming poverty and discrimination, and provoke public anxiety. Drawing on a wealth of previously untapped sources, this book follows the conception and evolution of the "Pariah Problem" in public consciousness in the 1890's. It shows how high-caste landlords, state officials, and well-intentioned missionaries conceived of Dalit oppression, and effectively foreclosed the emergence of substantive solutions to the "Problem"-with consequences that continue to be felt today. Rupa Viswanath begins with a description of the everyday lives of Dalit laborers in the 1890's and highlights the systematic efforts made by the state and Indian elites to protect Indian slavery from public scrutiny. Protestant missionaries were the first non-Dalits to draw attention to their plight. The missionaries' vision of the Pariahs' suffering as being a result of Hindu religious prejudice, however, obscured the fact that the entire agrarian political-economic system depended on unfree Pariah labor. Both the Indian public and colonial officials came to share a view compatible with missionary explanations, which meant all subsequent welfare efforts directed at Dalits focused on religious and social transformation rather than on structural reform. Methodologically, theoretically, and empirically, this book breaks new ground to demonstrate how events in the early decades of state-sponsored welfare directed at Dalits laid the groundwork for the present day, where the postcolonial state and well-meaning social and religious reformers continue to downplay Dalits' landlessness, violent suppression, and political subordination.