1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461980103321

Autore

Josyph Peter

Titolo

Liberty Street [[electronic resource] ] : encounters at Ground Zero / / Peter Josyph

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : Excelsior Editions/State University of New York Press, c2012

ISBN

1-4384-4421-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (346 p.)

Collana

Excelsior Editions

Disciplina

974.71044

Soggetti

September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: Hanover : University Press of New England, c2006.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Liberty Street : Encounters At Ground Zero ""; ""Contents""; ""Part I: Behind the Green Door ""; ""Chapter 1: Whatâ€?s Burnin Now  ""; ""Chapter 2: Worse for Them ""; ""Chapter 3: I Have to Work With This ""; ""Chapter 4: Just Donâ€?t Let a Cop See You""; ""Chapter 5: Catsâ€? Claws, Twisted Beams, Big Red Crane ""; ""Chapter 6: Minuteman ""; ""Chapter 7: The Nausea ""; ""Part II: Touching People ""; ""Chapter 8: The Mud People ""; ""Chapter 9: I Lost My Benchmark""; ""Chapter 10: Mister Mark Stays for Breakfast ""; ""Chapter 11: Dark Science ""; ""Chapter 12: Notes on Dust ""

""Part III: Asking Questions """"Chapter 13: David Frank: At Work in the North Tower  ""; ""Chapter 14: William Langewiesche: Artist of the Vanishing World ""; ""Chapter 15: Tex McCrary: First Resident of Battery Park City ""; ""Chapter 16: James Creedon: New York City Paramedic ""; ""Chapter 17: Jason Mazzone: Gerald Baylin Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School ""; ""Acknowledgments ""; ""Notes ""; ""Index ""



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910465093703321

Titolo

The politics of English [[electronic resource] ] : South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Asia Pacific / / edited by Lionel Wee, Robbie B.H. Goh, Lisa Lim

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2013

ISBN

1-299-28378-0

90-272-7213-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (332 p.)

Collana

Studies in world language problems, , 1572-1183 ; ; v. 4

Altri autori (Persone)

WeeLionel <1963->

GohRobbie B. H. <1964->

LimLisa

Disciplina

306.44095

Soggetti

English language - Political aspects - Asia

English language - Variation - Asia

English language - Asia - Usage

English language - Foreign countries

Language and culture - Asia

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. South Asia -- pt. II. Southeast Asia -- pt. III. Asia Pacific.

Sommario/riassunto

English is deeply embedded within recent neoliberal projects of social reformation in South Korea, becoming a central topic of contention in the controversial educational reforms of the Lee Myung-bak regime (2008-2012). It figured prominently in various changes to the Korean education system pursued by the Lee administration under the name of greater competitiveness, such as increasing English immersion instruction in public schools and opening greater number of special purpose high schools where English language skills are highlighted. Lee's policies on the one hand aimed to cater to middle-c