After camp : portraits in midcentury Japanese American life and politics / / Greg Robinson |
Autore | Robinson Greg <1966-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (336 p.) |
Disciplina | 973/.04956 |
Soggetto topico |
Japanese Americans - Social conditions - 20th century
Japanese Americans - Politics and government - 20th century Japanese Americans - Civil rights - History - 20th century Japanese Americans - Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 Cold War - Social aspects - United States Community life - United States - History - 20th century |
Soggetto non controllato |
20th century history
aftermath of world war i. alien land act american born immigrant children american history asian american history discrimination in american history ethnic minority groups historical literature immigrant struggles in america internment japanese american history japanese american struggles japanese internment leisure reads nonfiction politics and history postwar history race ethnicity race in 20th century america vacation reads world war ii history |
ISBN |
9786613520999
1-280-11670-6 0-520-95227-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I. Resettlement and New Lives -- Part II. The Varieties of Assimilation -- Part III. Interethnic Politics -- Part IV. African American Supporters of Japanese Americans, and the Shift in Nisei Views of African Americans -- Part V. The Rise and Fall of Postwar Coalitions for Civil Rights -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index |
Altri titoli varianti | Portraits in midcentury Japanese American life and politics |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827243503321 |
Robinson Greg <1966-> | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Alexander the Great and the mystery of the elephant medallions / / Frank L. Holt |
Autore | Holt Frank Lee |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif. : , : University of California Press, , 2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xv, 198 pages, 5 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps |
Disciplina | 737/.22/0938 |
Collana | Hellenistic culture and society |
Soggetto topico |
Coins, Ancient
Coins, Greek Elephants in numismatics |
Soggetto non controllato |
afghanistan
alexander the great ancient history ancient medallions battle of the hydaspes river biographical biography conquests discussion books elephant medallions european history hellenistic culture hellenistic period hellenistic society historians historical perspective india iraq megalomania myths and legends nonfiction numismatics popular history rajah porus retrospective supernatural success theology of war war warfare |
ISBN |
1-282-35812-X
9786612358128 0-520-93878-X 1-59734-457-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS -- PREFACE -- ONE. Man of Mystery -- TWO. A Treasure -- THREE. Picking a Fight -- FOUR. Whose Pachyderm, Whole or Halved? -- FIVE. Another Treasure -- SIX. A Closer Look -- SEVEN. A Dark and Stormy Night -- APPENDIX A. THE PUBLISHED ELEPHANT MEDALLIONS -- APPENDIX B. SOME POSSIBLE FORGERIES OF THE LARGE MEDALLION -- APPENDIX C. THE 1973 IRAQ HOARD -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777369003321 |
Holt Frank Lee | ||
Berkeley, Calif. : , : University of California Press, , 2003 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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American sexual character [[electronic resource] ] : sex, gender, and national identity in the Kinsey reports / / Miriam G. Reumann |
Autore | Reumann Miriam G. <1966-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (308 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.7/0973 |
Soggetto topico |
Sex - United States
Gender identity - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
abnormal sexuality
alfred kinsey class cold war cultural studies deviant sexuality emasculation female sexuality femininity feminist theory gender roles gender studies gender history homosexuality kinsey report marital sexuality marriage masculinity crisis masculinity national identity nonfiction politics post war america postwar marriage queer theory race sex sexual behavior sexual norms sexual practices sexuality soldiers veterans womens rights womens studies working women |
ISBN |
1-282-75921-3
9786612759215 0-520-93004-5 1-59875-518-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- One. "Sexual Order In Our Nation" American Sexuality And National Character In The Postwar United States -- Two. "A Missing Sense Of Maleness" Male Heterosexuality, Sexual Behavior In The Human Male, And The Crisis Of American Masculinity -- Three. "Much The Same Desires As Men" Sexual Behavior In The Human Female And The "American Woman" -- Four. "I'M A Much Better Citizen Than If I Were Single" Remaking Postwar Marriage And Reconfiguring Marital Sexuality -- Five. "An Age Of Sexual Ambiguity" Homosexuality And National Character In The Postwar United States -- Epilogue. "All America Is One Big Orgone Box" American Sexual Character Revisited -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783317803321 |
Reumann Miriam G. <1966-> | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Among African apes [[electronic resource] ] : stories and photos from the field / / edited by Martha M. Robbins and Christophe Boesch |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (201 p.) |
Disciplina | 599.88096 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
RobbinsMartha M. <1967->
BoeschChristophe |
Soggetto topico |
Apes - Africa
Apes - Research - Africa Apes - Conservation Rare mammals - Africa |
Soggetto non controllato |
africa
african animals african apes animal behavior apes bonobos bwindi impenetrable national park central africa chimpanzees conservation cote divoire deforestation disease ecotourism endangered animals environment environmentalism extinction field research forests gabon gorillas great apes ivindo national park jungles life sciences nature photography nature preserve nature reserve nature nonfiction poaching primates primatology science tai national park uganda wild apes wildlife zoology |
ISBN |
1-283-27793-X
9786613277930 0-520-94883-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Who, What, Where, and Why -- ONE: Discovering Apes -- TWO: Life and Death in the Forest Blood -- THREE: Encounters with Bili Chimpanzees in the Undisturbed Gangu Forest -- FOUR: Is Blood Thicker Than Water -- FIVE: Our Cousins in the Forest - or Bushmeat? -- SIX: Discovering Chimpanzee Traditions -- SEVEN: Keeping It in the Family. Tribal Warfare between Chimpanzee Communities -- EIGHT: Winona's Search for the Right Silverback. Insights into Female Strategies at a Natural Rain Forest Clearing in Northern Congo -- NINE: The Long Road to Habituation. A Window into the Lives of Gorillas -- TEN: Among Silverbacks -- ELEVEN: The Diversity of the Apes What Is the Future? -- Contributors -- Plate Credits -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781375603321 |
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Amphibian declines [[electronic resource] ] : a United States' response to the global phenomenon / / edited by Michael J. Lannoo |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (1117 p.) |
Disciplina | 333.95/78 |
Altri autori (Persone) | LannooMichael J |
Soggetto topico |
Amphibian declines
Amphibian declines - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
adenocarcinoma
agriculture amphibians animal populations biodiversity biology climate change conservation deforestation disease ecology environment environmentalism frogs genetics global warming habitat lakes malformation malformed frogs minnesota natural sciences nature nonfiction northern cricket frogs overwintering parasites pesticides pollution population declines radiation risk factors rivers salamander science ultraviolet wetlands wild animals woodland salamanders xenobiotics zoology |
ISBN |
1-282-75915-9
9786612759154 0-520-92943-8 1-4175-9332-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Amphibian Declines -- Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Advisory Board -- Contributors -- Preface -- Part One. Conservation Essays -- Introduction -- 1. Diverse Phenomena Influencing Amphibian Population Declines -- 2. Why Are Some Species In Decline But Others Not? -- 3. Philosophy, Value Judgments, And Declining Amphibians -- 4. Embracing Human Diversity In Conservation -- 5. Declining Amphibian Populations Task Force -- Declines -- 6. Meeting The Challenge Of Amphibian Declines With An Interdisciplinary Research Program -- 7. Biology Of Amphibian Declines -- 8. Declines Of Eastern North American Woodland Salamanders (Plethodon) -- 9. Decline Of Northern Cricket Frogs (Acris Crepitans) -- 10. Overwintering In Northern Cricket Frogs (Acris Crepitans) -- Causes -- 11. Repercussions Of Global Change -- 12. Lessons From Europe -- 13. Risk Factors And Declines In Northern Cricket Frogs (Acris Crepitans) -- 14. Ultraviolet Radiation -- 15. Xenobiotics -- 16. Variation In Pesticide Tolerance -- 17. Lucké Renal Adenocarcinoma -- 18. Malformed Frogs In Minnesota: History And Interspecific Differences -- 19. Parasites Of North American Frogs -- 20. Parasite Infection And Limb Malformations: A Growing Problem In Amphibian Conservation -- 21. Pine Silviculture -- 22. Commercial Trade -- Conservation -- 23. Houston Toads And Texas Politics -- 24. Amphibian Conservation Needs -- 25. Amphibian Population Cycles And Long-Term Data Sets -- 26. Landscape Ecology -- 27. Conservation Of Texas Spring And Cave Salamanders (Eurycea) -- 28. Lessons From The Tropics -- 29. Taxonomy And Amphibian Declines -- 30. Conservation Systematics: The Bufo Boreas Species Group -- 31. Factors Limiting The Recovery Of Boreal Toads (Bufo B. Boreas) -- 32. Southwestern Desert Bufonids -- 33. Amphibian Ecotoxicology -- 34. Museum Collections -- 35. Critical Areas -- 36. Creating Habitat Reserves For Migratory Salamanders -- 37. Population Manipulations -- 38. Exotic Species -- 39. Protecting Amphibians While Restoring Fish Populations -- 40. Reflections Upon Amphibian Conservation -- Surveys And Monitoring -- 41. Distribution Of South Dakota Anurans -- 42. Nebraska's Declining Amphibians -- 43. Museum Collections Can Assess Population Trends -- 44. Monitoring Salamander Populations In Great Smoky Mountains National Park -- 45. North American Amphibian Monitoring Program (Naamp) -- 46. Evaluating Calling Surveys -- 47. Geographical Information Systems And Survey Designs -- 48. Impacts Of Forest Management On Amphibians -- 49. Monitoring Pigment Pattern Morphs Of Northern Leopard Frogs -- Education -- 50. The National Amphibian Conservation Center -- 51. A Thousand Friends Of Frogs: Its Origins -- A Perspective -- 52. Of Men And Deformed Frogs: A Journalist's Lament -- Part Two. Species Accounts -- Introduction -- Anura -- Ascaphidae -- Family Bufonidae -- Family Dendrobatidae -- Family Hylidae -- Family Leptodactylidae -- Family Microhylidae -- Family Pelobatidae -- Family Pipidae -- Family Ranidae -- Family Rhinophrynidae -- Caudata -- Family Ambystomatidae -- Family Amphiumidae -- Family Cryptobranchidae -- Family Dicamptodontidae -- Family Plethodontidae -- Family Proteidae -- Family Rhyacotritonidae -- Family Salamandridae -- Family Sirenidae -- Epilogue: Factors Implicated In Amphibian Population Declines In The United States -- Conclusion -- Literature Cited -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783318103321 |
Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Ancestral leaves : : a family journey through Chinese history / / Joseph W. Esherick |
Autore | Esherick Joseph S |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2011] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvi, 374 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Disciplina |
929.20951
929/.20951 951 |
Soggetto topico | HISTORY / Asia / General |
Soggetto non controllato |
14th century
19th century ancestors asian biography biographical china chinese communists chinese history chinese rebellions chinese cultural revolution economic growth everyday life family history family lines historical nonfiction history buffs japanese invasion modern china modern history nonfiction oral histories personal history republican era social history social transformation war and revolution warfare world war ii wwii ye family |
ISBN |
1-283-33184-5
9786613331847 0-520-94762-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- 1. Fleeing the Long Hairs -- 2. Family roots -- 3. Father, Son, and Family -- 4. Rebellion -- 5. Official Life in the Late Qing -- 6. A time of transitions -- 7. Doing Business in Tianjin -- 8. Growing Up in Tianjin -- 9. Student Life in the 1930's -- 10. War -- Part III. The People's Republic -- 11. Family Life in new China -- 12. Hundred Flowers and Poisonous Weeds -- 13. The Cultural revolution -- Epilogue: After the Deluge -- Notes -- Glossary of Chinese Terms -- Selected Ye Family Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785570603321 |
Esherick Joseph S | ||
Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2011] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Ancestral leaves : : a family journey through Chinese history / / Joseph W. Esherick |
Autore | Esherick Joseph S |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2011] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvi, 374 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Disciplina |
929.20951
929/.20951 951 |
Soggetto topico | HISTORY / Asia / General |
Soggetto non controllato |
14th century
19th century ancestors asian biography biographical china chinese communists chinese history chinese rebellions chinese cultural revolution economic growth everyday life family history family lines historical nonfiction history buffs japanese invasion modern china modern history nonfiction oral histories personal history republican era social history social transformation war and revolution warfare world war ii wwii ye family |
ISBN |
1-283-33184-5
9786613331847 0-520-94762-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- 1. Fleeing the Long Hairs -- 2. Family roots -- 3. Father, Son, and Family -- 4. Rebellion -- 5. Official Life in the Late Qing -- 6. A time of transitions -- 7. Doing Business in Tianjin -- 8. Growing Up in Tianjin -- 9. Student Life in the 1930's -- 10. War -- Part III. The People's Republic -- 11. Family Life in new China -- 12. Hundred Flowers and Poisonous Weeds -- 13. The Cultural revolution -- Epilogue: After the Deluge -- Notes -- Glossary of Chinese Terms -- Selected Ye Family Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819722503321 |
Esherick Joseph S | ||
Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2011] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Andre Bazin's new media / / Andre Bazin ; edited and translated by Dudley Andrew |
Autore | Bazin André <1918-1958, > |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (590 p.) |
Disciplina | 791.4 |
Soggetto topico |
Television - Philosophy
Motion pictures and television Motion pictures - Philosophy |
Soggetto non controllato |
1950s
3d film andre bazin art films art forms artistic potential cinema studies cinema cinemascope cinerama contemporary film critical thought english translation essay collection film criticism film critics film historians film reviews film scholars film students film studies media historians media studies modern film movie theory new media nonfiction social influence television textbooks visual media |
ISBN |
0-520-28357-0
0-520-95939-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Editor's Note: About This Collection -- Introduction: André Bazin Meets the New Media of the 1950's -- PART ONE. THE ONTOLOGY AND LANGUAGE OF TELEVISION -- PART TWO. TELEVISION AMONG THE ARTS -- PART THREE. TELEVISION AND SOCIETY -- PART FOUR. TELEVISION AND CINEMA -- PART FIVE. CINERAMA AND 3D -- PART SIX. CINEMASCOPE -- PART SEVEN. FINALE -- Appendix: A Selective Reference Guide to 1950's French Television -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791151703321 |
Bazin André <1918-1958, > | ||
Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Andre Bazin's new media / / Andre Bazin ; edited and translated by Dudley Andrew |
Autore | Bazin André <1918-1958, > |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (590 p.) |
Disciplina | 791.4 |
Soggetto topico |
Television - Philosophy
Motion pictures and television Motion pictures - Philosophy |
Soggetto non controllato |
1950s
3d film andre bazin art films art forms artistic potential cinema studies cinema cinemascope cinerama contemporary film critical thought english translation essay collection film criticism film critics film historians film reviews film scholars film students film studies media historians media studies modern film movie theory new media nonfiction social influence television textbooks visual media |
ISBN |
0-520-28357-0
0-520-95939-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Editor's Note: About This Collection -- Introduction: André Bazin Meets the New Media of the 1950's -- PART ONE. THE ONTOLOGY AND LANGUAGE OF TELEVISION -- PART TWO. TELEVISION AMONG THE ARTS -- PART THREE. TELEVISION AND SOCIETY -- PART FOUR. TELEVISION AND CINEMA -- PART FIVE. CINERAMA AND 3D -- PART SIX. CINEMASCOPE -- PART SEVEN. FINALE -- Appendix: A Selective Reference Guide to 1950's French Television -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809787503321 |
Bazin André <1918-1958, > | ||
Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Apocalypse in Rome : Cola di Rienzo and the politics of the new age / / Ronald G. Musto |
Autore | Musto Ronald G |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xx, 436 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps |
Disciplina |
945/.63205/092
B |
Soggetto topico | Revolutionaries - Italy - Rome |
Soggetto non controllato |
assassination
barons biography buono stato capitoline catholic church central italy christianity cola di rienzo correspondence coup cultural history diplomacy documentary history emperor fall of rome fugitive government italian history italy medieval nonfiction orator papacy petrarch political exile political history political prisoner politicians politics pope clement vi pope rebellion religion resistance revolution roman empire roman history roman leaders romans rome tiber |
ISBN |
1-283-27706-9
9786613277060 0-520-92872-5 1-59734-471-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: Cola di Rienzo -- 1. Birth, Youth, and Society -- 2. Education, Profession, and Family -- 3. Reviving Antiquity -- 4. The Popes at Avignon -- 5. Cola and the Barons -- 6. Preparing for the Apocalypse -- 7. Pentecost -- 8. The Buono Stato -- 9. Cola and the World -- 10. War with the Barons -- 11. Abdication and Exile -- 12. Last World Emperor and Angel Pope -- 13. Apocalypse in Rome -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780446903321 |
Musto Ronald G | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2003 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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