1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910787881503321

Autore

Ellen Roy

Titolo

Modern Crises And Traditional Strategies [[electronic resource] ] : Local Ecological Knowledge in Island Southeast Asia

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY, : Berghahn Books, 2011

ISBN

0-85745-283-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (286 p.)

Collana

Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology ; ; v.6

Disciplina

304.20959

Soggetti

Bronze sculpture - China - Putuo Shan Island - History

Buddhist sculpture - China - Putuo Shan Island - History

Ceremonial objects - China - Putuo Shan Island - History

Cultural property - Repatriation - China

Ethnological museums and collections - England - Liverpool

Museum exhibits - England - Liverpool

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Modern Crises and Traditional Strategies; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; List of Contributors; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The 1990s have seen a growing interest in the role of local ecological knowledge in the context of sustainable development, and particularly in providing a set of responses to which populations may resort in times of political, economic and environmental instability. The period 1996-2003 in island southeast Asia represents a critical test case for understanding how this might work. The key issues explored in this book are the creation, erosion and transmission of ecological knowledge, and hybridization between traditional and scientifically-based knowledge, amongst populations facing enviro



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910557562303321

Autore

Karapanagiotis Ioannis

Titolo

Water and Oil Repellent Surfaces

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (90 p.)

Soggetti

Research & information: general

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Materials of extreme wetting properties have received significant attention, as they offer new perspectives providing numerous potential applications. Water- and oil-repellent surfaces can be used, for instance, in the automobile, microelectronics, textile and biomedical industries; in the protection and preservation of constructions, buildings and cultural heritage; and in several other applications relevant to self-cleaning, biocide treatments, oil-water separation and anti-corrosion, just to name a few. The papers included in this book present innovative production methods of advanced materials with extreme wetting properties that are designed to serve some of the abovementioned applications. Moreover, the papers explore the scientific principles behind these advanced materials and discuss their applications to different areas of coating technology.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910964649003321

Autore

Smith Nigel <1958->

Titolo

Andrew Marvell : the chameleon / / Nigel Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2010

ISBN

0-300-16839-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1 online resource (xi, 400 p.) ) : ill., maps

Classificazione

LAN000000STU000000

Disciplina

821/.4

B

Soggetti

Poets, English - Early modern, 1500-1700

Legislators - Great Britain

Politics and literature - Great Britain - History - 17th century

Great Britain Politics and government 1660-1688

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [346]-377) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- MAPS -- PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- Chapter 1. Introduction: The Problem of Andrew Marvell -- Chapter 2. Roots -- Chapter 3. A Decade of Crises -- Chapter 4. Poetry and Revolution -- Chapter 5. The Tutor -- Chapter 6. Civil Service -- Chapter 7. Cavalier Revenge -- Chapter 8. The Painter and the Poet Dare -- Chapter 9. Cabal Days -- Chapter 10. Indulgence and Rehearsal -- Chapter 11. Brute Divines -- Chapter 12. Arbitrary Power -- Chapter 13. Afterlife and Revelation -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

The seventeenth-century poet Andrew Marvell (1621-1678) is one of the most intriguing figures in English literature. A noted civil servant under Cromwell's Protectorate, he has been variously identified as a patriot, spy, conspirator, concealed homosexual, father to the liberal tradition, and incendiary satirical pamphleteer and freethinker. But while Marvell's poetry and prose has attracted a wide modern following, his prose is known only to specialists, and much of his personal life remains shrouded in mystery.Nigel Smith's pivotal biography provides an unparalleled look into Marvell's life, from his early employment as a tutor and gentleman's companion to his suspicious death, reputedly a politically fueled poisoning. Drawing on exhaustive archival research,



the voluminous corpus of Marvell's previously little known writing, and recent scholarship across several disciplines, Smith's portrait becomes the definitive account of this elusive life.