1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910781440203321

Autore

Ostrander Stephen Garr

Titolo

The sweetness of freedom [[electronic resource] ] : stories of immigrants / / Stephen Garr Ostrander & Martha Aladjem Bloomfield

Pubbl/distr/stampa

East Lansing, Mich., : Michigan State University Press, c2010

ISBN

1-62895-144-3

1-60917-202-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (413 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BloomfieldMartha Aladjem

Disciplina

977.4/03

Soggetti

Immigrants - Michigan - History - 19th century

Immigrants - Michigan - History - 20th century

Oral history - Michigan

Michigan History 19th century

Michigan History 20th century

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

Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Introduction; I Have a Beautiful Country to Work From; Where the Streets Were Paved with Gold; America Was the Best Country to Live In; We Wanted to Be American; Immigration Didn't Solve All Our Problems; We Weren't Always Welcome in America; Anything That I've Set My Mind to, I Usually Accomplish; No Mexicans Allowed!; The Trip Became a GreatAdventure; The Promiseof a Better Future; We Didn't Know How Our Future Would Be; We Have to Make the Best of the Situation; From Korea with Love; Call Your Brother in Michigan

We Belong to America Just as Much as America Belongs to UsI Never Believed I Would Stay in America; I Can Almost Taste the Sweetness of Freedom; Be Like the Bees-Make Plenty of Hives and Honey; Afterword

Sommario/riassunto

The Sweetness of Freedom presents an eclectic grouping of late nineteenth- and twentieth-century immigrants' narratives and the personal artifacts, historical documents, and photographs these travelers brought on their journeys to Michigan. Most of the oral histories in this volume are based on interviews conducted with the immigrants themselves.       Some of the immigrants presented here



hoped to gain better education and jobs. Others - refugees - fled their homelands because of war, poverty, repression, religious persecution, or ethnic discrimination. All dreamt of fre

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910786273203321

Titolo

Eating disorders in childhood and adolescence / / edited by Bryan Lask and Rachel Bryant-Waugh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hove, East Sussex ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-135-12539-2

0-203-07641-9

1-299-14832-8

1-135-12540-6

Edizione

[4th ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (381 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

Bryant-WaughRachel

LaskBryan

Disciplina

618.92/8526

Soggetti

Eating disorders in children

Eating disorders in adolescence

Anorexia nervosa

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 and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Perspectives -- pt. 2. Assessment and course -- pt. 3. Management.

Sommario/riassunto

In the fourth edition of this accessible and comprehensive book, Bryan Lask and Rachel Bryant-Waugh build on the research and expertise of the previous three editions. First published in 1993, this was the first book of its kind to explore eating disorders in children and young adolescents, a population that is very different from those in their late teens and adulthood. The contributors' experience and knowledge have increased and the field has moved forward over the past 20 years. This fully revised edition offers a distillation of current information relating to the younger