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Schöningh and Fink Early Modern and Modern History E-Books Online
Schöningh and Fink Early Modern and Modern History E-Books Online
Brill

Schöningh and Fink Early Modern and Modern History E-Books Online, is the electronic version of the book publication program of Verlag Ferdinand Schöningh and Wilhelm Fink Verlag in the field of Early Modern and Modern History.

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Studies in Ancient Medicine Online
Studies in Ancient Medicine Online
Brill

Studies in Ancient Medicine Online is the electronic version of the series Studies in Ancient Medicine. Studies in Ancient Medicine considers the medical traditions of ancient civilizations. The Graeco-Roman traditions are the focus of the series, but Byzantine, Medieval and early Islamic medicine is also included, as is medicine in Egyptian, Near Eastern, Armenian and other related cultures.

Aeronautics and Space Flight: Global Origins of Modern Aviation and Rocketry
Aeronautics and Space Flight: Global Origins of Modern Aviation and Rocketry
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During the latter half of the 20th century, the science of aeronautics played an increasingly powerful role in culture, technology and military operations, influencing everything from Cold War politics to astrophysics to the communication industry. Aeronautics and Space Flight: Global Origins of Modern Aviation and Rocketry is a fully searchable digitized collection that chronicles the history of modern aviation as it unfolded, offering valuable insight for students and researchers in a variety of disciplines.

Made up of documents that are found in JPRS.

Morality and Science: Global Origins of Modern Bioethics
Morality and Science: Global Origins of Modern Bioethics
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From genetic engineering to fertility treatments to stem cell research, some of the most cutting-edge advances in the life sciences have stirred global controversy, prompting concerned scientists and citizens alike to question their ethical implications. Morality and Science: Global Origins of Modern Bioethics is a fully searchable digitized collection that chronicles the field of modern bioethics as it emerged, offering valuable insight for students and researchers in a variety of disciplines.

Made up of documents that are found in JPRS.

Nuclear Energy: Global Origins of Energy Resource Management in the Atomic Age
Nuclear Energy: Global Origins of Energy Resource Management in the Atomic Age
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The launch of the world’s first nuclear power plants and the growing threat of the Cold War in the 1950s thrust nuclear energy to the forefront of the world’s consciousness, laying the foundation for the Atomic Age. Nuclear Energy: Global Origins of Energy Resource Management in the Atomic Age is a fully searchable digitized collection that chronicles the history and impact of nuclear technology as it was developed, offering valuable insight for students and researchers in a variety of disciplines.

Made up of documents that are found in JPRS.

Public Health: Global Origins of Modern Health Policy and Management, 1957-1995
Public Health: Global Origins of Modern Health Policy and Management, 1957-1995
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As the world’s population ballooned and became increasingly urban in the latter half of the 20th century, the risks of infectious disease and other medical crises also rose. Yet thanks to technology, laws and education, most people lived longer, healthier lives than at any time in human history. Now, prompted in part by the threat of the COVID-19 pandemic, scholars are seeking to better understand how the field of public health evolved and adapted during this pivotal era. Public Health: Global Origins of Modern Health Policy and Management is a fully searchable digitized collection that captures international failures and successes, offering valuable insight for students and researchers in a variety of disciplines. Topics addressed include environmental pollution, developing vaccines and birth control, funding the World Health Organization, educating people about food safety and water quality, preparing regions for natural and other disasters, and much more.

Made up of documents that are found in JPRS.

Climate Science and Sustainability: Global Origins of Modern Environmentalism
Climate Science and Sustainability: Global Origins of Modern Environmentalism
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As scientists’ understanding of the earth sciences advanced by leaps and bounds in the latter half of the 20th century, concern emerged over human impact on the planet’s biology and atmosphere. The modern environmental movement grew from this concern, as did pioneering research on climate change. Climate Science and Sustainability: Global Origins of Modern Environmentalism is a fully searchable digitized collection that captures these advances as they unfolded, offering valuable insight for students and researchers in a variety of disciplines.

Made up of documents that are found in JPRS.

Compilation of Chinese Medicine Periodicals Online, 1897-1952
Compilation of Chinese Medicine Periodicals Online, 1897-1952
Brill

The Compilation of Chinese Medicine Periodicals Online, 1897-1952 is a collection of 49 periodicals on Chinese medicine published in the late Qing and Republican periods in China. This collection includes 212 books in 5 parts of more than 120,000 pages. The late Qing and Republican eras are crucial periods to the development of medicine and science in China. Considered one of the best sources for observing the changing nature of medical practice and education during the late Qing and Republican eras in China, this collection provides unique insight into not only the modern transformation of Chinese medicine, but also the larger role of medicine in Chinese society. This collection includes published documents authored by prominent figures both in support of, and opposed to, Chinese medicine. The periodicals included in this collection are among the oldest, most influential and authoritative of all scholarship on Chinese medicine from the late Qing and Republican periods. The content has important reference value and unique academic significance for research on Chinese medicine as well as Chinese culture, history and society. The periodicals included are both aged and rare. The editorial team worked with over 50 libraries to compile them all together in this work.

Computing and Artificial Intelligence: Global Origins of the Digital Age
Computing and Artificial Intelligence: Global Origins of the Digital Age
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In the 1950s, computing devices were bulky calculating tools used mostly in military and government applications. As these machines became increasingly sleek and affordable, they transformed every aspect of life, from business to entertainment to our own homes. Computing and Artificial Intelligence: Global Origins of the Digital Age is a fully searchable digitized collection that chronicles the history and impact of computer science as it unfolded, offering valuable insight for students and researchers in a variety of disciplines

Made up of documents that are found in JPRS.

Conrad Gessner's Private Library Online
Conrad Gessner's Private Library Online
Brill

This source edition of Gessner’s private library contains those seventy eight books that Gessner read most carefully and annotated by hand. The majority have been reproduced from the rich holdings of the Zentralbibliothek Zürich, while other important copies included in this edition are held by the University Library of Basle. The marginalia in these books are so numerous that they almost constitute a new set of sources, which are of interest not only to historians and philologists but also to those who study the history of early modern medicine and the natural sciences.

European History and Culture E-Books Online
European History and Culture E-Books Online
Brill

The European History and Culture E-book Collection is the electronic version of the book publication program of Brill in the field of European History and Culture.

Joint Publications Research Service (JPRS) Reports, 1957-1995
Joint Publications Research Service (JPRS) Reports, 1957-1995
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This unique collection—fully searchable for the first time—features English translations of foreign-language monographs, reports, serials, journal and newspaper articles, and radio and television broadcasts from regions throughout the world. With an emphasis on communist and developing countries, this digital edition of Joint Publications Research Service (JPRS) Reports, 1957-1995, contains a wealth of hard-to-find social science, scientific, and technical materials translated from many languages; in fact, few libraries or institutions outside of the Central Intelligence Agency and the Library of Congress hold a comprehensive microform edition, especially for the first two decades following the founding of JPRS.

Rodopi European History and Culture Special E-Book Collection, 2007-2014
Rodopi European History and Culture Special E-Book Collection, 2007-2014
Brill

The Rodopi European History and Culture E-Books Online, Collection 2007–2014 is the electronic version of the book publication program of Rodopi in the field of European History and Culture in 2007–2014.

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