Nature and culture in the northern forest [[electronic resource] ] : region, heritage, and environment in the rural Northeast / / edited by Pavel Cenkl |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Iowa City, Iowa, : University of Iowa Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (304 p.) |
Disciplina | 304.20974 |
Altri autori (Persone) | CenklPavel <1971-> |
Collana | American land and life series |
Soggetto topico |
Human ecology - Northeastern States
Human beings - Effect of environment on - Northeastern States Landscapes - Social aspects - Northeastern States Community life - Northeastern States Regionalism - Northeastern States Forests and forestry - Northeastern States |
ISBN | 1-58729-936-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Reading Place in the Northern Forest; Encounters; Meeting Twinflower (Linnaea borealis); Music of the Northern Forest: Boreal Birdsong in Literature and on the Trail; Life as Beech: Survival in the New England Forest; Teaching and Learning; Robert Frost in the Fields and Nils-Aslak Valkeapää at the Treeline: Ecological Knowledge and Academic Learning at the Northern Forest Edge; Interdisciplinary Teaching about the Adirondacks; Youth, Refinement, and Environmental Knowledge in the Nineteenth-Century Rural North
Place as a Catalyst for Engaged Learning at Franklin Pierce UniversityRethinking Place; Benton MacKaye's 1904 White Mountains Hike: Exploring a Landscape of Logging, "Camp Ethics," and Patriotism; William James at Chocorua: A Northern Forest Philosopher; A Traverse of the Presidential Range with the Scottish Highlands on My Mind; Living with the Woods: Disturbance Histories in Thoreau and Burroughs; Nature as Commodity; In Awe of the Body: Physical Contact, Indulgence Shopping, and Nature Writing; Claiming Maine: Acquisition and Commodification in Thoreau's The Maine Woods So Much Beauty Locked Up in It: Of Ecocriticism and Axe-MurderContributors; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791472103321 |
Iowa City, Iowa, : University of Iowa Press, c2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Nature and culture in the northern forest [[electronic resource] ] : region, heritage, and environment in the rural Northeast / / edited by Pavel Cenkl |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Iowa City, Iowa, : University of Iowa Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (304 p.) |
Disciplina | 304.20974 |
Altri autori (Persone) | CenklPavel <1971-> |
Collana | American land and life series |
Soggetto topico |
Human ecology - Northeastern States
Human beings - Effect of environment on - Northeastern States Landscapes - Social aspects - Northeastern States Community life - Northeastern States Regionalism - Northeastern States Forests and forestry - Northeastern States |
ISBN | 1-58729-936-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Reading Place in the Northern Forest; Encounters; Meeting Twinflower (Linnaea borealis); Music of the Northern Forest: Boreal Birdsong in Literature and on the Trail; Life as Beech: Survival in the New England Forest; Teaching and Learning; Robert Frost in the Fields and Nils-Aslak Valkeapää at the Treeline: Ecological Knowledge and Academic Learning at the Northern Forest Edge; Interdisciplinary Teaching about the Adirondacks; Youth, Refinement, and Environmental Knowledge in the Nineteenth-Century Rural North
Place as a Catalyst for Engaged Learning at Franklin Pierce UniversityRethinking Place; Benton MacKaye's 1904 White Mountains Hike: Exploring a Landscape of Logging, "Camp Ethics," and Patriotism; William James at Chocorua: A Northern Forest Philosopher; A Traverse of the Presidential Range with the Scottish Highlands on My Mind; Living with the Woods: Disturbance Histories in Thoreau and Burroughs; Nature as Commodity; In Awe of the Body: Physical Contact, Indulgence Shopping, and Nature Writing; Claiming Maine: Acquisition and Commodification in Thoreau's The Maine Woods So Much Beauty Locked Up in It: Of Ecocriticism and Axe-MurderContributors; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810396703321 |
Iowa City, Iowa, : University of Iowa Press, c2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Necessary courage : Iowa's Underground Railroad in the struggle against slavery / / Lowell J. Soike |
Autore | Soike Lowell J |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Iowa City : , : University of Iowa Press, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (320 p.) |
Disciplina | 326/.80977709034 |
Collana | Iowa and the Midwest experience |
Soggetto topico |
Abolitionists - Iowa - History - 19th century
Antislavery movements - Iowa - History - 19th century Fugitive slaves - Iowa - History - 19th century Underground Railroad - Iowa |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-60938-222-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: Between Slavery and Freedom -- Iowa and the Politics of Slavery -- Iowa Becomes Antislavery -- The Struggle Intensifies -- A Hole of Abolitionists -- The Kansas-Nebraska Act and Political Change in Iowa -- Escapes and Rescues -- Iowa and the Martyrdom of John Brown -- Fearless Defiance -- War and Rebirth -- Remembering and Forgetting the Underground Railroad. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463059303321 |
Soike Lowell J | ||
Iowa City : , : University of Iowa Press, , 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Necessary courage : Iowa's Underground Railroad in the struggle against slavery / / Lowell J. Soike |
Autore | Soike Lowell J |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Iowa City : , : University of Iowa Press, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (320 p.) |
Disciplina | 326/.80977709034 |
Collana | Iowa and the Midwest experience |
Soggetto topico |
Abolitionists - Iowa - History - 19th century
Antislavery movements - Iowa - History - 19th century Fugitive slaves - Iowa - History - 19th century Underground Railroad - Iowa |
ISBN | 1-60938-222-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: Between Slavery and Freedom -- Iowa and the Politics of Slavery -- Iowa Becomes Antislavery -- The Struggle Intensifies -- A Hole of Abolitionists -- The Kansas-Nebraska Act and Political Change in Iowa -- Escapes and Rescues -- Iowa and the Martyrdom of John Brown -- Fearless Defiance -- War and Rebirth -- Remembering and Forgetting the Underground Railroad. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787659703321 |
Soike Lowell J | ||
Iowa City : , : University of Iowa Press, , 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Necessary courage : Iowa's Underground Railroad in the struggle against slavery / / Lowell J. Soike |
Autore | Soike Lowell J |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Iowa City : , : University of Iowa Press, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (320 p.) |
Disciplina | 326/.80977709034 |
Collana | Iowa and the Midwest experience |
Soggetto topico |
Abolitionists - Iowa - History - 19th century
Antislavery movements - Iowa - History - 19th century Fugitive slaves - Iowa - History - 19th century Underground Railroad - Iowa |
ISBN | 1-60938-222-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: Between Slavery and Freedom -- Iowa and the Politics of Slavery -- Iowa Becomes Antislavery -- The Struggle Intensifies -- A Hole of Abolitionists -- The Kansas-Nebraska Act and Political Change in Iowa -- Escapes and Rescues -- Iowa and the Martyrdom of John Brown -- Fearless Defiance -- War and Rebirth -- Remembering and Forgetting the Underground Railroad. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823702703321 |
Soike Lowell J | ||
Iowa City : , : University of Iowa Press, , 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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New visions of community in contemporary American fiction [[electronic resource] ] : Tan, Kingsolver, Castillo, Morrison / / Magali Cornier Michael |
Autore | Michael Magali Cornier |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
Disciplina | 813/.54099287 |
Soggetto topico |
American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism
American fiction - Women authors - History and criticism Women and literature - United States - History - 20th century American fiction - Minority authors - History and criticism Ethnicity in literature Communities in literature |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-58729-739-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Rethinking Community for the Twenty-First Century; Choosing Hope and Remaking Kinship: Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club; Negotiating Collectivities: Barbara Kingsolver's The Bean Trees and Pigs in Heaven; Collective Liberation and Activism via Spirituality: Ana Castillo's So Far from God; The Call to Love, to Assert Power with Others: Toni Morrison's Paradise; Conclusion: Looking to the Future; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454349703321 |
Michael Magali Cornier | ||
Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, c2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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New visions of community in contemporary American fiction [[electronic resource] ] : Tan, Kingsolver, Castillo, Morrison / / Magali Cornier Michael |
Autore | Michael Magali Cornier |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
Disciplina | 813/.54099287 |
Soggetto topico |
American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism
American fiction - Women authors - History and criticism Women and literature - United States - History - 20th century American fiction - Minority authors - History and criticism Ethnicity in literature Communities in literature |
ISBN | 1-58729-739-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Rethinking Community for the Twenty-First Century; Choosing Hope and Remaking Kinship: Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club; Negotiating Collectivities: Barbara Kingsolver's The Bean Trees and Pigs in Heaven; Collective Liberation and Activism via Spirituality: Ana Castillo's So Far from God; The Call to Love, to Assert Power with Others: Toni Morrison's Paradise; Conclusion: Looking to the Future; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782761303321 |
Michael Magali Cornier | ||
Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, c2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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New visions of community in contemporary American fiction [[electronic resource] ] : Tan, Kingsolver, Castillo, Morrison / / Magali Cornier Michael |
Autore | Michael Magali Cornier |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
Disciplina | 813/.54099287 |
Soggetto topico |
American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism
American fiction - Women authors - History and criticism Women and literature - United States - History - 20th century American fiction - Minority authors - History and criticism Ethnicity in literature Communities in literature |
ISBN | 1-58729-739-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Rethinking Community for the Twenty-First Century; Choosing Hope and Remaking Kinship: Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club; Negotiating Collectivities: Barbara Kingsolver's The Bean Trees and Pigs in Heaven; Collective Liberation and Activism via Spirituality: Ana Castillo's So Far from God; The Call to Love, to Assert Power with Others: Toni Morrison's Paradise; Conclusion: Looking to the Future; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910811092603321 |
Michael Magali Cornier | ||
Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, c2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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No such country [[electronic resource] ] : essays toward home / / Elmar Lueth |
Autore | Lueth Elmar <1965-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, c2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (199 p.) |
Disciplina |
973.04310092
973/.0431/0092 |
Collana | Sightline books |
Soggetto topico |
German Americans
Immigrants - United States Transnationalism |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-58729-413-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Acknowledgments; Introduction; Kirchhoff & Sons; Field Work; Word Choices; Houses; Niemandsland; Legacy; Language Lessons; Labyrinth; Walk Don't Walk; Apprenticeship |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450791903321 |
Lueth Elmar <1965-> | ||
Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, c2002 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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No such country [[electronic resource] ] : essays toward home / / Elmar Lueth |
Autore | Lueth Elmar <1965-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, c2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (199 p.) |
Disciplina |
973.04310092
973/.0431/0092 |
Collana | Sightline books |
Soggetto topico |
German Americans
Immigrants - United States Transnationalism |
ISBN | 1-58729-413-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Acknowledgments; Introduction; Kirchhoff & Sons; Field Work; Word Choices; Houses; Niemandsland; Legacy; Language Lessons; Labyrinth; Walk Don't Walk; Apprenticeship |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777441803321 |
Lueth Elmar <1965-> | ||
Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, c2002 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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