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Burying Uncertainty : Risk and the Case Against Geological Disposal of Nuclear Waste / / K. S. Shrader-Frechette
| Burying Uncertainty : Risk and the Case Against Geological Disposal of Nuclear Waste / / K. S. Shrader-Frechette |
| Autore | Shrader-Frechette K. S. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [1993] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (363 p.) |
| Disciplina | 621.48/38 |
| Soggetto topico |
Radioactive waste disposal in the ground - Environmental aspects
Radioactive waste disposal in the ground - Risk assessment |
| Soggetto non controllato |
american history
consent due process ethics geology government half life health and safety legal issues liability morals natural history natural world nevada nuclear power nuclear waste political politics pollution public health radioactive waste radwaste respiratory illness science scientific united states history us government us history yucca mountain |
| ISBN |
1-282-35497-3
9786612354977 0-520-91396-5 0-585-29941-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- 1. The Riddle of Nuclear Waste -- 2. Understanding the Origins of the Problem -- 3. Reliance on Value Judgments in Repository Risk Assessment -- 4. Subjective Estimates of Repository Risks -- 5. Subjective Evaluations of Repository Risks -- 6. Problematic Inferences in in Assessing Repository Risks -- 7. Uncertainty: An Obstacle to Geological Disposal -- 8. Equity: An Obstacle to Geological Disposal -- 9. .An Alternative to Permanent Geological Disposal -- Notes -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910495870003321 |
Shrader-Frechette K. S.
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| Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [1993] | ||
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Early tales & sketches . Volume 1 1851-1864 / / edited by Edgar Marquess Branch and Robert H. Hirst ; with the assistance of Harriet Elinor Smith
| Early tales & sketches . Volume 1 1851-1864 / / edited by Edgar Marquess Branch and Robert H. Hirst ; with the assistance of Harriet Elinor Smith |
| Autore | Twain Mark |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : Published for the Iowa Center for Textual Studies by the University of California Press, 1979 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (814 pages) |
| Disciplina | 814/.4 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
BranchEdgar Marquess <1913-2006>
HirstRobert H SmithHarriet Elinor |
| Collana | The works of Mark Twain |
| Soggetto topico | LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General |
| Soggetto non controllato |
a duel prevented
advice to the unreliable on church going american authors american literature an apology repudiated buffalo express carson city classics connubial bliss dog controversy galaxy gallant fireman hannibal how to cure a cold humor journalism juvenilia literary criticism mark twain more ghosts nevada our stock remarks pah utes poems religion samuel clemens satire short fiction short stories social commentary spanish mine speeches those blasted children |
| ISBN |
1-282-38289-6
9786612382895 0-520-90575-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | section 1. Hannibal and the river (1851-1861) -- section 2. Nevada territory (1862-1864). |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777935003321 |
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Twain Mark
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| Berkeley, : Published for the Iowa Center for Textual Studies by the University of California Press, 1979 | ||
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The great basin [[electronic resource] ] : a natural prehistory / / Donald K. Grayson
| The great basin [[electronic resource] ] : a natural prehistory / / Donald K. Grayson |
| Autore | Grayson Donald K |
| Edizione | [Rev. and expanded ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (433 p.) |
| Disciplina | 508.79 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | GraysonDonald K |
| Soggetto topico |
Geology, Stratigraphic - Pleistocene
Geology, Stratigraphic - Holocene Geology - Great Basin Paleontology - Great Basin Indians of North America - Great Basin - Antiquities Paleo-Indians - Great Basin |
| Soggetto non controllato |
american west
animals archaeological sites archaeology biogeography bison bonneville salt flats botany california climate death valley ecosystem environment environmentalism geology glaciers great basin great salt lake history indigenous people lake cores lake tahoe lakes natural history nature nevada oregon packrat middens paleontology rivers science tree rings utah wildlife |
| ISBN |
1-283-27782-4
9786613277824 0-520-94871-8 |
| Classificazione | NAT011000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. The Great Basins -- pt. 2. Some Ice Age background -- pt. 3. The late Ice Age Great Basin -- pt. 4. The last 10,000 years -- pt. 5. Great Basin archaeology -- pt. 6. Conclusions. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789634603321 |
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Grayson Donald K
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| Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, 2011 | ||
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The grit beneath the glitter [[electronic resource] ] : tales from the real Las Vegas / / edited by Hal K. Rothman and Mike Davis
| The grit beneath the glitter [[electronic resource] ] : tales from the real Las Vegas / / edited by Hal K. Rothman and Mike Davis |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (396 p.) |
| Disciplina | 979.3/135034 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
RothmanHal <1958-2007.>
DavisMike <1946-2022.> |
| Soggetto topico | HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) |
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academic
casino workers casino culinary drought essay anthology essay collection global hal rotham jon christensen kit miller las vegas strip las vegas mike davis nevada noir norman klein peter goin political economy politics power race issues race racial issues racism regional history regional scholarly sex workers sin city unions urbanization water |
| ISBN |
0-520-93545-4
1-282-76241-9 9786612762413 1-59734-643-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction: The Many Faces of Las Vegas -- Scripting Las Vegas: Noir Naïfs, Junking Up, and the New Strip -- Las Vegas of the Mind: Shooting Movies in and about Nevada -- Discordant Infrastructure -- Growth, Services, and the Political Economy of Gambling in Las Vegas, 1970-2000 -- Lighting Las Vegas: Electricity and the City of Glitz -- Build It and the Water Will Come -- The Social Costs of Rapid Urbanization in Southern Nevada -- Rise to Power: The Recent History of the Culinary Union in Las Vegas -- Class Struggle in Oz -- "Squeezing the Juice Out of Las Vegas": Reflections On Growing Up in Smalltown, USA -- I Didn't Know Anybody Lived There -- How I Became a Native -- Inside the Glitter: Lives of Casino Workers -- "She Works Hard for Her Money": A Reassessment of Las Vegas Women Workers, 1945-1985 -- The Racial Cauldron -- Inside Jean -- Looking into a Dry Lake: Uncovering the Women's View of Las Vegas A Film Journal -- Colony, Capital, and Casino: Money in the Real Las Vegas -- Who Puts the "Sin" in "Sin City" Stories? Girls of Grit and Glitter in the City of Women -- Nevada Goes Global: The Foreign Gaming Rule and the Spread of Casinos -- Canto: Las Vegas -- Contributors -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782968903321 |
| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 | ||
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The last gasp [[electronic resource] ] : the rise and fall of the American gas chamber / / Scott Christianson
| The last gasp [[electronic resource] ] : the rise and fall of the American gas chamber / / Scott Christianson |
| Autore | Christianson Scott |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (342 p.) |
| Disciplina | 364.66 |
| Soggetto topico |
Gas chambers - United States - History
Capital punishment - United States - History - 20th century |
| Soggetto non controllato |
1924
20th century america american history collaboration controversial dark death penalty eugenics movement gas chamber technology gas chamber germany hitler human cruelty human execution human history hydrogen cyanide industry law lethal gas chambers medicine method of killing military uses modern history nevada no witnesses out of sight politics power structures profit science united states war world war i. wwi |
| ISBN |
1-282-69765-X
9786612697654 0-520-94561-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION -- PART ONE. THE RISE OF THE LETHAL CHAMBER -- PART TWO. THE FALL OF THE GAS CHAMBER -- APPENDIX 1: EARL C. LISTON'S PATENT APPLICATION -- APPENDIX 2: PERSONS EXECUTED BY LETHAL GAS IN THE UNITED STATES, BY STATE, 1924 - 1999 -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784919703321 |
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Christianson Scott
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 | ||
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Theater in a crowded fire : ritual and spirituality at Burning Man / / Lee Gilmore
| Theater in a crowded fire : ritual and spirituality at Burning Man / / Lee Gilmore |
| Autore | Gilmore Lee <1969-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif. : , : University of California Press, , 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvi, 237 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 394.2509793/54 |
| Soggetto topico |
Ritual - Nevada - Black Rock Desert
Festivals - United States |
| Soggetto non controllato |
america
american culture american festivals american media art black rock desert burners burning man communal bonding community contemporary america demographic studies desert setting effigy ethnographers ethnography festival culture festival events festival space fire historical illustrated mecca modern history nevada nonfiction pilgrimage self expression spiritual journey spiritual rituals spirituality transformation |
| ISBN |
1-282-77275-9
9786612772757 0-520-94553-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Into the Zone -- Chapter 2. "Spiritual, but Not Religious"? -- Chapter 3. Ritual without Dogma -- Chapter 4. Desert Pilgrimage -- Chapter 5. Media Mecca -- Chapter 6. Burn-a-lujah! -- Appendix 1. Demography: The Face of the Festival -- Appendix 2. On-Line Survey -- Appendix 3. Burning Man Organization Mission Statement -- Notes -- Bibliography -- DVD Contents -- Credits -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784956903321 |
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Gilmore Lee <1969->
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| Berkeley, Calif. : , : University of California Press, , 2010 | ||
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