1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910697545503321

Titolo

Automotive traffic, global technical regulations [[electronic resource] ] : agreement between the United States of America and other governments, done at Geneva, June 25, 1998, with annexes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : U.S. Dept. of State, , [2000?]

Descrizione fisica

25 pages : digital, PDF file

Collana

Treaties and other international acts series ; ; 12967

Soggetti

Transportation, Automotive - United States

Transportation, Automotive - Foreign countries

Traffic control equipment industry - United States

Traffic control equipment industry - Foreign countries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from PDF title screen (viewed July 10, 2009).



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910954081503321

Autore

Issel William

Titolo

For both cross and flag : Catholic Action, anti-Catholicism, and national security politics in World War II San Francisco / / William Issel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2010

ISBN

9786612423697

9781282423695

128242369X

9781439900307

1439900302

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (216 p.)

Collana

Urban Life, Landscape and Policy

Disciplina

305.6/827946108951

Soggetti

Italian Americans - California - San Francisco - History - 20th century

Catholic Action - California - San Francisco - History - 20th century

Anti-Catholicism - California - San Francisco - History - 20th century

Religion and politics - California - San Francisco - History - 20th century

World War, 1939-1945 - Italian Americans

Italian Americans - Civil rights

San Francisco (Calif.) Ethnic relations

San Francisco (Calif.) Politics and government 20th 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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Sylvester Andriano, a Catholic attorney in San Francisco -- Anti-Catholicism in Little Italy -- Catholic Action, from Rome to San Francisco -- Catholic Action theory and practice in San Francisco -- Sylvester Andriano and Catholic Action in San Francisco -- The Catholic Action social apostolate -- The Catholic Action educational and moral apostolates -- Catholic Action and communism -- Catholic Action, European crises, and San Francisco politics -- Andriano's ordeal: the loyalty hearings -- Andriano's ordeal: exclusion and exile.

Sommario/riassunto

Against a backdrop of war and anti-Catholic sentiment, one man loses his rights because he is falsely accusedIn this fascinating, detailed



history, William Issel recounts the civil rights abuses suffered by Sylvester Andriano, an Italian American Catholic civil leader whose religious and political activism in San Francisco provoked an Anti-Catholic campaign against him. A leading figure in the Catholic Action movement, Andriano was falsely accused in state and federal Un-American Activities Committee hearings of having Fascist sympathies prior to and during World War II. As his ordeal

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910973567003321

Autore

Ibn Batuta <1307-1377., >

Titolo

Travels in Asia and Africa, 1325-1354

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon [England] : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2005

ISBN

1-134-28563-9

1-134-28564-7

1-280-29142-7

9786610291427

0-203-34044-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (417 p.)

Collana

The Broadway travellers ; ; 18

Disciplina

915.042

915.0424092

Soggetti

Travelers - Islamic Empire

Voyages and travels

Asia Description and travel Early works to 1800

Africa Description and travel Early works to 1800

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 1929 by RoutledgeCurzon.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Maps and Illustrations; Introduction; Book I; Chapter I; Chapter II; Chapter III; Chapter IV; Chapter V; Book II; Chapter VI; Chapter VII; Chapter VIII; Chapter IX; Chapter X; Chapter XI; Chapter XII; Chapter XIII; Chapter XIV; Notes; Index of Geographical Names; Index of Personal Names, Etc.



Sommario/riassunto

'One of the most fascinating travel books of all time' Times Literary Supplement 'He could not have been more 'modern' if he had been born in the twentieth century' Evening Standard Ibn Battuta was the only medieval traveller who is known to have visited the lands of every Muhammadan ruler of his time and the extent of his journeys is estimated to be at least 75,000 miles. His work presents a descriptive account of Muhammadan society in the second quarter of the fourteenth century, which illustrates, among other things, how wide the sphere of influence of the Muslim m