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UNINA9910780607203321 |
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Titolo |
Unsuitable for ladies : an anthology of women travellers / / selected by Jane Robinson |
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Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2001] |
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1-280-44447-9 |
0-19-153874-4 |
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[Revised 2001.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (490 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Voyages and travels |
Women travelers |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Title Page; Acknowledgements; Contents; Introduction; 1. Setting Out; 2. 'The Continent'; 3. Switzerland, the Alps, and Italy; 4. Scandinavia and Beyond; 5. Eastern Europe, the Balkans, Greece, and Turkey; 6. Egypt and the Holy Land; 7. Arabia, Iraq, and Iran; 8. Africa; 9. The Indian Subcontinent; 10. Central Asia, the Himalaya, and Beyond; 11. Japan and South-East Asia; 12. Australasia; 13. North America; 14. Central and South America; 15. Coming Home; Source Acknowledgements; Index of Authors |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Real ladies do not travel - or so it was once said. This collection of women's travel writing dispels the notion by showing how there are few corners of the world that have not been visited by women travellers. There are also few difficulties, physical or emotional, real or imagined, that have not been met and usually overcome by thesesame women.Jane Robinson's first book,Wayward Women, was a guide to women travellers and their writing, and having read over a thousand of their books she is uniquely qualified to compile this anthology. Life is never dull for her intrepid women, whether diving t |
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UNINA9910698930903321 |
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Titolo |
Coping with the Dragon : essays on PLA transformation and the U.S. military |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Washington, DC : , : Center for Technology and National Security Policy, National Defense University, , [2007] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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v, 151 pages : digital, PDF file |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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International relations |
Technology transfer - China |
Security, International |
Power (Social sciences) |
United States Foreign relations China |
United States Military relations China |
China Foreign relations United States |
China Military relations United States |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from title screen (viewed on July 14, 2009). |
"December 2007." |
"Edited by Stuart E. Johnson and Duncan Long." |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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