1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910781487503321

Autore

Meschonnic Henri <1932-2009.>

Titolo

Ethics and politics of translating [[electronic resource] /] / Henri Meschonnic ; translated and edited by Pier-Pascale Boulanger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011

ISBN

1-283-17489-8

9786613174895

90-272-8685-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (184 p.)

Collana

Benjamins translation library, , 0929-7316 ; ; v. 91

Benjamins translation library. EST subseries ; ; v. 7

Altri autori (Persone)

BoulangerPier-Pascale

Disciplina

418/.02

Soggetti

Translating and interpreting

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Translated from the French.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910958461703321

Autore

Shaker Bonnie James <1960->

Titolo

Coloring locals : racial formation in Kate Chopin's Youth's Companion stories / / Bonnie James Shaker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, c2003

ISBN

9781587294280

1587294281

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (177 p.)

Disciplina

813.4

813/.4

Soggetti

Women and literature - Louisiana - History - 19th century

Local color in literature

Racism in literature

Race in literature

Louisiana In literature

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. [139]-146) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Kate Chopin's Canonical and Market Place:Authorship, Authorization, and Authority; 2. Coloring Locals:"For Marse Chouchoute," "A Wizard from Gettysburg,"and "A Rude Awakening; 3. For the Love of Children:Motherhood Lore, Childhood Lore, and the Matterof Prejudice in Five Companion Tales; 4. Beyond Coloring Locals:After The Awakening, "Charlie," andConventional Returns; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Shaker's volume is an important contribution to both Chopin criticism and to the growing field of race research known as whiteness studies. --Choice



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910955541303321

Autore

Flynn George Q

Titolo

Conscription and democracy : the draft in France, Great Britain, and the United States / / George Q. Flynn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn., : Greenwood Press, 2002

ISBN

9780313074196

0313074194

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (307 p.)

Collana

Contributions in military studies, , 0883-6884 ; ; no. 210

Disciplina

355.2/2363/0904

Soggetti

Draft - France - History - 20th century

Draft - Great Britain - History - 20th century

Draft - United States - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-283) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Road to World War I -- 3. Conscription and War -- 4. 1920 to 1945 -- 5. Limited Wars -- 6. Operating the System -- 7. Deferring the Elite -- 8. Fit to Fight -- 9. Conscription and the Economy -- 10. Conscience and the Draft -- 11. The Politics of Conscription -- 12. Evaluation and Conclusions -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Finding the manpower to defend democracy has been a recurring problem. Russell Weigley writes: The historic preoccupation of the Army's thought in peacetime has been the manpower question: how, in an unmilitary nation, to muster adequate numbers of capable soldiers quickly should war occur. When the nature of modern warfare made an all-volunteer army inadequate, the major Western democracies confronted the dilemma of involuntary military service in a free society. The core of this manuscript concerns methods by which France, Great Britain, and the United States solved the problem and why some solutions were more lasting and effective than others. Flynn challenges conventional wisdom that suggests that conscription was inefficient and that it promoted inequality of sacrifice. Sharing similar but not identical diplomatic outlooks, the three countries discussed here were allies in world wars and in the Cold War, and they also confronted the



problem of using conscripts to defend colonial interests in an age of decolonization. These societies rest upon democratic principles, and operating a draft in a democracy raises several unique problems. A particular tension develops as a result of adopting forced military service in a polity based on concepts of individual rights and freedoms. Despite the protest and inconsistencies, the criticism and waste, Flynn reveals that conscription served the three Western democracies well in an historical context, proving effective in gathering fighting men and allowing a flexibility to cope and change as problems arose.