1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910780736503321

Titolo

Cesar Chavez / / edited by Ilan Stavans

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Barbara, Calif., : Greenwood, c2010

Santa Barbara, Calif. : , : Greenwood, , 2010

ISBN

1-282-55893-5

9786612558931

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 160 pages) : illustrations

Collana

The Ilan Stavans library of Latino civilization

Disciplina

331.88/13092

B

Soggetti

Labor leaders - United States

Mexican American migrant agricultural laborers

Agricultural laborers - Labor unions - United States - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based on print version record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cesar Chavez; Contents; Series Foreword; Preface; I CONSIDERATIONS; II VOICES; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the Editor and Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

Offers critical assessments of the life of Cesar Chavez that utilizes different approaches to understanding his life, including cultural studies critiques, a historical narrative, and eulogies following his untimely death. Includes personal reflections that explore his religiosity, his role as an "everyman," and the decline of the United Farm Workers union.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910821389103321

Autore

Finkelstein Israel

Titolo

Hasmonean realities behind Ezra, Nehemiah, and Chronicles : archaeological and historical perspectives / / by Israel Finkelstein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Atlanta, Georgia : , : SBL Press, , [2018]

©2018

ISBN

0-88414-309-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (223 pages)

Collana

Ancient Israel and its literature ; ; Number 34

Disciplina

222.095

Soggetti

Jews - History - 586 B.C.-70 A.D

Maccabees

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1: Jerusalem in the Persian (and early Hellenistic) period and the wall of Nehemiah -- Chapter 2: The archaeology of the list of returnees in Ezra and Nehemiah -- Chapter 3: The territorial extent and demography of Yehud/Judea in the Persian and early Hellenistic periods -- Chapter 4: Nehemiah's adversaries: a Hasmonean reality? -- Chapter 5: The historical reality behind the genealogical lists in 1 Chronicles -- Chapter 6: Rehoboam's fortified cities (2 Chr 11:5-12): a Hasmonean reality? -- Chapter 7: The expansion of Judah in 2 Chronicles: territorial legitimation for the Hasmoneans?

Sommario/riassunto

"The book deals with key topics in Ezra, Nehemiah, and 1 and 2 Chronicles, such as the list of returnees, the construction of the city wall of Jerusalem, the adversaries of Nehemiah, the tribal genealogies, and the territorial expansion of Judah in 2 Chronicles. Finkelstein argues that the geographical and historical realities cached behind at least parts of these books fit the Hasmonean period in the late second century BCE. Seven previously published essays are supplemented by maps, updates to the archaeological material, and recent articles on the topics"--