1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990001324830403321

Autore

Kirkham, Richard L.

Titolo

Theories of Truth : A critical introduction / Richard L. Kirkham

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : The MIT Press, c1992

ISBN

0-262-11167-5

Descrizione fisica

XI, 401 p. ; 24 cm

Disciplina

511.3

Locazione

MA1

Collocazione

124-E-14

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910787142703321

Autore

Zeisler-Vralsted Dorothy

Titolo

Rivers, memory, and nation-building : a history of the Volga and Mississippi rivers / / Dorothy Zeisler-Vralsted

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[New York, New York] : , : Berghahn Books, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-78238-432-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (203 p.)

Collana

Environment in History: International Perspectives ; ; Volume 5

Disciplina

947.4

Soggetti

Rivers - Social aspects - Russia

Rivers - Social aspects - United States

Collective memory - Russia - History

Collective memory - United States - History

Nationalism - Russia - History

Nationalism - United States - History

Human ecology - Russia - History

Human ecology - United States - History

Volga River (Russia) History

Mississippi River History



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

Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1. The Early Years; Chapter 2. Rivers as Nation-Builders; Chapter 3. Rivers and Modernization; Chapter 4. Moscow-A Port to Five Seas; Chapter 5. Navigating the Mississippi; Epilogue

Sommario/riassunto

Rivers figure prominently in a nation's historical memory, and the Volga and Mississippi have special importance in Russian and American cultures. Beginning in the pre-modern world, both rivers served as critical trade routes connecting cultures in an extensive exchange network, while also sustaining populations through their surrounding wetlands and bottomlands. In modern times, "Mother Volga" and the "Father of Waters" became integral parts of national identity, contributing to a sense of Russian and American exceptionalism.  Furthermore, both rivers were drafted into service as the means t



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910694120503321

Titolo

Iran's political/ nuclear ambitions and U.S. policy options : hearings before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, One Hundred Ninth Congress, second session, May 17 and 18, 2006

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iii, 126 p.)

Soggetti

Nuclear arms control - Verification - Iran

Nuclear weapons - Iran

Nuclear nonproliferation - International cooperation

Weapons of mass destruction - Iran

National security - United States

United States Foreign relations Iran

Iran Foreign relations United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia