The great Jerusalem artichoke circus [[electronic resource] ] : the buying and selling of the rural American dream / / Joseph A. Amato ; foreword by Paul Gruchow |
Autore | Amato Joseph Anthony |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1993 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (280 p.) |
Disciplina |
338.10973
381/.41524/0973 |
Soggetto topico | Horticultural products industry - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-8166-8547-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: A Beckoning Plant; 1. A Country Prophet; 2. A Bulldozing Businessman; 3. Buyers and Sellers of Seed; 4. A Perfect Consultant; 5. What Made the Company Run; 6. Killing off the Goose That Laid the Golden Egg; 7. Folding up the Tent; 8. The County Attorney and His Investigator; 9. The Lost Covenant; Conclusion: The Planets Went Astray; Chronology; AEFS Organizational Structure; Notes; Sources; Index |
Altri titoli varianti | Buying and selling of the rural American dream |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457385603321 |
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Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1993 | ||
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The great Jerusalem artichoke circus [[electronic resource] ] : the buying and selling of the rural American dream / / Joseph A. Amato ; foreword by Paul Gruchow |
Autore | Amato Joseph Anthony |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1993 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (280 p.) |
Disciplina |
338.10973
381/.41524/0973 |
Soggetto topico | Horticultural products industry - United States |
ISBN | 0-8166-8547-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: A Beckoning Plant; 1. A Country Prophet; 2. A Bulldozing Businessman; 3. Buyers and Sellers of Seed; 4. A Perfect Consultant; 5. What Made the Company Run; 6. Killing off the Goose That Laid the Golden Egg; 7. Folding up the Tent; 8. The County Attorney and His Investigator; 9. The Lost Covenant; Conclusion: The Planets Went Astray; Chronology; AEFS Organizational Structure; Notes; Sources; Index |
Altri titoli varianti | Buying and selling of the rural American dream |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784385503321 |
Amato Joseph Anthony
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Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1993 | ||
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On foot [[electronic resource] ] : a history of walking / / Joseph A. Amato |
Autore | Amato Joseph Anthony |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : New York University Press, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (342 p.) |
Disciplina | 796.51 |
Soggetto topico | Walking - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-8147-0753-X
1-4294-1388-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction, walking is talking -- In the beginning was the foot : walking from the origins of bipedal man to marching Roman legions -- Along the road : Medieval pilgrims, beggars, mounted warriors, and the early city walkers -- Put your best foot forward : the rise of upper-class promenading and strolling -- Mind over foot : Romantic walking and rambling -- North American walking : exploring the continent on foot -- City walking : the genesis of the urban pedestrian in nineteenth-century London -- A new footing for the nation : taming and cleaning up revolutionary Paris -- Getting in step : disciplining the mob and marching the masses off to war -- Wheels and cars : the eclipse of the American walker by the motorist -- Conclusion, choose your steps : reflections on the transformation of walking from necessity to choice. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910449690703321 |
Amato Joseph Anthony
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New York, : New York University Press, c2004 | ||
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Rethinking home [[electronic resource] ] : a case for writing local history / / Joseph A. Amato |
Autore | Amato Joseph Anthony |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (263 p.) |
Disciplina | 977.6/0072 |
Soggetto topico |
Land settlement - Minnesota - Historiography
Local history - Philosophy |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-59734-865-1
9786612762611 0-520-93633-7 1-282-76261-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Maps -- Foreword -- Introduction: The Concept and the Practitioners of Local History -- 1. A Place Called Home -- 2. Grasses, Waters, and Muskrats: A Region's Compasses -- 3. The Rule of Market and the Law of the Land -- 4. Writing History through the Senses: Sounds -- 5. Anger: Mapping the Emotional Landscape -- 6. The Clandestine -- 7. Madness -- 8. Madame Bovary and a Lilac Shirt: Literature and Local History -- 9. The Red Rock: Inventing Peoples and Towns -- 10. Business First and Always -- Conclusion: The Plight of the Local Historian -- Notes -- Acknowledgments and Sources -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450042703321 |
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 | ||
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Rethinking home [[electronic resource] ] : a case for writing local history / / Joseph A. Amato |
Autore | Amato Joseph Anthony |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (263 p.) |
Disciplina | 977.6/0072 |
Soggetto topico |
Land settlement - Minnesota - Historiography
Local history - Philosophy |
Soggetto non controllato |
anger
clandestine history cleanliness cultural change cultural historian cultural history ecological history environment european history globalism historians historiography history writers home individual histories literary criticism local historians local history local institutions minnesota modern history murders nonfiction political regional history scams social change sound textbooks theoretical perspective town locals true stories united states |
ISBN |
1-59734-865-1
9786612762611 0-520-93633-7 1-282-76261-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Maps -- Foreword -- Introduction: The Concept and the Practitioners of Local History -- 1. A Place Called Home -- 2. Grasses, Waters, and Muskrats: A Region's Compasses -- 3. The Rule of Market and the Law of the Land -- 4. Writing History through the Senses: Sounds -- 5. Anger: Mapping the Emotional Landscape -- 6. The Clandestine -- 7. Madness -- 8. Madame Bovary and a Lilac Shirt: Literature and Local History -- 9. The Red Rock: Inventing Peoples and Towns -- 10. Business First and Always -- Conclusion: The Plight of the Local Historian -- Notes -- Acknowledgments and Sources -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782936003321 |
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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