1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910451729603321

Autore

Wilson Anthony <1975->

Titolo

Shadow and shelter [[electronic resource] ] : the swamp in southern culture / / Anthony Wilson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, 2006

ISBN

1-282-91723-4

9786612917233

1-60473-069-2

1-4294-6057-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (235 p.)

Disciplina

975

Soggetti

Group identity - Southern States

Swamps - Social aspects - Southern States

Swamps in literature

American literature - Southern States - History and criticism

Swamps - Southern States - History

Swamp ecology - Southern States

Electronic books.

Southern States Civilization

Southern States In literature

Southern States Environmental conditions

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. 194-203) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The swamp and antebellum southern identity -- The southern swamp in the Civil War, Reconstruction, and beyond -- The swamp in the twentieth-century South -- The swamp in the postmodern South : conservation, simulation, and commodification.

Sommario/riassunto

To early European colonists the swamp was a place linked with sin and impurity; to the plantation elite, it was a practical obstacle to agricultural development. For the many excluded from the white southern aristocracy--African Americans, Native Americans, Acadians, and poor, rural whites--the swamp meant something very different, providing shelter and sustenance and offering separation and



protection from the dominant plantation culture. Shadow and Shelter: The Swamp in Southern Culture explores the interplay of contradictory but equally pre-vailing metaphors: first, the swamp as the undersi

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910598588403321

Autore

Institut "Finanzen und Steuern"

Titolo

Die Steuerlast : eine vergleichende Darstellung der Steuerbelastung in Frankreich, Grossbritannien, den USA und in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland / Institut "Finanzen und Steuern"

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bonn am Rhein, : Institut Finanzen und Steuern, 1950

Descrizione fisica

48 p. ; 24 cm

Collana

Institut "Finanzen und Steuern" ... Schriftenreihe ; 5

Disciplina

330

Locazione

FGBC

Collocazione

XIV I 1 (5)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



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Record Nr.

UNISA996394517903316

Autore

Ness Christopher <1621-1705.>

Titolo

A Christians walk and work on earth until he attain to heaven [[electronic resource] ] : Which may serve as a practical guide, and a plain direction in his pilgrimage thither, through his personal and relative duties. Marvelously useful to all persons and families of all ranks and qualities, both in city and country. The second edition corrected & amended. By Christopher Nesse, minister of the gospel in Fleetstreet, London

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : printed and are to be sold by John Harding, at the sign of the Bible and Anchor in St. Paul's Church Yard, 1678

Descrizione fisica

[24], 240 p. : port

Soggetti

Christian life

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Reproduction of the original in British Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018