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UNINA9910454637503321 |
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Titolo |
Postcolonial enlightenment [[electronic resource] ] : eighteenth-century colonialisms and postcolonial theory / / edited by Daniel Carey, Lynn Festa |
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Oxford, : Oxford University Press, c2009 |
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1-281-99869-9 |
9786611998691 |
0-19-155186-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (393 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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CareyDaniel, Dr. |
FestaLynn M (Lynn Mary) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Postcolonialism |
Enlightenment |
Imperialism in literature |
Colonies in literature |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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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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Contents; Notes on Contributors; List of Illustrations; Introduction: Some Answers to the Question: 'What is Postcolonial Enlightenment?'; Part One: Subjects and Sovereignty; Part Two: Enlightenment Categories and Postcolonial Classifications; Part Three: Nation, Colony, and Enlightenment Universality; Coda: How to Write Postcolonial Histories of Empire?; Bibliography; Index |
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Leading scholars bring together eighteenth-century studies and postcolonial theory to analyze the role and reputation of Enlightenment in the context of early European colonial ambitions and postcolonial interrogations of Western imperial projects and aspirations. - ;Over the last thirty years, postcolonial critiques of European imperial practices have transformed our understanding of colonial ideology, resistance, and cultural contact. The Enlightenment has played a complex but often unacknowledged role in this discussion, alternately reviled and venerated as the harbinger of colonial dominio |
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UNINA9910451379403321 |
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Autore |
Morton Ron |
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Talking rocks [[electronic resource] ] : geology and 10,000 years of Native American tradition in the Lake Superior Region / / Ron Morton and Carl Gawboy ; illustrations by Carl Gawboy |
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Minneapolis, Minn. ; ; London, : University of Minnesota Press, c2003 |
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[First University of Minnesota Press ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (224 p.) |
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Indians of North America - Great Lakes Region (North America) |
Indians of North America - Canadian Shield |
Indians of North America - Ohio River Valley |
Indians of North America - Great Plains |
Natural history - Great Lakes Region (North America) |
Natural history - Canadian Shield |
Natural history - Ohio River Valley |
Natural history - Great Plains |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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1. The meeting -- 2. End of an ice age -- 3. People of the Pays d'en Haut -- 4. Earth roots -- 5. The Wolf's Head -- 6. A long winter night -- 7. Makers of the magic smoke -- 8. The talking sky -- 9. The never-ending circle. |
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An earth scientist and a Native American elder explore the natural history of the Lake Superior region, examining both the science and the spirit of the land. |
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UNINA9910700818203321 |
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Maglieri Domenic J |
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Measured sonic boom signatures above and below the XB-70 airplane flying at Mach 1.5 and 37,000 feet [[electronic resource] /] / Domenic J. Maglieri and Herbert R. Henderson, Ana F. Tinetti |
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Hampton, Va. : , : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Langley Research Center, , [2011] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (65 pages) : illustrations |
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Collana |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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HendersonHerbert R |
TinettiAna Fiorella <1962-> |
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F-104 aircraft |
Flow distribution |
Sonic booms |
Supersonic speed |
B-70 aircraft |
Shock waves |
Wind tunnel tests |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from title screen (viewed on Oct. 24, 2011). |
"April 2011." |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 26-28). |
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