1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910818977803321

Autore

Irvin Benjamin H.

Titolo

Samuel Adams : son of liberty, father of revolution / / Benjamin H. Irvin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2002]

©2002

ISBN

0-19-028518-4

0-19-803030-4

1-280-56420-2

1-4237-7468-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (176 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Oxford portraits

Disciplina

973.3/092

Soggetti

Politicians - United States

United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Biography Juvenile literature

United States History Revolution, 1775-1783

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Prologue: the elusive Samuel Adams -- Samuel Adams's Boston -- Raised for rebellion -- Tis not in mortals to command success -- Sam the publican and the Stamp Act Riots -- Mobs and massacre -- To save the country -- The Coercive Acts and the Continental Congress -- Is not America already independent -- The storm is now over -- Epilogue: Samuel Adams's legacy.

Sommario/riassunto

Examines the life of Samuel Adams, a hero of the American Revolution who is credited by some with having fired the first shot at Lexington Green, the "shot heard 'round the world."



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA990004254740403321

Autore

Joseph, John E.

Titolo

Limiting the arbitrary : linguistic naturalism and its opposites in Plato's Cratylus and modern theories of language / John E. Joseph

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, : Benjamins, c2000

ISBN

90-272-4585-1

Descrizione fisica

VIII, 224 p. ; 23 cm

Collana

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science . Series 3. , Studies in the history of the language sciences ; 96

Disciplina

184

Locazione

FLFBC

Collocazione

P2B-610-PLATO-8J.J.E.-2000

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia