Banzai Babe Ruth [[electronic resource] ] : baseball, espionage, & assassination during the 1934 tour of Japan / / Robert K. Fitts |
Autore | Fitts Robert K. <1965-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (366 p.) |
Disciplina | 796.357 |
Soggetto topico |
Baseball - United States - History - 20th century
Baseball - Japan - History - 20th century Sports and state - United States Civilization - American influences |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-280-68784-3
9786613664785 0-8032-4024-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Recurring Japanese Characters; Prologue; Part 1 "When I say I'll do something, I bet my life on it."; Appendix 3. Tour Game Line Scores; Part 2 "Babe Ruth . . . is a great deal more effective Ambassador than I could ever be."; Part 3 "The Japanese are equal to the Americansin strength of spirit."; Part 4 "There will be no war between the United States and Japan."; Part 5 "To hell with Babe Ruth!"; Appendix 1. The All American Touring Party; Appendix 2. Tour Batting and Pitching Statistics; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461394203321 |
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Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2012 | ||
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Banzai Babe Ruth [[electronic resource] ] : baseball, espionage, & assassination during the 1934 tour of Japan / / Robert K. Fitts |
Autore | Fitts Robert K. <1965-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (366 p.) |
Disciplina | 796.357 |
Soggetto topico |
Baseball - United States - History - 20th century
Baseball - Japan - History - 20th century Sports and state - United States Civilization - American influences |
ISBN |
1-280-68784-3
9786613664785 0-8032-4024-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Recurring Japanese Characters; Prologue; Part 1 "When I say I'll do something, I bet my life on it."; Appendix 3. Tour Game Line Scores; Part 2 "Babe Ruth . . . is a great deal more effective Ambassador than I could ever be."; Part 3 "The Japanese are equal to the Americansin strength of spirit."; Part 4 "There will be no war between the United States and Japan."; Part 5 "To hell with Babe Ruth!"; Appendix 1. The All American Touring Party; Appendix 2. Tour Batting and Pitching Statistics; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790124203321 |
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Beyond 1776 : Globalizing the Cultures of the American Revolution / / edited by Maria O'Malley and Denys Van Renen |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Charlottesville : , : University of Virginia Press, , 2019 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (273 pages) |
Disciplina | 973.3 |
Soggetto topico |
World politics
Civilization - American influences |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-8139-4176-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Circulating the American Revolution: the Atlantic networks of Christian Jacob Hutter / Leonard von Morze -- Republicanism redefined: how the American Revolution transformed Dutch political culture / Wyger R. E. Velema -- French writers on the American Revolution in the early 1780s: a republican moment? / Carine Lounissi -- Political theology and the alternate enlightenment: from the War of the Three Kingdoms to the American Revolution / Ed Simon -- Charlotte Corday's gendered terror: femininity, violence, and domestic peace in Sarah Pogson's The female enthusiast / Miranda A. Green-Barteet -- Soldiers, politics, and the American Revolution in Ireland and Scotland / Matthew P. Dziennik -- Franklin's mail: gun trafficking and the elisions of history / Maria O'Malley -- "Stuck a bayonet into the grave & renew'd their oath": the American Revolution and the first fleet / Therese-Marie Meyer -- The tea not consumed: cultural and political meanings of the American Revolution in China, 1774-1912 / Jeng-Guo Chen -- "Walk upon water": Equiano and the globalizing subject / Denys Van Renen. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910795527803321 |
Charlottesville : , : University of Virginia Press, , 2019 | ||
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Canadian Music and American Culture : Get Away From Me / / Tristanne Connolly, Tomoyuki Iino, editors |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (297 pages) |
Disciplina | 780.420971 |
Collana | Pop Music, Culture and Identity |
Soggetto topico |
Popular music - Canada - History and criticism
Popular music - Canada - Themes, motives Civilization - American influences Music Music and globalization Ethnology Culture American Culture Cultural Anthropology Sociology of Culture |
ISBN | 3-319-50023-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction: Tristanne Connolly and Tomoyuki Iino -- 2.“Something’s lost but something’s gained”: Joni Mitchell and Post-Colonial Lyric: Steve Clark -- 3.The View from Outside: The Band Sing America: Ted Goossen -- 4.Neil Young: Lyrical and Cultural Complexities: Hidetoshi Tomiyama -- 5.“The usual panic in red, white and blue”: Bruce Cockburn’s America: Kevin Hutchings -- 6.“Mean, Mean Pride”: Rush’s Critique of American Cool: Tristanne Connolly -- 7.“Second-Hand Telegram”: Max Webster’s Message to the Masses: Mark Spielmacher -- 8.“Outside Looking In”: Saga’s Progressive Protest: David Taylor -- 9.Tactical Electronic Bodies: Noise and Mutation in Canadian Industrial Music: Jason Whittaker -- 10.Peace, Order and its Discontents: The Tragically Hip: Chris Simons -- 11.“If I can make it there...”: Jann Arden’s American Dream: Veronica Austen -- 12.“Stick it to the Pimp”: Peaches’ Penetration of Postmodern America’s Mainstream: Angus Whitehead -- . |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910255062103321 |
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017 | ||
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Fabricating the absolute fake : America in contemporary pop culture / / Jaap Kooijman ; cover illustration, Erwin Olaf ; cover design, Sabine Mannel |
Autore | Kooijman Jaap |
Edizione | [Revised and extended edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam, Netherlands : , : Amsterdam University Press, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (234 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.0973 |
Collana | American Studies |
Soggetto topico |
Popular culture - United States
Popular culture - Netherlands Civilization - American influences |
ISBN | 90-485-1955-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Additional Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Fabricating the Absolute Fake -- 1. We Are the World. America's Dominance in Global Pop Culture -- 2. The Oprahification of 9/11. America as Imagined Community -- 3. The Desert of the Real. America as Hyperreality -- 4. Americans We Never Were. Dutch Pop Culture as Karaoke Americanism -- 5. The Dutch Dream. Americanization, Pop Culture, and National Identity -- 6. Yes We Can, This Is It. America and Celebrity Culture -- Conclusion. Let's Make Things Better -- Afterword. Teaching the Absolute Fake -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996379048803316 |
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Fabricating the absolute fake : America in contemporary pop culture / / Jaap Kooijman ; cover illustration, Erwin Olaf ; cover design, Sabine Mannel |
Autore | Kooijman Jaap |
Edizione | [Revised and extended edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam University Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (234 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.0973 |
Collana | American Studies |
Soggetto topico |
Popular culture - United States
Popular culture - Netherlands Civilization - American influences |
ISBN | 90-485-1955-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Additional Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Fabricating the Absolute Fake -- 1. We Are the World. America's Dominance in Global Pop Culture -- 2. The Oprahification of 9/11. America as Imagined Community -- 3. The Desert of the Real. America as Hyperreality -- 4. Americans We Never Were. Dutch Pop Culture as Karaoke Americanism -- 5. The Dutch Dream. Americanization, Pop Culture, and National Identity -- 6. Yes We Can, This Is It. America and Celebrity Culture -- Conclusion. Let's Make Things Better -- Afterword. Teaching the Absolute Fake -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910132220203321 |
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Amsterdam University Press, 2013 | ||
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Fabricating the absolute fake [[electronic resource] ] : America in contemporary pop culture / / Jaap Kooijman |
Autore | Kooijman Jaap |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam, : Amsterdam University Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (182 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.1 |
Collana | American Studies |
Soggetto topico |
Popular culture - United States
Popular culture - Netherlands Civilization - American influences |
ISBN |
1-281-78769-8
9786611787691 90-485-0121-0 |
Classificazione | MS 7850 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Fabricating the Absolute Fake -- Chapter One: We Are the World: America's Dominance in Global Pop Culture -- Chapter Two: The Oprahifi cation of 9/ 11: America as Imagined Community -- Chapter Three: The Desert of the Real: America as Hyperreality -- Chapter Four: Americans We Never Were: Dutch Pop Culture as Karaoke Americanism -- Chapter Five: The Dutch Dream: Americanization, Pop Culture, and National Identity -- Conclusion: Let's Make Things Better -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996204158603316 |
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Amsterdam, : Amsterdam University Press, c2008 | ||
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Fabricating the absolute fake : America in contemporary pop culture / / Jaap Kooijman |
Autore | Kooijman Jaap |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam, : Amsterdam University Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (182 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.1 |
Collana | American Studies |
Soggetto topico |
Popular culture - United States
Popular culture - Netherlands Civilization - American influences |
ISBN |
1-281-78769-8
9786611787691 90-485-0121-0 |
Classificazione | MS 7850 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Fabricating the Absolute Fake -- Chapter One: We Are the World: America's Dominance in Global Pop Culture -- Chapter Two: The Oprahifi cation of 9/ 11: America as Imagined Community -- Chapter Three: The Desert of the Real: America as Hyperreality -- Chapter Four: Americans We Never Were: Dutch Pop Culture as Karaoke Americanism -- Chapter Five: The Dutch Dream: Americanization, Pop Culture, and National Identity -- Conclusion: Let's Make Things Better -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910144384903321 |
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Amsterdam, : Amsterdam University Press, c2008 | ||
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To begin the world over again : how the American Revolution devastated the globe / / Matthew Lockwood |
Autore | Lockwood Matthew H. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven, CT : , : Yale University Press, , [2019] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (545 pages) |
Disciplina | 973.3/1 |
Soggetto topico |
Civilization - American influences
World politics - To 1900 HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) |
ISBN | 0-300-24886-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: The World the American Revolution Made -- 1. The Revolution Comes to Britain -- 2. Treason, Terror, and Reaction -- 3. Revolution, Reaction, and Sectarianism in Ireland -- 4. Horatio Nelson and the Imperial Struggle in Spanish America -- 5. Revolt and Revolution in the Spanish Empire -- 6. European Weakness and the Russian Conquest of the Crimea -- 7. Conflict and Captivity in India -- 8. The Birth of British India -- 9. Convict Empire -- 10. Exiles of Revolution -- 11. Africa, Abolition, and Empire -- 12. Opium and Empire -- 13. The Dawn of the Century of Humiliation. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910793891803321 |
Lockwood Matthew H.
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New Haven, CT : , : Yale University Press, , [2019] | ||
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