1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910154329203321

Autore

Castronovo Russ

Titolo

Propaganda 1776 : secrets, leaks, and revolutionary communications in early America

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014

ISBN

0-19-935492-8

0-19-935493-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)

Collana

Oxford studies in American literary history  Propaganda 1776

Disciplina

973.3/88

Soggetti

Propaganda - History - 18th century - United States

War and literature - History - 18th century - United States

Regions & Countries - Americas

History & Archaeology

United States - General

United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Propaganda

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: printscapes and propaganda -- State secrets: Ben Franklin and Wikileaks -- Memes, plagiarism, and revolutionary drama -- From East India to the Boston Tea Party: propaganda at the extremes -- Epistolary propaganda: counterfeits, stolen letters, and transatlantic revolutions -- Aftermath: the poetry of the post-revolution.

Sommario/riassunto

Russ Castronovo looks at famous patriots like George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Paine; the playwright Mary Otis Warren; and the poet Philip Freneau; providing various anecdotes that demonstrate the ways propaganda was - contrary to our instinctual understanding - fundamental to democracy rather than antithetical to it.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910299601303321

Titolo

Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Electrical and Information Technologies for Rail Transportation (EITRT) 2017 : Electrical Traction / / edited by Limin Jia, Yong Qin, Jianguo Suo, Jianghua Feng, Lijun Diao, Min An

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018

ISBN

981-10-7986-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1,020 pages)

Collana

Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, , 1876-1119 ; ; 482

Disciplina

388.42

Soggetti

Transportation engineering

Traffic engineering

Telecommunication

Control engineering

Robotics

Automation

Transportation Technology and Traffic Engineering

Communications Engineering, Networks

Control, Robotics, Automation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Simulation Model of Direct Power Supply System with Return Wire in Tunnel Section -- Key-point Feature Detection Method for Surrounding-Field-of-View Image Applications -- Synergetic Control Design of EMU Parallel Motor -- Performance Test and Evaluation Technology Research of Photovoltaic Power and Energy Storage Generation System.

Sommario/riassunto

The proceedings collect the latest research trends, methods and experimental results in the field of electrical and information technologies for rail transportation. The topics cover novel traction drive technologies of rail transportation, safety technology of rail transportation system, rail transportation information technology, rail transportation operational management technology, rail transportation



cutting-edge theory and technology etc. The proceedings can be a valuable reference work for researchers and graduate students working in rail transportation, electrical engineering and information technologies.