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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456170903321

Autore

Valdés Guadalupe

Titolo

Expanding definitions of giftedness [[electronic resource] ] : the case of young interpreters from immigrant communities / / Guadalupe Valdés

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Mahwah, N.J., : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2003

ISBN

1-282-32227-3

9786612322273

1-4106-0724-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (251 p.)

Collana

The educational psychology series

Disciplina

420/.4261/0973

Soggetti

Bilingualism in children - United States

Translating and interpreting - United States

Gifted children - United States

Hispanic Americans - Languages

Immigrants - United States - Language

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 (p. 205-218) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 In Search of Giftedness: The Case of Latino Immigrant Children; Chapter 2 Bilinguals and Bilingualism; Chapter 3 A Performance Team: Young Interpreters and Their Parents; Chapter 4 The Study of Young Interpreters: Methods, Materials and Analytical Challenges; Chapter 5 The Performance of the Young Interpreters on the Scripted Task; Chapter 6 The Gifts and Talents of Young Interpreters: Implications for Researchers and Practitioners

Chapter 7 Developing the Talents of Latino Immigrant Children: Challenges, Questions, and OpportunitiesList of Tables and Figures; Notes; References; Author Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book is about bilingual young people who have been selected by their families to carry out the hard work of interpreting and translating to mediate communication between themselves and the outside world--between minority and majority communities. It examines the experiences of these young interpreters and the skills they develop in



order to fulfill this role.   The authors' purpose in this volume is to contribute to extending current definitions of gifted and talented, by proposing and offering evidence that the young people who are selected to serve as family interp

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910958222003321

Autore

Payne Stanley G

Titolo

The Spanish Civil War, the Soviet Union, and communism / / Stanley G. Payne

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2004

ISBN

9786611730901

9781281730909

1281730904

9780300130782

0300130783

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1 online resource (xiv, 400 pages))

Disciplina

946.081/3/0947

Soggetti

Communism - Soviet Union

Communism - Spain

Soviet Union Relations Spain

Spain History 1868-1931

Spain History Civil War, 1936-1939

Spain History Republic, 1931-1939

Spain Relations Soviet Union

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 (p. 319-377) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Soviet policy and the Comintern in the early years, 1917-1925 -- Communism and revolution in Spain, 1917-1931 -- Communism and the Second Republic, 1931-1934 -- From revolutionary insurrection to popular front, 1934-1936 -- Communism and the implosion of the republic, February-July 1936 -- Communism and the Spanish Revolution, July-August 1936 -- The Soviet decision to intervene



militarily, July-October 1936 -- Soviet military participation, 1936-1939 -- The policy struggle under the Largo Caballero government, September 1936-May 1937 -- The Negr?in government, 1937-1938 -- Defeat, 1938-1939 -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

In this compelling book Stanley G. Payne offers the first comprehensive narrative of Soviet and Communist intervention in the revolution and civil war in Spain. He documents in unprecedented detail Soviet strategies, Comintern activities, and the role of the Communist party in Spain from the early 1930's to the end of the civil war in 1939.Drawing on a very broad range of Soviet and Spanish primary sources, including many only recently available, Payne changes our understanding of Soviet and Communist intentions in Spain, of Stalin's decision to intervene in the Spanish war, of the widely accepted characterization of the conflict as the struggle of fascism against democracy, and of the claim that Spain's war constituted the opening round of World War II. The author arrives at a new view of the Spanish Civil War and concludes not only that the Democratic Republic had many undemocratic components but also that the position of the Communist party was by no means counterrevolutionary.