1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910790903403321

Autore

Hale Lindsay

Titolo

Hearing the mermaid's song : the Umbanda religion in Rio de Janeiro / / Lindsay Hale

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albuquerque, New Mexico : , : University of New Mexico Press, , 2009

©2009

ISBN

0-8263-4734-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (210 p.)

Disciplina

299.6/72098153

Soggetti

Umbanda (Cult) - Brazil - Rio de Janeiro

Spirit possession - Brazil - Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Religious life and customs

Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Social life and customs

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; CIP; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Notes; Glossary; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Based on personal experience as a participant and observer over nearly a decade, Hale explores the unique spiritual beliefs of this Afro-Brazilian religion that originated in Rio de Janeiro in the early twentieth century.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911020123303321

Titolo

Environmentally conscious manufacturing

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified], : John Wiley & Sons, 2007

ISBN

0-470-16819-6

1-60119-640-7

Collana

Wiley series in environmentally conscious engineering Environmentally conscious manufacturing

Classificazione

43.35

Disciplina

670.28/6

Soggetti

Manufacturing processes - Environmental aspects

Mechanical Engineering

Engineering & Applied Sciences

Industrial & Management Engineering

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Environmentally benign manufacturing / William E. Biles -- Design for the environment / Jack Jeswiet -- Organization, management, and improvement of manufacturing systems / Keith M. Gardiner -- Manufacturing systems evaluation / Walter W. Olson -- Prevention of metalworking pollution : environmentally conscious manufacturing at the machine tool / Steven J. Skerlos -- Metal finishing and electroplating / Timothy C. Lindsey -- Air quality in manufacturing / John W. Sutherland, Donna J. Michalek, and Julio L. Rivera -- Environmentally conscious electronics manufacturing / Richard Ciocci -- Disassembly for end-of-life electromechanical products / Hong C. Zhang ... [et al.] -- Industrial energy efficiency / Bhaskaran Gopalakrishnan ... [et al.] -- Industrial environmental compliance regulations / Thomas J. Blewett and Jack Annis.