1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910796327003321

Autore

Alexander Anna Rose

Titolo

City on fire : technology, social change, and the hazards of progress in Mexico City, 1860-1910 / / Anna Rose Alexander

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pittsburgh Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-8229-8146-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (237 p.)

Collana

History of the urban environment

Classificazione

HIS025000

Disciplina

362.10972

Soggetti

Social medicine - Mexico

Social medicine - Mexico - Mexico City - History

Mexico City (Mexico) Social conditions 19th century

Mexico City (Mexico) Social conditions 20th century

Mexico City (Mexico) Economic conditions

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

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Modernity and Its Accidents; Chapter One. Fighting Fire, Fighting Fear; Chapter Two. Science of Regulation; Chapter Three. Controlling the Flames-The Fire Brigade; Chapter Four. Engineering Safety; Chapter Five. Inventing Protection; Chapter Six. Insuring Progress; Chapter Seven. Healing the Hazardous City; Conclusion; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

"By the mid-nineteenth century, efforts to modernize and industrialize Mexico City had the unintended consequence of exponentially increasing the risk of fire while also breeding a culture of fear. Through an array of archival sources, Anna Rose Alexander argues that fire became a catalyst for social change, as residents mobilized to confront the problem. Advances in engineering and medicine soon fostered the rise of distinct fields of fire-related expertise while conversely, the rise of fire-profiteering industries allowed entrepreneurs to capitalize on crisis. City on Fire demonstrates that both public and private engagements with fire risk highlight the inequalities that characterized Mexican society at the turn of the twentieth century"--

"City on Fire is a chronicle of progress and danger, that integrates



urban environmental history with histories of technology, science, and medicine to reveal how Mexico City changed in response to the growing threat of fire in the urban center"--

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910959007803321

Autore

Clark Ruth Colvin

Titolo

Graphics for learning : proven guidelines for planning, designing, and evaluating visuals in training materials / / Ruth Colvin Clark, Chopeta Lyons

Pubbl/distr/stampa

San Francisco, : Pfeiffer, c2011

ISBN

9780470880920

0470880929

9781299186217

1299186211

9780470880890

0470880899

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (422 p.)

Collana

Pfeiffer essential resources for training and HR professionals

Altri autori (Persone)

LyonsChopeta C

Disciplina

371.33/5

Soggetti

Visual aids

Visual education

Business education - Audio-visual aids

Learning, Psychology of

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

section 1. The foundation -- section 2. How to use visuals to support psychological learning processes -- section 3. How to visualize lesson content -- section 4. How to plan and communicate your visuals.

Sommario/riassunto

"This second edition of the bestselling book summarizes guidelines for best use of graphics for instructional materials, including multimedia, texts, classroom aids, and slides used for briefings. These guidelines are based on updated scientific research and contain illustrative examples including examples for readers without a background in psychology. The authors help trainers tie graphics into their lesson



topics and include facts, concepts, processes, procedures, and principles. The book discusses technical and environmental issues (such as bandwidth or screen size) that will influence how instructional professionals can apply the guidelines"--