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UNINA9910788367303321 |
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Skwiot Christine |
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The purposes of paradise [[electronic resource] ] : U.S. tourism and empire in Cuba and Hawaiʻi / / Christine Skwiot |
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Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2010 |
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0-8122-2228-8 |
1-283-89043-7 |
0-8122-0003-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (292 p.) |
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Imperialism - History |
Tourism - Political aspects - Cuba - History - 19th century |
Tourism - Political aspects - Cuba - History - 20th century |
Tourism - Political aspects - Hawaii - History - 19th century |
Tourism - Political aspects - Hawaii - History - 20th century |
Cuba Colonization |
Hawaii Colonization |
United States Foreign relations 19th century |
United States Foreign relations 20th century |
United States Territorial expansion |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter one. First Fruits of a Tropical Eden -- Chapter two. Garden Republics or Plantation Regimes? -- Chapter three. Royal Resorts for Tropical Tramps -- Chapter four. Revolutions, Reformations, Restorations -- Chapter five. Travels to Another Revolution and to Statehood -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
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For half a century, the United States has treated Cuba and Hawai'i as polar opposites: despised nation and beloved state. But for more than a century before the Cuban revolution and Hawaiian statehood of 1959, Cuba and Hawai'i figured as twin objects of U.S. imperial desire and as possessions whose tropical island locales might support all manner of |
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fantasy fulfillment-cultural, financial, and geopolitical. Using travel and tourism as sites where the pleasures of imperialism met the politics of empire, Christine Skwiot untangles the histories of Cuba and Hawai'i as integral parts of the Union and keys to U.S. global power, as occupied territories with violent pasts, and as fantasy islands ripe with seduction and reward. Grounded in a wide array of primary materials that range from government sources and tourist industry records to promotional items and travel narratives, The Purposes of Paradise explores the ways travel and tourism shaped U.S. imperialism in Cuba and Hawai'i. More broadly, Skwiot's comparative approach underscores continuity, as well as change, in U.S. imperial thought and practice across the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and across the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Comparing the relationships of Cuba and Hawai'i with the United States, Skwiot argues, offers a way to revisit assumptions about formal versus informal empire, territorial versus commercial imperialism, and direct versus indirect rule. |
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UNINA9910787066003321 |
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Autore |
Wafawanaka Robert |
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Am I still my brother's keeper? : biblical perspectives on poverty / / Robert Wafawanaka ; foreword by Temba L. J. Mafico |
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Lanham, Maryland ; ; Plymouth, England : , : University Press of America, Inc., , 2012 |
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©2012 |
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1 online resource (243 p.) |
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Poverty - Biblical teaching |
Poverty - Religious aspects |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Am I Still My Brother''s Keeper?; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; PART I: OVERVIEW OF STUDY; 1 The Biblical Mandate; PART II: POVERTY IN THE HEBREW BIBLE; |
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2 Poverty in the Law Books; 3 Poverty and the Prophets; 4 Poverty in the Writings; PART III: CONCLUSION; 5 Summary and Conclusions; Bibliography; Index of Authors; Index of Subjects; Index of Scripture References; About the Author |
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<span> <span>This powerful book reveals what we can learn about poverty from a biblical context and how we might appropriate those insights to fight poverty in our own communities. Wafawanaka surveys the Hebrew Scriptures and challenges those with power and resources to reevaluate their response to the poor.</span> </span> |
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UNINA9910843398003321 |
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Autore |
Piccione, Daniele |
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Costituzionalismo e disabilità : i diritti delle persone con disabilità tra Costituzione e Convenzione ONU / Daniele Piccione |
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Torino, : Giappichelli, 2023 |
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