1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910465573803321

Autore

Winkler Allan M. <1945->

Titolo

Home front U.S.A. : America during World War II / / Allan M. Winkler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wheeling, Illinois : , : Harlan Davidson, Inc., , 2012

©2012

ISBN

1-118-82265-X

Edizione

[Third edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (158 p.)

Collana

American History Series

Disciplina

973.917

Soggetti

World War, 1939-1945 - United States

Electronic books.

United States History 1933-1945

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

Home Front U.S.A. America during World War II; Copyright; Acknowledgments; Contents; Preface to the Third Edition; Prologue; CHAPTER ONE: The Arsenal of Democracy; The President and Mobilization; Industrial Mobilization; Mobilization and the Business Community; Mobilization and the Workforce; Mobilization and Money; Conclusion; CHAPTER TWO: American Society at War ; Mood and Morale; Campaigns and Popular Culture; Shortages and Controls; Wartime Dislocations; Conclusion; CHAPTER THREE: Outsiders and Ethnic Groups; Women and the War; African Americans and the Struggle for Equality

Latinos at WarAmerican Indians and the War; Italian Americans under Attack; Chinese Americans in the Conflict; Japanese Americans: Civilian Casualties of War; American Jews and the War; Conclusion; CHAPTER FOUR: The Politics of War; The Elections of 1940 and 1942; The Election of 1944; The Impact of the Conservative Coalition; Executive Leadership and Expansion; Harry S. Truman; Conclusion; Epilogue; Bibliographical Essay; Index

Sommario/riassunto

New scholarship on World War II continues to broaden our understanding. With each passing year we know more about the triumphs and the tragedies of America's involvement in the momentous conflict. Tapping into this greater awareness of the accomplishments of



both soldiers and civilians and a better recognition of the consequences of decisions made, Allan Winkler presents the third edition of his highly popular series volume.  Informed by the latest historical literature and featuring many new thoughtfully chosen photographs, the third edition of Home Front U.S.A. continues to ponder the quest

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910777500003321

Autore

Fearn David <1975->

Titolo

Bacchylides [[electronic resource] ] : politics, performance, poetic tradition / / David Fearn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007

ISBN

1-281-14943-8

9786611149437

0-19-152696-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (441 p.)

Collana

Oxford classical monographs

Disciplina

884/.01

Soggetti

Laudatory poetry, Greek - History and criticism

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 (p. [363]-400) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of figures; List of abbreviations; Tradition and Contextualization; I. Bacchylides Fragment 5; II. Poetic Tradition and Patronage; PART I. PRAISE; 1. The Politics of Fantasy: Bacchylides on Alexander of Macedon (fr. 20B); 2. Homeric Fire, Aiginetan Glory, Panhellenic Reception: Bacchylides 13; PART II. BACCHYLIDES' DITHYRAMBS AND THE KUKLIOS KHOROS; 3. Bacchylides and the Kuklios Khoros: Performance, Genre, and Reception; 4. Contexts; 5. Bacchylides 15: Troy in Athens; Appendix 1. Dating Bacchylides 13; Appendix 2. A New Reconstruction of Bacchylides 13.155-67; References

Index of Passages CitedGeneral Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; X; Z

Sommario/riassunto

An original and wide-ranging study of the Greek lyric poet Bacchylides, exploring his engagement with poetic tradition and evaluating the



complex relationship of the poetry to its multiple contexts of performance. - ;Bacchylides: Politics, Performance, Poetic Tradition combines close literary analysis of Bacchylides' poetry with detailed discussion of the central role poetry played in a variety of differing political contexts throughout Greece in the early fifth century BC. In Bacchylides' praise poetry, David Fearn argues, the poet manipulates a wide range of earlier Greek literature not only

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910830553203321

Autore

Chen Xudong <1976->

Titolo

Computational methods for electromagnetic inverse scattering / / by Xudong Chen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore ; ; Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley : , : IEEE Press, , 2018

©2018

ISBN

1-119-31200-0

1-119-31201-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (308 pages)

Disciplina

530.14/1

Soggetti

Electromagnetic waves - Scattering - Mathematical models

Mathematics - Scattering (Physics)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Fundamentals of electromagnetic wave theory -- Time reversal imaging -- Inverse scattering problems of small scatterers -- Linear sampling method -- Reconstructing dielectric scatterers -- Reconstructing perfect electric conductors -- Inversion for phaseless data -- Inversion with an inhomogeneous background medium -- Resolution of computational imaging.