1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990009798540403321

Titolo

The dictionary of physical geography [Risorsa elettronica] / edited by David S. G. Thomas and Andrew Goudie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA : Blackwell Publishers, 2000

ISBN

9781444313178

Disciplina

910.0203

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Risorsa elettronica

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910462966503321

Autore

Keppy Peter

Titolo

The politics of redress [[electronic resource] ] : war damage compensation and restitution in Indonesia and the Philippines, 1940-1957 / / Peter Keppy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, : KITLV Press, 2010

ISBN

90-04-25373-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Collana

Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, , 1572-1892 ; ; 263

Disciplina

940.5

Soggetti

World War, 1939-1945 - Reparations

World War, 1939-1945 - Indonesia

World War, 1939-1945 - Philippines

War damage compensation - Indonesia

War damage compensation - Philippines

Electronic books.

Indonesia History

Philippines History

Indonesia Politics and government

Philippines Politics and government

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 (p. [263]-274).

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- CHAPTER I: Introduction -- CHAPTER II: Era of change -- CHAPTER III: War damage -- CHAPTER IV: Scorched earth, soft peace -- CHAPTER V: The spoils of war -- CHAPTER VI: Restitution: laying the groundwork -- CHAPTER VII: Restitution in practice -- CHAPTER VIII: Tracing the loot -- CHAPTER IX: Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book focuses on the aftermath of World War II in Asia as described in a sobering and insightful history of two types of redress: compensation for material war damage and restitution of looted property. Japanese Army units and citizens stole goods while shelling and bombardment by all sides destroyed factories, offices and residential neighbourhoods. How were these cases of material damage and loss to be rectified, and who was to rectify them? What financial means and legal precedents were there to fall back on at a time of decolonization, independence struggle, and shifting alliances on the brink of the Cold War? The politics of redress makes an important contribution to the study of law and society in Southeast Asia. It lays bare the complex web of interconnections between politics, law and economy from a comparative historical perspective. The translation of this book was funded by the Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO, Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research).



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910779198403321

Autore

Underwood Doug

Titolo

Chronicling trauma : journalists and writers on violence and loss / / Doug Underwood

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2011

ISBN

1-283-29294-7

9786613292940

0-252-09343-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Collana

The history of communication

Disciplina

820.9/3552

Soggetti

Violence - Press coverage

Psychic trauma - Press coverage

War correspondents - Mental health

Authors, American - Psychology

Violence in literature

Psychic trauma in literature

Journalists - United States

Journalists - Great Britain

Journalism and literature - United States

Journalism and literature - Great Britain

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction. Trauma, news, and narrative: the study of violence and loss in journalism and fiction -- Stories of harm, stories of hazard: childhood stress and professional trauma in the careers of journalist-literary figures -- Trafficking in trauma: women's rights, civil rights, and sensationalism as a spur to social justice -- Trauma in war, trauma in life: the pose of the "heroic" battlefield correspondent -- Depression, drink, and dissipation: dysfunctional lifestyles and  art as the ultimate stimulant -- Epilogue. New challenges, new treatments: trauma and the contemporary journalist-literary figure.

Sommario/riassunto

To attract readers, journalists have long trafficked in the causes of trauma - crime, violence, warfare - as well as psychological profiling of



deviance and aberrational personalities. Novelists, in turn, have explored these same subjects in developing their characters and by borrowing from their own traumatic life stories to shape the themes and psychological terrain of their fiction. In this work, Doug Underwood offers a conceptual and historical framework for comprehending the impact of trauma and violence in the careers and the writings of important journalist-literary figures in the United States and British Isles from the early 1700's to today.