1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910778911303321

Autore

Fugita Stephen

Titolo

Altered lives, enduring community [[electronic resource] ] : Japanese Americans remember their World War II incarceration / / Stephen S. Fugita, Marilyn Fernandez

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Seattle, : University of Washington Press, c2004

ISBN

0-295-80014-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (282 p.)

Collana

The Scott and Laurie Oki series in Asian American studies

Altri autori (Persone)

FernandezMarilyn

Disciplina

940.53/17/089956073

Soggetti

Japanese Americans - Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945

Japanese Americans - Cultural assimilation

Japanese Americans - Ethnic identity

Japanese Americans - Social conditions - 20th century

Japanese Americans - Economic conditions - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-248) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Pre-World War II Community -- 3. The Incarceration -- 4. Military Service and Resistance -- 5. Resettlement -- 6. Marriage and Family Formation -- 7. Occupational Patterns -- 8. Religion and Making Sense of the Incarceration -- 9. Looking Back -- Appendixes -- Notes -- Glossary -- References -- Index.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910778254903321

Titolo

A dictionary of European anglicisms [[electronic resource] ] : a usage dictionary of anglicisms in sixteen selected European languages / / edited by Manfred Görlach

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2001

ISBN

9786611345976

1-281-34597-0

0-19-153617-2

1-4356-1011-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (379 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GörlachManfred

Disciplina

413/.21

Soggetti

Language and languages

Europe Languages Foreign words and phrases English Dictionaries

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

A Dictionary of European Anglicisms; Contents; Map of the Languages Covered; Foreword; Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; Abbreviations and Symbols used in the Dictionary; Introduction; Aims and Restrictions; Data Collection; The Compilation of the Entries; Using this Dictionary

Sommario/riassunto

The first dictionary of its kind to provide an exhaustive comparative treatment of the influence of English on other European languages. Covering sixteen selected languages from different language families, entries consist of words which are recognizably English in form and which appear in at least one of the languages tested. Entries comprise of a brief definition, followed by a summary paragraph containing a wealth of historical and linguistic information. Many entries are also. accompanied by a grid summarizing the distribution of the word across Europe. - ;A Dictionary of European Anglicis