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UNINA9910457415003321 |
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Autore |
Hatton Barry <1963-> |
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Titolo |
The Portuguese [[electronic resource] ] : a modern history / / Barry Hatton |
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Oxford, : Signal Books, 2011 |
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1-283-68947-2 |
1-908493-39-9 |
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Edizione |
[2nd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (289 p.) |
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National characteristics, Portuguese |
Electronic books. |
Portugal History |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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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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Cover; Contents; Front Matter; Title Page; Publisher Information; Preface; Dedication; Introduction: Wrestling with Bulls; Like a Stopped Wheel; The Portuguese; 561 by 218; Spontaneous Generosity; Capital and Countryside; Different Textures; Island Idylls; Leading Medieval Europe out of the Mediterranean; A Well-Armed Baker: Portuguese Origins; Gold Rush; Spend, Spend, Spend; Echoes of Empire; "A Silent Presence"; Deep-Felt Kinship; Dictator's Doctrine; Mixed Blood; In Whom Do We Trust?; Neighbours Apart; The Oldest Ally; A Broken Homeland; Earthquake and Invasion; Left Behind |
A Dictator's Walled GardenGod, Homeland, Family; Foreign Complicity; War Atrocities; The "Caetano Spring"; A Very Portuguese Coup; "A New Portugal: Extremely Fragile"; Giddy Change; The Good Times Roll; The New Portugal; The "Golden Year"; Gentle Anarchists; Driven Mad; Rebels without a Cause; Zé Povinho: Idiosyncrasy Personified; Sweet Sorrow; Sentimental Nature; Tunes from the Docks; Slow-Food Nation; Land of Plenty; Jewish Sausage and Convent Desserts; Wine and Firewater; That Sinking Feeling; Bad Habits; A Negative Miracle; New Horizons; The EU Generation; Breaking the Mould |
New DeparturesEnd Matter; Further Reading; Literature in Translation; Films; Websites; Also Available |
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Portugal is an established member of the European Union, one of the founders of the euro currency and a founder member of NATO. Yet it is an inconspicuous and largely overlooked country on the continent's south-west rim.In the fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Age of Discovery the Portuguese led Europe out of the Mediterranean into the Atlantic and they brought Asia and Europe together. Evidence of their one-time four-continent empire can still be felt, not least in the Portuguese language w... |
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UNINA9910452186203321 |
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Autore |
Russell Charles Edward <1860-1941.> |
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Titolo |
A-Rafting on the Mississip' [[electronic resource]] |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, 2001 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (403 p.) |
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Collana |
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Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage |
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Lumbering |
Lumbering - Mississippi River Valley |
Log driving - Mississippi River |
Steam navigation - Mississippi River |
Earth & Environmental Sciences |
Forestry |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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CONTENTS; CHAPTER I: THE BAD MEN FROM BLACK RIVER; CHAPTER II: HERE COMES THE STEAMBOAT; CHAPTER III: THE PINE-TREE ELDORADO; CHAPTER IV: THE LUMBERJACK; CHAPTER V: CAPTAIN HANKS COMES IN; CHAPTER VI: SO LOG WAS KING; CHAPTER VII: DAYS OF THE GREAT MIGRATION; CHAPTER VIII: THROUGH FIRE, FOG, AND CYCLONE; CHAPTER IX: THE SLUSH COOK FINDS A PICTURE; CHAPTER X: GOOD BUSINESS ON THE LAMARTINE; CHAPTER XI: AFTER TOM DOUGHTY |
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WENT SMASH; CHAPTER XII: RAFTSMAN JIM AT HIS WORST; CHAPTER XIII: OTHER PHASES OF RAFTSMAN JIM; CHAPTER XIV: CAPTAIN PLUCK TAKES CHARGE; CHAPTER XV: THE PILOT AND HIS WAYS |
CHAPTER XVI: WHEN THE JULIA HIT THE BRIDGECHAPTER XVII: THE STEERING-WHEEL GUILD; CHAPTER XVIII: THE MINNIETTA IN A STORM; CHAPTER XIX: MR. HILL, MEET CAPTAIN PLUCK; CHAPTER XX: THE END FROM THE BEGINNING; APPENDICES; INDEX |
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During the nineteenth century, pine logs were lashed together to form easily floatable rafts that traveled from Minnesota and Wisconsin down the Mississippi River to build the farms and towns of the lower Midwest. These huge log rafts were steered down the river by steamboat pilots whose skill and intimate knowledge of the river's many hazards were legendary. Charles Edward Russell, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, chronicles the history and river lore of seventy years of lumber rafting. |
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