1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910463285203321

Autore

Atangana Martin-René

Titolo

The end of French rule in Cameroon [[electronic resource] /] / Martin Atangana

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : University Press of America, c2010

ISBN

1-283-61439-1

0-7618-5279-4

9786613926845

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (160 p.)

Disciplina

967.1103

Soggetti

Decolonization - Cameroon - History

Electronic books.

Cameroon History

Cameroon Politics and government To 1960

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. [133]-139) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- 1. Political and economic development in Cameroon in the post war era, 1946-1956 -- 2. The implementation of the Loi cadre, 1957 -- 3. The recognition of Cameroon's option for independence, 1958 -- 4. The transition and transfer of power, 1959-1960 -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This study explores the decolonization movement in Cameroon. It analyzes the reforms introduced by France in Cameroon after World War II, the circumstances surrounding the unsuccessful attempt of the UPC to seize independence by force, and the subsequent eradication of this party by an alliance of Franco-Cameroonian forces.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910134366003321

Titolo

Ecological monographs

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

Tempe, Ariz., etc. : , : Ecological Society of America, etc.

Washington, D.C. : , : Ecological Society of America

Hoboken, N.J. : , : Wiley Subscription Services, Inc.

ISSN

1557-7015

Disciplina

574.5/05

Soggetti

Ecology

Ekologia

Écologie

Periodical

Czasopismo ekologiczne

Periodicals.

Ressource Internet (Descripteur de forme)

Périodique électronique (Descripteur de forme)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Imprint varies.

Refereed/Peer-reviewed

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910973534403321

Autore

Melville Peter <1973->

Titolo

Romantic hospitality and the resistance to accommodation / / Peter Melville

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waterloo, Ont., : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c2007

ISBN

9786610908035

9781280908033

1280908033

9781554581146

1554581141

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 pages)

Disciplina

820.935309034

Soggetti

Hospitality in literature

Strangers in literature

Noncitizens in literature

Romanticism

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. 183-196) and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 UNSETTLING ROUSSEAU: Hospitality in Emile and Discourse on Inequality; 2 THE RIGHTS OF THE STRANGER: Kant's "Bond of Hospitality"; 3 COLERIDGE AND THE POETICS OF HOSPITABLE FAILURE; 4 HOSPITALITY WITHOUT END: "Visitation" and Obligation in Mary Shelley's: The Last Man; CONCLUSION: ROMANTIC HOSPITALITY TO COME; WORKS CITED; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

What does hospitality have to do with Romanticism? What are the conditions of a Romantic welcome? Romantic Hospitality and the Resistance to Accommodation traces the curious passage of strangers through representative texts of English Romanticism, while also considering some European philosophical ""pre-texts"" of this tradition. From Rousseau's invocation of the cot-less Carib to Coleridge's reception of his Porlockian caller, Romanticisms encounters with the ""strange"" remind us that the hospitable relation between subject and Other is invariably fraught with problems.    Dra