1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910281658003321

Autore

Visceglia, Maria Antonietta

Titolo

Morte e elezione del papa : norme, riti e conflitti

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Roma : Viella, 2013

ISBN

978-88-6728-045-2

Descrizione fisica

v. : ill. ; 24 cm

Collana

La corte dei papi ; 23

Disciplina

262.130903

Locazione

FSPBC

FLFBC

Collocazione

XIV L 88 (23)

262.130903

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1.: L'Età moderna /  Maria Antonietta Visceglia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910452478403321

Autore

Aung-Thwin Michael

Titolo

A history of Myanmar since ancient times [[electronic resource] ] : traditions and transformations / / Michael Aung-Thwin and Maitrii Aung-Thwin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Reaktion Books, 2012

ISBN

1-86189-939-4

1-299-19090-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (328 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

Aung-ThwinMaitrii

Disciplina

959.1

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Burma History

Burma Politics and government

Burma Social conditions

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

A History of Myanmar Since Ancient Times; Imprint page; Contents; Timeline; Preface; Prologue: A Synthesis of Old and New; Introduction: A Different Perspective; 1. The Setting; 2. Prehistory; 3. The Urban Period; 4. Pagan: The Golden Age of Myanmar; 5. Ava and Pegu: A Tale of Two Kingdoms; 6. The 'Early Modern' Experiment; 7. Return to the 'Heartland'; 8. The Last Myanmar Dynasty; 9. Disintegration of the Burmese Kingdom, 1824-1886; 10. Reintegration and British Burma, 1886-1942; 11. Fragmentation and the Union of Myanmar, 1942-1962; 12. Reconstruction and Nation-Building, 1962-2011

ConclusionReferences; Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Photo Acknowledgements; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In A History of Myanmar since Ancient Times, Michael Aung-Thwin and Maitrii Aung-Thwin take us from the sacred stupas of the plains of Pagan to grand, colonial-era British mansions, revealing the storied past and rich culture of this country. The book traces the traditions and transformations of Myanmar's communities over nearly three millennia, from the relics of its Neolithic civilization to the splendors of its pre-colonial kingdoms, its encounters with British colonialism and the



struggles for the republic that followed the end of World War II. <DIV

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455558703321

Autore

Twain Mark <1835-1910.>

Titolo

Mark Twain's Which was the dream? [[electronic resource] ] : and other symbolic writings of the later years / / edited with an introduction by John S. Tuckey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, 1968, c1966

ISBN

1-282-38296-9

9786612382963

0-520-90505-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (601 p.)

Collana

The Mark Twain papers

Altri autori (Persone)

TuckeyJohn Sutton <1921->

Disciplina

817.4

Soggetti

Electronic books

LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General

Electronic books.

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.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Which Was the Dream? -- The Enchanted Sea-Wilderness -- An Adventure in Remote Seas -- The Great Dark -- Indiantown -- Which Was It? -- Three Thousand Years Among the Microbes -- The Passenger's Story -- The Mad Passenger -- Dying Deposition -- Trial of the Squire

Sommario/riassunto

All of these selections in this volume were comosed between 1896 and 1905. Mark Twain wrote them after the disasters of the early and middle nineties that had included the decline into bankruptcy of his publishing business, the failure of the typsetting machine in which he invested heavily, and the death of his daughter Susy. Their principal fable is that of a man who has been long favored by luck while pursuing a dream of success that has seemed about to turn into reality. Sudden reverses occur and he experiences a nightmarish time of failure. He clutches at what may be a saving thought: perhaps he is



indeed living in a nightmare from which he will awaken to his former felicity. But there is also the possibility that what seems a dream of disaster may be the actuality of his life. The question is the one asked by the titles that he gave to two of his manuscripts: "Which Was the Dream?" and "Which Was It?" He posed a similar question in 1893: "I dreamed I was born, and grew up, and was a pilot on the Mississippi, and a miner and journalist...and had a wife and children...and this dream goes on and on and on, and sometimes seems so real that I almost believe it is real. I wonder if it is?" Behind this naïve query was his strong interest in conscious and unconscious levels of mental experience, which were then being explored by the new psychology.