1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996394430703316

Autore

Crofton Zachary <1625 or 6-1672.>

Titolo

Altar-worship, or Bowing to the communion table considered [[electronic resource] ] : as to the novelty vanity iniquity malignity charged upon it. In an antithesis to the determination of Dr. Eleazar Duncon, lately translated, and sent into the world in a Romish dress, with a cross in the front and fine / By Z. Crofton Presbyter, but proved enemy to all fanaticks

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : printed for J.R. at the Fountain in Goldsmiths-Row in Cheapside, 1661

Descrizione fisica

[18], 124, [2] p

Soggetti

Idols and images - Worship

Altars

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

The words "novelty ... malignity" are enclosed in brackets on title page.

The last leaf is blank.

Identified on UMI microfilm as Wing C6981, but is actually C6981A.

Copy filmed at UMI microfilm Early English Books 1641-1700 reel 2478 bound and filmed preceeding Wing G2260A and G2260B.

Reproduction of originals in the University of Illinois Library (Urbana-Champaign Campus). and the Folger Shakespeare Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0055



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455015703321

Autore

Streeby Shelley <1963->

Titolo

American sensations : class, empire, and the production of popular culture / / Shelley Streeby

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002

ISBN

1-282-76250-8

9786612762505

0-520-93587-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (402 p.)

Collana

American crossroads ; ; 9

Disciplina

813/.309355

Soggetti

American fiction - 19th century - History and criticism

Popular literature - United States - History and criticism

Literature and society - United States - History - 19th century

Social classes in literature

Sensationalism in literature

Ethnic groups in literature

Imperialism in literature

Nativism in literature

Race 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. 343-377) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- 1. Introduction: City and Empire in the American 1848 -- 2. George Lippard's 1848: Empire, Amnesia, and the U.S.-Mexican War -- 3. The Story-Paper Empire -- 4. Foreign Bodies and International Race Romance -- 5. From Imperial Adventure to Bowery B'hoys and Buffalo Bill: Ned Buntline, Nativism, and Class -- 6. The Contradictions of Anti-Imperialism -- 7. The Hacienda, the Factory, and the Plantation -- 8. The Dime Novel, the Civil War, and Empire -- 9. Joaquín Murrieta and Popular Culture -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

This innovative cultural history investigates an intriguing, thrilling, and often lurid assortment of sensational literature that was extremely popular in the United States in 1848--including dime novels, cheap



story paper literature, and journalism for working-class Americans. Shelley Streeby uncovers themes and images in this "literature of sensation" that reveal the profound influence that the U.S.-Mexican War and other nineteenth-century imperial ventures throughout the Americas had on U.S. politics and culture. Streeby's analysis of this fascinating body of popular literature and mass culture broadens into a sweeping demonstration of the importance of the concept of empire for understanding U.S. history and literature. This accessible, interdisciplinary book brilliantly analyzes the sensational literature of George Lippard, A.J.H Duganne, Ned Buntline, Metta Victor, Mary Denison, John Rollin Ridge, Louisa May Alcott, and many other writers. Streeby also discusses antiwar articles in the labor and land reform press; ideas about Mexico, Cuba, and Nicaragua in popular culture; and much more. Although the Civil War has traditionally been a major period marker in U.S. history and literature, Streeby proposes a major paradigm shift by using mass culture to show that the U.S.-Mexican War and other conflicts with Mexicans and Native Americans in the borderlands were fundamental in forming the complex nexus of race, gender, and class in the United States.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910299443203321

Autore

Holtmeier Friedrich-Karl

Titolo

Animals' Influence on the Landscape and Ecological Importance : Natives, Newcomers, Homecomers / / by Friedrich-Karl Holtmeier

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Dordrecht : , : Springer Netherlands : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

94-017-9294-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (547 p.)

Disciplina

333.7

500

550

551.6

Soggetti

Ecology

Physical geography

Climatic changes

Popular works

Earth sciences

Life sciences

Environment, general

Physical Geography

Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts

Popular Science, general

Earth Sciences, general

Life Sciences, general

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

1 Introduction -- 2 Animals’ Functional Role in the Landscape -- 3. Selected Landscapes under the Influence of Wild Herbivorous Mammals -- 4 Keystone Species -- 5 Introductions and Re-Introductions of Animals -- 6 Animals in Landscape Management and Nature Conservation -- 7 Potential Effects of Climate Change on Animal-Habitat Interactions -- 8 Epilogue -- 9 References -- 10 Index.

Sommario/riassunto

In its first English-language edition, this book introduces the many-



faceted interactions of animal populations with their habitats. From soil fauna, ants and termites to small and large herbivores, burrowing mammals and birds, the author presents a comprehensive analysis of animals and ecosystems that is as broad and varied as all nature. Chapter 2 addresses the functional role of animals in landscape ecosystems, emphasizing fluxes of energy and matter within and between ecosystems, and the effects of animals on qualitative and structural habitat change. Discussion includes chapters on the role of animal population density and the impacts of native herbivores on vegetation and habitats from the tropics to the polar regions. Cyclic mass outbreaks of species such as the larch bud moth in Switzerland, the mountain pine beetle and the African red-billed weaver bird are described and analyzed. Other chapters discuss Zoochory – the dispersal of seeds by ants, mammals and birds – and the influence of burrowing animals on soil development and geomorphology. Consideration extends to the impact of feral domestic animals. Chapter 5 focuses on problems resulting from introduction of alien animals and from re-introduction of animal species to their original habitats, discusses the effects on ecosystems of burrowing, digging and trampling by animals. The author also addresses keystone species such as kangaroo rats, termites and beavers. Chapter 6 addresses the role of animals in landscape management and nature conservation, with chapters on the impact of newcomer species such as animals introduced into Australia, New Zealand and Europe, and the consequences of reintroduction of species to original habitat. It also discusses the carrying capacity of natural habit, public attitudes toward conversation and more. The final section ponders the effects of climate on interactions between animals and their habitats.