1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910465055303321

Autore

Stevenson Garth

Titolo

Building nations from diversity : Canadian and American experience compared / / Garth Stevenson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal, Quebec : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-7735-8320-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (335 pages)

Collana

McGill-Queen's Studies in Ethnic History. Series Two ; ; 35

Disciplina

305.800971

Soggetti

Cultural pluralism - United States - History

Multiculturalism - Canada - History

Immigrants - Government policy - Canada - History

Immigrants - Government policy - United States - History

Electronic books.

Canada Emigration and immigration History

United States Emigration and immigration History

Canada Ethnic relations History

United States Ethnic relations History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1 Introduction -- 2 Setting the Patterns -- 3 The Irish -- 4 The Chinese -- 5 The Jews -- 6 Ethnic Minorities in Wartime -- Immigration Policy: The Rise and Fall of Nativism -- 8 The Politics of Language -- 9 Multiculturalism: The Biography of an Idea -- 10 Islamophobia -- 11 Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

Explores the question of whether the Canadian "mosaic" has differed from the American "melting pot" and provides an informative comparison of both countries' historical and present-day similarities and differences.



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996387146203316

Autore

Wilson Samuel <fl. 1682.>

Titolo

An account of the province of Carolina in America [[electronic resource] ] : together with an abstract of the patent, and several other necessary and useful particulars, to such as have thoughts of transporting themselves thither : published for their information

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed by G. Larkin for Francis Smith ..., 1682

Descrizione fisica

26 [i.e. 27] p

Soggetti

Emigration and immigration

North Carolina Description and travel Early works to 1800

South Carolina Description and travel Early works to 1800

North Carolina Emigration and immigration Early works to 1800

South Carolina Emigration and immigration Early works to 1800

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.

Attributed to Samuel Wilson. cf. BM.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0113



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910778046803321

Titolo

The origins of agriculture [[electronic resource] ] : an international perspective / / edited by C. Wesley Cowan and Patty Jo Watson ; with the assistance of Nancy L. Benco

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2006

ISBN

0-8173-8270-4

Edizione

[[New ed.].]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (244 p.)

Classificazione

15.32

Altri autori (Persone)

CowanC. Wesley <1951->

WatsonPatty Jo <1932->

BencoNancy L

Disciplina

630/.93

Soggetti

Agriculture - Origin

Agriculture, Prehistoric

Prehistoric peoples - Food

Plant remains (Archaeology)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, c1992.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction / C. Wesley Cowan and Patty Jo Watson -- Prehistoric plant domestication in East Asia / Gary W. Crawford -- The origins of plant cultivation in the Near East / Naomi F. Miller -- Indigenous African agriculture / Jack R. Harlan -- The origins of crop agriculture in Europe / Robin W. Dennell -- Prehistoric plant husbandry in eastern North America / Bruce D. Smith -- Earliest plant cultivation in the desert borderlands of North America / Paul E. Minnis -- The origins of agriculture in Mesoamerica and Central America / Emily McClung de Tapia -- The origins of plant cultivation in South America / Deborah M. Pearsall -- Some concluding remarks / C. Wesley Cowan and Patty Jo Watson.

Sommario/riassunto

The eight case studies in this book -- each a synthesis of available knowledge about the origins of agriculture in a specific region of the globe -- enable scholars in diverse disciplines to examine humanity's transition to agricultural societies. Contributors include: Gary W. Crawford, Robin W. Dennell, and Jack R. Harlan.



4.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910820747503321

Autore

Grieve Ian

Titolo

Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 financial management : unleash the power of financial management with tips, techniques, and solutions for Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 / / Ian Grieve

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Birmingham [England] : , : Packt Publishing, , 2013

ISBN

1-78217-131-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (110 p.)

Soggetti

Computer software

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph