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UNINA9910467038903321 |
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Scharnhorst Gary |
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The life of Mark Twain : the early years, 1835-1871 / / Gary Scharnhorst |
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Columbia, Missouri : , : University of Missouri Press, , 2018 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (719 pages) : illustrations |
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Collana |
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Mark Twain and his circle |
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Humorists, American - 19th century |
Authors, American - 19th century |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Ancestry -- The villages -- Hannibal -- Journeyman printer -- The river -- The war -- The mines -- Virginia City -- From Virginia City to San Francisco -- San Francisco -- Sandwich Islands -- San Francisco redux -- New York -- The voyage -- Washington, D.C. -- The West revisited -- Hartford, Elmira, and Buffalo -- Buffalo exitus. |
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This book begins the first multi-volume biography of Samuel Clemens to appear in over a century. In the succeeding years, Clemens biographers have either tailored their narratives to fit the parameters of a single volume or focused on a particular period or aspect of Clemens's life, because the whole of that epic life cannot be compressed into a single volume. In The Life of Mark Twain, Gary Scharnhorst has chosen to write a complete biography plotted from beginning to end, from a single point of view, on an expansive canvas. With dozens of Mark Twain biographies available, what is left unsaid? On average, a hundred Clemens letters and a couple of Clemens interviews surface every year. Scharnhorst has located documents relevant to Clemens's life in Missouri, along the Mississippi River, and in the West, including some which have been presumed lost. Over three volumes, Scharnhorst elucidates the life of arguably the greatest American writer and reveals the alchemy of his gifted imagination. |
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UNINA9910255052503321 |
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Autore |
Miao Lu |
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Titolo |
International Migration of China : Status, Policy and Social Responses to the Globalization of Migration / / by Lu Miao, Huiyao Wang |
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Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 |
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[1st ed. 2017.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (156 pages) : illustrations, tables |
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Disciplina |
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Development economics |
Labor economics |
Emigration and immigration |
Development Economics |
Labor Economics |
Human Migration |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters. |
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Chapter 1 Transnational Migration in the Era of Globalization -- Chapter 2 Theoretical Background -- Chapter 3 The Exodus of Chinese Middle- and Upper-Classes -- Chapter 4 Immigration of Chinese skilled Worker: China Bleeds Talent? -- Chapter 5 Immigration and Education: Brain Drain and Brain Circulation -- Chapter 6 The Status Quo and Characteristics of Overseas Chinese professionals -- Chapter 7 China: An Emerging Destination for Economic Migration -- Chapter 8 The Challenge Issues of Converting Brain Drain into Gain -- Chapter 9 Suggestions on Establishing the Internationally Competitive Talent Immigration System. |
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This book provides a systemic and detailed monographic study of Chinese outbound migration. It not only breaks down the basic trends of this migration with respect to destinations and the like, but also analyzes its unique features, which include the largely middle- and upper-class makeup of emigrants and their investment activities overseas, particularly when it comes to buying property. The Chinese are the largest foreign buyers of real estate in the US, Canada and Australia. By explaining this and other special aspects of Chinese |
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emigration and their impact on China and receiving countries, this book provides a fresh and interesting look at this important phenomenon. . |
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