1.

Record Nr.

UNISA990002845760203316

Autore

ZABEL, Darcy A.

Titolo

The Underground railroad in African American literature / Darcy A. Zabel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York [etc.] : Peter Lang, copyr. 2004

ISBN

0-8204-6816-9

Descrizione fisica

229 p. ; 23 cm

Collana

African American Literature and Culture ; 6

Disciplina

810.9356

Soggetti

Letteratura americana - Autori afro-americani - Storia e critica

Letteratura americana - Sec. 20. - Storia e critica

Simbolismo nella letteratura

Collocazione

VII.4.C. 9 (II na C 139)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910974149103321

Autore

Bent J. Theodore (James Theodore), <1852-1897.>

Titolo

Southern Arabia / / J. Theodore Bent and Mabel Bent

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Kegan Paul

New York, : Distributed by Columbia University Press, 2004

London ; ; New York : , : Kegan Paul

New York : , : Distributed by Columbia University Press, , 2004

ISBN

9781136203275

1136203273

9780203040362

0203040368

9781283840316

1283840316

9781136203190

1136203192

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (533 p.)

Collana

The Kegan Paul Arabia library

Altri autori (Persone)

BentTheodore, Mrs., -1929.

Disciplina

915.3044

Soggetti

Arabia, Southern Description and travel

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Facsim. reprint; originally published: London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1900.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [ix]-x) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Southern Arabia; Copyright; Main Contents; Preface; Contents; Bibliography; Illustrations; Maps; Southern Arabia; I. Manamah And M0habek; II. The Mounds Of Ali; III. Our Visit To Rufa 'a; Maskat; IV. Some Historical Facts About Oman; V. Maskat And The Outskirts; The Hadhramout; VI. Makalla; VII. Our Departure Into The Interior; VIII. The Akaba; IX. Through Wadi Kasr; X. Our Sojourn At Koton; XI. The Wadi Ser And Kabr Saleh; XII. The City Of Shibahm; XIII. Farewell To The Sultan Of Shibaiim; XIV. Harassed By Our Guides; XV. Retribution Fob Our Foes; XVI. Coasting Eastwabd By Land

XVII. Coasting Westward By SeaDhofar and the Gara Mountains; XVIII. Merbat And Al Hafa; XIX. The Gara Tribe; XX. The Gara Mountains; XXI. The Identification Of Abyssapolis; XXII. Sailing From Kosseir To Aden; An African Interlude: The Eastern Soudan; XXIII. Coasting Along The



Red Sea; XXIV. Halaib And Sawakin Kadim; XXV. Inland From Mersa Halaib; XXVI. Mohammed Gol; XXVII. 'dancing On Tom Tiddler's Ground, Picking Up Gold'; XXVIII. Behind The Jebel Erba; The Mahri Island of Sokotra; XXIX. Kalenzia; XXX. Eriosh And Kadhoup; XXXI. Tamarida Or Hadibo

XXXII. We Depart For The Land's End-i.e. Ras MomiXXXIII. Mount Haghier And Fereghet; XXXIV. Back To The Ocean; Beled Fadhli and Beled Yafei; XXXV. Experiences With The Yafei Sultan; XXXVI. Among The Fadhli; XXXVII. From The Plain Of Mis'hal To The Sea; Appendices; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The author, well established as a travel writer and archaeologist, undertook this journey with his wife, making seven journeys in all around the southern part of Arabia including Oman and Dhofar which from 1893 to the end of his life he made his special field for observation and travel.

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910962770803321

Autore

Katchanovski Ivan

Titolo

Cleft Countries - Regional Political Divisions and Cultures in Post-Soviet Ukraine and Moldova / / Ivan Katchanovski, Francis Fukuyama, Andreas Umland

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hannover, : ibidem, 2014

ISBN

9783838255583

3838255585

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Collana

Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society ; 33

Disciplina

306.209477

Soggetti

Regionalism - Ukraine

Regionalism - Moldova

Political culture - Ukraine

Political culture - Moldova

Elections - Ukraine

Elections - Moldova

Ukraine Politics and government 1991-2014

Moldova Politics and government 1991-

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 (pages 245-272) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""List of Tables, Figures and Pictures""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Cleft countries: A theoretical and comparative framework""; ""2.1 Theoretical framework""; ""2.2 Historical legacies and regional divisions in a comparative framework""; ""3 Regional political divisions in post-Communist Ukraine and Moldova""; ""3.1 Party vote""; ""3.2 Presidential elections""; ""3.3 Separatism in Transdniestria""; ""3.4 Separatism in Gagauzia (Gagauz Yeri)""; ""3.5 Separatism in Crimea""; ""3.6 Separatism in Donbas and neighboring regions""

""3.7 Referendums: Regional patterns""""3.8 Surveys of public opinion: regional patterns""; ""3.9 Attitudes towards privatization and market reform""; ""4 Evolution of regional political cultures in Ukraine and Moldova""; ""4.1 Historical legacies of the Russian Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy""; ""4.2 Historical experience of Ukrainian and Moldovan regions in the Soviet Union and East-Central European countries during the period between the two world wars""; ""4.3 Post-war Soviet legacy in Ukrainian and Moldovan regions""

""4.4 Religion and historical legacies in Ukraine and Moldova""""5 Culture, ethnicity, economy, and political leadership""; ""5.1 Ethnicity and language""; ""5.2 Economic factors""; ""5.3 Political leadership factors""; ""5.4 Comparison of regional culture with other factors""; ""6 Conclusion""; ""Appendices""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

During the “Orange Revolution” in Ukraine, the second largest country in Europe came close to a violent break-up similar to that in neighboring Moldova, which witnessed a violent secession of the Transdniestria region. Numerous elections, including the hotly contested 2004 presidential elections in Ukraine, and surveys of public opinion showed significant regional divisions in these post-Soviet countries. Western parts of Ukraine and Moldova, as well as the Muslim Crimean Tatars, were vocal supporters of independence, nationalist, and pro-Western parties and politicians. In contrast, Eastern regions, as well as the Orthodox Turkic-speaking Gagauz, consistently expressed pro-Russian and pro-Communist political orientations. Which factors – historical legacies, religion, economy, ethnicity, or political leadership – could explain these divisions? Why was Ukraine able to avoid a violent break-up, in contrast to Moldova? This is the first book to offer a systematic and comparative analysis of the regional political divisions in post-Soviet Ukraine and Moldova. The study examines voting behavior and political attitudes in two groups of regions: those which were under Russian, Ottoman, and Soviet rule; and those which were under Austro-Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, and Czechoslovak rule until World War I or World War II. This book attributes the regional political divisions to the differences in historical experience. This study helps us to better understand regional cleavages and conflicts, not only in Ukraine and Moldova, but also in other cleft countries.