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UNINA9910465573803321 |
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Winkler Allan M. <1945-> |
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Home front U.S.A. : America during World War II / / Allan M. Winkler |
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Wheeling, Illinois : , : Harlan Davidson, Inc., , 2012 |
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©2012 |
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[Third edition.] |
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1 online resource (158 p.) |
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World War, 1939-1945 - United States |
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United States History 1933-1945 |
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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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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Home Front U.S.A. America during World War II; Copyright; Acknowledgments; Contents; Preface to the Third Edition; Prologue; CHAPTER ONE: The Arsenal of Democracy; The President and Mobilization; Industrial Mobilization; Mobilization and the Business Community; Mobilization and the Workforce; Mobilization and Money; Conclusion; CHAPTER TWO: American Society at War ; Mood and Morale; Campaigns and Popular Culture; Shortages and Controls; Wartime Dislocations; Conclusion; CHAPTER THREE: Outsiders and Ethnic Groups; Women and the War; African Americans and the Struggle for Equality |
Latinos at WarAmerican Indians and the War; Italian Americans under Attack; Chinese Americans in the Conflict; Japanese Americans: Civilian Casualties of War; American Jews and the War; Conclusion; CHAPTER FOUR: The Politics of War; The Elections of 1940 and 1942; The Election of 1944; The Impact of the Conservative Coalition; Executive Leadership and Expansion; Harry S. Truman; Conclusion; Epilogue; Bibliographical Essay; Index |
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New scholarship on World War II continues to broaden our understanding. With each passing year we know more about the triumphs and the tragedies of America's involvement in the momentous conflict. Tapping into this greater awareness of the accomplishments of |
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both soldiers and civilians and a better recognition of the consequences of decisions made, Allan Winkler presents the third edition of his highly popular series volume. Informed by the latest historical literature and featuring many new thoughtfully chosen photographs, the third edition of Home Front U.S.A. continues to ponder the quest |
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UNINA9910777500003321 |
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Fearn David <1975-> |
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Bacchylides [[electronic resource] ] : politics, performance, poetic tradition / / David Fearn |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007 |
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1-281-14943-8 |
9786611149437 |
0-19-152696-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (441 p.) |
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Oxford classical monographs |
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Laudatory poetry, Greek - History and criticism |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [363]-400) and indexes. |
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Contents; List of figures; List of abbreviations; Tradition and Contextualization; I. Bacchylides Fragment 5; II. Poetic Tradition and Patronage; PART I. PRAISE; 1. The Politics of Fantasy: Bacchylides on Alexander of Macedon (fr. 20B); 2. Homeric Fire, Aiginetan Glory, Panhellenic Reception: Bacchylides 13; PART II. BACCHYLIDES' DITHYRAMBS AND THE KUKLIOS KHOROS; 3. Bacchylides and the Kuklios Khoros: Performance, Genre, and Reception; 4. Contexts; 5. Bacchylides 15: Troy in Athens; Appendix 1. Dating Bacchylides 13; Appendix 2. A New Reconstruction of Bacchylides 13.155-67; References |
Index of Passages CitedGeneral Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; X; Z |
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An original and wide-ranging study of the Greek lyric poet Bacchylides, exploring his engagement with poetic tradition and evaluating the |
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complex relationship of the poetry to its multiple contexts of performance. - ;Bacchylides: Politics, Performance, Poetic Tradition combines close literary analysis of Bacchylides' poetry with detailed discussion of the central role poetry played in a variety of differing political contexts throughout Greece in the early fifth century BC. In Bacchylides' praise poetry, David Fearn argues, the poet manipulates a wide range of earlier Greek literature not only |
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