1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910795198603321

Autore

Johnson Phillip (Phillip Michael)

Titolo

Parliament, inventions and patents : a research guide and bibliography / / Phillip Johnson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2018

ISBN

1-351-33264-3

0-203-70215-8

1-351-33263-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (871 pages)

Disciplina

346.4104/860262

Soggetti

Patent laws and legislation - Great Britain

Patent laws and legislation - Great Britain - Legal research

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Public acts and bills -- Private acts and bills -- Legislation of the old Scottish and Irish parliament -- Statutory instruments -- Parliamentary rewards -- Parliamentary and command papers -- Petitions -- Parliamentary questions and debates.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910963412903321

Autore

Patterson James T

Titolo

The dread disease : cancer and modern American culture / / James T. Patterson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 1987

ISBN

9780674041936

0674041933

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xiii, 380 p. : ill

Disciplina

362.1/96994/00973

Soggetti

Cancer - United States - History - 20th century

Cancer - United States - Public opinion

Public opinion - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface Acknowledgments Prologue: The Travail of General Grant 1. Cancerphobia in the Late Nineteenth Century 2. The Rise of the Doctors 3. The Alliance against Cancer 4. The Wilderness Years 5. Government Joins the Fight 6. Hymns to Science and Prayers to God 7. The Research Explosion 8. Smoking and Cancer 9. Popular Fears, Official Dreams 10. The Alliance under Siege 11. More Promises, More Fears Bibliographic Note Notes Index

Sommario/riassunto

Relates the cultural history of cancer and examines society's reaction to the disease through a century of American life.