Collections of travels through Turky into Persia, and the East-Indies [[electronic resource] ] : giving an account of the state of those countries : as also, a full relation of the five years wars between Aureng-Zebe and his brothers in their father's life-time, about the succession : and a voyage made by the Great Mogul, Aureng-Zebe, with his army from Delhi to Lahor, from Lahor to Bember, and from thence to the kingdom of Kachemire, by the Mogols call'd the paradise of the Indies : together with a relation of the Kingdom of Japan and Tunkin, and of their particular manner and trade : to which is added a new description of the Grand Seignior's seraglio, and also, of all the kingdoms that encompass the Euxine ad Caspian Seas / / being the travels of Monsieur Tavernier Bernier, and other great men ; adorned with many copper plates

• Record Nr.: UNISA996387248903316
• Autore: Tavernier Jean-Baptiste <1605-1689.>
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : Printed for M.P. and are to be sold by George Monke ... and William Ewrey ..., 1688
• Descrizione fisica: 2 v. : ill
• Altri autori (Persone): PhillipsJohn <1631-1706.>; EverardEdmund
• Soggetti: Asia Description and travel; Turkey Description and travel; Iran Description and travel; India Description and travel; India Description and travel Early works to 1800; Japan Description and travel; Japan Description and travel Early works to 1800
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Translated by J. Phillips and Edmund Everard.; Reproduction of original in Duke University Library.
• Sommario/riassunto: eebo-0040

American Catholic lay groups and transatlantic social reform in the progressive era [[electronic resource] /] / Deirdre M. Moloney

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910780186903321
• Autore: Moloney Deirdre M
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2002
• ISBN: 979-88-908746-3-4; 0-8078-6044-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (286 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.6/2073
• Soggetti: Catholics - United States - History - 19th century; Catholics - United States - History - 20th century; Laity - Catholic Church - History - 19th century; Laity - Catholic Church - History - 20th century; Christian sociology - Catholic Church - United States - History of doctrines - 19th century; Christian sociology - Catholic Church - United States - History of doctrines - 20th century; Progressivism (United States politics); United States Social conditions 1865-1918
• 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. [243]-257) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Celebrating an American Catholic Legacy; 2. Combating "Whisky's Work"; 3. The Friendly Hand & the Helping Purse; 4. Poverty & Proselytizers; 5. Promoting the Maternal over Material, Ideal over Idle; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This text traces the development of social reform movements among American Catholics from 1880 to 1925. Deirdre M. Moloney reveals how Catholic gender ideologies, emerging middle-class values, and ethnic identities shaped the goals and activities of lay activists in this time.