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The Copernican question [[electronic resource] ] : prognostication, skepticism, and celestial order / / Robert S. Westman
| The Copernican question [[electronic resource] ] : prognostication, skepticism, and celestial order / / Robert S. Westman |
| Autore | Westman Robert S |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (702 p.) |
| Disciplina | 520.94/09031 |
| Collana | The Fletcher Jones Foundation humanities imprint |
| Soggetto topico |
Astronomy, Renaissance - Europe - History - 16th century
Science - Philosophy - Europe - History - 16th century |
| Soggetto non controllato |
16th century
astrology astronomy christianity copernican question copernicus cosmology divination europe finite universe history of science italy long 16th century medieval studies modern cosmology modern science natural history natural philosophy nonfiction orbits outer space planets religion renaissance reformation renaissance science and religion science scientific movement scientists universe |
| ISBN |
1-283-27745-X
9786613277459 0-520-94816-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Literature of the Heavens and the Science of the Stars -- 2. Constructing the Future -- 3. Copernicus and the Crisis of the Bologna Prognosticators, 1496-1500 -- 4. Between Wittenberg and Rome: The New System, Astrology, and the End of the World -- 5. The Wittenberg Interpretation of Copernicus's Theory -- 6. Varieties of Astrological Credibility -- 7. Foreknowledge, Skepticism, and Celestial Order in Rome -- 8. Planetary Order, Astronomical Reform, and the Extraordinary Course of Nature -- 9. The Second-Generation Copernicans: Maestlin and Digges -- 10. A Proliferation of Readings -- 11. The Emergence of Kepler's Copernican Representation -- 12. Kepler's Early Audiences, 1596-1600 -- 13. The Third-Generation Copernicans: Galileo and Kepler -- 14. The Naturalist Turn and Celestial Order: Constructing the Nova of 1604 -- 15. How Kepler's New Star Traveled to England -- 16. The Struggle for Order -- 17. Modernizing Theoretical Knowledge: Patronage, Reputation, Learned Sociability, Gentlemanly Veracity -- 18. How Galileo's Recurrent Novelties Traveled -- Conclusion. The Great Controversy -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Altri titoli varianti | Prognostication, skepticism, and celestial order |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781488303321 |
Westman Robert S
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 | ||
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The Copernican question : prognostication, skepticism, and celestial order / / Robert S. Westman
| The Copernican question : prognostication, skepticism, and celestial order / / Robert S. Westman |
| Autore | Westman Robert S |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (702 p.) |
| Disciplina | 520.94/09031 |
| Collana | The Fletcher Jones Foundation humanities imprint |
| Soggetto topico |
Astronomy, Renaissance - Europe - History - 16th century
Science - Philosophy - Europe - History - 16th century |
| Soggetto non controllato |
16th century
astrology astronomy christianity copernican question copernicus cosmology divination europe finite universe history of science italy long 16th century medieval studies modern cosmology modern science natural history natural philosophy nonfiction orbits outer space planets religion renaissance reformation renaissance science and religion science scientific movement scientists universe |
| ISBN |
1-283-27745-X
9786613277459 0-520-94816-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Literature of the Heavens and the Science of the Stars -- 2. Constructing the Future -- 3. Copernicus and the Crisis of the Bologna Prognosticators, 1496-1500 -- 4. Between Wittenberg and Rome: The New System, Astrology, and the End of the World -- 5. The Wittenberg Interpretation of Copernicus's Theory -- 6. Varieties of Astrological Credibility -- 7. Foreknowledge, Skepticism, and Celestial Order in Rome -- 8. Planetary Order, Astronomical Reform, and the Extraordinary Course of Nature -- 9. The Second-Generation Copernicans: Maestlin and Digges -- 10. A Proliferation of Readings -- 11. The Emergence of Kepler's Copernican Representation -- 12. Kepler's Early Audiences, 1596-1600 -- 13. The Third-Generation Copernicans: Galileo and Kepler -- 14. The Naturalist Turn and Celestial Order: Constructing the Nova of 1604 -- 15. How Kepler's New Star Traveled to England -- 16. The Struggle for Order -- 17. Modernizing Theoretical Knowledge: Patronage, Reputation, Learned Sociability, Gentlemanly Veracity -- 18. How Galileo's Recurrent Novelties Traveled -- Conclusion. The Great Controversy -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Altri titoli varianti | Prognostication, skepticism, and celestial order |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826570503321 |
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Westman Robert S
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Dissimulation and the culture of secrecy in early modern Europe [[electronic resource] /] / Jon R. Snyder
| Dissimulation and the culture of secrecy in early modern Europe [[electronic resource] /] / Jon R. Snyder |
| Autore | Snyder Jon R. <1954-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (307 p.) |
| Disciplina | 302.2094/0903 |
| Soggetto topico |
Secrecy - Social aspects - Italy - History
Truthfulness and falsehood - Social aspects - Italy - History Interpersonal communication - Italy - History Secrecy - Social aspects - Europe - History Truthfulness and falsehood - Social aspects - Europe - History Interpersonal communication - Europe - History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
16th century
17th century affairs aristocracy canonical writing commoners communication controversy court writings culture of secrecy disguise dishonesty dissimulation early modern europe europe inner lives italy masking emotions modern history moral philosophy naples netherlands philosophers political silence political theory private lives rene descartes secrecy secret thoughts textbooks treatises visual arts writers and intellectuals |
| ISBN |
1-282-36103-1
9786612361036 0-520-94444-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface: Lost Horizons -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Not Empty Silence. The Age of Dissimulation -- 2. Taking One's Distance. Civil and Moral Dissimulation -- 3. Confidence Games. Dissimulation at Court -- 4. The Government of Designs. Dissimulation and Reason of State -- 5. The Writing on the Walls -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780637603321 |
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Snyder Jon R. <1954->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 | ||
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Dissimulation and the culture of secrecy in early modern Europe [[electronic resource] /] / Jon R. Snyder
| Dissimulation and the culture of secrecy in early modern Europe [[electronic resource] /] / Jon R. Snyder |
| Autore | Snyder Jon R. <1954-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (307 p.) |
| Disciplina | 302.2094/0903 |
| Soggetto topico |
Secrecy - Social aspects - Italy - History
Truthfulness and falsehood - Social aspects - Italy - History Interpersonal communication - Italy - History Secrecy - Social aspects - Europe - History Truthfulness and falsehood - Social aspects - Europe - History Interpersonal communication - Europe - History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
16th century
17th century affairs aristocracy canonical writing commoners communication controversy court writings culture of secrecy disguise dishonesty dissimulation early modern europe europe inner lives italy masking emotions modern history moral philosophy naples netherlands philosophers political silence political theory private lives rene descartes secrecy secret thoughts textbooks treatises visual arts writers and intellectuals |
| ISBN |
1-282-36103-1
9786612361036 0-520-94444-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface: Lost Horizons -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Not Empty Silence. The Age of Dissimulation -- 2. Taking One's Distance. Civil and Moral Dissimulation -- 3. Confidence Games. Dissimulation at Court -- 4. The Government of Designs. Dissimulation and Reason of State -- 5. The Writing on the Walls -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820174403321 |
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Snyder Jon R. <1954->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 | ||
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Golden-silk smoke [[electronic resource] ] : a history of tobacco in China, 1550-2010 / / Carol Benedict
| Golden-silk smoke [[electronic resource] ] : a history of tobacco in China, 1550-2010 / / Carol Benedict |
| Autore | Benedict Carol (Carol Ann), <1955-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (352 p.) |
| Disciplina | 394.1/40951 |
| Soggetto topico |
Tobacco - China - History
Tobacco - Social aspects - China Smoking - China - History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
16th century
advertisements advertising beijing biji brands china social history china chinese republic cigarette smoking cigarettes commodity consumerism consumption east asia east asian studies fashion gender hand rolled history mass consumerism materia medica new world nonfiction pipes qing newspapers qing poetry snuff tobacco cultivation tobacco travel memoirs travel water pipe |
| ISBN |
1-283-27770-0
9786613277701 0-520-94856-4 |
| Classificazione | HIS003000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Early Modern Globalization and the Origins of Tobacco in China, 1550-1650 -- 2. The Expansion of Chinese Tobacco Production, Consumption, and Trade, 1600-1750 -- 3. Learning to Smoke Chinese-Style, 1644-1750 -- 4. Tobacco in Ming-Qing Medical Culture -- 5. The Fashionable Consumption of Tobacco, 1750-1900 -- 6. The Emergence of the Chinese Cigarette Industry, 1880-1937 -- 7. Socially and Spatially Differentiated Tobacco Consumption during the Nanjing Decade, 1927-1937 -- 8. The Urban Cigarette and the Pastoral Pipe: Literary Representations of Smoking in Republican China -- 9. New Women, Modern Girls, and the Decline of Female Smoking in China, 1900-1976 -- Epilogue: Tobacco in the People's Republic of China, 1949-2010 -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index |
| Altri titoli varianti | History of tobacco in China, 1550-2010 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791869603321 |
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Benedict Carol (Carol Ann), <1955->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2011 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Golden-silk smoke : a history of tobacco in China, 1550-2010 / / Carol Benedict
| Golden-silk smoke : a history of tobacco in China, 1550-2010 / / Carol Benedict |
| Autore | Benedict Carol (Carol Ann), <1955-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiii, 334 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina | 394.1/40951 |
| Soggetto topico |
Tobacco - China - History
Tobacco - Social aspects - China Smoking - China - History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
16th century
advertisements advertising beijing biji brands china social history china chinese republic cigarette smoking cigarettes commodity consumerism consumption east asia east asian studies fashion gender hand rolled history mass consumerism materia medica new world nonfiction pipes qing newspapers qing poetry snuff tobacco cultivation tobacco travel memoirs travel water pipe |
| ISBN |
1-283-27770-0
9786613277701 0-520-94856-4 |
| Classificazione | HIS003000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Early Modern Globalization and the Origins of Tobacco in China, 1550-1650 -- 2. The Expansion of Chinese Tobacco Production, Consumption, and Trade, 1600-1750 -- 3. Learning to Smoke Chinese-Style, 1644-1750 -- 4. Tobacco in Ming-Qing Medical Culture -- 5. The Fashionable Consumption of Tobacco, 1750-1900 -- 6. The Emergence of the Chinese Cigarette Industry, 1880-1937 -- 7. Socially and Spatially Differentiated Tobacco Consumption during the Nanjing Decade, 1927-1937 -- 8. The Urban Cigarette and the Pastoral Pipe: Literary Representations of Smoking in Republican China -- 9. New Women, Modern Girls, and the Decline of Female Smoking in China, 1900-1976 -- Epilogue: Tobacco in the People's Republic of China, 1949-2010 -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index |
| Altri titoli varianti | History of tobacco in China, 1550-2010 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813892703321 |
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Benedict Carol (Carol Ann), <1955->
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| Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Imaginary communities [[electronic resource] ] : utopia, the nation, and the spatial histories of modernity / / Phillip E. Wegner
| Imaginary communities [[electronic resource] ] : utopia, the nation, and the spatial histories of modernity / / Phillip E. Wegner |
| Autore | Wegner Phillip E. <1964-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (325 p.) |
| Disciplina | 809/.93372 |
| Soggetto topico |
American fiction - History and criticism
Utopias in literature Comparative literature - American and Russian Comparative literature - Russian and American Russian fiction - History and criticism Modernism (Literature) - United States Modernism (Literature) - Great Britain Modernism (Literature) - Russia Space and time in literature Nationalism in literature Communities in literature |
| Soggetto non controllato |
16th century
19th century 20th century criticism critique cultural history cultural studies ernst bloch gilles deleuze henri lefebvre homi bhabha jurgen habermas karl mannheim literary criticism literary history literary louis marin martin heidegger mikhail bakhtin modernity nation state paul de man philosophical philosophy political politics slavoj zizek social history social studies social theory thomas more utopian narrative utopian theory utopian utopianism walter benjamin |
| ISBN |
9786612758904
1-282-75890-X 0-520-92676-5 1-59734-668-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Reality of Imaginary Communities -- Chapter One. Genre and the Spatial Histories of Modernity -- Chapter Two. Utopia and the Birth of Nations -- Chapter Three. Writing the New American (Re)Public: Remembering and Forgetting in Looking Backward -- Chapter Four. The Occluded Future: Red Star and The Iron Heel as "Critical Utopias" -- Chapter Five. A Map of Utopia's "Possible Worlds": Zamyatin's We and Le Guin's The Dispossessed -- Chapter Six. Modernity, Nostalgia, and the Ends of Nations in Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four -- Notes -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783075603321 |
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Wegner Phillip E. <1964->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Imaginary communities [[electronic resource] ] : utopia, the nation, and the spatial histories of modernity / / Phillip E. Wegner
| Imaginary communities [[electronic resource] ] : utopia, the nation, and the spatial histories of modernity / / Phillip E. Wegner |
| Autore | Wegner Phillip E. <1964-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (325 p.) |
| Disciplina | 809/.93372 |
| Soggetto topico |
American fiction - History and criticism
Utopias in literature Comparative literature - American and Russian Comparative literature - Russian and American Russian fiction - History and criticism Modernism (Literature) - United States Modernism (Literature) - Great Britain Modernism (Literature) - Russia Space and time in literature Nationalism in literature Communities in literature |
| Soggetto non controllato |
16th century
19th century 20th century criticism critique cultural history cultural studies ernst bloch gilles deleuze henri lefebvre homi bhabha jurgen habermas karl mannheim literary criticism literary history literary louis marin martin heidegger mikhail bakhtin modernity nation state paul de man philosophical philosophy political politics slavoj zizek social history social studies social theory thomas more utopian narrative utopian theory utopian utopianism walter benjamin |
| ISBN |
9786612758904
1-282-75890-X 0-520-92676-5 1-59734-668-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Reality of Imaginary Communities -- Chapter One. Genre and the Spatial Histories of Modernity -- Chapter Two. Utopia and the Birth of Nations -- Chapter Three. Writing the New American (Re)Public: Remembering and Forgetting in Looking Backward -- Chapter Four. The Occluded Future: Red Star and The Iron Heel as "Critical Utopias" -- Chapter Five. A Map of Utopia's "Possible Worlds": Zamyatin's We and Le Guin's The Dispossessed -- Chapter Six. Modernity, Nostalgia, and the Ends of Nations in Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four -- Notes -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910808571303321 |
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Wegner Phillip E. <1964->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The insurgent barricade [[electronic resource] /] / Mark Traugott
| The insurgent barricade [[electronic resource] /] / Mark Traugott |
| Autore | Traugott Mark |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (456 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.32/309409033 |
| Soggetto topico |
Revolutions - Europe - History - 19th century
Revolutions - Europe - History - 18th century Insurgency - Europe - History - 19th century Insurgency - Europe - History - 18th century Barricades (Military science) - Social aspects - Europe - History - 19th century Barricades (Military science) - Social aspects - Europe - History - 18th century |
| Soggetto non controllato |
16th century
19th century barricade history barricades case study collective action combat democracy europe european citizens european revolutions fighting in the streets fights france french revolution government and governing historical insurrection international culture military insurgents modern history political exiles protest retrospective revolt revolutionaries revolutionary history revolutionary tradition students workers |
| ISBN | 0-520-94773-8 |
| Classificazione | 15.70 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1. The Insurgent Barricade -- 2. The First Barricades -- 3. The Barricades of the Fronde -- 4. The Long-Term Incidence of Barricade Events and the Lost Barricades of the French Revolution -- 5. Barricades in Belgium, 1787 - 1830 -- 6. The Barricade Conquers Europe, 1848 -- 7. The Functions of the Barricade -- 8. Barricades and the Culture of Revolution -- APPENDIX A. Database of European Barricade Events -- APPENDIX B. Did the Wave of Revolutionism in 1848 Originate in Paris or Palermo? -- APPENDIX C. The Barricade and Technological Innovations in Transport and Communications -- Notes -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790057303321 |
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Traugott Mark
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The insurgent barricade [[electronic resource] /] / Mark Traugott
| The insurgent barricade [[electronic resource] /] / Mark Traugott |
| Autore | Traugott Mark |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (456 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.32/309409033 |
| Soggetto topico |
Revolutions - Europe - History - 19th century
Revolutions - Europe - History - 18th century Insurgency - Europe - History - 19th century Insurgency - Europe - History - 18th century Barricades (Military science) - Social aspects - Europe - History - 19th century Barricades (Military science) - Social aspects - Europe - History - 18th century |
| Soggetto non controllato |
16th century
19th century barricade history barricades case study collective action combat democracy europe european citizens european revolutions fighting in the streets fights france french revolution government and governing historical insurrection international culture military insurgents modern history political exiles protest retrospective revolt revolutionaries revolutionary history revolutionary tradition students workers |
| ISBN | 0-520-94773-8 |
| Classificazione | 15.70 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1. The Insurgent Barricade -- 2. The First Barricades -- 3. The Barricades of the Fronde -- 4. The Long-Term Incidence of Barricade Events and the Lost Barricades of the French Revolution -- 5. Barricades in Belgium, 1787 - 1830 -- 6. The Barricade Conquers Europe, 1848 -- 7. The Functions of the Barricade -- 8. Barricades and the Culture of Revolution -- APPENDIX A. Database of European Barricade Events -- APPENDIX B. Did the Wave of Revolutionism in 1848 Originate in Paris or Palermo? -- APPENDIX C. The Barricade and Technological Innovations in Transport and Communications -- Notes -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810892603321 |
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Traugott Mark
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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