Asbestos and fire : technological tradeoffs and the body at risk / / Rachel Maines |
Autore | Maines Rachel <1950-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | ©2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.738/494 |
Soggetto topico |
Asbestos
Fireproofing |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-8135-7023-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- TABLES -- PREFACE -- 1. The Asbestos Technology Decision Environment -- 2. Asbestos before 1880: From Natural Wonder to Industrial Materia -- 3. The Rise of the Asbestos Curtain -- 4. Mass Destruction by Fire: Asbestos in World War II -- 5. Schools, Homes, and Workplaces: Fire Prevention in the Postwar Built Environment -- 6. The Asbestos Tort Conflagration -- APPENDIX A. SOME ASBESTOS END-USES IN THE UNITED STATES, 1850–1990 -- APPENDIX B. SELECTED LIST OF ORGANIZATIONS SPECIFYING ASBESTOS IN CODES, STANDARDS, OR RECOMMENDATIONS, 1880–1980 -- NOTES -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453628103321 |
Maines Rachel <1950-> | ||
©2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Asbestos and fire : technological tradeoffs and the body at risk / / Rachel Maines |
Autore | Maines Rachel <1950-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | ©2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.738/494 |
Soggetto topico |
Asbestos
Fireproofing |
ISBN | 0-8135-7023-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- TABLES -- PREFACE -- 1. The Asbestos Technology Decision Environment -- 2. Asbestos before 1880: From Natural Wonder to Industrial Materia -- 3. The Rise of the Asbestos Curtain -- 4. Mass Destruction by Fire: Asbestos in World War II -- 5. Schools, Homes, and Workplaces: Fire Prevention in the Postwar Built Environment -- 6. The Asbestos Tort Conflagration -- APPENDIX A. SOME ASBESTOS END-USES IN THE UNITED STATES, 1850–1990 -- APPENDIX B. SELECTED LIST OF ORGANIZATIONS SPECIFYING ASBESTOS IN CODES, STANDARDS, OR RECOMMENDATIONS, 1880–1980 -- NOTES -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790800303321 |
Maines Rachel <1950-> | ||
©2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Asbestos and fire : technological tradeoffs and the body at risk / / Rachel Maines |
Autore | Maines Rachel <1950-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | ©2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.738/494 |
Soggetto topico |
Asbestos
Fireproofing |
ISBN | 0-8135-7023-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- TABLES -- PREFACE -- 1. The Asbestos Technology Decision Environment -- 2. Asbestos before 1880: From Natural Wonder to Industrial Materia -- 3. The Rise of the Asbestos Curtain -- 4. Mass Destruction by Fire: Asbestos in World War II -- 5. Schools, Homes, and Workplaces: Fire Prevention in the Postwar Built Environment -- 6. The Asbestos Tort Conflagration -- APPENDIX A. SOME ASBESTOS END-USES IN THE UNITED STATES, 1850–1990 -- APPENDIX B. SELECTED LIST OF ORGANIZATIONS SPECIFYING ASBESTOS IN CODES, STANDARDS, OR RECOMMENDATIONS, 1880–1980 -- NOTES -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818783803321 |
Maines Rachel <1950-> | ||
©2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Hedonizing technologies [[electronic resource] ] : paths to pleasure in hobbies and leisure / / Rachel P. Maines |
Autore | Maines Rachel <1950-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 211 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 790.1/309 |
Soggetto topico |
Hobbies - History
Amusements - History Technology - Economic aspects - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-8018-9794-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456847103321 |
Maines Rachel <1950-> | ||
Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Hedonizing technologies [[electronic resource] ] : paths to pleasure in hobbies and leisure / / Rachel P. Maines |
Autore | Maines Rachel <1950-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 211 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 790.1/309 |
Soggetto topico |
Hobbies - History
Amusements - History Technology - Economic aspects - History |
ISBN | 0-8018-9794-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780978703321 |
Maines Rachel <1950-> | ||
Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Hedonizing technologies : paths to pleasure in hobbies and leisure / / Rachel P. Maines |
Autore | Maines Rachel <1950-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 211 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 790.1/309 |
Soggetto topico |
Hobbies - History
Amusements - History Technology - Economic aspects - History |
ISBN | 0-8018-9794-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 What Is a Hedonizing Technology? -- 2 Leisure and Necessity -- 3 Hedonization and Industrialization: Diverging Paths in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries -- 4 The Hedonizing Marketplace -- 5 Why, When, and How Do Technologies Hedonize? -- Appendixes -- A: Biases of Collecting and Connoisseurship -- B: Methodological Notes -- Notes -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822805703321 |
Maines Rachel <1950-> | ||
Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The technology of orgasm : "hysteria," the vibrator, and women's sexual satisfaction / / Rachel P. Maines |
Autore | Maines Rachel <1950-> |
Edizione | [Johns Hopkins Paperbacks ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Baltimore, Md., : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xviii, 181 p. ) : ill. ; |
Disciplina | 306.7/082/09 |
Collana | Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology |
Soggetto topico |
Women - Sexual behavior - History
Female orgasm - History Anorgasmy - History Masturbation - History Vibrators (Massage) - History Women - History - Sexual behavior Behavior Persons Mechanical Processes Sexual and Gender Disorders Reproduction Names Physical Processes Mechanical Phenomena Reproductive Physiological Processes Mental Disorders Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms Psychology Physical Phenomena Reproductive Physiological Phenomena Reproductive and Urinary Physiological Phenomena Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological Women Masturbation Sexual Behavior Orgasm Vibration Gender & Ethnic Studies Social Sciences Gender Studies & Sexuality |
ISBN | 0-8018-5941-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996248082603316 |
Maines Rachel <1950-> | ||
Baltimore, Md., : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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