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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783375803321

Autore

Stampp Kenneth M (Kenneth Milton)

Titolo

America in 1857 [[electronic resource] ] : a nation on the brink / / Kenneth M. Stampp

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1990

ISBN

0-19-972903-4

1-280-44158-5

1-4237-3765-2

1-60129-878-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (411 pages)

Disciplina

973.6/8

Soggetti

United States History 19th century

United States Politics and government 1857-1861

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. [341]-376) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""1. A New Year and a Fresh Start""; ""2. Politics and the Social Milieu""; ""3. James Buchanan: President-elect""; ""4. The President, the Chief Justice, and a Slave Named Scott""; ""5. The Heart of the Matter: Slavery and Sectionalism""; ""6. Popular Sovereignty, Kansas Style""; ""7. Dog Days""; ""8. Flush Times and an Autumn Panic""; ""9. Northern Politics: The Parties in Equipoise""; ""10. Politics as Farce: The Lecompton Constitution""; ""11. Politics as Tragedy: Buchanan's Decision""; ""12. 1858: The Fruits of Lecompton""; ""Manuscripts Consulted""

""Newspapers Consulted""""Abbreviations Used in Notes""; ""Notes""; ""Index"";

Sommario/riassunto

It was a year packed with unsettling events. The Panic of 1857 closed every bank in New York City, ruined thousands of businesses, and caused widespread unemployment among industrial workers. The Mormons in Utah Territory threatened rebellion when federal troops approached with a non-Mormon governor to replace Brigham Young. The Supreme Court outraged northern Republicans and abolitionists with the Dred Scott decision (""a breathtaking example of judicial activism""). And when a proslavery minority in Kansas Territory tried to



foist a proslavery constitution on a large antislavery majority,

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910917267003321

Titolo

Krankheit in Digitalen Spielen : : Interdisziplinäre Betrachtungen / / Stefan Heinrich Simond, Arno Görgen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bielefeld : , : transcript Verlag, , 2020

ISBN

9783839453285

3839453283

9783732853281

3732853284

Edizione

[1 ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1 p.)

Collana

Medical Humanities

Soggetti

Social Science / Media Studies

Social sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Krankheit in digitalen Spielen hat viele Facetten - egal ob psychisch oder somatisch. Ihre Darstellung fußt dabei auf Prozessen, die gesellschaftliches Wissen zu Krankheiten aufgreifen und gemäß der Eigenlogik digitaler Spiele verändern. Ästhetik, Narration und Spielmechanik partizipieren so an Kämpfen um Deutungshoheiten zwischen der Tradierung stigmatisierender Krankheitsvorstellungen einerseits und selbstreflexivem Empowerment andererseits. Die Beiträger*innen dieses ersten Sammelbandes zum Thema widmen sich theoretischen, analytischen und praktischen Fragestellungen rund um die Bedeutungsvielfalt von Krankheitskonstruktionen in digitalen Spielen aus interdisziplinärer Perspektive.