Scientific Americans : the making of popular science and evolution in early-twentieth-century U.S. literature and culture / / John Bruni |
Autore | Bruni John |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cardiff : , : University of Wales Press, , [2014] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (258 p.) |
Disciplina | 810.90052 |
Collana | Intersections in literature and science |
Soggetto topico |
American literature - 20th century - History and criticism
Authors, American - 20th century American literature - 20th century Science - United States - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-78316-018-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; ToC; List of illustrations; 1 Popular Science, Evolution and Global Information Management; Acknowledgements; Introduction; I. Reconstructing the social and scientific; II. Scientific and cultural narratives of expansion; III. Information and control systems; IV. Historicizing science; 2 Dirty Naturalism and the Regime of Thermodynamic Self-Organization; I. Social regulation and the power of art; II. Self-organization and energy flows; III. Ecocriticism and thermodynamics; IV. Social work and moral parasites; 3 The Ecology of Empire; I. The Call of the Wild and the national frontier
II. Wild Fang and the ideology of domesticationIII. The multiplicity of animal bodies; III. 'Constitutional restlessness' and 'something not ourselves'; IV. Ghosts of American citizens; V. Where to draw the line? Biological kinshipand legal discourse; 4 After the Flood: Performance and Nation; I. Managing life; II. Business morality and Western water policy; IV. Systems of art: perception and communication; V. Pure fiction; I. Evolution as historical process; II. Thermodynamics and citizenship; III. The new American as techno-subject; IV. Beyond evolution: information, control and paranoia V. 'The Rule of Phase Applied to History'VI. 'A Letter to American Teachers of History'; 5 The Miseducation of Henry Adams: Fantasies of Race,Citizenship and Biological Dynamos; Conclusion; I. Henry Adams: ecocritic?; II. 'Cyborg politics' and the technoscientific regime; III. The American System and global debt; IV. Biopolitics and posthuman life: the call of Jack London; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464671903321 |
Bruni John | ||
Cardiff : , : University of Wales Press, , [2014] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Scientific Americans : the making of popular science and evolution in early-twentieth-century U.S. literature and culture / / John Bruni |
Autore | Bruni John |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cardiff : , : University of Wales Press, , [2014] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (258 p.) |
Disciplina | 810.90052 |
Collana | Intersections in literature and science |
Soggetto topico |
American literature - 20th century - History and criticism
Authors, American - 20th century American literature - 20th century Science - United States - History |
ISBN | 1-78316-018-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; ToC; List of illustrations; 1 Popular Science, Evolution and Global Information Management; Acknowledgements; Introduction; I. Reconstructing the social and scientific; II. Scientific and cultural narratives of expansion; III. Information and control systems; IV. Historicizing science; 2 Dirty Naturalism and the Regime of Thermodynamic Self-Organization; I. Social regulation and the power of art; II. Self-organization and energy flows; III. Ecocriticism and thermodynamics; IV. Social work and moral parasites; 3 The Ecology of Empire; I. The Call of the Wild and the national frontier
II. Wild Fang and the ideology of domesticationIII. The multiplicity of animal bodies; III. 'Constitutional restlessness' and 'something not ourselves'; IV. Ghosts of American citizens; V. Where to draw the line? Biological kinshipand legal discourse; 4 After the Flood: Performance and Nation; I. Managing life; II. Business morality and Western water policy; IV. Systems of art: perception and communication; V. Pure fiction; I. Evolution as historical process; II. Thermodynamics and citizenship; III. The new American as techno-subject; IV. Beyond evolution: information, control and paranoia V. 'The Rule of Phase Applied to History'VI. 'A Letter to American Teachers of History'; 5 The Miseducation of Henry Adams: Fantasies of Race,Citizenship and Biological Dynamos; Conclusion; I. Henry Adams: ecocritic?; II. 'Cyborg politics' and the technoscientific regime; III. The American System and global debt; IV. Biopolitics and posthuman life: the call of Jack London; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789298703321 |
Bruni John | ||
Cardiff : , : University of Wales Press, , [2014] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Scientific Americans : the making of popular science and evolution in early-twentieth-century U.S. literature and culture / / John Bruni |
Autore | Bruni John |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cardiff : , : University of Wales Press, , [2014] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (258 p.) |
Disciplina | 810.90052 |
Collana | Intersections in literature and science |
Soggetto topico |
American literature - 20th century - History and criticism
Authors, American - 20th century American literature - 20th century Science - United States - History |
ISBN | 1-78316-018-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; ToC; List of illustrations; 1 Popular Science, Evolution and Global Information Management; Acknowledgements; Introduction; I. Reconstructing the social and scientific; II. Scientific and cultural narratives of expansion; III. Information and control systems; IV. Historicizing science; 2 Dirty Naturalism and the Regime of Thermodynamic Self-Organization; I. Social regulation and the power of art; II. Self-organization and energy flows; III. Ecocriticism and thermodynamics; IV. Social work and moral parasites; 3 The Ecology of Empire; I. The Call of the Wild and the national frontier
II. Wild Fang and the ideology of domesticationIII. The multiplicity of animal bodies; III. 'Constitutional restlessness' and 'something not ourselves'; IV. Ghosts of American citizens; V. Where to draw the line? Biological kinshipand legal discourse; 4 After the Flood: Performance and Nation; I. Managing life; II. Business morality and Western water policy; IV. Systems of art: perception and communication; V. Pure fiction; I. Evolution as historical process; II. Thermodynamics and citizenship; III. The new American as techno-subject; IV. Beyond evolution: information, control and paranoia V. 'The Rule of Phase Applied to History'VI. 'A Letter to American Teachers of History'; 5 The Miseducation of Henry Adams: Fantasies of Race,Citizenship and Biological Dynamos; Conclusion; I. Henry Adams: ecocritic?; II. 'Cyborg politics' and the technoscientific regime; III. The American System and global debt; IV. Biopolitics and posthuman life: the call of Jack London; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910808021803321 |
Bruni John | ||
Cardiff : , : University of Wales Press, , [2014] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Secret sins : sex, violence and society in Carmarthenshire, 1870-1920 / / Russell Davies |
Autore | Davies Russell |
Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cardiff, [Wales] : , : University of Wales Press, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (341 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.09 |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-7083-2557-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front Cover; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction: Private Lives, Public Witnesses: The Individual and Society in Carmarthenshire; A Sense of Place; A Psychic Crisis? The Social Contextof Mental Illness and Suicide; 'Secret Sins': Crime and Protest; Sexuality and Tension; Spiritual Skeletons: Religion, Superstitionand Popular Culture; Conclusion: Carmarthenshire and Welsh Society; Notes; Index; Back Cover |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464558503321 |
Davies Russell | ||
Cardiff, [Wales] : , : University of Wales Press, , 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Secret sins : sex, violence and society in Carmarthenshire, 1870-1920 / / Russell Davies |
Autore | Davies Russell |
Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cardiff, [Wales] : , : University of Wales Press, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (341 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.09 |
ISBN | 0-7083-2557-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front Cover; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction: Private Lives, Public Witnesses: The Individual and Society in Carmarthenshire; A Sense of Place; A Psychic Crisis? The Social Contextof Mental Illness and Suicide; 'Secret Sins': Crime and Protest; Sexuality and Tension; Spiritual Skeletons: Religion, Superstitionand Popular Culture; Conclusion: Carmarthenshire and Welsh Society; Notes; Index; Back Cover |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789167803321 |
Davies Russell | ||
Cardiff, [Wales] : , : University of Wales Press, , 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Secret sins : sex, violence and society in Carmarthenshire, 1870-1920 / / Russell Davies |
Autore | Davies Russell |
Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cardiff, [Wales] : , : University of Wales Press, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (341 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.09 |
ISBN | 0-7083-2557-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front Cover; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction: Private Lives, Public Witnesses: The Individual and Society in Carmarthenshire; A Sense of Place; A Psychic Crisis? The Social Contextof Mental Illness and Suicide; 'Secret Sins': Crime and Protest; Sexuality and Tension; Spiritual Skeletons: Religion, Superstitionand Popular Culture; Conclusion: Carmarthenshire and Welsh Society; Notes; Index; Back Cover |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809303603321 |
Davies Russell | ||
Cardiff, [Wales] : , : University of Wales Press, , 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Selections from Ystorya Bown o Hamtwn / / edited by Erich Poppe and Regine Reck |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cardiff, Wales : , : University of Wales Press, , 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (154 p.) |
Disciplina | 891.66112 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
PoppeErich
ReckRegine |
Collana | Library of medieval Welsh literature |
Soggetto topico | Welsh literature |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-7083-2245-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; Selections from Ystorya Bown o Hamtwn; Manuscript readings and variants; Notes on the text; Glossary; Personal Names and Places; Bibliography |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454775203321 |
Cardiff, Wales : , : University of Wales Press, , 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Selections from Ystorya Bown o Hamtwn / / edited by Erich Poppe and Regine Reck |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cardiff, Wales : , : University of Wales Press, , 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (154 p.) |
Disciplina | 891.66112 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
PoppeErich
ReckRegine |
Collana | Library of medieval Welsh literature |
Soggetto topico | Welsh literature |
ISBN | 0-7083-2245-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; Selections from Ystorya Bown o Hamtwn; Manuscript readings and variants; Notes on the text; Glossary; Personal Names and Places; Bibliography |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778060103321 |
Cardiff, Wales : , : University of Wales Press, , 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Selections from Ystorya Bown o Hamtwn / / edited by Erich Poppe and Regine Reck |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cardiff, Wales : , : University of Wales Press, , 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (154 p.) |
Disciplina | 891.66112 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
PoppeErich
ReckRegine |
Collana | Library of medieval Welsh literature |
Soggetto topico | Welsh literature |
ISBN | 0-7083-2245-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; Selections from Ystorya Bown o Hamtwn; Manuscript readings and variants; Notes on the text; Glossary; Personal Names and Places; Bibliography |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809879303321 |
Cardiff, Wales : , : University of Wales Press, , 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Sex and society in early twentieth-century Spain [[electronic resource] ] : Hildegart Rodríguez and the World League for Sexual Reform / / Alison Sinclair |
Autore | Sinclair Alison |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cardiff, : University of Wales Press, 2011, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (278 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.7094609041 |
Collana | Iberian and Latin American studies |
Soggetto topico | Sex - Social aspects - Spain - History - 20th century |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-299-20116-4
0-7083-2470-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Series Editors' Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The Face of Reform in Europe and theSpanish Case; Conception of Reform; Growing up under the Dictatorship; Coming to Maturity and the Limits ofTolerance; Hildegart's 'child', the Spanish Liga; The Liga Speaks; Writing to the 'fairy god'; Filicide: Perfection and Eugenic Death; Hildegart's Letters; Brief Bio-Bibliographical Guide to FiguresMentioned in the Text; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460985303321 |
Sinclair Alison | ||
Cardiff, : University of Wales Press, 2011, c2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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