Frontier figures [[electronic resource] ] : American music and the mythology of the American West / / Beth E. Levy |
Autore | Levy Beth E (Beth Ellen), <1972-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (471 p.) |
Disciplina | 781.5/9 |
Collana | California studies in 20th-century music |
Soggetto topico |
Music - United States - 20th century - History and criticism
Legends - West (U.S.) - History and criticism |
Soggetto non controllato |
aaron copland
american culture book club books books about music composers books for music lovers books for reluctant readers career culture and music discussion books easy to read engaging evolution of american music gifts for friends history how to become a musician how was music created learning about american music history music books music evolution page turner performing arts politics in the music world the wild west theater vacation reads what was the wild west |
ISBN |
0-520-95202-2
1-280-11656-0 9786613520852 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: The Course of Empire -- Part One. Arthur Farwell's West -- Part Two. Western Encounters: Charles Wakefield Cadman and Others -- Part Three. American Pastorals -- Part Four. Roy Harris: Provincial Cowboy, White Hope -- Part Five. Aaron Copland: From Orient to Occident -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index |
Altri titoli varianti | American music and the mythology of the American West |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910806944703321 |
Levy Beth E (Beth Ellen), <1972-> | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Game changer [[electronic resource] ] : animal rights and the fate of Africa's wildlife / / Glen Martin |
Autore | Martin Glen <1949-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (268 p.) |
Disciplina | 179/.3096 |
Soggetto topico |
Animal welfare - Africa
Animal rights - Africa Animal rights - Environmental aspects - Africa Wildlife conservation - Africa Animal rights activists - Africa Animal rights movement - Africa |
Soggetto non controllato |
african history
animal hunting animal rights movement animal welfare animals in africa aspca books for animal lovers books for reluctant readers conservationists conservations vs protecting animals conserve wildlife discussion books east africa easy to read engaging environmental conservation protection how to save animals how to stop hunters individual animals man vs nature page turner protecting wildlife the importance of animals vacation reads wildlife in africa zoos and animals |
ISBN |
1-280-11658-7
9786613520876 0-520-95205-7 |
Classificazione | NAT037000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Maps -- Chapter 1. Never an Eden -- Chapter 2. The Man Who Hated Hyenas -- Chapter 3. Dreaming the Peaceable Kingdom -- Chapter 4. From Automata to Sentient Beings -- Chapter 5. My Cow Trumps Your Lion -- Chapter 6. Death to l'Ancien Régime -- Chapter 7. Reality Check -- Chapter 8. The Kenya Model -- Chapter 9. An Inalienable Right -- Chapter 10. Buy (or Lease) It and They Will Come -- Chapter 11. Even the Cows Must Pay -- Chapter 12. Elephant Man -- Chapter 13. The Sage Reconsiders -- Chapter 14. Commodifying Conservation -- Chapter 15. Not a Primary Issue of Concern -- Chapter 16. Hard Choices -- Chapter 17. The Nation on a Plate -- Chapter 18. Topsoil and Condoms -- Chapter 19. Summing Up in Diani -- Recommended Reading -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789974603321 |
Martin Glen <1949-> | ||
Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Game changer [[electronic resource] ] : animal rights and the fate of Africa's wildlife / / Glen Martin |
Autore | Martin Glen <1949-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (268 p.) |
Disciplina | 179/.3096 |
Soggetto topico |
Animal welfare - Africa
Animal rights - Africa Animal rights - Environmental aspects - Africa Wildlife conservation - Africa Animal rights activists - Africa Animal rights movement - Africa |
Soggetto non controllato |
african history
animal hunting animal rights movement animal welfare animals in africa aspca books for animal lovers books for reluctant readers conservationists conservations vs protecting animals conserve wildlife discussion books east africa easy to read engaging environmental conservation protection how to save animals how to stop hunters individual animals man vs nature page turner protecting wildlife the importance of animals vacation reads wildlife in africa zoos and animals |
ISBN |
1-280-11658-7
9786613520876 0-520-95205-7 |
Classificazione | NAT037000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Maps -- Chapter 1. Never an Eden -- Chapter 2. The Man Who Hated Hyenas -- Chapter 3. Dreaming the Peaceable Kingdom -- Chapter 4. From Automata to Sentient Beings -- Chapter 5. My Cow Trumps Your Lion -- Chapter 6. Death to l'Ancien Régime -- Chapter 7. Reality Check -- Chapter 8. The Kenya Model -- Chapter 9. An Inalienable Right -- Chapter 10. Buy (or Lease) It and They Will Come -- Chapter 11. Even the Cows Must Pay -- Chapter 12. Elephant Man -- Chapter 13. The Sage Reconsiders -- Chapter 14. Commodifying Conservation -- Chapter 15. Not a Primary Issue of Concern -- Chapter 16. Hard Choices -- Chapter 17. The Nation on a Plate -- Chapter 18. Topsoil and Condoms -- Chapter 19. Summing Up in Diani -- Recommended Reading -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816490603321 |
Martin Glen <1949-> | ||
Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Go west, young women! [[electronic resource] ] : the rise of early Hollywood / / Hilary A. Hallett |
Autore | Hallett Hilary A. <1968-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (327 p.) |
Disciplina | 791.43/6522 |
Soggetto topico |
Women in the motion picture industry - California - Los Angeles - History - 20th century
Motion picture actors and actresses - California - Los Angeles Motion pictures and women - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
20th century film history
20th century women academic books american history birth of los angeles book club reads books for film lovers books for history lovers discrimination of women discussion books early modern american history easy to read educational books feminism film capital of the united states gender studies history of hollywood hollywood sex scandal learning while reading men and women modern gender roles page turner post war cinema industry sex the great war |
ISBN |
1-283-89179-4
0-520-95368-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Along the road to Hollywood: landscapes "in motion-picture land". "Oh for a girl who could ride a horse like pearl white": the actress democratizes fame -- Women-made women: writing the "movies" before Hollywood -- Melodramas of Hollywood's birth: the postwar revolution in morals and manners, redux. Hollywood bohemia -- The movie menace -- A star is born: rereading Hollywood's first sex scandal -- Conclusion: the girl from Hollywood. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786017203321 |
Hallett Hilary A. <1968-> | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Go west, young women! [[electronic resource] ] : the rise of early Hollywood / / Hilary A. Hallett |
Autore | Hallett Hilary A. <1968-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (327 p.) |
Disciplina | 791.43/6522 |
Soggetto topico |
Women in the motion picture industry - California - Los Angeles - History - 20th century
Motion picture actors and actresses - California - Los Angeles Motion pictures and women - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
20th century film history
20th century women academic books american history birth of los angeles book club reads books for film lovers books for history lovers discrimination of women discussion books early modern american history easy to read educational books feminism film capital of the united states gender studies history of hollywood hollywood sex scandal learning while reading men and women modern gender roles page turner post war cinema industry sex the great war |
ISBN |
1-283-89179-4
0-520-95368-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Along the road to Hollywood: landscapes "in motion-picture land". "Oh for a girl who could ride a horse like pearl white": the actress democratizes fame -- Women-made women: writing the "movies" before Hollywood -- Melodramas of Hollywood's birth: the postwar revolution in morals and manners, redux. Hollywood bohemia -- The movie menace -- A star is born: rereading Hollywood's first sex scandal -- Conclusion: the girl from Hollywood. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822115003321 |
Hallett Hilary A. <1968-> | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Gravesend [[electronic resource] /] / Cole Swensen |
Autore | Swensen Cole <1955-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (97 p.) |
Disciplina | 811/.54 |
Collana | New California poetry |
Soggetto topico | American poetry |
Soggetto non controllato |
advanced poetry
book club reads books by women books for poetry lovers complex poems discussion books easy to read edge of your seat engaging european expansion european history ghost poems ghosts gothic historical history and poetry how to write a poem learning while reading leisure reads page turner paranormal pass on books poetry books poetry techniques pre 21st century stories with poems suspense suspenseful poems understanding poetry vacation books western world history |
ISBN |
1-280-49219-8
9786613587428 0-520-95240-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- One: Have you ever seen a ghost? -- Two: How did Gravesend get its name? -- Three: What do you think a ghost is? -- Acknowledgments -- Notes |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790115703321 |
Swensen Cole <1955-> | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Gravesend [[electronic resource] /] / Cole Swensen |
Autore | Swensen Cole <1955-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (97 p.) |
Disciplina | 811/.54 |
Collana | New California poetry |
Soggetto topico | American poetry |
Soggetto non controllato |
advanced poetry
book club reads books by women books for poetry lovers complex poems discussion books easy to read edge of your seat engaging european expansion european history ghost poems ghosts gothic historical history and poetry how to write a poem learning while reading leisure reads page turner paranormal pass on books poetry books poetry techniques pre 21st century stories with poems suspense suspenseful poems understanding poetry vacation books western world history |
ISBN |
1-280-49219-8
9786613587428 0-520-95240-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- One: Have you ever seen a ghost? -- Two: How did Gravesend get its name? -- Three: What do you think a ghost is? -- Acknowledgments -- Notes |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820735103321 |
Swensen Cole <1955-> | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The great wall of confinement [[electronic resource] ] : the Chinese prison camp through contemporary fiction and reportage / / Philip F. Williams and Yenna Wu |
Autore | Williams Philip F |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (262 p.) |
Disciplina | 365/.45/0951 |
Altri autori (Persone) | WuYenna |
Soggetto topico |
Internment camps - China
Forced labor - China Political prisoners - China |
Soggetto non controllato |
20th century
anthropologists asia scholars china chinese history chinese law chinese prison camp chinese society confinement contemporary fiction cultural anthropology cultural historians discussion books historical human rights issues human rights laogai system law enforcement literary documents modern reports nonfiction study primary sources prison camp network prison life prison stories prisoners social impact world powers |
ISBN |
1-282-35806-5
9786612358067 0-520-93855-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The cultural foundations of China's prison camp system -- The development of the Chinese communist prison camp -- The PRC prison camp (I) -- The PRC prison camp (II) -- Prison writings. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778469203321 |
Williams Philip F | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The great wall of confinement [[electronic resource] ] : the Chinese prison camp through contemporary fiction and reportage / / Philip F. Williams and Yenna Wu |
Autore | Williams Philip F |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (262 p.) |
Disciplina | 365/.45/0951 |
Altri autori (Persone) | WuYenna |
Soggetto topico |
Internment camps - China
Forced labor - China Political prisoners - China |
Soggetto non controllato |
20th century
anthropologists asia scholars china chinese history chinese law chinese prison camp chinese society confinement contemporary fiction cultural anthropology cultural historians discussion books historical human rights issues human rights laogai system law enforcement literary documents modern reports nonfiction study primary sources prison camp network prison life prison stories prisoners social impact world powers |
ISBN |
1-282-35806-5
9786612358067 0-520-93855-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The cultural foundations of China's prison camp system -- The development of the Chinese communist prison camp -- The PRC prison camp (I) -- The PRC prison camp (II) -- Prison writings. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810919203321 |
Williams Philip F | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Guerrilla USA [[electronic resource] ] : the George Jackson Brigade and the anticapitalist underground of the 1970s / / Daniel Burton-Rose |
Autore | Burton-Rose Daniel |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (358 p.) |
Disciplina | 322.4/20973 |
Soggetto topico | Guerrillas - United States - History - 20th century |
Soggetto non controllato |
1970s
american history anarchism anger anti corporations anti state institutions anticapitalist underground bank robberies bombers bombings crime criminals outlaws discussion books engaging george jackson brigade imprisonment insider perspective intense interviews jailbreak modern history nonfiction pacific northwest page turner revolt revolutionary extremism social change social movements terrorism true crime united states violence war |
ISBN |
0-520-94603-0
9786612697722 1-282-69772-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Prelude -- 1. Conceptions of Revolution and Violence, 1961-1967 -- 2. A Cresting Wave, 1967-1970 -- 3. Delivering on Threats, 1971-1975 -- 4. A Child Prodigy -- 5. Jailhouse Lawyer -- 6. Strike! -- 7. A Rebel and a Cause -- 8. The Destroyer's Creation -- 9. Woman over the Edge of Crime -- 10. Women's Work -- 11. Inside Out -- 12. Days and Nights of Love and War -- 13. New York, New York -- 14. Liberating the New World from the Old -- 15. Invitation to a Bombing -- 16. A Night without City Light -- 17. Dog Day Afternoon -- 18. Jailbreak! -- 19. Clueless in Seattle -- 20. Diverging Paths to a Common Dream -- 21. Ed Mead Gets His Day in Court -- 22. Underground in Oregon -- 23. Back with a Bang! -- 24. Winding Down -- 25. Crying a River -- Coda -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781130003321 |
Burton-Rose Daniel | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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