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American curiosity : cultures of natural history in the colonial British Atlantic world / / Susan Scott Parrish
| American curiosity : cultures of natural history in the colonial British Atlantic world / / Susan Scott Parrish |
| Autore | Parrish Susan Scott |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chapel Hill, [North Carolina] : , : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, , 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (342 p.) |
| Disciplina | 508/.0973 |
| Collana | Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia |
| Soggetto topico |
Natural history - United States - History
Science - Social aspects - United States - History Intercultural communication - United States - History Imperialism - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-8078-5678-9
1-4696-0095-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The British metropolis and its "America," 1584-1763. A strange overplus ; Nature's admirable regularity ; London's curious -- English bodies in America. The English humoral body ; Contagious climates ; The English body saved ; Uncouth symptoms -- Atlantic correspondence networks and the curious male colonial. Mutual commerce ; Not one rational eye ; The empirical advantage ; Becoming an F.R.S. ; Us Americans -- The nature of candid friendship. Familiar letters ; The honest friend versus the fop ; Curious love ; Gifts -- Lavinia's nature. Fatal curiosity ; A peculiar grace in the fair sex ; Specimens by every shipping ; Finding signs of the pastoral -- Indian sagacity. The most secret things of nature ; Dear and deadly grapes ; Contested mediation ; No people have better eyes ; A wonderful antidote -- African magi, slave poisoners. Topographies of slave knowledge ; Cunning ; Hiding places ; Collectors ; Poisoners ; Healers ; Obscene birds ; Forest trial, forest refuge. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460610103321 |
American curiosity : cultures of natural history in the colonial British Atlantic world / / Susan Scott Parrish
| American curiosity : cultures of natural history in the colonial British Atlantic world / / Susan Scott Parrish |
| Autore | Parrish Susan Scott |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chapel Hill, [North Carolina] : , : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, , 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (342 p.) |
| Disciplina | 508/.0973 |
| Collana | Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia |
| Soggetto topico |
Natural history - United States - History
Science - Social aspects - United States - History Intercultural communication - United States - History Imperialism - History |
| ISBN |
979-88-908792-1-9
0-8078-5678-9 1-4696-0095-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The British metropolis and its "America," 1584-1763. A strange overplus ; Nature's admirable regularity ; London's curious -- English bodies in America. The English humoral body ; Contagious climates ; The English body saved ; Uncouth symptoms -- Atlantic correspondence networks and the curious male colonial. Mutual commerce ; Not one rational eye ; The empirical advantage ; Becoming an F.R.S. ; Us Americans -- The nature of candid friendship. Familiar letters ; The honest friend versus the fop ; Curious love ; Gifts -- Lavinia's nature. Fatal curiosity ; A peculiar grace in the fair sex ; Specimens by every shipping ; Finding signs of the pastoral -- Indian sagacity. The most secret things of nature ; Dear and deadly grapes ; Contested mediation ; No people have better eyes ; A wonderful antidote -- African magi, slave poisoners. Topographies of slave knowledge ; Cunning ; Hiding places ; Collectors ; Poisoners ; Healers ; Obscene birds ; Forest trial, forest refuge. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797705403321 |
Parrish Susan Scott
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| Chapel Hill, [North Carolina] : , : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, , 2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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American curiosity : cultures of natural history in the colonial British Atlantic world / / Susan Scott Parrish
| American curiosity : cultures of natural history in the colonial British Atlantic world / / Susan Scott Parrish |
| Autore | Parrish Susan Scott |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chapel Hill, [North Carolina] : , : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, , 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (342 p.) |
| Disciplina | 508/.0973 |
| Collana | Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia |
| Soggetto topico |
Natural history - United States - History
Science - Social aspects - United States - History Intercultural communication - United States - History Imperialism - History |
| ISBN |
979-88-908792-1-9
0-8078-5678-9 1-4696-0095-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The British metropolis and its "America," 1584-1763. A strange overplus ; Nature's admirable regularity ; London's curious -- English bodies in America. The English humoral body ; Contagious climates ; The English body saved ; Uncouth symptoms -- Atlantic correspondence networks and the curious male colonial. Mutual commerce ; Not one rational eye ; The empirical advantage ; Becoming an F.R.S. ; Us Americans -- The nature of candid friendship. Familiar letters ; The honest friend versus the fop ; Curious love ; Gifts -- Lavinia's nature. Fatal curiosity ; A peculiar grace in the fair sex ; Specimens by every shipping ; Finding signs of the pastoral -- Indian sagacity. The most secret things of nature ; Dear and deadly grapes ; Contested mediation ; No people have better eyes ; A wonderful antidote -- African magi, slave poisoners. Topographies of slave knowledge ; Cunning ; Hiding places ; Collectors ; Poisoners ; Healers ; Obscene birds ; Forest trial, forest refuge. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815308103321 |
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Parrish Susan Scott
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| Chapel Hill, [North Carolina] : , : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, , 2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Measuring manhood : race and the science of masculinity, 1830-1934 / / Melissa N. Stein
| Measuring manhood : race and the science of masculinity, 1830-1934 / / Melissa N. Stein |
| Autore | Stein Melissa N. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Minneapolis, Minnesota ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Minnesota Press, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (364 p.) |
| Disciplina | 305.800973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Racism - United States - History
Masculinity - United States - History Sexism - United States - History Individual differences - Social aspects - United States - History Individual differences - Political aspects - United States - History Science - Social aspects - United States - History Sociobiology - United States - History |
| ISBN | 1-4529-4468-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover; Contents; Introduction: Making Race, Marking Difference; 1. "Races of Men": Ethnology in Antebellum America; 2. An "Equal Beard" for "Equal Voting": Gender and Citizenship in the Civil War, Reconstruction, and Redemption; 3. Inverts, Perverts, and Primitives: Racial Thought and the American School of Sexology; 4. Unsexing the Race: Lynching, Castration, and Racial Science; 5. Walter White, Scientific Racism, and the NAACP Anti-lynching Campaign; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Appendix. Charting Racial Science: Data and Methodology; Notes; Index; |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797851703321 |
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Stein Melissa N.
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| Minneapolis, Minnesota ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Minnesota Press, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Measuring manhood : race and the science of masculinity, 1830-1934 / / Melissa N. Stein
| Measuring manhood : race and the science of masculinity, 1830-1934 / / Melissa N. Stein |
| Autore | Stein Melissa N. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Minneapolis, Minnesota ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Minnesota Press, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (364 p.) |
| Disciplina | 305.800973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Racism - United States - History
Masculinity - United States - History Sexism - United States - History Individual differences - Social aspects - United States - History Individual differences - Political aspects - United States - History Science - Social aspects - United States - History Sociobiology - United States - History |
| ISBN | 1-4529-4468-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover; Contents; Introduction: Making Race, Marking Difference; 1. "Races of Men": Ethnology in Antebellum America; 2. An "Equal Beard" for "Equal Voting": Gender and Citizenship in the Civil War, Reconstruction, and Redemption; 3. Inverts, Perverts, and Primitives: Racial Thought and the American School of Sexology; 4. Unsexing the Race: Lynching, Castration, and Racial Science; 5. Walter White, Scientific Racism, and the NAACP Anti-lynching Campaign; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Appendix. Charting Racial Science: Data and Methodology; Notes; Index; |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815355403321 |
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Stein Melissa N.
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| Minneapolis, Minnesota ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Minnesota Press, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The nature of difference [[electronic resource] ] : sciences of race in the United States from Jefferson to genomics / / edited by Evelynn M. Hammonds and Rebecca M. Herzig
| The nature of difference [[electronic resource] ] : sciences of race in the United States from Jefferson to genomics / / edited by Evelynn M. Hammonds and Rebecca M. Herzig |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (400 p.) |
| Disciplina | 305.800973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
HammondsEvelynn Maxine
HerzigRebecca M. <1971-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Race - Study and teaching - United States - History
Science - Social aspects - United States - History Difference (Psychology) - Social aspects - United States - History Race awareness - United States - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-262-30901-7
0-262-27483-3 1-4416-0135-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents; Introduction; 1 Dictionary Definitions of ""Race""; 2 Anatomical Observations ; 3 Immunity and Contagion ; 4 Evolution and Degeneration; 5 Techniques of Measurement; 6 Glandular Differences ; 7 Hybridity and Admixture ; 8 Toward Genetics ; 9 The End of Race? ; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454273603321 |
| Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The nature of difference [[electronic resource] ] : sciences of race in the United States from Jefferson to genomics / / edited by Evelynn M. Hammonds and Rebecca M. Herzig
| The nature of difference [[electronic resource] ] : sciences of race in the United States from Jefferson to genomics / / edited by Evelynn M. Hammonds and Rebecca M. Herzig |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (400 p.) |
| Disciplina | 305.800973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
HammondsEvelynn Maxine
HerzigRebecca M. <1971-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Race - Study and teaching - United States - History
Science - Social aspects - United States - History Difference (Psychology) - Social aspects - United States - History Race awareness - United States - History |
| ISBN |
0-262-30901-7
0-262-27483-3 1-4416-0135-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents; Introduction; 1 Dictionary Definitions of ""Race""; 2 Anatomical Observations ; 3 Immunity and Contagion ; 4 Evolution and Degeneration; 5 Techniques of Measurement; 6 Glandular Differences ; 7 Hybridity and Admixture ; 8 Toward Genetics ; 9 The End of Race? ; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782858103321 |
| Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The nature of difference : sciences of race in the United States from Jefferson to genomics / / edited by Evelynn M. Hammonds and Rebecca M. Herzig
| The nature of difference : sciences of race in the United States from Jefferson to genomics / / edited by Evelynn M. Hammonds and Rebecca M. Herzig |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (400 p.) |
| Disciplina | 305.800973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
HammondsEvelynn Maxine
HerzigRebecca M. <1971-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Race - Study and teaching - United States - History
Science - Social aspects - United States - History Difference (Psychology) - Social aspects - United States - History Race awareness - United States - History |
| ISBN |
0-262-30901-7
0-262-27483-3 1-4416-0135-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents; Introduction; 1 Dictionary Definitions of ""Race""; 2 Anatomical Observations ; 3 Immunity and Contagion ; 4 Evolution and Degeneration; 5 Techniques of Measurement; 6 Glandular Differences ; 7 Hybridity and Admixture ; 8 Toward Genetics ; 9 The End of Race? ; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820022503321 |
| Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The passionate empiricist [[electronic resource] ] : the eloquence of John Quincy Adams in the service of science / / Marlana Portolano
| The passionate empiricist [[electronic resource] ] : the eloquence of John Quincy Adams in the service of science / / Marlana Portolano |
| Autore | Portolano Marlana |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (249 p.) |
| Disciplina | 973.5/5092 |
| Soggetto topico |
Eloquence
Science - Political aspects - United States - History Science - Social aspects - United States - History Science and state - United States - History Rhetoric - Political aspects - United States - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-7914-7713-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""The Passionate Empiricist""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1. A Classical Voice for American Science""; ""2. An American Cicero""; ""ADAMS THE PROFESSOR OF RHETORIC""; ""THE LECTURES ON RHETORIC: AN OUTLINE OF ADAMS'S THEORY""; ""COMPETING RHETORICAL TEACHINGS IN ADAMS'S TIME""; ""TWENTIETH-CENTURY RHETORICAL THEORY:AN AID FOR CONTEMPORARY READERS""; ""3.Toward a Democratic Science:Institution-Building and the Statesman Orator""; ""ADAMS'S EARLY DEVELOPMENT AS AN ORATOR FOR DEMOCRATIC SCIENCE""; ""THE PRESIDENCY AS PULPIT FOR SCIENCE""
""APPEALING TO THE AUDIENCE: EARLY AMERICAN ATTITUDES TOWARD SCIENCE""""4. Increase and Diffusion of Knowledge:Setting the Stage for the Smithsonian Debate""; ""THE QUESTION OF JAMES SMITHSON'S INTENTIONS""; ""THE SMITHSONIAN AND THE ETHOS OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY""; ""EARLY SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS AS MODELS IN DELIBERATIVE RHETORIC""; ""THE SMITHSONIAN AS LOCUS FOR COMMON KNOWLEDGE""; ""AN IMPERIOUS AND INDISPENSABLE OBLIGATION""; ""THE STATE OF THE CONTROVERSY""; ""5. Adams's Arguments in the Smithsonian Debate: A Rhetorical Analysis"" ""AN INVENTIVE STAGE: LETTERS, LEARNED ADVICE,AND PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS""""ASHER ROBBINS AND THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY PLAN""; ""ADAMS'S REFUTATIONS AND HIS FIRST ARGUMENTS FOR AN OBSERVATORY""; ""TWO PARTICULAR AUDIENCES AND ADAMS'S ROLE AS IMPARTIAL JUDGE""; ""FINANCIAL DELAYS TO ACTION: CATCH THE BEAR BEFORE YOU SELL HIS SKIN""; ""RESISTANCE TO ARGUMENTATION""; ""ARGUMENTS FOR A NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM AND THE AGRICULTURAL INFLUENCE""; ""THE GRAND LIBRARY PLAN""; ""COMPROMISE""; ""6. The Queen of Sciences and Her Democratic Champion: Adams's Promotion of Astronomy"" ""ADAMS'S CONGRESSIONAL ARGUMENTS FOR AN OBSERVATORY""""ADAMS'S PUBLIC SPEAKING TOURS ON ASTRONOMY""; ""7.Invention and Discovery, Rhetorically Speaking""; ""APPENDIX A. The Will of James Smithson""; ""APPENDIX B. An Act to Establish the Smithsonian Institution as it Passed into Law on August 10, 1846""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""W"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452411803321 |
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Portolano Marlana
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| Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The passionate empiricist [[electronic resource] ] : the eloquence of John Quincy Adams in the service of science / / Marlana Portolano
| The passionate empiricist [[electronic resource] ] : the eloquence of John Quincy Adams in the service of science / / Marlana Portolano |
| Autore | Portolano Marlana |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (249 p.) |
| Disciplina | 973.5/5092 |
| Soggetto topico |
Eloquence
Science - Political aspects - United States - History Science - Social aspects - United States - History Science and state - United States - History Rhetoric - Political aspects - United States - History |
| ISBN | 0-7914-7713-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""The Passionate Empiricist""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1. A Classical Voice for American Science""; ""2. An American Cicero""; ""ADAMS THE PROFESSOR OF RHETORIC""; ""THE LECTURES ON RHETORIC: AN OUTLINE OF ADAMS'S THEORY""; ""COMPETING RHETORICAL TEACHINGS IN ADAMS'S TIME""; ""TWENTIETH-CENTURY RHETORICAL THEORY:AN AID FOR CONTEMPORARY READERS""; ""3.Toward a Democratic Science:Institution-Building and the Statesman Orator""; ""ADAMS'S EARLY DEVELOPMENT AS AN ORATOR FOR DEMOCRATIC SCIENCE""; ""THE PRESIDENCY AS PULPIT FOR SCIENCE""
""APPEALING TO THE AUDIENCE: EARLY AMERICAN ATTITUDES TOWARD SCIENCE""""4. Increase and Diffusion of Knowledge:Setting the Stage for the Smithsonian Debate""; ""THE QUESTION OF JAMES SMITHSON'S INTENTIONS""; ""THE SMITHSONIAN AND THE ETHOS OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY""; ""EARLY SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS AS MODELS IN DELIBERATIVE RHETORIC""; ""THE SMITHSONIAN AS LOCUS FOR COMMON KNOWLEDGE""; ""AN IMPERIOUS AND INDISPENSABLE OBLIGATION""; ""THE STATE OF THE CONTROVERSY""; ""5. Adams's Arguments in the Smithsonian Debate: A Rhetorical Analysis"" ""AN INVENTIVE STAGE: LETTERS, LEARNED ADVICE,AND PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS""""ASHER ROBBINS AND THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY PLAN""; ""ADAMS'S REFUTATIONS AND HIS FIRST ARGUMENTS FOR AN OBSERVATORY""; ""TWO PARTICULAR AUDIENCES AND ADAMS'S ROLE AS IMPARTIAL JUDGE""; ""FINANCIAL DELAYS TO ACTION: CATCH THE BEAR BEFORE YOU SELL HIS SKIN""; ""RESISTANCE TO ARGUMENTATION""; ""ARGUMENTS FOR A NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM AND THE AGRICULTURAL INFLUENCE""; ""THE GRAND LIBRARY PLAN""; ""COMPROMISE""; ""6. The Queen of Sciences and Her Democratic Champion: Adams's Promotion of Astronomy"" ""ADAMS'S CONGRESSIONAL ARGUMENTS FOR AN OBSERVATORY""""ADAMS'S PUBLIC SPEAKING TOURS ON ASTRONOMY""; ""7.Invention and Discovery, Rhetorically Speaking""; ""APPENDIX A. The Will of James Smithson""; ""APPENDIX B. An Act to Establish the Smithsonian Institution as it Passed into Law on August 10, 1846""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""W"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779141103321 |
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Portolano Marlana
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| Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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