ANNUARIO ANNO SCOLASTICO 1908 / 1909 / R.S.A. I.

• Record Nr.: UNINA990000604460403321
• Autore: REGIA SCUOLA D'APPLICAZIONE PER GLI INGEGNE RI
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Bologna : Stabilimento Poligrafico Emiliano, 1909
• Locazione: DINSC
• Collocazione: 07 N-43
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Italiano
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

Wild life : the institution of nature / / Irus Braverman

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910956368203321
• Autore: Braverman Irus <1970->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Redwood City, : Stanford University Press, 2015
• ISBN: 9780804794763; 0804794766
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (345 pages)
• Disciplina: 333.95/416
• Soggetti: Wildlife conservation; Endangered species; Captive wild animals; Naturalness (Environmental sciences)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliography and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Natural Life -- Chapter 1. Bifurcated Life -- Chapter 2. Captive Life -- Chapter 3. Continuous Life -- Chapter 4. Dynamic Life -- Chapter 5. Regulatory Life -- Chapter 6. Integrated Life -- Conclusion: Wild Life -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Wild Life documents a nuanced understanding of the wild versus captive divide in species conservation. It also documents the emerging understanding that all forms of wild nature-both in situ (on-site) and ex situ (in captivity)-may need to be managed in perpetuity. Providing a unique window into the high-stakes world of nature conservation, Irus Braverman describes the heroic efforts by conservationists to save wild life. Yet in the shadows of such dedication and persistence in saving the life of species, Wild Life also finds sacrifice and death. Such life and death stories outline the modern

Hegemony in the digital age : the Arab/Israeli conflict online / / Stephen M.E. Marmura

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910968571903321
• Autore: Marmura Stephen M. E. <1965->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2008
• ISBN: 979-82-16-32295-5; 1-282-71323-X; 9786612713231; 0-7391-4654-8
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (185 p.)
• Collana: Critical media studies
• Disciplina: 956.04
• Soggetti: Arab-Israeli conflict - Mass media and the conflict; World Wide Web - Political aspects; Middle East Foreign relations United States; United States Foreign relations Middle East
• 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. 155-168) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Acknowledgements -- Introduction : identity and authority in the age of networks -- Aims and scope -- Key terms and concepts -- Political mobilization -- The Web as a mass medium -- War on the Web -- Ideology and civil society -- Net-based activism and American Mid-East policy -- Grassroots mobilization and political opportunity -- Activism and the Net : relevant precedents -- Contemporary peace ; camp activism -- Net-based activism and American Mid-East policy -- Public opinion -- Backdrop : the mainstream media as a legitimating identity -- The Web as an alternative mass medium -- The voice of legitimacy : CNN.com and the Arab/Israeli conflict -- Introduction -- CNN.com's "land of conflict" -- Dominant themes and validity claims -- Anchoring authority in a de-centered medium -- Closing remarks -- Hate and holy war on the WWW -- Confronting the other -- Stormfront.org : promoting the cause of "White nationalism" -- Kahane.org : fighting to eliminate Israel's "Arab cancer" -- Radioislam.org : defending Islam and the West from the "Jewish threat" -- Closing remarks -- Hate and holy war on the WWW -- The struggle for influence -- Social movement integration and growth -- Building alliances : virtual and real -- Discussion -- Hegemony reconsidered : the Internet, civil society, and social fragmentation.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book examines the relative benefits which the internet provides to a range of weak and powerful actors in American society. The Arab/Israeli conflict is utilized as a topic holding common interest to all of those considered. Evidence suggests that the Web's exploitation by countless competing interests is contributing to the consolidation of dominant discourses and policies surrounding American Mid-East policy, while exacerbating processes of social fragmentation in civil society.