1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910464155503321

Autore

Erisman Fred <1937->

Titolo

From birdwomen to skygirls [[electronic resource] ] : American girls' aviation stories / / by Fred Erisman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Fort Worth, Tex., : TCU Press, c2009

ISBN

1-283-97204-2

0-87565-480-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Disciplina

813/.509356

Soggetti

Aeronautics in literature

American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism

Children's stories, American - History and criticism

Young adult fiction, American - History and criticism

Children's literature in series - History and criticism

Women air pilots in literature

Flight attendants in literature

Women in aeronautics - United States - History

Sex role - United States - History - 20th century

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. 229-248) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Formula stories and young readers: 1910-1930 -- Birdwomen take to the air: 1905-1915 -- The Earhart era: 1925-1940 -- Amelia's daughters face reality: 1930-1940  -- The stewardess enters the scene: 1930-1945 -- World War II, working women, and aviation: 1940-1960.

Sommario/riassunto

Close on the heels of the American public's early enthusiasm over the airplane came aviation stories for the young. From 1910 until the early 1960's, they exalted flight and painted the airplane as the most modern and adventuresome of machines. Most of the books were directed at boys; however, a substantial number sought a girls' audience. Erisman's account of several aviation series and other aviation books for girls fills a gap in the history and criticism of American popular culture. It examines the stories of girls who took to the sky, of the sources where



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2.

Record Nr.

UNIORUON00382691

Autore

ROTH, Henry

Titolo

An American type : a novel / Henry Roth ; edited by Willing Davidson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; London, : W. W. Norton & Company, 2010

ISBN

978-03-930777-5-9

Descrizione fisica

283 p., [1] p. di tav., fot. ; 23 cm.

Disciplina

813.52

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910830952003321

Titolo

The modeling process in geography [[electronic resource] ] : from determinism to complexity / / edited by Yves Guermond

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, NJ, : John Wiley & Sons, 2008

ISBN

1-282-25385-9

9786613814500

0-470-61172-3

0-470-60804-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (378 p.)

Collana

ISTE ; ; v.127

Altri autori (Persone)

GuermondYves

Disciplina

307.1/2

910.285

Soggetti

Regional planning - Mathematical models

Human geography - Mathematical models

Geographic information systems

Spatial analysis (Statistics)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa



Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published in France in 2005 by Hermes Science/Lavoisier entitled: 'Modélisations en géographie : determinismes et complexites'."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The Modeling Process in Geography: From Determinism to Complexity; Table of Contents; Foreword. The Taste for Measuring and Modeling; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1. The Place of Both the Model and Modeling in HSS; 1.1. Models and modeling: definitions; 1.2. The mathematical concept of a model; 1.2.1. The semantic conception; 1.2.2. The empirical concept; 1.2.3. Links between the mathematical model and its object; 1.3. Is there a specificity of HSS?; 1.4. Modeling: explain to understand?; 1.5. Bibliography; Chapter 2. From Classic Models to Incremental Models

2.1. The geographic "object"2.2. Lessons from the "classic models"; 2.3. Introduction to dynamics and auto-organization; 2.4. From auto-organization to complexity; 2.5. Spatial agents; 2.6. Incremental modeling; 2.7. Bibliography; Chapter 3. The Formalization of Knowledge in a Reality Simplifying System; 3.1. Formalizing a complex cultural system using a series of perspectives; 3.1.1. An initial perspective on culture and the city: the French example; 3.1.2. A simplification of the cultural system in place in France that is transposable to other countries; 3.1.3. Culture: possible measures

3.1.4. Culture in a centralized state: a French diagnostic turned towards the elaboration of a transposable investigation protocol3.1.5. The necessary re-formulation of knowledge to overcome the successive and qualitative steps of advancement; 3.2. Differentiation of the system of cities by culture: contribution of the spatial analysis for testing the "global cultural model"; 3.2.1. A methodological investigation to define the cultural potential of British and French cities and their competitive capacity

3.2.2. A comparative intra-urban study of two cities: similar disparities at the heart of the urban areas of Rouen and Brighton3.3. Alternative formalizations; 3.3.1. Measuring urban cultural potential; 3.3.2. A way to better define the global operation of the cultural system; 3.4. Conclusion; 3.5. Bibliography; Chapter 4. Modeling and Territorial Forecasting: Issues at Stake in the Modeling of Réunion's Spatial System; 4.1. Introduction; 4.2. A few major theoretical breakthroughs for modeling spatial complexity; 4.3. Modeling and territorial forecasting of the socio-spatial system of Réunion

4.3.1. Spatial complexity and social urgency in Réunion or future deviations4.3.2. The trend scenarios or the probable future; 4.3.3. Catastrophic scenarios/unacceptable futures; 4.3.4. Reformist scenarios/desirable futures; 4.4. Modeling of Réunion's socio-spatial system; 4.4.1. Graphic modeling of Réunion's complexity; 4.5. Towards a modeling of the dynamics of Réunion's system; 4.6. Conclusion; 4.7. Bibliography; Chapter 5. One Model May Conceal Another: Models of Health Geographies; 5.1. Modeling in order to surpass descriptions?; 5.2. Mode of the models and models in vogue

5.2.1. Modeling of healthcare provision

Sommario/riassunto

This title focuses on the evolution of the modeling process and on new research perspectives in theoretical and applied geography, as well as spatial planning. In the last 50 years, the achievements of spatial analysis models opened the way to a new understanding of the relationship between society and geographical space. In this book, these models are confronted by the real conditions of territorial prospect, regional dynamism, cultural policy, HMO, and spatial segregation. This confrontation takes into account the instability of



social behavior and the permanence of partial determinist traje