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UNINA9910135121003321 |
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Autore |
Hoover Elizabeth |
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Walter Dean Myers / / by Elizabeth Hoover |
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Detroit : , : Lucent Books, , 2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (96 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
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Collana |
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Authors, American - 20th century |
Young adult literature - Authorship |
African American authors |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Introduction: One-man movement -- ch 1. The secret joy of books -- ch 2. A rocky start to a writing career -- ch 3. A writer's life -- ch 4. Pain and possibility on the streets of Harlem -- ch 5. From the real to the realer -- ch 6. An ambassador for reading. |
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Profiles the life and career of the groundbreaking African-American children's and young adults' author, Walter Dean Myers. |
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UNINA9910957097703321 |
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Autore |
Gow Ian |
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Military intervention in pre-war Japanese politics : Admiral Kato Kanji and the 'Washington system' / / Ian Gow |
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London ; ; New York, : RoutledgeCurzon, 2004 |
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1-85075-615-5 |
1-135-79591-6 |
0-203-69164-4 |
1-135-79592-4 |
1-280-05263-5 |
9786610052639 |
0-203-64179-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (377 p.) |
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Admirals - Japan |
Japan History, Naval |
Japan Politics and government 1926-1945 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliography and index. |
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgements; Introduction; The Early Years; 1882 1921: Naval Career, From Student to Naval Academy President; The Road to the Washington Conference; Kat at Washington, 1921 22; From Washington to London: The Years 1922 29; The Road to the 1930 London Naval Conference; Kat Opposes the 'American Compromise'; Kat and the Treaty Ratification Issue; Kat as Supreme Military Councillor, and TreatyRatification; Kat's Final Years; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index |
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This is a study of the impact of inter-war naval arms control policy-making on the domestic politics of Japan, especially the areas of civil-military, inter-military (Army/Navy) and especially intra-military (Navy) relations and on the professional and political career of one leading naval figure, Admiral Kato Kanji (1873-1939). In this re-appraisal of |
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Kato's career, the author challenges the conventional and negative interpretation of both Kato's role in the naval politics and factions within the Imperial Navy, utilizing Kato's involvement in the domestic political debate as a focal device fo |
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