1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910154966303321

Autore

Martel Marcel <1965->

Titolo

Canada the good : a short history of vice since 1500 / / Marcel Martel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waterloo, Ontario : , : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, , [2014]

Beaconsfield, Quebec : , : Canadian Electronic Library, , 2014

ISBN

1-55458-948-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (210 p.)

Disciplina

306.0971

Soggetti

Vice control - Canada - History

Social control - Canada - History

Vice - History

Vices - History

Electronic books.

Canada Moral conditions History

Canada Social conditions History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-185) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Chapter 1 Different Worlds, Different Values: Encounters from 1500 to 1700 -- Chapter 2 In the Name of God, the King, and the Settlers: Regulating Behaviour during the Colonial Era (1700-1850) -- Chapter 3 Triumphs: Vices in Retreat, 1850-1920 -- Chapter 4 No Longer Vices: Call Them Health Issues, 1920 to the Present -- Conclusion.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA990008302800403321

Autore

Euripides <480-406 a. C.>

Titolo

Heracles / Euripides ; with introduction and commentary by Godfrey W. Bond

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Clarendon Press, 1981

Titolo uniforme

Hercules

ISBN

0-19-814012-6

Descrizione fisica

XXXV, 429 p. ; 19 cm

Disciplina

882.01

Locazione

FLFBC

Collocazione

P2B-610-EURIPIDES-410A-1981

P2B-610-EURIPIDES-410A-1981 BIS

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Greco antico

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Testo greco, introduzione e note in inglese



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910778484403321

Autore

Zapolska Gabriela <1857-1921.>

Titolo

Zapolska's women [[electronic resource] ] : three plays : Malka Szwarcenkopf, The man and Miss Maliczewska / / translated and introduced by Teresa Murjas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol, UK ; ; Chicago, USA, : Intellect, 2009

ISBN

1-282-31245-6

9786612312458

1-84150-340-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (402 p.)

Collana

Playtext series

Altri autori (Persone)

MurjasTeresa

Disciplina

891.8526

Soggetti

Polish literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Preliminary Pages; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 'To You, it is Light - To Me, Darkness'; Malka Szwarcenkopf (1897); 'Condemned to Desire what we Cannot Possess'; The Man (1901); 'Sister or Servant'; Miss Maliczewska (1910); Bibliography

Sommario/riassunto

This groundbreaking book contains the first English language translations of three plays by Polish playwright, actress and journalist Gabriela Zapolska. They were initially performed in fin-de-siecle, partitioned Poland. Each play focuses on the economic and social pressures faced by women. A general introduction and three focused essays will serve to contextualise the translations. The essays provide the following: biographical information about Zapolska relevant to the plays' subject matter, analyses of her significance within Polish and European literary and theatrical traditions and discus



4.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910793727303321

Autore

Snodgrass Mary Ellen

Titolo

Coins and currency : an historical encyclopedia / / Mary Ellen Snodgrass

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Jefferson, North Carolina : , : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, , [2019]

©2019

ISBN

1-4766-3665-6

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (407 pages)

Disciplina

737.403

Soggetti

Coins - History

Money - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

"This updated second edition offers numerous entries of historical commentary on the role of coins and currency in human events, politics and the arts. A timeline of monetary history is provided along with a glossary and bibliography. Numerous photographs of coins and bills provide an up-close look at beautiful and ingenious artifacts."--