Alexander the Great and the mystery of the elephant medallions / / Frank L. Holt |
Autore | Holt Frank Lee |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
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-9910819054603321 |
Holt Frank Lee | ||
Berkeley, Calif. : , : University of California Press, , 2003 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Arab France [[electronic resource] ] : Islam and the making of modern Europe, 1798-1831 / / Ian Coller |
Autore | Coller Ian <1968-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, [Calif.], : University of California Press, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (301 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.892/704409034 |
Soggetto topico |
Asianists - France - History - 19th century
Islam and politics |
Soggetto non controllato |
19th century
anthropology arab france arab world archives colonial expansion colonialism egyptians engaging european history european muslims european scholars france franco arab authors french army french empire greeks historians historical record history buffs islam modern europe modern history modernity muslim history muslim world muslims napoleonic occupation nonfiction political retrospective revolutions syrians wars |
ISBN |
1-282-91787-0
9786612917875 0-520-94754-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. A Rough Crossing -- 2. Ports of Call -- 3. The Making of Arab Paris -- 4. Policing Orientalism -- 5. Massacre and Restoration -- 6. Cosmopolitanism and Confusion -- 7. Remaking Arab France -- 8. The Cathedral and the Mosque -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785469303321 |
Coller Ian <1968-> | ||
Berkeley, [Calif.], : University of California Press, 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Arab France [[electronic resource] ] : Islam and the making of modern Europe, 1798-1831 / / Ian Coller |
Autore | Coller Ian <1968-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, [Calif.], : University of California Press, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (301 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.892/704409034 |
Soggetto topico |
Asianists - France - History - 19th century
Islam and politics |
Soggetto non controllato |
19th century
anthropology arab france arab world archives colonial expansion colonialism egyptians engaging european history european muslims european scholars france franco arab authors french army french empire greeks historians historical record history buffs islam modern europe modern history modernity muslim history muslim world muslims napoleonic occupation nonfiction political retrospective revolutions syrians wars |
ISBN |
1-282-91787-0
9786612917875 0-520-94754-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. A Rough Crossing -- 2. Ports of Call -- 3. The Making of Arab Paris -- 4. Policing Orientalism -- 5. Massacre and Restoration -- 6. Cosmopolitanism and Confusion -- 7. Remaking Arab France -- 8. The Cathedral and the Mosque -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817768203321 |
Coller Ian <1968-> | ||
Berkeley, [Calif.], : University of California Press, 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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At home in postwar France : modern mass housing and the right to comfort / / Nicole C. Rudolph |
Autore | Rudolph Nicole C. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (271 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.5/80944 |
Collana | Berghahn Monographs in French Studies |
Soggetto topico |
Housing - France - History - 20th century
Housing policy - France - History - 20th century Architecture, Domestic - France - History - 20th century Dwellings - France - History - 20th century |
Soggetto non controllato |
architects
architecture art of living democracy democratization design textbook french history french home french society generational history home decor interior design life changes modern home modern mass home modernity nation-building political project of modernization rebuilding after the war retrospective right to comfort social engineering sociology suburban village settings ww ii |
ISBN | 1-78238-588-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
At Home in Postwar France; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I - Modern Homes for a Modern Nation; Chapter 1 - Building Homes, Building a Nation: State Experiments in Modern Living, 1945-1952; Chapter 2 - Designing for the Classless Society: Modernist Architects and the ""Art of Living""; Chapter 3 - The Salon des Arts Ménagers: Teaching Women How to Make the Modern Home; Part II - Mass Homes for a Changing Society; Chapter 4 - Housing for the Greatest Number: The Housing Crisis and the Cellule d'Habitation, 1953-1958
Chapter 5 - ""Who Is the Author of a Dwelling?"" From User to Inhabitant, 1959-1961Chapter 6 - Beyond the Functionalist Cell to the Urban Fabric, 1966-1973; Conclusion; Selected Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797164203321 |
Rudolph Nicole C. | ||
New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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At home in postwar France : modern mass housing and the right to comfort / / Nicole C. Rudolph |
Autore | Rudolph Nicole C. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (271 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.5/80944 |
Collana | Berghahn Monographs in French Studies |
Soggetto topico |
Housing - France - History - 20th century
Housing policy - France - History - 20th century Architecture, Domestic - France - History - 20th century Dwellings - France - History - 20th century |
Soggetto non controllato |
architects
architecture art of living democracy democratization design textbook french history french home french society generational history home decor interior design life changes modern home modern mass home modernity nation-building political project of modernization rebuilding after the war retrospective right to comfort social engineering sociology suburban village settings ww ii |
ISBN | 1-78238-588-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
At Home in Postwar France; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I - Modern Homes for a Modern Nation; Chapter 1 - Building Homes, Building a Nation: State Experiments in Modern Living, 1945-1952; Chapter 2 - Designing for the Classless Society: Modernist Architects and the ""Art of Living""; Chapter 3 - The Salon des Arts Ménagers: Teaching Women How to Make the Modern Home; Part II - Mass Homes for a Changing Society; Chapter 4 - Housing for the Greatest Number: The Housing Crisis and the Cellule d'Habitation, 1953-1958
Chapter 5 - ""Who Is the Author of a Dwelling?"" From User to Inhabitant, 1959-1961Chapter 6 - Beyond the Functionalist Cell to the Urban Fabric, 1966-1973; Conclusion; Selected Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821917803321 |
Rudolph Nicole C. | ||
New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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At the jazz band ball [[electronic resource] ] : sixty years on the jazz scene / / Nat Hentoff ; foreword by Lewis Porter |
Autore | Hentoff Nat |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (267 p.) |
Disciplina | 781.6509 |
Soggetto topico |
Music - History and criticism
Jazz - History and criticism |
Soggetto non controllato |
american music
american society art biographical blues music civil liberties civil rights contrarian duke ellington engaging famous jazz musicians feel good free expression gospel health care interviews jazz band ball jazz critics jazz history jazz lovers jazz music jazz musicians jazz scene louis armstrong musicians nonfiction ornette coleman personal history political activists quincy jones retrospective short essays social justice issues |
ISBN |
1-282-55613-4
9786612556135 0-520-94588-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. What am I here for? : the rules of my jazz odyssey -- pt. 2. In the presence of Ellington -- pt. 3. Jazz credentials -- pt. 4. The jazz life on and off the road -- pt. 5. Who is a jazz singer? -- pt. 6. The life force of the music -- pt. 7. Finding the first American groove -- pt. 8. Roots -- pt. 9. The survivors -- pt. 10. The regenerators -- pt. 11. The master teachers. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792599803321 |
Hentoff Nat | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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At the jazz band ball [[electronic resource] ] : sixty years on the jazz scene / / Nat Hentoff ; foreword by Lewis Porter |
Autore | Hentoff Nat |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (267 p.) |
Disciplina | 781.6509 |
Soggetto topico |
Music - History and criticism
Jazz - History and criticism |
Soggetto non controllato |
american music
american society art biographical blues music civil liberties civil rights contrarian duke ellington engaging famous jazz musicians feel good free expression gospel health care interviews jazz band ball jazz critics jazz history jazz lovers jazz music jazz musicians jazz scene louis armstrong musicians nonfiction ornette coleman personal history political activists quincy jones retrospective short essays social justice issues |
ISBN |
1-282-55613-4
9786612556135 0-520-94588-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. What am I here for? : the rules of my jazz odyssey -- pt. 2. In the presence of Ellington -- pt. 3. Jazz credentials -- pt. 4. The jazz life on and off the road -- pt. 5. Who is a jazz singer? -- pt. 6. The life force of the music -- pt. 7. Finding the first American groove -- pt. 8. Roots -- pt. 9. The survivors -- pt. 10. The regenerators -- pt. 11. The master teachers. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823596903321 |
Hentoff Nat | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Atonement and forgiveness [[electronic resource] ] : a new model for black reparations / / Roy L. Brooks |
Autore | Brooks Roy L (Roy Lavon), <1950-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (347 p.) |
Disciplina | 973/.049673 |
Soggetto topico |
African Americans - Reparations
Atonement Government liability - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
african americans
atonement black americans black culture black redress movement black reparations controversial egalitarianism federal government forgiveness historians history of segregation history of slavery human rights international perspective modern society morality national apology oppression race issues race reparations race scholars racial inequalities racism restorative justice retrospective us government |
ISBN |
0-520-34340-9
0-520-93973-5 1-4175-4077-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- 1. The Purpose and History of the Black Redress Movement -- 2. Harms to Slaves and Free Blacks -- 3. Harms to Descendants -- 4. The Tort Model -- 5. The Atonement Model -- 6. Opposing Arguments -- EPILOGUE -- Appendix 1: Selected List of Other Atrocities -- Appendix 2: Summary of the Negotiations That Led to Germany's Foundation Law -- NOTES -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- CASES -- STATUTES -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777352203321 |
Brooks Roy L (Roy Lavon), <1950-> | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Atonement and forgiveness [[electronic resource] ] : a new model for black reparations / / Roy L. Brooks |
Autore | Brooks Roy L (Roy Lavon), <1950-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (347 p.) |
Disciplina | 973/.049673 |
Soggetto topico |
African Americans - Reparations
Atonement Government liability - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
african americans
atonement black americans black culture black redress movement black reparations controversial egalitarianism federal government forgiveness historians history of segregation history of slavery human rights international perspective modern society morality national apology oppression race issues race reparations race scholars racial inequalities racism restorative justice retrospective us government |
ISBN |
0-520-34340-9
0-520-93973-5 1-4175-4077-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- 1. The Purpose and History of the Black Redress Movement -- 2. Harms to Slaves and Free Blacks -- 3. Harms to Descendants -- 4. The Tort Model -- 5. The Atonement Model -- 6. Opposing Arguments -- EPILOGUE -- Appendix 1: Selected List of Other Atrocities -- Appendix 2: Summary of the Negotiations That Led to Germany's Foundation Law -- NOTES -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- CASES -- STATUTES -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910811996803321 |
Brooks Roy L (Roy Lavon), <1950-> | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Audiotopia [[electronic resource] ] : music, race, and America / / Josh Kun |
Autore | Kun Josh |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (321 p.) |
Disciplina | 782.42164/0973/0904 |
Collana | American Crossroads |
Soggetto topico |
Popular music - United States - History and criticism
Music - Social aspects - United States Multiculturalism - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
america
american culture american identity american studies art and music artists bronx critical analysis cultural studies discussion books ethnic demographic studies ethnic differences ethnic minorities havana hip hop klezmer latin rock literary movements los angeles modern history music and culture music historians music history music lovers music studies music nonfiction popular music race issues racial history racial issues retrospective us borders |
ISBN |
1-282-76321-0
9786612763212 1-4237-1729-5 0-520-93864-X 1-59875-582-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Strangers among Sounds -- One. Against Easy Listening -- Two. The Yiddish Are Coming -- Three. Life According to the Beat -- Four. Basquiat's Ear, Rahsaan's Eye -- Five. I,Too, Sing América -- Six. Rock's Reconquista -- Conclusion: La Misma Canción -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Discography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783318803321 |
Kun Josh | ||
Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, 2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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