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How everyday products make people sick [[electronic resource] ] : toxins at home and in the workplace / / Paul D. Blanc
| How everyday products make people sick [[electronic resource] ] : toxins at home and in the workplace / / Paul D. Blanc |
| Autore | Blanc Paul D. <1951-> |
| Edizione | [Updated and expanded.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (392 p.) |
| Disciplina | 615.9 |
| Soggetto topico |
Toxicology
Environmental health - History Occupational diseases - History Health risk assessment Product safety |
| Soggetto non controllato |
case histories
dangers different times doctor documented emerging toxins engaging everyday products everyday toxins everywhere expose health dangers health hazards health risks hidden dangers home setting injury and illness innocent products modern technologies nonfiction physicians public health risks sickness thorough account toxic exposure toxic glue toxic products toxin histories toxins workplace setting |
| ISBN |
1-282-36008-6
9786612360084 0-520-94531-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 / The Forgotten Histories of "Modern" Hazards -- 2 / The Shadow of Smoke: How to Evade Regulation -- 3 / Good Glue, Better Glue, Superglue -- 4 / Under a Green Sea: The Rising Tide of Chlorine -- 5 / Going Crazy at Work: Cycles of Carbon Disulfide Poisoning -- 6 / Job Fever: Inhaling Dust and Fumes -- 7 / Emerging Toxins -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780641603321 |
Blanc Paul D. <1951->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 | ||
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Total confinement [[electronic resource] ] : madness and reason in the maximum security prison / / Lorna A. Rhodes
| Total confinement [[electronic resource] ] : madness and reason in the maximum security prison / / Lorna A. Rhodes |
| Autore | Rhodes Lorna A (Lorna Amarasingham) |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (331 p.) |
| Disciplina | 365/.66 |
| Collana | California series in public anthropology |
| Soggetto topico |
Solitary confinement - United States
Prisoners - Mental health - United States Imprisonment - United States Prisons - United States |
| Soggetto non controllato |
american prison system
american society anthropology confinement crime and punishment criminal justice discussion books ethnography expose firsthand account incarceration injustice interviews isolation life behind bars life in prison maximum security prison mental health units mental illness nonfiction prison administrators prison industry prison stories prison workers prisoners prisons and inmates punishment sense of self social science sociology |
| ISBN |
1-59734-961-5
1-282-76299-0 9786612762994 0-520-93768-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- Author's Note -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Controlling Troubles -- 2. The Choice to Be Bad -- 3. The Asylum of Last Resort -- 4. Custody and Treatment at the Divide -- 5. The Games Run Deep -- 6. Struggling It Out -- Glossary of Prison Terms -- Appendix: Note on Research -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- List of Illustrations -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783165803321 |
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Rhodes Lorna A (Lorna Amarasingham)
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The trouble with nature [[electronic resource] ] : sex in science and popular culture / / Roger N. Lancaster
| The trouble with nature [[electronic resource] ] : sex in science and popular culture / / Roger N. Lancaster |
| Autore | Lancaster Roger N |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (459 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.7 |
| Soggetto topico |
Sex in popular culture
Science news Pseudoscience Sexual orientation - Physiological aspects |
| Soggetto non controllato |
biological explanations
expose gay and lesbian gender and sexuality gender norms gender roles heterosexual fables history of sexuality human nature journalists lgbtq men and women nature nonfiction popular culture primetime sitcoms science scientific studies scientific theories scientists sex sexual desire sexual normalization sexual orientation sexual politics sexual relationships social history social relations social sciences textbooks |
| ISBN |
1-4175-2263-1
9786613303936 1-283-30393-0 0-520-93679-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Culture Wars, Nature Wars: A Report from the Front -- Origins Stories -- Adam and Eve Do the Wild Thing: The Science of Desire, the Selfish Gene, and Other Modern Fables -- Venus and Mars at the Fin de Siècle: Evolutionary Psychology and the Modern Art of Spin -- Varieties of Human Nature: The View from Anthropology and History -- Permutations on the "Nature" of Desire: The Gay Brain, the Gay Gene, and Other Tales of Identity -- The Ends of Nature: The Weird Antinomies of Postmodern Mass Culture -- An Open-Ended Conclusion -- Notes -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783172803321 |
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Lancaster Roger N
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 | ||
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Understanding global slavery [[electronic resource] ] : a reader / / Kevin Bales
| Understanding global slavery [[electronic resource] ] : a reader / / Kevin Bales |
| Autore | Bales Kevin |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (225 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.3/62 |
| Soggetto topico |
Forced labor
Prostitution Slave labor Slave trade Slavery |
| Soggetto non controllato |
abolition
academic antislavery crime criminal justice current affairs economics economy ethics expose global economy global issues global slavery globalization human rights human trafficking international modern slavery morals pakistan phenomenon politics race issues race racism redemption scholarly servitude slavery thailand true story us history |
| ISBN |
1-282-75937-X
9786612759376 0-520-93207-2 1-59875-588-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Understanding Slavery Today -- Chapter 2. Slavery and the Human Right to Evil -- Chapter 3. No One Shall Be Held in Slavery or Servitude -- Chapter 4. Slavery and the Emergence of Non-governmental Organizations -- Chapter 5. The Challenge of Measuring Slavery -- Chapter 6. Globalization and Redemption -- Chapter 7. Human Trafficking -- Chapter 8. Understanding the Demand behind Human Trafficking -- Coda: Three Steps to Stopping Slavery -- Appendix 1. Slavery Research Questions Used in Case Studies -- Appendix 2. Rankings of Countries on Ordinal Scales for Slavery and Trafficking -- Notes -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783311803321 |
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Bales Kevin
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