1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910705252803321

Autore

Min James B.

Titolo

Fracture analysis of particulate reinforced metal matrix composites / / James B. Min, James A. Cornie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cleveland, Ohio : , : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Glenn Research Center, , 2013

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (13 pages) : color illustrations

Collana

NASA/TM ; ; 2013-217871

Soggetti

Particulate reinforced composites

Fracture strength

Laser interferometry

Moire interferometry

Metal matrix composites

Ductility

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on Aug. 25, 2014).

"May 2013."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (page 13).



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910830084703321

Autore

Niezen Ronald

Titolo

A world beyond difference : cultural identity in the age of globalization / / Ronald Niezen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, Massachusetts : , : Blackwell Pub., , [2004]

©2004

ISBN

1-280-19853-2

9786610198535

0-470-76176-8

1-4051-2690-6

0-470-77658-7

1-4051-3710-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (239 p.)

Disciplina

306

Soggetti

Human rights

Group identity

Globalization

Ethnicity

Cultural pluralism

Civilization

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 (pages [204]-212) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- The tradition of rational utopianism -- The cultural contradictions of globalization -- (Anti)globalization from below -- Human rights pluralism and universalism -- Postmodernism's revolt against order -- The new neo-Marxism -- Paradigms of postcolonial liberation -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

A World Beyond Difference unpacks the globalization literature and offers a valuable critique: one that is forthright, yet balanced, and draws on the local work of ethnographers to counter relativist and globalist discourses. Presents a lively conceptual and historical map of how we think about the emerging socio-political world, and above all how we think politically about human cultural differences Interprets,



criticizes, and frames responses to world culture Draws from the work of recent major social theorists, comparing them to classical social theorists in a