Crusoe's Books

Crusoe's Books
Author: Bill Bell
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2022-01-13
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 0192894692

This is a book about readers on the move in the age of Victorian empire. It examines the libraries and reading habits of five reading constituencies from the long nineteenth century: shipboard emigrants, Australian convicts, Scottish settlers, polar explorers, and troops in the First World War. What was the role of reading in extreme circumstances? How were new meanings made under strange skies? How was reading connected with mobile communities in an age of expansion? Uncovering a vast range of sources from the period, from diaries, periodicals, and literary culture, Bill Bell reveals some remarkable and unanticipated insights into the way that reading operated within and upon the British Empire for over a century.

Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies

Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 184
Release: 1986
Genre: Child health services
ISBN:

The types of findings included for each category include program characteristics, services, strategies, staffing, outreach, educational material needs, successes, and additional observations. Various types of maternal and infant health resources (coalitions, clearinghouses, books and directories) are identified. A copy of the survey instrument and the names and addresses of survey respondents are provided.

Introduction to Environmental Chemistry

Introduction to Environmental Chemistry
Author: Jonathan Ayers
Publisher:
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2019-06-13
Genre:
ISBN: 9781641162364

The scientific study of the biochemical and chemical phenomena occurring in the environment is known as environmental chemistry. It also encompasses the study of the sources, transport reactions, effects and future of chemical species present in the soil, air and water. It also delves into the anthropogenic and biological influence on these. Environmental chemistry is an interdisciplinary science that integrates the principles of aquatic, atmospheric, soil and analytical chemistry. The chemical pollutants that contaminate the environment include heavy metals from industry, organometallic compounds, urban runoff and nutrients leaching from agricultural lands. This book is a compilation of chapters that discuss the most vital concepts in the field of environmental chemistry. Such selected concepts that redefine this field have been presented herein. Those in search of information to further their knowledge will be greatly assisted by this book.