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UNINA9911074455503321 |
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Importation of Africans. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of January 22, requesting information relative to the importation of Africans into the State of Georgia, or any other state of this Union. February 15, 1859. -- Read, ordered to be laid on the table and printed |
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Washington, DC : , : [publisher not identified], , 1859 |
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1 online resource (2 pages) |
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Ex. doc. / 35th Congress, 2nd session. House ; ; no. 89 |
[United States congressional serial set] ; ; [serial set no. 1008] |
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BuchananJames <1791-1868.> |
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Criminal investigation |
Foreign trade promotion |
Foreign trade and employment |
Imports |
Slave trade |
Enslaved persons |
Legislative materials. |
Georgia |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Batch processed record: Metadata reviewed, not verified. Some fields updated by batch processes. |
FDLP item number not assigned. |
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UNINA9911104366603321 |
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John Angela V |
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Titolo |
Elizabeth Robins : staging a life, 1862-1952 / / Angela V. John |
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London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1995 |
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1-134-92683-9 |
1-134-92684-7 |
1-280-04668-6 |
0-203-41319-9 |
0-203-31635-5 |
9780203413197 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (306 p.) |
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Women novelists, American - 19th century |
Actresses - United States |
Actresses - England |
Feminists - United States |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 248-275) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION; WHITHER HOW?; THE OPEN QUESTION; IBSEN THE ACTRESS; THEATRE AND FRIENDSHIP; COME AND FIND ME; THE MAGNETIC NORTH; THE CONVERT; WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO?; ANCILLA'S SHARE; TIME IS WHISPERING; Appendices; Elizabeth Robins's major publications; Elizabeth Robins's writings on women's suffrage; Notes; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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A woman of extraordinary energy, talent and versatility. Elizabeth Robins was an actress who popularised Ibsen on the British stage, a prolific and popular writer of novels and non-fiction, and an Edwardian suffragette. Her extensive circle of friends included Florence Bell, Henry James, John Masefield and William Archer. She worked with the Pankhursts and knew the Woolfs. Through examining the life and work |
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of this vivid and transatlantic figure born during the American Civil War yet surviving into the England of the 1950's, Angela John raises questions about the shaping of historical identitiy |
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