Confederate minds [[electronic resource] ] : the struggle for intellectual independence in the Civil War South / / Michael T. Bernath

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910785194703321
• Autore: Bernath Michael T
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2010
• ISBN: 1-4696-0395-0; 0-8078-9565-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (429 p.)
• Collana: Civil War America
• Disciplina: 973.7/13
• Soggetti: American literature - Southern States - History and criticism; Regionalism - Southern States - History - 19th century; Group identity - Southern States - History - 19th century; Southern States Intellectual life 19th century; Confederate States of America Intellectual life; Southern States Civilization 19th century; United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Social aspects
• 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 index.
• Nota di contenuto: An intellectual call to arms -- The Confederate critique of northern culture -- The birth of Confederate literature -- The campaign for Confederate educational independence -- The high-water mark -- Searching for a Confederate "literature of power" -- Are we a highly civilized people? -- Conclusion: independent in nothing, neutral in everything.
• Sommario/riassunto: During the Civil War, Confederates fought for much more than their political independence. They also fought to prove the distinctiveness of the Southern people and to legitimate their desire for a separate national existence through the creation of a uniquely Southern literature and culture. In this important new book, Michael Bernath follows the activities of a group of Southern writers, thinkers, editors, publishers, educators, and ministers--whom he labels Confederate cultural nationalists--in order to trace the rise and fall of a cultural movement dedicated to liberating the South from its

Amino acids and peptides / / G.C. Barrett and D.T. Elmore [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910777355103321
• Autore: Barrett G. C. <1935->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 1998
• ISBN: 1-107-11238-9; 0-511-03952-2; 9786612388941; 1-282-38894-0; 0-511-64273-3; 1-139-16382-5; 0-511-15126-8; 0-511-55552-0; 0-511-05294-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xv, 224 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 572/.65
• Soggetti: Amino acids; Peptides
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; 1 Introduction; 2 Conformations of amino acids and peptides; 3 Physicochemical properties of amino acids and peptides; 4 Reactions and analytical methods for amino acids and peptides; 5 Determination of the primary structures of peptides and proteins; 6 Synthesis of amino acids; 7 Methods for the synthesis of peptides; 8 Biological roles of amino acids and peptides; 9 Some aspects of amino-acid and peptide drug design; Subject index
• Sommario/riassunto: This text is suitable for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students in chemistry and biochemistry studying amino acids and peptides. The authors concentrate on amino acids and peptides without detailed discussions of proteins, although the book gives all the essential background chemistry, including sequence determination, ; synthesis and spectroscopic methods, to enable the reader to appreciate protein behaviour at the molecular level. The approach is intended to encourage the reader to cross classical boundaries, as in the later chapters on the biological roles of amino acids and the design of peptide-based drugs. For example, there is a section on the enzyme-catalysed synthesis of peptides, with suitable examples, an area often neglected in texts describing peptide synthesis. This modern text will be of value in the amino acid, peptide and protein field, to advanced undergraduates, graduate students and research workers.