Big ecology [[electronic resource] ] : the emergence of ecosystem science / / David C. Coleman |
Autore | Coleman David C. <1938-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (249 p.) |
Disciplina | 577.072 |
Soggetto topico |
Biotic communities - Research
Ecosystem management - Research Ecology - Research Interdisciplinary research |
Soggetto non controllato |
1957
1960s 1970s 1980s american ecosystems big science biological communities ecological collaborations ecologists ecology ecosystem science environment insider perspective interdisciplinary research international biological program international geophysical year large ecosystems long term ecological research programs long term ecological research national science foundation nonfiction account research institutions research programs science majors study of ecosystems textbooks united states |
ISBN |
1-282-69767-6
9786612697678 0-520-94573-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CHAPTER ONE. Intellectual Antecedents to Large-Scale Ecosystem Studies -- CHAPTER TWO. How the International Biological Program Swept the Scientific World -- CHAPTER THREE. The Origin and Evolution of the Long-Term Ecological Research Program -- CHAPTER FOUR. The Future of Big Ecology: IGBP, AmeriFlux, NEON, and Other Major Initiatives -- REFERENCES -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784936003321 |
Coleman David C. <1938->
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Converting words [[electronic resource] ] : Maya in the age of the cross / / William F. Hanks |
Autore | Hanks William F |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (485 p.) |
Disciplina | 299.7/84215 |
Collana | The anthropology of Christianity |
Soggetto topico |
Mayas - Religion
Mayas - Colonization Christianity and other religions - Mexico - Yucatán (State) Christianity and culture - Mexico - Yucatán (State) Maya language - Mexico - Yucatán (State) - Influence on Spanish Spanish language - Mexico - Yucatán (State) - Influence on Maya Catechisms, Spanish - Mexico - Yucatán (State) |
Soggetto non controllato |
age of the cross
anthropology bilingual dictionaries catechisms christian missionaries christianity colonial mayans colonialism cultural conquest cultural conversion forbidden books historical history of christianity indigenous literature language and culture language of rebellion latin american history linguistics maya nonfiction account religious conversion religious history spanish colonization translation yucatec maya |
ISBN |
1-282-46317-9
9786612463174 0-520-94491-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction The Field Of Discourse Production -- 2. Perpetual Reducción In A Land Of Frontiers -- 3. To Make Themselves New Men -- 4. From Field To Genre And Habitus -- 5. First Words From Spanish Into Maya -- 6. Commensuration Maya As A Matrix Language -- 7. The Grammar Of Reducción And The Art Of Speaking -- 8. The Canonical Word -- 9. The Scripted Landscape -- 10. Petitions As Prayers In The Field Of Reducción -- 11. Cross Talk In The Books Of Chilam Balam -- Epilogue Full Circle -- Notes -- References Cited -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786714703321 |
Hanks William F
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2010 | ||
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Dirty water [[electronic resource] ] : one man's fight to clean up one of the world's most polluted bays / / Bill Sharpsteen |
Autore | Sharpsteen Bill <1954-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (283 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.739/409794 |
Collana | The Stephen Bechtel Fund imprint in ecology and the environment |
Soggetto topico |
Sewage disposal in the ocean - Environmental aspects - California - Santa Monica Bay
Marine pollution - California - Santa Monica Bay - Prevention Environmental policy - California - Santa Monica Bay Region Environmentalists - United States Political activists - United States High school teachers - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
1985
bays and oceans beach bodies of water clean water act clean water ddt dirty water discussion books easy to read ecology engaging environment environmental impact environmental movement heal the bay human impact insecticide pollution inspirational lively local politics los angeles make a difference nonfiction account polluted water raw sewage santa monica bay scientists sea floor swimming true story uplifting water pollution |
ISBN |
1-282-45347-5
9786612453472 0-520-94475-5 |
Classificazione | AR 12500 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Author's Note -- Prologue. Surfer Scientist -- Chapter 1. The Swimmer -- Chapter 2. The Witness -- Chapter 3. The Coalition -- Chapter 4. Squirp -- Chapter 5. The Press Conference -- Chapter 6. City Hall -- Chapter 7. The Activist -- Chapter 8. The Second Hearing -- Chapter 9. The Scientist -- Chapter 10. The Politician -- Chapter 11. The Brown Ribbon -- Chapter 12. Heal the Bay -- Chapter 13. The Dirty Toilet Awards -- Chapter 14. The Decision -- Chapter 15. Friend of the Court -- Chapter 16. Outsiders and Insiders -- Chapter 17. The 50 Percent Job -- Epilogue -- Resources -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780923403321 |
Sharpsteen Bill <1954->
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 | ||
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Flesh wounds : the culture of cosmetic surgery / / Virginia L. Blum |
Autore | Blum Virginia L. <1956-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 356 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 617.9/5 |
Soggetto topico |
Surgery, Plastic - Social aspects
Surgery, Plastic - Psychological aspects |
Soggetto non controllato |
american culture
american identity anthropology beauty icons beauty ideals celebrity contemporary culture cosmetic surgery cultural analysis cultural criticism cultural practices elective surgery ethnographers ethnography feminism gender studies interviews modern society nonfiction account patients and doctors philosophical plastic surgeons plastic surgery psychology social conditions sociology youthful ideals |
ISBN |
0-520-24473-7
1-4175-1057-9 0-520-93873-9 1-59734-616-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The patient's body -- Untouchable bodies -- The plastic surgeon and the patient: a slow dance -- Frankenstein gets a facelift -- As if beauty -- The monster and the movie star -- Being and having: celebrity culture and the wages of love -- Addicted to surgery. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780449403321 |
Blum Virginia L. <1956->
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Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2003 | ||
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Food and fantasy in early modern Japan [[electronic resource] /] / Eric C. Rath |
Autore | Rath Eric C. <1967-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (251 p.) |
Disciplina | 394.120952 |
Soggetto topico |
Cooking, Japanese - Social aspects
Food habits - Japan Food - Social aspects - Japan |
Soggetto non controllato |
1400
1868 anthropology asian cultural history asian foods culinary history early modern food early modern japan fantasy food food historians food lovers food rituals food symbolism food gastronomic writings history and food japanese chefs japanese cookbooks japanese cooking styles japanese cuisine japanese culinary history japanese dining customs japanese recipes medieval japan nonfiction account sashimi shogun social history sushi tempura |
ISBN |
1-283-27733-6
9786613277336 0-520-94765-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Japanese Cuisine, a Backward Journey -- 2. Of Knives and Men: Cutting Ceremonies and Cuisine -- 3. Ceremonial Banquets -- 4. The Barbarians' Cookbook -- 5. Food and Fantasy in Culinary Books -- 6. Menus for the Imagination -- 7. Deep Thought Wheat Gluten and Other Fantasy Foods -- Conclusion: After the Fantasies -- Appendix: The Southern Barbarians' Cookbook (Nanban ryõrisho) -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785570903321 |
Rath Eric C. <1967->
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 | ||
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Passion, betrayal, and revolution in colonial Saigon [[electronic resource] ] : the memoirs of Bao Luong / / Hue-Tam Ho Tai |
Autore | Tai Hue-Tam Ho <1948-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (218 p.) |
Disciplina |
959.7/03092
B |
Altri autori (Persone) | Nguyẽ̂nTrung Nguyệt |
Soggetto topico |
Women revolutionaries - Vietnam - Ho Chi Minh City
Women political prisoners - Vietnam - Ho Chi Minh City |
Soggetto non controllato |
1927
20th century bao luong barbier street murder betrayal colonial saigon crime and punishment crime dramatic engaging female prisoners fight for freedom high profile case ho chi minh mekong delta memoir and autobiography national independence newspaper articles nonfiction account official documents oral history passion political intrigue political prisoners prison stories revolution revolutionaries revolutionary youth league rural life vietnam womans struggle womens equality |
ISBN |
1-282-76399-7
9786612763991 0-520-94611-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Principal Characters -- Introduction -- 1. The Girl from the South -- 2. From Faithful Moon to Precious Honesty -- 3. Apprentice Revolutionaries -- 4. Vignettes from the Revolution -- 5. Prelude to a Murder -- 6. The Crime on Barbier Street -- 7. The End of the Revolutionary Youth League -- 8. The Road to Hell -- 9. Down among Women -- 10. The Verdict -- 11. Life and Death -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784956303321 |
Tai Hue-Tam Ho <1948->
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 | ||
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The road out [[electronic resource] ] : a teacher's odyssey in poor America / / Deborah Hicks |
Autore | Hicks Deborah |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (295 p.) |
Disciplina | 371.822 |
Collana | Simpson, imprint in humanities |
Soggetto topico |
Poor girls - Education - Ohio - Cincinnati
Poor white people - Education - Ohio - Cincinnati Poor girls - Books and reading - Ohio - Cincinnati Poor girls - Ohio - Cincinnati |
Soggetto non controllato |
adolescence
adult nonfiction against the odds appalachians class differences coming of age contemporary history education system education educators ghetto journey of discovery learning memoir nonfiction account poor america poor neighborhoods poverty cycle poverty studies poverty power of fiction race and class single parent families social advocates social issues social justice student life teachers and students teachers united states women and girls |
ISBN | 0-520-95371-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Ghost Rose speaks -- Elizabeth discovers her paperback -- We're sisters! -- My life as a girl -- Girl talk -- A magazine is born -- Mrs. Bush visits (but not our class) -- A Saturday at the bookstore -- Jessica finds Jesus, and Elizabeth finds love -- Blair discovers a voice -- Leavings -- At sixteen -- Girlhood interrupted -- I deserve a better life -- The road out. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786078803321 |
Hicks Deborah
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013 | ||
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The secret world of doing nothing [[electronic resource] /] / Billy Ehn and Orvar Löfgren |
Autore | Ehn Billy <1946-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (279 p.) |
Disciplina | 790.1 |
Altri autori (Persone) | LöfgrenOrvar |
Soggetto topico |
Leisure - Philosophy
Leisure - Psychological aspects |
Soggetto non controllato |
anthropologists
daily lives daydreaming doing nothing empty times enlightening ethnographers ethnography everyday lives examples finding meaning free time hypermodern reality imagination insightful literature mental value modern life nonfiction account quiet time reflection reflective time research rethink ordinary routine tasks slow down thought provoking time and space time to self unobserved moments waiting time while away time |
ISBN |
1-282-77280-5
9786612772801 0-520-94570-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction -- Chapter One. Waiting -- Chapter Two. Routines -- Chapter Three. Daydreaming -- Chapter Four. In the Backyards of Modernity? -- APPENDIX. DOING AN ETHNOGRAPHY OF "NON-EVENTS" -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784956503321 |
Ehn Billy <1946->
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2010 | ||
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Voyager from Xanadu : Rabban Sauma and the First Journey from China to the West / / Morris Rossabi |
Autore | Rossabi Morris |
Edizione | [1st University of California Press ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2010] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (249 p.) |
Disciplina | 909/.2092 |
Soggetto topico |
Diplomats - China
Diplomats - Travel Voyages and travels Travel, Medieval |
Soggetto non controllato |
13th century
asian travel baghdad beijing china chinese monk commercial networking diplomacy discussion books engaging europe firsthand perspective global travels historical history holy land islamic control jerusalem last crusades medieval period mongol capital mongol empire muslims nestorian christian nonfiction account pilgrimage rabban sauma trans eurasian travel travelogue western travel western world world history xanadu |
ISBN | 0-520-94613-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- Illustrations -- Preface to the 2010 Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- A Note on Transliteration -- Principal Figures -- 1. Setting the Stage -- 2. A Pilgrimage to the West -- 3. The Mongols, the Muslims, and the Europeans -- 4. An Embassy to the West -- 5. Paris, Bordeaux, Rome, and Return -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- About The Author |
Altri titoli varianti | Rabban Sauma and the first journey from China to the West |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996248321003316 |
Rossabi Morris
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Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2010] | ||
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