Autore	Nemerov Alexander
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (313 p.)
Disciplina	792.0973/09034
Soggetto topico	Theater and society - Washington (D.C.) - History - 19th century Theater - Washington (D.C.) - History - 19th century
Soggetto non controllato	1863 19th century abraham lincoln acting american art american history american life american politics art historians civil war buffs civil war era civil war democracy discussion books drama dramatic performance dramatic english drama historical performances literary criticism live arts macbeth performing arts play performance poetic consciousness politics shakespeare technology theatre tragedy united states wallace stevens washington dc
ISBN	1-283-27728-X 9786613277282 0-520-94744-4
Classificazione	15.85 18.05
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: A Drop That Dyes the Seas -- 1. A Stone's Throw: Charlotte Cushman -- 2. The Flame of Place: Abraham Lincoln -- 3. The Glass Case: Interior Life in Washington, D.C. -- 4. Acoustic Shadows: The Battle of Bristoe Station -- 5. Center of Echoes: Castle Murray, Fauquier County, Virginia -- 6. Ghosts: The Death of Colonel Thomas Ru‹n, October 17, 1863 -- 7. Sound and Fury: Nature in Virginia -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Illustrations -- Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910791880103321

Autore	Twain Mark <1835-1910, >
Edizione	[3rd ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2010]
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (306 p.)
Disciplina	813.4
Collana	Mark Twain Library
Soggetto topico	Boys -- Fiction Child witnesses -- Fiction Mississippi River Valley -- Fiction Missouri -- Fiction Runaway children -- Fiction Sawyer, Tom (Fictitious character) -- Fiction Runaway children Fugitive slaves English Languages & Literatures American Literature
Soggetto non controllato	19th century adventure stories adventures american authors american literature american south anniversary edition banned books boyhood childhood children classic lit classic literature coming of age famous author famous authors fiction classics fiction growing up hannibal missouri high school huckleberry finn humor illustrated juvenile literary fiction mississippi river mississippi moral issues original text realism required reading slavery small town setting tom sawyer young adult fiction
ISBN	1-280-49195-7 9786613587183 0-520-94632-4
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- FOREWORD -- THE WRITING OF TOM SAWER -- PREFACE -- 1. Y-o-u-u Tom-Aunt Polly Decides Upon her Duty- Tom Practices Music-The Challenge-A Private Entrance -- 2. Strong Temptations-Strategic Movements-The Innocents Beguiled -- 3. Tom as a General-Triumph and Reward-Dismal Felicity-Commission and Omission -- 4. Mental Acrobatics-Attending Sunday-School-The Superintendent-"Showing off-Tom Lionized -- 5. A Useful Minister-In Church-The Climax -- 6. Self-Examination-Dentistry-The Midnight Charm- Witches and Devils-Cautious Approaches-Happy Hours -- 7. A Treaty Entered Into-Early Lessons-A Mistake Made -- 8. Tom Decides on his Course-Old Scenes Re-enacted -- 9. A Solemn Situation-Grave Subjects Introduced- Injun Joe Explains -- 10. The Solemn Oath-Terror Brings Repentance- Mental Punishment -- 1 1. Muff Potter Comes Himself-Tom's Conscience at Work -- 12. Tom Shows his Generosity-Aunt Polly Weakens -- 13. The Young Pirates-Going to the Rendezvous-The Camp-Fire Talk -- 14. Camp-Life-A Sensation-Tom Steals Away from Camp -- 15. Tom Reconnoiters-Learns the Situation-Reports at Camp -- 16. A Day's Amusements-Tom Reveals a Secret-The Pirates take a Lesson-A Night Surprise-An Indian War -- 17. Memories of the Lost Heroes-The Point in Tom's Secret -- 18. Tom's Feelings Investigated-Wonderful Dream- Becky Thatcher Overshadowed-Tom Becomes Jealous-Black Revenge -- 19. Tom Tells the Truth -- 20. Becky in a Dilemma-Tom's Nobility Asserts Itself -- 21. Youthful Eloquence-Compositions by the Young Ladies-A Lengthy Vision-The Boys' Vengeance Satisfied -- 22. Tom's Confidence Betrayed-Expects Signal Punishment -- 23. Old Muff's Friends-Muff Potter in Court-Muff Potter Saved -- 24. Tom as the Village Hero-Days of Splendor and Nights of Horror-Pursuit of Injun Joe -- 25. About Kings and Diamonds-Search for the Treasure -Dead People and Ghosts -- 26. The Haunted House-Sleepy Ghosts-A Box of Gold -Bitter Luck -- 27. Doubts to be Settled-The Young Detectives -- 28. An Attempt at No. Two-Huck Mounts Guard -- 29. The Pic-nic-Huck on Injun Joe's Track-The "Revenge" Job--Aid for the Widow -- 30. The Welchman Reports-Huck Under Fire-The Story Circulated-A New Sensation-Hope Giving Way to Despair -- 31. An Exploring Expedition-Trouble Commences-Lost in the Cave-Total Darkness-Found but not Saved -- 32. Tom tells the Story of their Escape-Tom's Enemy in Safe Quarters -- 33. The Fate of Injun Joe-Huck and Tom Compare Notes-An Expedition to the Cave-Protection Against Ghosts-"An Awful Snug Placen-A Reception at the Widow Douglas's -- 34. Springing a Secret-Mr. Jones' Surprise a Failure -- 35. A New Order of Things-Poor Huck-New Adventures Planned -- CONCLUSION -- EXPLANATORY NOTES -- SOURCES FOR CHARACTERS -- NOTE ON THE TEXT
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910779277203321

Autore	Esherick Joseph S
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2011]
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (xvi, 374 pages) : illustrations, maps
Disciplina	929.20951 929/.20951 951
Soggetto topico	HISTORY / Asia / General
Soggetto non controllato	14th century 19th century ancestors asian biography biographical china chinese communists chinese history chinese rebellions chinese cultural revolution economic growth everyday life family history family lines historical nonfiction history buffs japanese invasion modern china modern history nonfiction oral histories personal history republican era social history social transformation war and revolution warfare world war ii wwii ye family
ISBN	1-283-33184-5 9786613331847 0-520-94762-2
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- 1. Fleeing the Long Hairs -- 2. Family roots -- 3. Father, Son, and Family -- 4. Rebellion -- 5. Official Life in the Late Qing -- 6. A time of transitions -- 7. Doing Business in Tianjin -- 8. Growing Up in Tianjin -- 9. Student Life in the 1930's -- 10. War -- Part III. The People's Republic -- 11. Family Life in new China -- 12. Hundred Flowers and Poisonous Weeds -- 13. The Cultural revolution -- Epilogue: After the Deluge -- Notes -- Glossary of Chinese Terms -- Selected Ye Family Bibliography -- Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910785570603321

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

Autore	Driesbach Janice Tolhurst
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c1998
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (167 p.)
Disciplina	759.194/07494
Altri autori (Persone)	JonesHarvey <1935-> HollandKatherine Church
Soggetto topico	Art, American - California - 19th century Gold mines and mining in art
Soggetto non controllato	1800s 19th century academic ambition american culture american history artistic artists california history california cultural history cultural studies folk art folklore get rich gold rush gold golden state imagination myth paintings prospector scholarly social change social history social studies sunday morning in the mines sutters mill thrill seeking united states history us history
ISBN	1-280-49212-0 9786613587350 0-520-93515-2 0-585-17648-5
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Lenders to the Exhibition -- Introduction -- First in the Field -- Scenes of Mining Life -- Portrait Painter to the Elite -- The Hessian Party -- Souvenirs of the Mother Lode -- Mining the Picturesque -- In the Wake of the Gold Rush -- Sentiment and Nostalgia -- Biographies of the Artists -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Artists Represented in the Exhibition -- Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910778865003321