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UNINA9910455015703321 |
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Autore |
Streeby Shelley <1963-> |
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American sensations : class, empire, and the production of popular culture / / Shelley Streeby |
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 |
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1-282-76250-8 |
9786612762505 |
0-520-93587-X |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (402 p.) |
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Collana |
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American crossroads ; ; 9 |
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American fiction - 19th century - History and criticism |
Popular literature - United States - History and criticism |
Literature and society - United States - History - 19th century |
Social classes in literature |
Sensationalism in literature |
Ethnic groups in literature |
Imperialism in literature |
Nativism in literature |
Race in literature |
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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 bibliographical references (p. 343-377) and index. |
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Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- 1. Introduction: City and Empire in the American 1848 -- 2. George Lippard's 1848: Empire, Amnesia, and the U.S.-Mexican War -- 3. The Story-Paper Empire -- 4. Foreign Bodies and International Race Romance -- 5. From Imperial Adventure to Bowery B'hoys and Buffalo Bill: Ned Buntline, Nativism, and Class -- 6. The Contradictions of Anti-Imperialism -- 7. The Hacienda, the Factory, and the Plantation -- 8. The Dime Novel, the Civil War, and Empire -- 9. Joaquín Murrieta and Popular Culture -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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This innovative cultural history investigates an intriguing, thrilling, and often lurid assortment of sensational literature that was extremely popular in the United States in 1848--including dime novels, cheap |
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story paper literature, and journalism for working-class Americans. Shelley Streeby uncovers themes and images in this "literature of sensation" that reveal the profound influence that the U.S.-Mexican War and other nineteenth-century imperial ventures throughout the Americas had on U.S. politics and culture. Streeby's analysis of this fascinating body of popular literature and mass culture broadens into a sweeping demonstration of the importance of the concept of empire for understanding U.S. history and literature. This accessible, interdisciplinary book brilliantly analyzes the sensational literature of George Lippard, A.J.H Duganne, Ned Buntline, Metta Victor, Mary Denison, John Rollin Ridge, Louisa May Alcott, and many other writers. Streeby also discusses antiwar articles in the labor and land reform press; ideas about Mexico, Cuba, and Nicaragua in popular culture; and much more. Although the Civil War has traditionally been a major period marker in U.S. history and literature, Streeby proposes a major paradigm shift by using mass culture to show that the U.S.-Mexican War and other conflicts with Mexicans and Native Americans in the borderlands were fundamental in forming the complex nexus of race, gender, and class in the United States. |
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UNINA9910299443203321 |
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Autore |
Holtmeier Friedrich-Karl |
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Animals' Influence on the Landscape and Ecological Importance : Natives, Newcomers, Homecomers / / by Friedrich-Karl Holtmeier |
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Dordrecht : , : Springer Netherlands : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 |
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[1st ed. 2015.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (547 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Ecology |
Physical geography |
Climatic changes |
Popular works |
Earth sciences |
Life sciences |
Environment, general |
Physical Geography |
Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts |
Popular Science, general |
Earth Sciences, general |
Life Sciences, general |
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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 bibliographical references and index. |
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1 Introduction -- 2 Animals’ Functional Role in the Landscape -- 3. Selected Landscapes under the Influence of Wild Herbivorous Mammals -- 4 Keystone Species -- 5 Introductions and Re-Introductions of Animals -- 6 Animals in Landscape Management and Nature Conservation -- 7 Potential Effects of Climate Change on Animal-Habitat Interactions -- 8 Epilogue -- 9 References -- 10 Index. |
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In its first English-language edition, this book introduces the many- |
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faceted interactions of animal populations with their habitats. From soil fauna, ants and termites to small and large herbivores, burrowing mammals and birds, the author presents a comprehensive analysis of animals and ecosystems that is as broad and varied as all nature. Chapter 2 addresses the functional role of animals in landscape ecosystems, emphasizing fluxes of energy and matter within and between ecosystems, and the effects of animals on qualitative and structural habitat change. Discussion includes chapters on the role of animal population density and the impacts of native herbivores on vegetation and habitats from the tropics to the polar regions. Cyclic mass outbreaks of species such as the larch bud moth in Switzerland, the mountain pine beetle and the African red-billed weaver bird are described and analyzed. Other chapters discuss Zoochory – the dispersal of seeds by ants, mammals and birds – and the influence of burrowing animals on soil development and geomorphology. Consideration extends to the impact of feral domestic animals. Chapter 5 focuses on problems resulting from introduction of alien animals and from re-introduction of animal species to their original habitats, discusses the effects on ecosystems of burrowing, digging and trampling by animals. The author also addresses keystone species such as kangaroo rats, termites and beavers. Chapter 6 addresses the role of animals in landscape management and nature conservation, with chapters on the impact of newcomer species such as animals introduced into Australia, New Zealand and Europe, and the consequences of reintroduction of species to original habitat. It also discusses the carrying capacity of natural habit, public attitudes toward conversation and more. The final section ponders the effects of climate on interactions between animals and their habitats. |
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