1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910460858603321

Autore

Huebener Paul

Titolo

Timing Canada : the shifting politics of time in Canadian literary culture / / Paul Huebener

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal, [Ontario] : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-7735-9772-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (365 p.)

Disciplina

810.9384

Soggetti

Time in literature

Time - Social aspects - Canada

Time - Political aspects - Canada

National characteristics, Canadian, in literature

Canadian literature - 20th century - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: When Is Now? -- 1 Canadian Time: Reading the Politics of Time in Canadian Culture -- 2 Negotiating Subjective Time in a Social World -- 3 Reading Time and Social Relations Critically -- 4 Imagining Indigenous Temporalities -- 5 Disrupting and Remaking Constructions of Time -- Conclusion: Provisional Time.

Sommario/riassunto

"From punch clocks to prison sentences, from immigration waiting periods to controversial time-zone boundaries, from Indigenous grave markers that count time in centuries rather than years, to the fact that free time is shrinking faster for women than for men--time shapes the fabric of Canadian society every day, but in ways that are not always reasonable or consistent. In Timing Canada, Paul Huebener draws from cultural history, time-use surveys, political statements, literature, and visual art to craft a detailed understanding of how time operates as a form of power in Canada. Time enables everything we do--as Margaret Atwood writes, "without it we can't live." However, time also disempowers us, divides us, and escapes our control. Huebener transforms our understanding of temporal power and possibility by



using examples from Canadian and Indigenous authors--including Jeannette Armstrong, Joseph Boyden, Dionne Brand, Timothy Findley, Lucy Maud Montgomery, and Gabrielle Roy, and many others--who witness, question, dismantle, and reconstruct the functioning of time in their works. As the first comprehensive study of the cultural politics of time in Canada, Timing Canada develops foundational principles of critical time studies and everyday temporal literacy, and demonstrates how time functions broadly as a tool of power, privilege, and imagination within a multicultural and multi-temporal nation."--

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910632095903321

Autore

White, Leonard Dupee

Titolo

The republican era : 1869-1901 : a study in administrative history / by L. D. White with the assistance of Jean Schneider

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : The Macmillan Co., 1963

Descrizione fisica

IX, 406 p. ; 22 cm

Disciplina

320.97309034

Locazione

FGBC

Collocazione

I S 128

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



3.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991003695649707536

Autore

Jost, Jürgen

Titolo

Riemannian geometry and geometric analysis / Jürgen Jost

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin : Springer, 2002

ISBN

3540426272

Edizione

[3rd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xiii, 532 p. ; 24 cm

Collana

Universitext

Classificazione

AMS 53B21

Disciplina

516.373

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index



4.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910786905103321

Titolo

Building resilience to climate change in South Caucasus agriculture / / Nicolas Ahouissoussi, James E. Neumann, and Jitendra P. Srivastava, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC : , : The World Bank, , 2014

ISBN

1-4648-0215-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (pages cm)

Collana

Directions in development

Disciplina

630.2/086

Soggetti

Climatic changes - Caucasus, South

Resilience (Ecology) - Caucasus, South

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.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction and reasons for action -- Framework and program design -- Armenia: risks, impacts, and adaptation menu -- Azerbaijan: risks, impacts, and adaptation menu -- Georgia: risks, impacts and adaptation menu -- Climate change impacts and adaptation options in the South Caucausus region -- Adaptation in the South Caucausus: opportunities for a regional approach.

Sommario/riassunto

This book illustrates the World Bank's commitment to assist countries to respond to the opportunities and challenges posed by climate change. Undertaken in collaborative partnership with policy makers, farmers, civil society, and other stakeholders in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, it provides a much needed response to the call for action by quantifying the impact and identifying key priorities for policies, programs, and investments to reduce the vulnerability of agricultural systems to climate change in the South Caucasus. The study responds to the urgent need for climate adaptation, as hi