1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911077273403321

Titolo

Council with the Sioux Indians at Fort Pierre. Message from the President of the United States, communicating minutes of a council held at Fort Pierre with the Sioux Indians, by General Harney, &c. July 25, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC : , : [publisher not identified], , 1856

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (39 pages)

Collana

Ex. doc. / 34th Congress, 1st session. House ; ; no. 130

[United States congressional serial set] ; ; [serial set no. 859]

Altri autori (Persone)

PierceFranklin <1804-1869.>

Soggetti

Federal aid to Indians

Indians of North America - Government relations

Indian councils

Indigenous peoples

Military bases

Negotiation

Indigenous leaders

Legislative materials.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Batch processed record: Metadata reviewed, not verified. Some fields updated by batch processes.

FDLP item number not assigned.

Electronic resource.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911095140603321

Autore

Chan Kwok-shing

Titolo

A localized culture of welfare : entitlements, stratification, and identity in a Chinese lineage village / / Kwok-shing Chan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, : Lexington Books, 2012

ISBN

0-7391-7857-1

1-299-15694-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (237 p.)

Collana

AsiaWorld

Disciplina

361.951

Soggetti

Public welfare - China - Hong Kong

Public welfare - China

Families - China - Hong Kong

Families - China

Kinship - China - Hong Kong

Kinship - China

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

Maps, tables, and diagrams -- Acknowledgments -- Note on romanization -- Introduction : welfare and security, an anthropological perspective -- The Pang lineage village -- Living under threat : reactions to Hong Kong's return to China -- Corporate resources and financial security -- Communal safety and protection -- Employment and care provisions -- Entitlement and value : housing -- Old age welfare and security -- The religious pursuit of welfare and security -- Conclusion -- Methodological appendix -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents an ethnographic account of the significance of kinship in welfare matters in Chinese society. It will be a useful reference book and secondary text for anthropologists, sociologists and university students who are interested in Chinese kinship and welfare issues, the relationship between welfare and culture, and the cultures underlying systems of welfare.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911154451503321

Titolo

Dynamics of detonations and explosions : detonations / / edited by A.L. Kuhl ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, c1991

ISBN

1-60086-606-9

1-60086-387-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (406 p.)

Collana

Progress in astronautics and aeronautics ; ; v. 133

Altri autori (Persone)

KuhlA. L

Disciplina

629.2 s

541.3/61

Soggetti

Explosions

Detonation waves

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Technical papers presented from the Twelfth International Colloquium on Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems, Ann Arbor, Michigan, July 1989, and subsequently revised for this volume."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Chapter I. Gaseous Detonations""; ""Chronology of Early Research on Detonation Wave""; ""Detonability of Hydrocarbon Fuels in Air""; ""Detonation of Cryogenic Gaseous Hydrogen-Oxygen Mixtures""; ""Detonation Characteristics of Gaseous Methane-Oxygen-Nitrogen Mixturesat Extremely Elevated Initial Pressures""; ""Correlation between Chemical Kinetics and Detonation Structure for Gaseous Explosive Systems""; ""Influence of Tetrafluoromethane on Hydrogen-Oxygen-Argon Detonations""

""Chapter II. Detonation: Initiation and Transmission""""Initiation of Hydrogen-Air Detonations by Turbulent Fluorine-Air Jets""; ""Detonation of Unconfined and Semiconfined Charges of Gaseous Mixtures""; ""Initiation of a Detonation Wave Due to Multistage Self-Ignition""; ""Critical Energy of Direct Detonation Initiation in Gaseous Mixtures""; ""Limit Criterion of Detonation in Circular Tubes""; ""Effects of a Negative Step of Fuel Concentration on Critical Diameter of Diffraction of a Detonation""; ""Oblique Detonation at Hypersonic Velocities""



""Numerical Simulation of Layered Detonations""""Chapter III. Nonideal Detonations and Boundary Effects""; ""Photographic Study of the Structure and Propagation Mechanisms of Quasidetonations in Rough Tubes""; ""Calculation of the Velocity of Gaseous Detonation in a Rough Tube Based on Measurements of Shock Wave Attenuation""; ""Studies of the Mechanism of Detonation Propagation in Porous Structures""; ""Propagation of Gaseous Detonations over Liquid Layers""; ""Surface Detonations and Indirect Ignition Processes""; ""Detonation of Unconfined Large-Scale Fuel Spray-Air Clouds""

""Chapter IV. Multiphase Detonations""""Lean Detonation Limit of Sensitized Kerosene Sprays in Air""; ""Explosive Decomposition of Hydrazine by Rapid Compression of a Gas Volume""; ""Detonation Structure of Corn Starch Particles-Oxygen Mixtures""; ""Influence of Dust Parameters on Detonation Velocity, Structure, and Limits""; ""Multiple Gauges for In Situ Measurements of Pressure and Particle Velocity in Condensed Materials""; ""Author Index""