1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910711733003321

Autore

Wells J. V. B.

Titolo

Floods of April-June 1953 in Louisiana and adjacent states / / prepared under the direction of J.V.B. Wells ; prepared in cooperation with the states of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas and with agencies of the Federal Government

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, , 1959

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (pages 155-320, 4 pages of plates) : illustrations, maps

Collana

Geological Survey water-supply paper ; ; 1320-C

Floods of 1953

Soggetti

Floods - Louisiana

Floods - Mississippi

Floods - Texas

Floods

Louisiana

Mississippi

Texas

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910789466003321

Autore

Sagall Sabby

Titolo

Final solutions [[electronic resource] ] : human nature, capitalism and genocide / / Sabby Sagall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Pluto Press, , 2013

ISBN

1-84964-892-1

1-84964-891-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (320 p.)

Disciplina

321

Soggetti

Humanity

Social isolation

Marginality, Social

Social status

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

Introduction: Capitalism and Genocide; Part One: The Origins of Human Destructiveness; 1 Why Do People Kill People?; 2 Killers On the Couch; 3 What Makes Killers Tick?; 4 Killing 'Things'; Part Two: Four Modern Genocides; 5 Native American Genocide; 6 The Armenian Genocide; 7 The Nazi Holocaust; 8 The Rwandan Genocide; Summary and Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Sommario/riassunto

What causes genocide? Through an examination of four modern genocides - the Native Americans, the Armenians, the Jews and the Rwandan Tutsis - Sabby Sagal formulates a theoretical framework for understanding some of the darkest hours of humanity. Drawing on the scholarship of a range of Marxist psychoanalysts, from the Frankfurt School to Wilhelm Reich, shows how genocides are enacted by social classes or communities that have experienced isolation and denial of human needs, prostration and humiliation at the hands of major historical defeats, or powerlessness. These denials or degradations produce severe reactions: hatred, destructiveness and an impotent rage, which is often projected onto a perceived 'other'. Through close analysis and theorising of the commonalities and differences between recent genocides, Sagal hopes to produce greater understanding of the



socio-psychological rationale behind atrocities, in order to prevent recurrences.

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910491849803321

Autore

Saler Michael

Titolo

The fin-de-siecle world / / edited by Michael Saler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Taylor & Francis, 2015

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015

ISBN

9781138616448

1138616443

9781315748115

1315748118

9781317604815

1317604814

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

761 pages

Collana

Routledge Worlds

Classificazione

HIS000000HIS037000HIS037060

Altri autori (Persone)

SalerMichael T. <1960->

Disciplina

909.81

Soggetti

Nineteenth century

Civilization, Modern - 19th century

History, Modern - 19th 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 at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; List of illustrations; List of maps; Notes on contributors; Introduction; PART I: OVERVIEWS; 1 Global literatures of Decadence; 2 The city and urban life; 3 The second industrial revolution; 4 The modernity of the fin de siècle; 5 Changing concepts and experiences of time and space; PART II: PLACES; 6 France; 7 Britain; 8 Central Europe; 9 Russia; 10 Italy; 11 Spain; 12 The United States; 13 Canada; 14 Latin America; 15 Did China have a fin de siècle?; 16 Japan; 17 The Middle East; 18 India; 19 Africa; PART III: POLITICS IN A NEW KEY

20 The new nationalism21 The New Imperialism; 22 The New Politics of 'Higher Individualism'; PART IV: MASS CULTURE; 23 Publishing; 24



Transports of speed; 25 Consumer culture and advertising; PART V: DISCIPLINES; 26 The universities and the human sciences; 27 Philosophy; 28 The "new physics"; 29 Biology and eugenics; 30 Psychology and psychiatry; 31 Medicine; PART VI: SELFHOOD; 32 Gender and sexuality; 33 Race and ethnicity; PART VII: RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY; 34 Secularism/atheism/agnosticism; 35 The Jewish fin de siècle; 36 Christianity; 37 Islam; 38 2444 AN: Buddhism

39 New Age fin de sièclePART VIII: AESTHETICS; 40 Music and the Gesamtkunstwerk; 41 The visual arts; 42 The cinema; 43 Scientific romance, fantasy and the supernatural; 44 Children's literature; 45 Realism; Index

Sommario/riassunto

"This comprehensive and beautifully illustrated collection of essays conveys a vivid picture of a fascinating and hugely significant period in history, the Fin de Siecle. Featuring contributions from over forty international scholars, this book takes a thematic approach to a period of huge upheaval across all walks of life, and is truly innovative in examining the Fin de Siecle from a global perspective. The volume includes pathbreaking essays on how the period was experienced not only in Europe and North America, but also in China, Japan, the Middle East, Latin America, Africa, India, and elsewhere across the globe. Thematic topics covered include new concepts of time and space, globalization, the city, and new political movements including nationalism, the 'New Liberalism', and socialism and communism. The volume also looks at the development of mass media over this period and emerging trends in culture, such as advertising and consumption, film and publishing, as well as the technological and scientific changes that shaped the world at the turn of the nineteenth century, such as the invention of the telephone, new transport systems, eugenics and physics. The Fin-de-Siecle World also considers issues such as selfhood through chapters looking at gender, sexuality, adolescence, race and class, and considers the importance of different religions, both old and new, at the turn of the century. Finally the volume examines significant and emerging trends in art, music and literature alongside movements such as realism and aestheticism. This volume conveys a vivid picture of how politics, religion, popular and artistic culture, social practices and scientific endeavours fitted together in an exciting world of change. It will be invaluable reading for all students and scholars of the Fin-de-Siecle period"--