1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990001768190403321

Autore

Salis, Edina

Titolo

La ruggine del geranio in Sardegna / Edina Salis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sassari : Istituto di Patologia Vegetale dell'Università di Sassari, 1967

Descrizione fisica

11 p. ; 24 cm

Disciplina

581.2

Locazione

FAGBC

Collocazione

60 OP. 76/17

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910779562903321

Autore

Cartledge Paul

Titolo

After Thermopylae [[electronic resource] ] : the oath of Plataea and the end of the Graeco-Persian Wars / / Paul Cartledge

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2013

ISBN

0-19-991155-X

1-299-46702-4

0-19-990846-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (234 p.)

Collana

Emblems of antiquity

Disciplina

938/.03

Soggetti

Plataea, Battle of, Plataiai, Greece, 479 B.C

Greece History Persian Wars, 500-449 B.C Campaigns

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Maps and Illustrations; Preface and Acknowledgments; Maps; Time line; Chapter One: INTRODUCTION:



ARMS AND THE MEN; Chapter Two: THE OATH OF PLATAEA: TEXTS AND CONTEXTS; Chapter Three: THE PLATAEA OATH AS A DOCUMENT OF ANCIENT GREEK RELIGION; Chapter Four: THE PERSIAN WARS: MAKING HISTORY ON OATH WITH HERODOTUS; Chapter Five: THE FACE OF THE BATTLE OF PLATAEA; Chapter Six: THE GREEKS INVENT THE PERSIAN WARS: THE MYTHOLOGY AND COMMEMORATION OF PLATAEA; Chapter Seven: CONCLUSION: THE LEGACY OF PLATAEA; Further Reading; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K

LM; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; X; Z

Sommario/riassunto

The Battle of Plataea in 479 BCE is one of world history's unjustly neglected events. It decisively ended the threat of a Persian conquest of Greece. It involved tens of thousands of combatants, including the largest number of Greeks ever brought together in a common cause. For the Spartans, the driving force behind the Greek victory, the battle was sweet vengeance for their defeat at Thermopylae the year before. Why has this pivotal battle been so overlooked? In After Thermopylae, Paul Cartledge masterfully reopens one of the great puzzles of ancient Greece to discover, as much as possible, w

3.

Record Nr.

UNISA996571861003316

Autore

Lieblich Amia <1939->

Titolo

Seasons of captivity : the inner world of POWs / / Amia Lieblich

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : New York University Press, , [1994]

©1994

ISBN

1-4798-9862-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Disciplina

355.12960962

Soggetti

Israel-Arab Border Conflicts, 1949- - Egypt

Israel-Arab Border Conflicts, 1949- - Prisoners and prisons, Egyptian

Israel-Arab Border Conflicts, 1949- - Psychological aspects

Prisoners of war - Israel - Psychology

Prisoners of war - Egypt - Psychology

Prisoners' spouses - Israel - Psychology

Oral history

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa



Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Translation of: Ḥuts mi-tsiporim.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""CONTENTS""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""1 CAPTURE""; ""2 INTERROGATIONS""; ""3 ISOLATION""; ""4 GETTING TOGETHER""; ""5 ORGANIZATION""; ""6 SOCIAL LIFE""; ""7 THE INNER WORLD""; ""8 TESTIMONY""; ""9 THE RETURN""; ""10 BACK TO LIFE""; ""11 PERSONAL CONCLUSIONS""; ""12 FROM THE WOMEN'S PERSPECTIVE: CAPTURE""; ""13 FROM THE WOMEN'S PERSPECTIVE: LIVING ALONE""; ""14 FROM THE WOMEN'S PERSPECTIVE: THE RETURN""; ""15 SURVIVAL AND COPING: ON NARRATIVE, TIME, AND CONTEXT""; ""REFERENCES""

Sommario/riassunto

Publishers Weekly   ""Lieblich has skillfully integrated oral histories to produce a compelling story.""Library Journal   ""The minutes of the meetings recorded hereby are an excerpt of the lives of ten men, who had spent all their days and nights together.  Each one observed the other in his grief and joy.Each one, according to his ability and sensitivity, saw it as his duty to contribute to the general welfare, to save our boat from sinking....In fact, we managed to keep afloat most of the time, and if we erred here or there, at least we had the best intentions."" From a secret collective di