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The $800 million pill : the truth behind the cost of new drugs / / Merrill Goozner
| The $800 million pill : the truth behind the cost of new drugs / / Merrill Goozner |
| Autore | Goozner Merrill <1950-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (304 pages) |
| Disciplina | 338.4/3/61510973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Prescription pricing
Drugs - Prices Pharmaceutical industry Consumer education |
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american society
biochemists biotech drugs drug companies drug cost drug culture drug funding drug innovation drug manufacturing drug pricing expose piece genetic disorders government funded research high costs human genome project investments medical breakthroughs medical innovations medical research pharmaceutical companies prescription drugs private sector public heath public sector research and development us government |
| ISBN |
1-282-35824-3
9786612358241 0-520-93928-X 1-59734-450-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction -- PART ONE. BIOHYPE -- PART TWO. DIRECTED RESEARCH -- PART THREE. BIG PHARMA -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
| Altri titoli varianti | Eight hundred million dollar pill |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780445003321 |
Goozner Merrill <1950->
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| Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2004 | ||
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American scream [[electronic resource] ] : Allen Ginsberg's Howl and the making of the Beat Generation / / Jonah Raskin
| American scream [[electronic resource] ] : Allen Ginsberg's Howl and the making of the Beat Generation / / Jonah Raskin |
| Autore | Raskin Jonah <1942-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (324 p.) |
| Disciplina | 811/.54 |
| Soggetto topico |
Literature and mental illness - United States - History - 20th century
Poetry - Psychological aspects Mental illness in literature Beat generation |
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20th century
allen ginsberg america american culture american poetry american poets american society art and literature beat generation beat movement beat poets cold war america controversial critical analysis cultural history historical review howl jack kerouac lit scholars lit studies literary criticism literary figures literary movements modern poetry new york political literature psychiatry repressive society san francisco spoken word poetry united states walt whitman william burroughs |
| ISBN |
1-282-35827-8
9786612358272 0-520-93934-4 1-59734-463-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- PREFACE -- CHAPTER ONE. Poetickall Bomshell -- CHAPTER TWO. Family Business -- CHAPTER THREE. Trilling-esque Sense of "Civilization" -- CHAPTER FOUR. Juvenescent Savagery -- CHAPTER FIVE. Just like Russia -- CHAPTER SIX. Ladies, We Are Going through Hell -- CHAPTER SEVEN. Another Coast's Apple for the Eye -- CHAPTER EIGHT. Mythological References -- CHAPTER NINE. Famous Authorhood -- CHAPTER TEN. This Fiction Named Allen Ginsberg -- CHAPTER ELEVEN. Best Minds -- Notes and Sources -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777350003321 |
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Raskin Jonah <1942->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2004 | ||
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Anna Halprin [[electronic resource] ] : experience as dance / / Janice Ross ; foreword by Richard Schechner
| Anna Halprin [[electronic resource] ] : experience as dance / / Janice Ross ; foreword by Richard Schechner |
| Autore | Ross Janice |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (497 p.) |
| Disciplina |
792.8092
B |
| Soggetto topico |
Dancers - United States
Modern dance |
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academic
american culture american dance american society artistic genres artistic beat poetry beats biographical biography cancer survivor choreographer choreography community dance eastern europe experimental healer hippies music performance art popular culture postmodern dance postmodern performance art postmodern scholarly theater turn of the century west coast |
| ISBN |
1-281-75244-4
1-4294-7178-6 9786611752446 0-520-93282-X 1-4337-0964-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1. Why She Danced 1920 - 1938 -- 2. The Secret Garden of American Dance 1938 - 1942 -- 3. The Bauhaus and the Settlement House 1942- 1945 -- 4. Western Spaces 1945 - 1955 -- 5. Instantaneous Experience, Lucy, and Beat Culture 1955 - 1960 -- 6. Urban Rituals 196 1- 1967 -- 7. From Spectator to Participant 1967- 1968 -- 8. Ceremony of Memory 1968 - 197 1 -- 9. Illness as Performance 1972- 1991 -- 10. Choreographing Disappearance: Dances of Aging 1992-2006 -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Chronology of Performances, Videos, and Films -- Selected Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784412403321 |
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Ross Janice
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2007 | ||
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At the jazz band ball [[electronic resource] ] : sixty years on the jazz scene / / Nat Hentoff ; foreword by Lewis Porter
| At the jazz band ball [[electronic resource] ] : sixty years on the jazz scene / / Nat Hentoff ; foreword by Lewis Porter |
| Autore | Hentoff Nat |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (267 p.) |
| Disciplina | 781.6509 |
| Soggetto topico |
Music - History and criticism
Jazz - History and criticism |
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american music
american society art biographical blues music civil liberties civil rights contrarian duke ellington engaging famous jazz musicians feel good free expression gospel health care interviews jazz band ball jazz critics jazz history jazz lovers jazz music jazz musicians jazz scene louis armstrong musicians nonfiction ornette coleman personal history political activists quincy jones retrospective short essays social justice issues |
| ISBN |
1-282-55613-4
9786612556135 0-520-94588-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. What am I here for? : the rules of my jazz odyssey -- pt. 2. In the presence of Ellington -- pt. 3. Jazz credentials -- pt. 4. The jazz life on and off the road -- pt. 5. Who is a jazz singer? -- pt. 6. The life force of the music -- pt. 7. Finding the first American groove -- pt. 8. Roots -- pt. 9. The survivors -- pt. 10. The regenerators -- pt. 11. The master teachers. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792599803321 |
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Hentoff Nat
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2010 | ||
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Backlash against welfare mothers [[electronic resource] ] : past and present / / Ellen Reese
| Backlash against welfare mothers [[electronic resource] ] : past and present / / Ellen Reese |
| Autore | Reese Ellen <1969-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (374 p.) |
| Disciplina | 362.5/568/0973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Public welfare - United States - History
Welfare recipients - Employment - United States Aid to families with dependent children programs Single mothers - Government policy - United States |
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1940s
20th century african americans america american society american welfare antiwelfare campaigns black americans chicanos contemporary america demographic studies ethnographers ethnography historical perspective low income families motherhood mothers nonfiction parenting political history politicians puerto ricans racism safety net welfare culture welfare history welfare opposition welfare policies welfare system working class families |
| ISBN |
1-282-77184-1
9786612771842 0-520-93871-2 1-59875-520-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Dreams deferred, broken families, and hardship : the impacts of welfare reform -- Attacking welfare, promoting work and marriage : continuity and change in welfare opposition -- The first welfare backlash (1945/1979) -- The 1950s welfare backlash and federal complicity -- Explaining the postwar rise of welfare opposition -- The Southern welfare backlash : Georgia and Kentucky -- The Northern and Western welfare backlashes : California and New York -- Setting the stage : the failures of liberal innovation -- The contemporary welfare backlash (1980/2004) -- The rise of the Republican right and new Democrats -- Business interests, conservative think tanks, and the assault on welfare -- The contemporary welfare backlash, 1980/2004 -- Rebuilding the welfare state : forging a new deal for working families. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783311603321 |
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Reese Ellen <1969->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2005 | ||
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Eurasian [[electronic resource] ] : mixed identities in the United States, China, and Hong Kong, 1842-1943 / / Emma Jinhua Teng
| Eurasian [[electronic resource] ] : mixed identities in the United States, China, and Hong Kong, 1842-1943 / / Emma Jinhua Teng |
| Autore | Teng Emma |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (353 p.) |
| Disciplina | 305.8/5951013 |
| Soggetto topico |
Chinese Americans - Ethnic identity - History
Chinese American families - Social conditions Interracial marriage - United States Chinese Americans - China - Ethnic identity - History Chinese American families - China - Social conditions Interracial marriage - China Chinese Americans - China - Hong Kong - Ethnic identity - History Chinese American families - China - Hong Kong - Social conditions Interracial marriage - China - Hong Kong |
| Soggetto non controllato |
19th century
20th century american society anthropology china chinese society chinese western families cross cultural cultural anthropologists cultural history eurasian identities eurasian global trade globalization historians hong kong interracial families migrant laborers minority groups mixed identities mixed race families nationalities overseas study prejudice racial issues racial prejudice racism social identity social issues taboo transnational families united states |
| ISBN |
0-520-27627-2
0-520-95700-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- A Note on Romanization -- Acknowledgments -- Prelude -- Introduction -- Part One. Debating Intermarriage -- Part Two. Debating Hybridity -- Part Three. Claiming Identities -- Coda: Elsie Jane Comes Home to Rest -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Glossary of Chinese Personal Names and Terms -- Selected Bibliography -- Index |
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Teng Emma
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013 | ||
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Everyone's a winner [[electronic resource] ] : life in our congratulatory culture / / Joel Best
| Everyone's a winner [[electronic resource] ] : life in our congratulatory culture / / Joel Best |
| Autore | Best Joel |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (213 p.) |
| Disciplina | 305 |
| Soggetto topico |
Equality - United States
Motivation (Psychology) - United States Social status - United States |
| Soggetto non controllato |
achievement
ambition american society anthropology awards competition confidence congratulations excellence high achievement honoring students millennial generation nonfiction performance pop psychology pop science popular culture prizes pursuit of perfection rankings recognition self esteem social commentary social media social networks social status social worlds status success trophies valedictorian winners |
| ISBN |
1-283-27766-2
9786613277664 0-520-94848-3 |
| Classificazione | HT 4705 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One. Life in an Era of Status Abundance -- Chapter Two. Prize Proliferation -- Chapter Three. Honoring Students -- Chapter Four. Everyday Heroes -- Chapter Five. Ranking and Rating -- Chapter Six. The Significance of Congratulatory Culture -- Notes -- References -- Index |
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Best Joel
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 | ||
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From history to theory [[electronic resource] /] / Kerwin Lee Klein
| From history to theory [[electronic resource] /] / Kerwin Lee Klein |
| Autore | Klein Kerwin Lee <1961-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (225 p.) |
| Disciplina | 901 |
| Soggetto topico |
Historiography - United States - Methodology
Historiography - United States - History Linguistic change - United States - History History Religion Discourse analysis Social change - United States - History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
20th century
academia academic vocabulary american culture american politics american society changing contexts cultural historians cultural landscape essay collection historians historical perspective history humanities language shifts linguistic changes linguistic landscape marginalized peoples nonfiction essays north america perspective shifts philosophy of history political landscape post marxism semantics theoretical concepts theoretical perspective theory |
| ISBN |
1-283-27755-7
9786613277558 0-520-94829-7 |
| Classificazione | 15.02 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Rise and Fall of Historiography -- 2. From Philosophy to Theory -- 3. Going Native: History, Language, and Culture -- 4. Postmodernism and the People without History -- 5. On the Emergence of Memory in Historical Discourse -- 6. Remembrance and the Christian Right -- Afterword: History and Theory in Our Time -- Notes -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791976203321 |
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Klein Kerwin Lee <1961->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 | ||
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The insecure American [[electronic resource] ] : how we got here and what we should do about it / / edited by Hugh Gusterson and Catherine Besteman ; foreword by Barbara Ehrenreich
| The insecure American [[electronic resource] ] : how we got here and what we should do about it / / edited by Hugh Gusterson and Catherine Besteman ; foreword by Barbara Ehrenreich |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (387 p.) |
| Disciplina | 973.93 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
GustersonHugh
BestemanCatherine Lowe |
| Soggetto topico |
Security (Psychology) - United States
Nationalism - United States |
| Soggetto non controllato |
american culture
american life american society americans anthropology anxious debt levels drug addiction ethnography gated communities health care system health insurance immigration insecure america insecurity job uncertainty money neoliberalism new economy policy politics poverty punitive governance race in america racial resentments racism safety net terrorism terrorist attacks undocumented immigration united states of america vulnerability wal mart war on drugs war on terror warmaking |
| ISBN | 0-520-94508-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. A Nation of Gated Communities -- 2. Warmaking as the American Way of Life -- 3. Republic of Fear The Rise of Punitive Governance in America -- 4. Neoliberalism, or The Bureaucratization of the World -- 5. The Age of Wal-Mart -- 6. Deindustrializing Chicago: A Daughter's Story -- 7. Racism, Risk, and the New Color of Dirty Jobs -- 8. Normal Insecurities, Healthy Insecurities -- 9. Cultivating Insecurity: How Marketers Are Commercializing Childhood -- 10. Uneasy Street -- 11. Body and Soul Profits from Poverty -- 12. Useless Suffering The War on Homeless Drug Addicts -- 13. Walling Out Immigrants -- 14. Compounding Insecurity: What the Neocon Core Reveals about America Today -- 15. Deploying Law as a Weapon in America's War on Terror -- 16. Death and Dying in Anxious America -- 17. Get Religion -- contributors -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789999503321 |
| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 | ||
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Instant recess [[electronic resource] ] : building a fit nation 10 minutes at a time / / Toni Yancey
| Instant recess [[electronic resource] ] : building a fit nation 10 minutes at a time / / Toni Yancey |
| Autore | Yancey Antronette K |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (279 p.) |
| Disciplina | 613.0973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Health promotion - United States
Physical fitness - United States Exercise - United States |
| Soggetto non controllato |
active breaks
active lifestyles american culture american fitness american society call to action diet and exercise diversity easy to read exercise breaks exercise science exercise fitness education fitness health and wellness health healthy lifestyles instant recess music and dance nonfiction personal experience physical activity poetry public health research based school breaks school setting ten minute exercises work breaks |
| ISBN |
1-282-76444-6
9786612764448 0-520-94721-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The high price of a sedentary America and the challenge of getting society moving -- The benefits of widespread physical activity and opportunities to move the needle -- The evolution of an idea -- The marketing and social marketing of physical activity and fitness -- The case for the instant recess model -- Instant recess : what's good for the waistline is good for the bottom line! -- A glimpse into the future : how instant recess sparked a physical activity movement. |
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 | ||
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