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UNINA9910779593403321 |
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Autore |
Evans Sterling <1959-> |
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Titolo |
Bound in twine [[electronic resource] ] : the history and ecology of the henequen-wheat complex for Mexico and the American and Canadian Plains, 1880-1950 / / Sterling Evans |
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College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, 2007 |
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1-62349-047-2 |
1-60344-448-3 |
1-299-05226-6 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (341 p.) |
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Collana |
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Texas A & M environmental history series ; ; no. 21 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Twine industry - Mexico - Yucatán (State) - History |
Twine industry - North America - History |
Yaqui Indians - History |
Great Plains Economic conditions |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"Some portions of this work have previously been published, in slightly different form. Parts of the introduction, chapter 1, and chapter 4 appeared previously as "Dependent Harvests: Grain Production on the American and Canadian Plains and the Double Dependency with Mexico, 1880-1950," Agricultural History 80 (winter 2006): 35-63, and are reprinted here with permission from the University of California Press. Parts of chapter 5 have appeared in three separate articles: "Prison-Made Binder Twine: North Dakota's Connection with Mexico in the Early Twentieth Century," North Dakota History 68 no. 1.: 20-36, (c) 2001, State Historical Society of North Dakota, Used by permission; "From Kanasín to Kansas: Mexican Sisal, Binder Twine, and the State Penitentiary Binder Twine Factory, 1890-1940" appeared in Kansas History 24 (winter 2001-2002): 276-99, Kansas State Historical Society; and "Entwined in Conflict: The South Dakota State Prison Twine Factory and the Controversy of 1919-1921," appeared in South Dakota History 35 (summer 2005): 95-124, South Dakota State Historical Society. These portions are used here with permission from those journals." |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-305) and index. |
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On the history of binders and twine: agricultural and industrial transformations in North America -- Yucatán's henequen industry: social and environmental transformations -- Yaquis in Yucatán: imported slave labor and the Sonora connection -- Twine diplomacy: Yucatán, the United States, and Canada during the "sisal situation" of 1915 -- Prison-made twine: the role of the penitentiaries in the henequen-wheat complex -- Decline, depression, and drought: economic and environmental change in the Great Plains and Yucatán, 1916-1939 -- Competition and combines: the end of the henequen-wheat story -- Conclusion: bound in twine. |
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UNINA9910784608903321 |
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Autore |
Geary Patrick J. <1948-> |
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Furta sacra : thefts of relics in the central Middle Ages / / Patrick J. Geary |
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Princeton, : Princeton University Press, 1990 |
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9786613135704 |
1-4008-2020-0 |
1-283-13570-1 |
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Edizione |
[Revised edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (237 pages) |
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Theft of relics - Europe |
Social history - Medieval, 500-1500 |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliography and index. |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Preface to the 1990 Edition -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- CHAPTER ONE. Relics and Saints in the Central Middle Ages -- CHAPTER TWO. The Cult of Relics in Carolingian Europe -- CHAPTER THREE. The Professionals -- CHAPTER FOUR. Monastic Thefts -- CHAPTER FIVE. Urban Thefts -- CHAPTER SIX. Justifications -- CHAPTER SEVEN. Conclusions -- APPENDIX A: Critique of Texts -- APPENDIX B: Handlist of Relic Thefts -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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To obtain sacred relics, medieval monks plundered tombs, avaricious |
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merchants raided churches, and relic-mongers scoured the Roman catacombs. In a revised edition of Furta Sacra, Patrick Geary considers the social and cultural context for these acts, asking how the relics were perceived and why the thefts met with the approval of medieval Christians. |
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