1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910793109003321

Autore

Åsman Susanne

Titolo

Bombay going : Nepali migrant sex workers in an anti-trafficking era / / Susanne Åsman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2018

ISBN

1-4985-5855-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xviii, 221 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

306.740954792

Soggetti

Prostitution - India - Mumbai

Prostitutes - Nepal

Women foreign workers - India - Mumbai

Human trafficking - India - Mumbai

Women - Nepal - Sociological aspects

India Social conditions 21st century

Nepal Social conditions 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-213) and index.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910791782703321

Titolo

The city, the river, the bridge [[electronic resource] ] : before and after the Minneapolis bridge collapse / / Patrick Nunnally, editor ; preface by E. Thomas Sullivan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2011

ISBN

0-8166-7521-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (200 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

NunnallyPatrick

Disciplina

363.12/5

Soggetti

Bridges - Mississippi River - History

Minneapolis Bridge Collapse, Minneapolis, Minn., 2007

Minneapolis (Minn.) Social conditions

Mississippi River 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

This dynamic culture of learning / E. Thomas Sullivan -- University voices in the community / Patrick Nunnally -- pt. I. The bridge: object, metaphor, process. Fracture-critical: the I-35W bridge collapse as metaphor and omen / Thomas Fisher -- The infamous gusset plates / Roberto Ballarini and Minmao Liao -- Building the new bridge: process and politics in city-building / Patrick Nunnally -- pt. II. The city: neighborhoods and transportation. Neighborhoods confront a disaster aftermath / Judith A. Martin ; From here to there to nowhere: competing philosophies of planning / Roger Miller -- pt. III. The river: after the collapse. A fickle partner: Minneapolis and the Mississippi River / John O. Anfinson ; A bridge to somewhere / Mark Pedelty, Heather Dorsey, and Melissa Thompson ; Old man river / Deborah L. Swackhamer -- Reimagining the Mississippi / Patrick Nunnally.

Sommario/riassunto

On August 1, 2007, just after 6:00 p.m., during the evening rush hour in Minneapolis, the 1,900-foot-long, eight-lane I-35W bridge buckled and crashed into the Mississippi River. The unimaginable had happened right on the doorstep of the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus. Many of the first responders were from the University, persevering in the midst of chaos and disbelief. In the ensuing weeks,



research and engineering teams from the University reviewed the wreckage, searched for causes, and began planning for the future. The City, the River, the Bridge represents another set of resp