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The future of Africa : challenges and opportunities / / Jakkie Cilliers
| The future of Africa : challenges and opportunities / / Jakkie Cilliers |
| Autore | Cilliers Jakkie |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Springer Nature, 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XVII, 421 pages) : 57 illustrations, 55 illustrations in color |
| Disciplina | 330.9600112 |
| Soggetto topico | Economic development - Africa |
| Soggetto non controllato |
African Politics
Development Studies Political Economy/Economic Systems Political Economy and Economic Systems Africa demographics population development development in Africa African Union China political economy in Africa Open access Politics & government Political economy |
| ISBN | 3-030-46590-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 The Growing Gap -- The Growing Income Divergence -- South Korea and Ghana -- The Importance of Labour and Demographics -- Productivity and Economic Structure -- The Global Context -- Dealing with Africa's Diversity-Using Country Income Groups -- Previous Studies and the International Futures Forecasting Platform -- Structure of the Book -- Further Reading -- 2 Africa's Current Path -- From Brundtland to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) -- The Impact of the Structural Adjustment Programmes -- Africa's Growing Dependence on Commodities -- The Challenges of Commodities-Dependent Growth -- Rising Debt Levels -- The Third Wave of Democratisation in Africa -- Africa's Slow Pace of Urbanisation -- The Current Path Scenario -- 3 Health -- The Impact of HIV and AIDS -- Africa's Approaching Health Transition -- Urbanisation and Health Services -- Current Path: Access to Basic Infrastructure -- Modelling the Impact of Better Health and WASH Infrastructure: The Improved Health Scenario -- Impact on Disability Adjusted Life Years -- Conclusion: Planning Comprehensively and Long-Term -- Further Reading -- 4 Getting to Africa's Demographic Dividend -- What History Reveals -- The Impact of the Demographic Dividend -- Comparing Niger, Egypt, Japan and Sweden -- Africa's Slow Demographic Transition -- The Peak and Length of the Demographic Dividend -- The Potential Benefits of Reducing Fertility Rates -- The Components of the Demographic Dividend Scenario -- Scenario Impact on Global Population -- Impact of the Demographic Dividend on Africa -- Conclusion: Reducing Fertility Rates and Working Towards Africa's Demographic Dividend -- Further Reading -- 5 Wanted: A Revolution in Agriculture -- After Independence -- Agriculture Today.
Obstacles to a Revolution in Agriculture -- Achieving Food Security -- The Challenge for the Future -- Lessons from Elsewhere -- Modelling a Coordinated Push on Africa's Agricultural Sector: The African Agriculture Revolution Scenario -- The Contributions from Technology and Innovation -- Conclusion: Aiming at Food Security and Growth -- Further Reading -- 6 Boosting Education -- Recent Education Trends in Africa -- Comparing Education in Africa with Other Regions -- The Low Quality of Education in Africa -- Rates of Gender Exclusion -- Africa's Future Education Requirements -- Modelling the Impact of Improved Quality, Quantity and Nature of Education Across Gender: The Boosting Education Scenario -- From Basics to Technology -- Conclusion: Prioritising Education Outcomes -- Further Reading -- 7 Poverty, Inequality and Growth -- Globalisation and the Sense of Relative Deprivation -- The Interplay Between Inequality and Growth -- The SDGs and Measuring Extreme Poverty -- The Impact of the Additional Poverty Lines -- The Current Situation in Africa -- The Potential of Social Grants to Reduce Poverty -- The Promise of an African Welfare State? -- Modelling the Impact of Using Tax Revenues for Social Grants: The Social Grants for Africa Scenario -- Conclusion: Reducing Poverty Through Rapid and Inclusive Economic Growth -- Further Reading -- 8 Changing Productive Structures -- The Contribution of Services to Growth -- The Impact of the Diffusion of Knowledge -- Manufacturing in Africa -- Composition of African Economies -- Industrialisation and Growth in Africa -- Modelling the Impact of Industrialisation: The Made in Africa Scenario -- Costs and Benefits of a Manufacturing Pathway -- Conclusion: Promoting and Intensifying Local Production and Trade -- Further Reading -- 9 The Future of Work in Africa -- Trends in Employment. Automation and the Threat to Work -- The Impact of Digitisation in Ghana -- The Promise of Greater Economic Formalisation in Ghana -- Conclusion: Thinking Differently About the Future -- Further Reading -- 10 Technological Innovation and the Power of Leapfrogging -- The Shale and Tight Oil Revolution in the USA -- The Potential of Renewable Energy in Africa -- The Challenge of Energy Storage (Power-to-X) -- Mobile Phones and Access to the Internet-A Big Leap for Africa -- M-Pesa and Innovation in Mobile Banking -- Mobile Phones and Social Change -- Formalising the Informal Sector -- Modelling the Impact of Improved Electricity Access, ICT and Digitisation: The Leapfrogging Scenario -- Conclusion: Harnessing Technology for the Future -- Further Reading -- 11 Trade and Growth -- From GATT to the Decline of Multilateralism -- The Impact of Preferential Access: Everything But Arms and AGOA -- Africa's Shifting Trade Relations with the Rest of the World -- Intra-African Trade and Efforts at Advancing Regional Integration -- The Need for Connecting Infrastructure-And the Challenge of Non-Tariff Barriers -- Perspectives on the Promise of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) -- The Potential Impact of AfCFTA? -- Modelling the Impact of Regional Economic Integration: The Africa Free Trade Area Scenario -- Conclusion: Advancing Africa's Trade -- Further Reading -- 12 Prospects for Greater Peace -- Trends in Conflict -- Africa's Leadership in Conflict Prevention and Management -- Changing Characteristics of Organised Violence -- More Riots -- Structural Drivers of Violence -- Regime Capacity, Type and Regime Dissonance -- Youth and Unemployment -- Poor Governance and High Levels of Inequality -- Modelling the Prospects for Greater Peace: The Silencing the Guns Scenario -- Conclusion: Focusing on Conflict Prevention -- Further Reading. 13 Good Governance, Democracy and Development -- The State of Democracy in Africa -- Is Democracy Making a Difference to Development Prospects in Africa? -- The Realities of Neopatrimonialism in Africa -- The Role of Leadership in Development -- Modelling the Impact of More Democracy: The Fourth Wave of Democracy Scenario -- Conclusion: Promoting Democracy, State Capacity and Human Development -- Further Reading -- 14 Aid, Remittances and Foreign Direct Investment -- The Shifting Global Aid Landscape -- Leveraging Foreign Direct Investment for Africa -- China's Growing Footprint in Africa -- Remittance Flows to Africa -- Modelling Increased FDI, Aid and Remittances: The External Support Scenario -- The Impact of the Combined External Support Scenario -- Conclusion: Unlocking Foreign Assistance -- Further Reading -- 15 Climate Change -- Africa as a Climate Change Taker -- The Global Energy Transition -- Carbon Emissions and Energy in Africa -- The Impact of Climate Change -- Comparing Carbon Emissions in Different Scenarios -- Responding to Climate Change -- Development as a Coping and Planning Mechanism -- Conclusion: Finding an Environmentally Sustainable Pathway -- Further Reading -- 16 Closing the Gap -- Prospects in the Close the Gap Scenario -- GDP Per Capita in the Close the Gap Scenario -- Size of Economies in the Close the Gap Scenario -- Extreme Poverty in the Close the Gap Scenario -- Carbon Emissions in the Close the Gap Scenario -- Structural Change of Economies in the Close the Gap Scenario -- Comparing the Impact of Individual Scenarios Over Time -- Scenario Comparison Using Income Per Person as Key Indicator -- Scenario Comparison Using Progress with the Human Development Index, Inequality and Extreme Poverty -- What Is Possible? A Comparison with China -- A Passion for Knowledge and Development -- In Conclusion -- Further Reading. |
| Altri titoli varianti | Future of Africa |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910473454203321 |
Cilliers Jakkie
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Pathogenesis and Treatment of Chronic Pruritus
| Pathogenesis and Treatment of Chronic Pruritus |
| Autore | Kwatra Shawn G |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 electronic resource (144 p.) |
| Soggetto topico | Medicine |
| Soggetto non controllato |
dupilumab
IL-4 IL-13 pruritus chronic pruritus of unknown origin prurigo nodularis uremic pruritus lichen planus eosinophilic dermatosis of hematologic malignancy chronic pruritus mirtazapine chronic itch refractory treatment noradrenergic serotonergic antihistaminergic antidepressant skin atopic dermatitis ceramide pine tar drug-induced medication-related epidemiology inpatient disease burden national inpatient sample medical dermatology systematic review prurigo nodularis atopic dermatitis race gender comorbidities demographics pediatric children malignancy cancer neoplasm ion channels cell signaling Cav3.2 calcium channel RT-PCR wounds itch in wounds itch management aprepitant erlotinib EGFR epidermal growth factor receptor NK1R neurokinin1-receptor mycosis fungoides psoriasis associations lymphomatoid papulosis lymphoma racial differences nodular prurigo neuropathy therapeutic pathogenesis |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910557104703321 |
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Kwatra Shawn G
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| Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020 | ||
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ReOrient [[electronic resource] ] : global economy in the Asian Age / / Andre Gunder Frank
| ReOrient [[electronic resource] ] : global economy in the Asian Age / / Andre Gunder Frank |
| Autore | Frank Andre Gunder <1929-2005.> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1998 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (416 p.) |
| Disciplina | 337 |
| Soggetto topico |
International economic relations - History
Capitalism - History Competition, International - History Economic history |
| Soggetto non controllato |
academic
american colonies asia asian history colonialism demographics east asia eastern world economy eurocentrism global economy global historiography history industrial world industrialization international relations marx marxism philosophy scholarly social history social theory theorists weber western world world economy world market |
| ISBN |
1-283-37357-2
9786613373571 0-520-92131-3 0-585-05442-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction To Real World History Vs. Eurocentric Social Theory -- 2. The Global Trade Carousel 1400-1800 -- 3. Money Went Around The World And Made The World Go Round -- 4. The Global Economy: Comparisons And Relations -- 5. Horizontally Integrative Macrohistory -- 6. Why Did The West Win (Temporarily -- 7. Historiographic Conclusions And Theoretical Implications -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778864903321 |
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Frank Andre Gunder <1929-2005.>
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1998 | ||
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ReOrient : global economy in the Asian Age / / Andre Gunder Frank
| ReOrient : global economy in the Asian Age / / Andre Gunder Frank |
| Autore | Frank Andre Gunder <1929-2005.> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1998 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (416 p.) |
| Disciplina | 337 |
| Soggetto topico |
International economic relations - History
Capitalism - History Competition, International - History Economic history |
| Soggetto non controllato |
academic
american colonies asia asian history colonialism demographics east asia eastern world economy eurocentrism global economy global historiography history industrial world industrialization international relations marx marxism philosophy scholarly social history social theory theorists weber western world world economy world market |
| ISBN |
1-283-37357-2
9786613373571 0-520-92131-3 0-585-05442-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction To Real World History Vs. Eurocentric Social Theory -- 2. The Global Trade Carousel 1400-1800 -- 3. Money Went Around The World And Made The World Go Round -- 4. The Global Economy: Comparisons And Relations -- 5. Horizontally Integrative Macrohistory -- 6. Why Did The West Win (Temporarily -- 7. Historiographic Conclusions And Theoretical Implications -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996248079903316 |
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Frank Andre Gunder <1929-2005.>
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1998 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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ReOrient : global economy in the Asian Age / / Andre Gunder Frank
| ReOrient : global economy in the Asian Age / / Andre Gunder Frank |
| Autore | Frank Andre Gunder <1929-2005.> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1998 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (416 p.) |
| Disciplina | 337 |
| Soggetto topico |
International economic relations - History
Capitalism - History Competition, International - History Economic history |
| Soggetto non controllato |
academic
american colonies asia asian history colonialism demographics east asia eastern world economy eurocentrism global economy global historiography history industrial world industrialization international relations marx marxism philosophy scholarly social history social theory theorists weber western world world economy world market |
| ISBN |
1-283-37357-2
9786613373571 0-520-92131-3 0-585-05442-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction To Real World History Vs. Eurocentric Social Theory -- 2. The Global Trade Carousel 1400-1800 -- 3. Money Went Around The World And Made The World Go Round -- 4. The Global Economy: Comparisons And Relations -- 5. Horizontally Integrative Macrohistory -- 6. Why Did The West Win (Temporarily -- 7. Historiographic Conclusions And Theoretical Implications -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818687603321 |
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Frank Andre Gunder <1929-2005.>
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1998 | ||
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Research Guide to the Russian and Soviet Censuses / edited by Ralph S. Clem
| Research Guide to the Russian and Soviet Censuses / edited by Ralph S. Clem |
| Autore | Clem Ralph S |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cornell University Press, 1986 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (326 pages) |
| Disciplina | 304.6/0947 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | ClemRalph S |
| Collana | Studies in Soviet history and society |
| Soggetto topico | HISTORY / Europe / General |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| Soggetto non controllato |
census data
data compatibility migration Russian censuses urbanization Soviet Union National Council for Soviet and East European Research Russia demographics |
| ISBN |
1-5017-0707-8
1-5017-0708-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Contributors -- How to Use This Guide -- PART ONE: GENERAL AND TOPICAL ESSAYS -- 1. On the Use of Russian and Soviet Censuses for Research -- 2. Data Comparability Problems in the Study of the Soviet Population -- 3. A History of Russian and Soviet Censuses -- 4. The Ethnic and Language Dimensions in Russian and Soviet Censuses -- 5. Occupation and Work Force Data in Russian and Soviet Censuses -- 6. Urbanization and Migration Data in Russian and Soviet Censuses -- 7. Marriage , Family, and Fertility Data in Russian and Soviet Censuses -- 8 . Education and Literacy Data in Russian and Soviet Censuses -- Part Two: INDEX AND GUIDE TO THE RUSSIAN AND SOVIET CENSUSES, 1897 TO 1979 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910136642303321 |
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Clem Ralph S
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| Cornell University Press, 1986 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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VWL für die immobilienwirtschaft / / Günter Vornholz
| VWL für die immobilienwirtschaft / / Günter Vornholz |
| Autore | Vornholz Günter |
| Edizione | [2., aktualisierte und erweiterte Auflage.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Munich, [Germany] : , : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (297 p.) |
| Disciplina | 333.33 |
| Collana | Studientexte Real Estate Management |
| Soggetto topico | Real estate business |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Concrete gold
demographics green building real estate markets real estate research |
| ISBN |
3-11-039654-8
3-11-035495-0 |
| Classificazione | QT 395 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | ger |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Vorwort zur ersten Auflage -- Vorwort zur zweiten Auflage -- Inhaltsverzeichnis -- Abkürzungsverzeichnis -- 1 Einleitung -- 2 Einführung in die Immobilienökonomie -- 3 Makroökonomie des Immobilienmarktes -- 4 Mikroökonomie des Immobilienmarktes -- 5 Immobilienmarktentwicklungen -- 6 Internationale Immobilienmärkte -- Literatur -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787191503321 |
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Vornholz Günter
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| Munich, [Germany] : , : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, , 2014 | ||
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VWL für die immobilienwirtschaft / / Günter Vornholz
| VWL für die immobilienwirtschaft / / Günter Vornholz |
| Autore | Vornholz Günter |
| Edizione | [2., aktualisierte und erweiterte Auflage.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Munich, [Germany] : , : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (297 p.) |
| Disciplina | 333.33 |
| Collana | Studientexte Real Estate Management |
| Soggetto topico | Real estate business |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Concrete gold
demographics green building real estate markets real estate research |
| ISBN |
3-11-039654-8
3-11-035495-0 |
| Classificazione | QT 395 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | ger |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Vorwort zur ersten Auflage -- Vorwort zur zweiten Auflage -- Inhaltsverzeichnis -- Abkürzungsverzeichnis -- 1 Einleitung -- 2 Einführung in die Immobilienökonomie -- 3 Makroökonomie des Immobilienmarktes -- 4 Mikroökonomie des Immobilienmarktes -- 5 Immobilienmarktentwicklungen -- 6 Internationale Immobilienmärkte -- Literatur -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827522903321 |
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Vornholz Günter
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| Munich, [Germany] : , : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, , 2014 | ||
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Who is knowledgeable is strong [[electronic resource] ] : science, class, and the formation of modern Iranian society, 1900-1950 / / Cyrus Schayegh
| Who is knowledgeable is strong [[electronic resource] ] : science, class, and the formation of modern Iranian society, 1900-1950 / / Cyrus Schayegh |
| Autore | Schayegh Cyrus |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : Univerity of California Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (353 p.) |
| Disciplina | 955.05 |
| Soggetto topico | Science and civilization |
| Soggetto non controllato |
1900
1950 20th century biomedical sciences civic class differences class demographics economic power everyday life global concerns global contexts historical iranian culture iranian modernists iranian society middle class middle east modern history modern iran modern problems modern science modern stresses nonfiction revolution science scientific knowledge social distinctions social reform western context world history |
| ISBN | 0-520-94354-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1. Science and the Formation of the Iranian Modern Middle Class, 1900-1950 -- Part 2. Medicalizing Modernity Interactions between the Biomedical Sciences and Modernity in Iran, 1900-1950 -- Conclusion -- Appendix First-Time Advertisements by Physicians in the Tehran Daily Ettelā'āt, 1927-1939 -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790185703321 |
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Schayegh Cyrus
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| Berkeley, : Univerity of California Press, c2009 | ||
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Who is knowledgeable is strong [[electronic resource] ] : science, class, and the formation of modern Iranian society, 1900-1950 / / Cyrus Schayegh
| Who is knowledgeable is strong [[electronic resource] ] : science, class, and the formation of modern Iranian society, 1900-1950 / / Cyrus Schayegh |
| Autore | Schayegh Cyrus |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : Univerity of California Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (353 p.) |
| Disciplina | 955.05 |
| Soggetto topico | Science and civilization |
| Soggetto non controllato |
1900
1950 20th century biomedical sciences civic class differences class demographics economic power everyday life global concerns global contexts historical iranian culture iranian modernists iranian society middle class middle east modern history modern iran modern problems modern science modern stresses nonfiction revolution science scientific knowledge social distinctions social reform western context world history |
| ISBN | 0-520-94354-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1. Science and the Formation of the Iranian Modern Middle Class, 1900-1950 -- Part 2. Medicalizing Modernity Interactions between the Biomedical Sciences and Modernity in Iran, 1900-1950 -- Conclusion -- Appendix First-Time Advertisements by Physicians in the Tehran Daily Ettelā'āt, 1927-1939 -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910808139603321 |
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Schayegh Cyrus
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| Berkeley, : Univerity of California Press, c2009 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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