1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457961803321

Autore

Pineo Ronn F. <1954->

Titolo

Ecuador and the United States [[electronic resource] ] : useful strangers / / Ronn Pineo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athens, : University of Georgia Press, c2007

ISBN

1-282-64287-1

9786612642876

0-8203-3726-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (277 p.)

Collana

The United States and the Americas

Disciplina

327.730866

Soggetti

Balance of power - History

National characteristics, American

National characteristics, Ecuadorian

Electronic books.

United States Foreign relations Ecuador

Ecuador Foreign relations United States

United States Relations Ecuador

Ecuador Relations United States

Ecuador Civilization

Ecuador History

Ecuador Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographical essay (p. 245-253).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

From colonies to young republics : independence to the 1850s -- Establishing an unsettling relationship : the 1850s to the 1890s -- The railroad age : the 1890s to the 1920s -- Economic collapse and war : the 1920s to the 1940s -- The Cold War in Ecuador : the 1940s to the 1960s -- Tuna, oil, and trouble : the 1960s to the 1980s -- Democratization and neoliberalism : the 1980s to the present.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910778549103321

Autore

Sternlicht Sanford <1931->

Titolo

Masterpieces of modern British and Irish drama [[electronic resource] /] / Sanford Sternlicht

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn., : Greenwood Press, 2005

ISBN

1-282-40777-5

9786612407772

0-313-03899-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (122 p.)

Collana

Greenwood introduces literary masterpieces, , 1545-6285

Disciplina

822/.91099417

Soggetti

English drama - 20th century - History and criticism

English drama - Irish authors - History and criticism

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

The playboy of the western world / by John Millington Synge (1907) -- Saint Joan / by George Bernard Shaw (1923) -- Juno and the paycock / by Sean O'Casey (1924) -- Private lives / by Noel Coward (1930) -- Waiting for Godot / by Samuel Beckett (1953) -- Look back in anger / by John Osborne (1956) -- The birthday party / by Harold Pinter (1958) -- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead / by Tom Stoppard (1966) -- Translations / by Brian Friel (1980) -- Top girls / by Caryl Churchill (1982).

Sommario/riassunto

Modern British and Irish dramatic works are among the plays most widely read by students. This volume conveniently introduces 10 major plays by British and Irish dramatists. Each chapter is devoted to a particular play and includes a brief biography, a plot synopsis, a discussion of major themes and characters, an overview of the play's historical background, an analysis of the work's dramatic style, an overview of the play's critical reception, and a list of works for further reading.||Modern British and Irish dramatic works are widely enjoyed by general readers and high school students. But