1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910375682903321

Titolo

Proceedings of the 22nd International Academic Mindtrek Conference / / Academic Mindtrek 2018

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York NY : , : ACM, , 2018

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (282 pages)

Disciplina

004.0

Soggetti

Human-computer interaction

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

It is our great pleasure to welcome you to the 22nd International Academic Mindtrek Conference and the Mindtrek Conference 10th to 11th October 2018. The COSS Association hosts Mindtrek as an annual conference, where Academic Mindtrek has been a part of a unique set of events comprising competitions, world famous keynote speakers, plenary sessions, media festivals, and workshops since 1997.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910779769403321

Titolo

Sons of the father [[electronic resource] ] : George Washington and his proteges / / edited by Robert M.S. McDonald

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, c2013

ISBN

0-8139-3439-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (316 p.)

Collana

Jeffersonian America

Altri autori (Persone)

McDonaldRobert M. S. <1970->

Disciplina

973.3092/2

Soggetti

Founding Fathers of the United States

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 / Theodore J. Crackel -- George Washington's mentors / Fred Anderson -- "The spirit and ardor of a veteran soldier" : George Washington, Daniel Morgan, and the ideal of service / L. Scott Philyaw -- Most loyal but forgotten son : Anthony Wayne's relationship with George Washington / Mary Stockwell -- "General Washington did not harbor one principle of federalism" : Thomas Jefferson remembers George Washington / Brian Steele -- George Washington and James Monroe : military compatriots, political adversaries, and nationalist visionaries / William M. Ferraro -- Guns of the revolution : Henry Knox, George Washington, and the war of American independence / Mark Thompson -- "My favorite officer" : George Washington's apprentice, Nathanael Greene / John W. Hall -- Gouverneur Morris and George Washington : prodigal son and patient father / Mary-Jo Kline -- The great collaboration : the increasingly close relationship between George Washington and Alexander Hamilton / Peter R. Henriques -- George Washington and Lafayette : father and son of the revolution / Stuart Leibiger -- Son of the army : Captain Robert Kirkwood of the Delaware Regiment / Thomas Rider -- Afterword : unanticipated challenges and unexpected talents : leadership and the colonial matrix / Jack P. Greene.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910777986803321

Autore

Zantop Susanne <1945-2001.>

Titolo

Colonial fantasies : conquest, family, and nation in precolonial Germany, 1770-1870 / / Susanne Zantop

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Durham, N.C. : , : Duke University Press, , 1997

ISBN

1-282-90441-8

9786612904417

0-8223-8211-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 292 pages)

Collana

Post-contemporary interventions

Disciplina

830.9/358

830.9358

Soggetti

German literature - 19th century - History and criticism

Nationalism - Germany - History

German literature - 18th century - History and criticism

National characteristics, German, in literature

Imperialism - History - 19th century

Military history in literature

Nationalism in literature

Colonies in literature

Family in literature

Germany Foreign relations 1789-1900

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 (p. [211]-285) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Armchair Conquistadors; or, The Quest for "New Germany": Tiranos animales o alemanes: Germans and the "Conquest" A Conquest of the Intellect -- Colonizing Theory: Gender, Race, and the Search for a National Identity: Gendering the "Conquest" Racializing the Colony. Patagons and Germans -- Colonial Families; or, Displacing the Colonizers: Fathers and Sons: Donnerstag and Freitag, Campe and Krusoe. Husbands and Wives: Colonialism Domesticated. Betrothal and Divorce; or, Revolution in the House -- Virgin Islands, Teuton Conquerors: The German Columbus. The Second Discovery. Colonial Fantasies Revisited. Epilogue: Vitzliputzli's Revenge.



Sommario/riassunto

Traces German desires to discover, conquer and dominate 'new worlds' -- real and imagined-- expressed in stories and literature during the century preceding any actual German colonization.