1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910969099503321

Titolo

Democracy in print : the best of the Progressive magazine, 1909-2009 / / edited by Matthew Rothschild

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Madison, Wis., : University of Wisconsin Press, c2009

ISBN

9786612256035

9780299232238

0299232239

9781282256033

1282256033

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (391 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

RothschildMatthew

Disciplina

320.51/30973

Soggetti

Progressivism (United States politics)

United States Politics and government 20th century

United States Politics and government 2001-2009

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Sommario/riassunto

Democracy in Print captures many of the most influential voices from a century of United States history who have spoken out on the struggle to make real the promise of democracy for all Americans, railed against abuses of corporate power, renounced American empire, championed environmental causes, opposed war, and waged peace. It chronicles voices of the women's rights movement, the civil rights movement, the labor movement, and the gay rights movement. And on every page, it declares the importance of an independent media, by culling the best of The Progressive magazine over the last one hundred years. Readers will discover the vision of the magazine's founder, Robert "Fighting Bob" La Follette, and his suffragist wife, Belle Case La Follette. They'll find historic gems from the likes of Jane Addams, Carl Sandburg, Huey Long, and John Kenneth Galbraith, and profound essays by Theodore Dreiser, Barbara Ehrenreich, Noam Chomsky, Upton Sinclair, Arundhati Roy, James Baldwin, Edwidge Danticat, and Edward Said. The collection is leavened with humor from Kate Clinton, Will Durst, Michael Feldman,



and Molly Ivins, and graced by poems from such writers as Mahmoud Darwish, Rita Dove, Martín Espada, Maxine Kumin, Adrienne Rich, and Sandra Cisneros. Fascinating interviews bring readers into conversations with prominent cultural figures, including Chuck D, the Dalai Lama, Allen Ginsberg, Amy Goodman, Harold Pinter, Patti Smith, Susan Sarandon, and Yevgeny Yevtushenko. Eminently browsable, this book is for anyone concerned with American democracy, the global community, and the perils of the planet. With contributions by actors and Supreme Court justices, comedians and Nobel Prize-winners, Democracy in Print offers all readers nourishing food for thought.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910682549303321

Autore

Shou Shaowen

Titolo

An Introduction to Mesoscale Meteorology / / by Shaowen Shou, Shenshen Li, Yixuan Shou, Xiuping Yao

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023

ISBN

981-19-8606-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2023.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (341 pages)

Disciplina

551.5

Soggetti

Atmospheric science

Climatology

Atmospheric Science

Climate Sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Features and equation set of mesoscale atmospheric motions -- Topographically forced mesoscale circulations -- Gravity waves in free atmosphere -- Front and jet stream -- Mesoscale convective systems -- Atmospheric instability -- Factors effecting the development of MCSs -- Mesoscale weather diagnosis analysis -- Mesoscale weather forecasting. .

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides a comprehensive introduction of mesoscale meteorology which is one of the important branches of meteorology,



studying majorly mesoscale atmospheric systems. It focuses on introduction of the basic knowledge about mesoscale meteorology. It contains the features and equation set of mesoscale atmospheric motions, the topographically forced mesoscale circulations, the gravity waves in free atmosphere, the front and jet stream, the mesoscale convective systems (MCSs), the atmospheric instability, the factors effecting the development of MCSs, mesoscale weather diagnosis and forecasting. This book provides many figures and basic formulas to help reader understanding the basic knowledge. What is mesoscale weather system? How the mesoscale systems influence severe disaster weather? How to forecast the mesoscale severe disaster weather? You will find the answers in it. This book will be of interest to both graduate students majoring in meteorology and the meteorological researchers.