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UNINA9910459702603321 |
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Titolo |
To make our world anew . Volume 2 A history of African Americans since 1880 [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Robin D.G. Kelley and Earl Lewis |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005 |
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1-283-09826-1 |
9786613098269 |
0-19-983893-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (396 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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KelleyRobin D. G |
LewisEarl |
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African Americans - Civil rights - History |
African Americans - History |
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 indexes. |
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Cover; Contents; Preface to Volume Two; CHAPTER 1 Though Justice Sleeps: 1880-1900; CHAPTER 2 A Chance to Make Good: 1900-1929; CHAPTER 3 From a Raw Deal to a New Deal?: 1929-1945; CHAPTER 4 We Changed the World: 1945-1970; CHAPTER 5 Into the Fire: 1970 to the Present; Chronology; Further Reading; Picture Credits; Contributors; Index |
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The two volumes of Kelley and Lewis's To Make Our World Anew integrate the work of eleven leading historians into the most up-to-date and comprehensive account available of African American history, from the first Africans brought as slaves into the Americas, right up to today's black filmmakers and politicians. This second volume covers the crucial post-Reconstruction years and traces the migration of blacks to the major cities. It describes the remarkable birth of the Harlem Renaissance, the hardships of the Great Depression, and the service of African Americans in World War II. Readers with |
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UNINA9910778400303321 |
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Springs of scientific creativity [[electronic resource] ] : essays on founders of modern science / / Rutherford Aris, H. Ted Davis, Roger H. Stuewer, editors |
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Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1983 |
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0-8166-5527-8 |
1-4356-0622-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (354 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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ArisRutherford |
DavisH. Ted (Howard Ted) |
StuewerRoger H |
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Disciplina |
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Physics - History |
Physicists |
Scientists |
Creative ability in science |
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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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Preface; Contents; Chapter 1. Galileo and Early Experimentation; Chapter 2. Newton's Development of the Principia; Chapter 3. The Origins and Consequences of Certain of J. P. Joule's Scientific Ideas; Chapter 4. Maxwell's Scientific Creativity; Chapter 5. The Scientific Style of Josiah Willard Gibbs; Chapter 6. Principal Scientific Contributions of John William Strutt, Third Baron Rayleigh; Chapter 7. Elmer Sperry and Adrian Leverkühn: A Comparison of Creative Styles; Chapter 8. Walther Nernst and the Application of Physics to Chemistry |
Chapter 9. Albert Einstein and the Creative Act: The Case of Special RelativityChapter 10. Erwin Schrödinger and the Descriptive Tradition; Chapter 11. Michael Polanyi's Creativity in Chemistry; Chapter 12. The Role of John von Neumann in the Computer Field; Contributors; Index |
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Springs of Scientific Creativity was first published in 1983. Mathematician Henri Poincaré was boarding a bus when he realized that the transformations of non-Euclidian geometry were just those he needed in his research on the theory of functions. He did not have to |
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