American government in Ireland, 1790-1913 [[electronic resource] ] : a history of the US Consular Service / / Bernadette Whelan |
Autore | Whelan Bernadette |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Manchester ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (321 p.) |
Disciplina | 941.7081 |
Soggetto topico |
Diplomatic and consular service, American - Ireland - History - 18th century
Diplomatic and consular service, American - Ireland - History - 19th century |
Soggetto non controllato |
American Civil War
American consular activity American foreign interests British imperialism Fenianism Ireland Irish famine Irish nationalism War of 1812 mass Irish emigration |
ISBN |
1-78170-328-0
1-84779-355-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 9780719083013; 9780719083013; Copyright Page; Contents; List of tables; List of appendices; Terms and usage; Preface; The United States consular service in Ireland:appointments and conditions, 1790-1906; 'Oh Lord, not in my district, Amen':*consular work in Ireland, 1790-1907; Protecting the Union:the American Civil War, 1861-5; 'Our Guardian Angel abroad':* Americanforeign policy and Irish nationalism, 1865-70; Building the Union, 1865-1913:the immigration process; Conclusion; Appendix 1.1; Appendix 4.1; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791731403321 |
Whelan Bernadette
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American government in Ireland, 1790-1913 [[electronic resource] ] : a history of the US Consular Service / / Bernadette Whelan |
Autore | Whelan Bernadette |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Manchester ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (321 p.) |
Disciplina | 941.7081 |
Soggetto topico |
Diplomatic and consular service, American - Ireland - History - 18th century
Diplomatic and consular service, American - Ireland - History - 19th century |
Soggetto non controllato |
American Civil War
American consular activity American foreign interests British imperialism Fenianism Ireland Irish famine Irish nationalism War of 1812 mass Irish emigration |
ISBN |
1-78170-328-0
1-84779-355-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 9780719083013; 9780719083013; Copyright Page; Contents; List of tables; List of appendices; Terms and usage; Preface; The United States consular service in Ireland:appointments and conditions, 1790-1906; 'Oh Lord, not in my district, Amen':*consular work in Ireland, 1790-1907; Protecting the Union:the American Civil War, 1861-5; 'Our Guardian Angel abroad':* Americanforeign policy and Irish nationalism, 1865-70; Building the Union, 1865-1913:the immigration process; Conclusion; Appendix 1.1; Appendix 4.1; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819988903321 |
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The global remapping of American literature [[electronic resource] /] / Paul Giles |
Autore | Giles Paul |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (340 p.) |
Disciplina | 810.9/32 |
Soggetto topico |
American literature - History and criticism
Geography in literature Boundaries in literature Space in literature Regionalism in literature National characteristics, American, in literature |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
Soggetto non controllato |
American Civil War
American Renaissance American South American broadcasting American culture American literary studies American literature Augustan American literature Cotton Mather Dave Eggers David Foster Wallace Don DeLillo Douglas Coupland Elizabeth Bishop European medievalism F. O. Matthiessen F. Scott Fitzgerald Flix Guattari Gary Snyder Gertrude Stein Gilles Deleuze Jos Mart Magnalia Christi Americana Nathaniel Hawthorne Native Americans New England Pacific Northwest Philip Roth Phillis Wheatley Ralph Waldo Emerson Richard Brautigan South America Timothy Dwight Toni Morrison U.S. national identity Ursula Le Guin Voice of America Wallace Stevens William Dean Howells William Faulkner William Gibson William Gilmore Simms Zora Neale Hurston allegory antebellum narratives cartography deterritorialization electronic media extravagance geography globalization liberal democracy medieval American literature medievalism metaregionalism modernism narratives national space place plantations poetry pseudo-geography regionalism social boundaries space technological innovations transnationalism |
ISBN |
1-282-96451-8
9786612964510 1-4008-3651-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: the deterritorialization of American literature -- Part one: Temporal latitudes. Augustan American literature: an aesthetics of extravagance; medieval American literature: antebellum narratives and the "map of the infinite" -- Part two: The boundaries of the nation. The arcs of modernism: geography as allegory; suburb, network, homeland: national space and the rhetoric of broadcasting -- Part three: Spatial longitudes. Hemispheric parallax: South America and the American South; metaregionalism: the global pacific northwest -- Conclusion: American literature and the question of circumference. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458183403321 |
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The global remapping of American literature [[electronic resource] /] / Paul Giles |
Autore | Giles Paul |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (340 p.) |
Disciplina | 810.9/32 |
Soggetto topico |
American literature - History and criticism
Geography in literature Boundaries in literature Space in literature Regionalism in literature National characteristics, American, in literature |
Soggetto non controllato |
American Civil War
American Renaissance American South American broadcasting American culture American literary studies American literature Augustan American literature Cotton Mather Dave Eggers David Foster Wallace Don DeLillo Douglas Coupland Elizabeth Bishop European medievalism F. O. Matthiessen F. Scott Fitzgerald Flix Guattari Gary Snyder Gertrude Stein Gilles Deleuze Jos Mart Magnalia Christi Americana Nathaniel Hawthorne Native Americans New England Pacific Northwest Philip Roth Phillis Wheatley Ralph Waldo Emerson Richard Brautigan South America Timothy Dwight Toni Morrison U.S. national identity Ursula Le Guin Voice of America Wallace Stevens William Dean Howells William Faulkner William Gibson William Gilmore Simms Zora Neale Hurston allegory antebellum narratives cartography deterritorialization electronic media extravagance geography globalization liberal democracy medieval American literature medievalism metaregionalism modernism narratives national space place plantations poetry pseudo-geography regionalism social boundaries space technological innovations transnationalism |
ISBN |
1-282-96451-8
9786612964510 1-4008-3651-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: the deterritorialization of American literature -- Part one: Temporal latitudes. Augustan American literature: an aesthetics of extravagance; medieval American literature: antebellum narratives and the "map of the infinite" -- Part two: The boundaries of the nation. The arcs of modernism: geography as allegory; suburb, network, homeland: national space and the rhetoric of broadcasting -- Part three: Spatial longitudes. Hemispheric parallax: South America and the American South; metaregionalism: the global pacific northwest -- Conclusion: American literature and the question of circumference. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791566403321 |
Giles Paul
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The global remapping of American literature [[electronic resource] /] / Paul Giles |
Autore | Giles Paul |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (340 p.) |
Disciplina | 810.9/32 |
Soggetto topico |
American literature - History and criticism
Geography in literature Boundaries in literature Space in literature Regionalism in literature National characteristics, American, in literature |
Soggetto non controllato |
American Civil War
American Renaissance American South American broadcasting American culture American literary studies American literature Augustan American literature Cotton Mather Dave Eggers David Foster Wallace Don DeLillo Douglas Coupland Elizabeth Bishop European medievalism F. O. Matthiessen F. Scott Fitzgerald Flix Guattari Gary Snyder Gertrude Stein Gilles Deleuze Jos Mart Magnalia Christi Americana Nathaniel Hawthorne Native Americans New England Pacific Northwest Philip Roth Phillis Wheatley Ralph Waldo Emerson Richard Brautigan South America Timothy Dwight Toni Morrison U.S. national identity Ursula Le Guin Voice of America Wallace Stevens William Dean Howells William Faulkner William Gibson William Gilmore Simms Zora Neale Hurston allegory antebellum narratives cartography deterritorialization electronic media extravagance geography globalization liberal democracy medieval American literature medievalism metaregionalism modernism narratives national space place plantations poetry pseudo-geography regionalism social boundaries space technological innovations transnationalism |
ISBN |
1-282-96451-8
9786612964510 1-4008-3651-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: the deterritorialization of American literature -- Part one: Temporal latitudes. Augustan American literature: an aesthetics of extravagance; medieval American literature: antebellum narratives and the "map of the infinite" -- Part two: The boundaries of the nation. The arcs of modernism: geography as allegory; suburb, network, homeland: national space and the rhetoric of broadcasting -- Part three: Spatial longitudes. Hemispheric parallax: South America and the American South; metaregionalism: the global pacific northwest -- Conclusion: American literature and the question of circumference. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810353003321 |
Giles Paul
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Henry Dresser and Victorian ornithology : Birds, books and business / / Henry A. McGhie |
Autore | McGhie Henry A. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Manchester, [England] : , : Manchester University Press, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (341 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : color illustrations, photographs, tables |
Disciplina | 598.092 |
Soggetto topico |
Ornithology
Ornithologists Birds - Collection and preservation Birds SCIENCE - Life Sciences - Zoology - General Birds - Nomenclature Birds - Classification Birds - Great Britain Birds - Europe Ornithology - Great Britain - History - 19th century Ornithologists - Great Britain |
Soggetto genere / forma |
Biographies.
Terminology Records and correspondence History Field guides. Diaries. Classification Catalogs and collections. Biography |
Soggetto non controllato |
American Civil War
English ornithologists Henry Dresser History of the Birds of Europe Museum studies Richard Sharpe Scientific societies Victorian ornithology Victorian studies Zoological Society of London bird collecting bird specimens birds cabinet collecting environmental geography exploration field collecting history of science natural history ornithology |
ISBN |
1-5261-1602-2
1-5261-3230-3 1-5261-1601-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Family background and early life -- 2. Texas : the big adventure -- 3. Settling down to business -- 4. Early exploits in ornithological society -- 5. Collecting -- 6. Discovering the birds of Europe. I -- 7. Discovering the birds of Europe. II -- 8. Making The birds of Europe -- 9. A central figure : society life in the 1870s -- 10. The 1880s : the rise of rivalry -- 11. The 1890s : the continuing rise of the British Museum (Natural History) -- 12. Working independently, 1900-5 -- 13. The grand finale : producing Eggs of the birds of Europe -- 14. Time for a change -- 15. Legacies -- Appendix 1. Birds mentioned in the text -- Appendix 2. Birds named by Henry Dresser -- Appendix 3. Birds named after Henry Dresser -- Appendix 4. Publications based on Henry Dresser's collections, 1985-2017. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816145503321 |
McGhie Henry A.
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Jean-Charles Houzeau's Escape from Texas : a Belgian Astronomer Caught in the American Civil War / Christiaan Sterken, Amy Abercrombie King |
Autore | Sterken, Christiaan |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, : Springer, 2020 |
Descrizione fisica | xiii, 161 p. : ill. ; 24 cm |
Altri autori (Persone) | Abercrombie King, Amy |
Soggetto topico |
01-XX - History and biography [MSC 2020]
00A79 (77-XX) - Physics [MSC 2020] 85-XX - Astronomy and Astrophysics [MSC 2020] |
Soggetto non controllato |
Abolition of Slavery
Abolitionists American Civil War Astronomy Biography Belgian Astronomer Civil War Texas Jean-Charles Houzeau San Antonio History Texas History |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Titolo uniforme | |
Record Nr. | UNICAMPANIA-VAN0228819 |
Sterken, Christiaan
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Presidents and the dissolution of the Union : leadership style from Polk to Lincoln / / Fred I. Greenstein with Dale Anderson |
Autore | Greenstein Fred I |
Edizione | [Core Textbook] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton : , : Princeton University Press, , [2013] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (199 pages) |
Disciplina | 973.09/9 |
Altri autori (Persone) | AndersonDale <1953-> |
Soggetto topico |
Presidents - United States - History - 19th century
Presidents - United States Political leadership - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
Abraham Lincoln
American Civil War American presidency American presidents Barack Obama California purchase Democratic Party Franklin Pierce Fugitive Slave Act George Washington James Buchanan James K. Polk Mexican Cession MexicanЁmerican War Millard Fillmore Oregon Territory Zachary Taylor cognitive style emotional intelligence leadership organizational capacity policy vision political skill public communication slavery tariff reduction |
ISBN |
1-299-46481-5
1-4008-4641-2 9781400846412 q (ebook) |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Chapter 1. The Presidential Difference in the Civil War Era -- Chapter 2. The Policy- Driven Political Style of James K. Polk -- Chapter 3. The Rough and Ready Leadership of Zachary Taylor -- Chapter 4. Millard Fillmore and the Compromise of 1850 -- Chapter 5. Franklin Pierce and the Kansas- Nebraska Act -- Chapter 6. The Disastrous Presidency of James Buchanan -- Chapter 7. Abraham Lincoln: Consummate Leader -- Chapter 8. What Difference Did the President Make? -- Appendix. Background on the Civil War Era Presidents -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779567403321 |
Greenstein Fred I
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Presidents and the dissolution of the Union : leadership style from Polk to Lincoln / / Fred I. Greenstein with Dale Anderson |
Autore | Greenstein Fred I |
Edizione | [Core Textbook] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton : , : Princeton University Press, , [2013] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (199 pages) |
Disciplina | 973.09/9 |
Altri autori (Persone) | AndersonDale <1953-> |
Soggetto topico |
Presidents - United States - History - 19th century
Presidents - United States Political leadership - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
Abraham Lincoln
American Civil War American presidency American presidents Barack Obama California purchase Democratic Party Franklin Pierce Fugitive Slave Act George Washington James Buchanan James K. Polk Mexican Cession MexicanЁmerican War Millard Fillmore Oregon Territory Zachary Taylor cognitive style emotional intelligence leadership organizational capacity policy vision political skill public communication slavery tariff reduction |
ISBN |
1-299-46481-5
1-4008-4641-2 9781400846412 q (ebook) |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Chapter 1. The Presidential Difference in the Civil War Era -- Chapter 2. The Policy- Driven Political Style of James K. Polk -- Chapter 3. The Rough and Ready Leadership of Zachary Taylor -- Chapter 4. Millard Fillmore and the Compromise of 1850 -- Chapter 5. Franklin Pierce and the Kansas- Nebraska Act -- Chapter 6. The Disastrous Presidency of James Buchanan -- Chapter 7. Abraham Lincoln: Consummate Leader -- Chapter 8. What Difference Did the President Make? -- Appendix. Background on the Civil War Era Presidents -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814068403321 |
Greenstein Fred I
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Still a house divided [[electronic resource] ] : race and politics in Obama's America / / Desmond S. King & Rogers M. Smith |
Autore | King Desmond S |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, NJ, : Princeton University Press, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (320 p.) |
Disciplina | 323.1196/073 |
Altri autori (Persone) | SmithRogers M. <1953-> |
Collana | Princeton studies in American politics: historical, international, and comparative perspectives |
Soggetto topico | African Americans - Politics and government |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
Soggetto non controllato |
African American reform
African Americans American Civil War American homes American housing system American racial politics Arthur W. Mitchell Barack Obama Jim Crow NAACP affirmative action antebellum America antebellum racial alliances anti-Jim Crow alliances anti-slavery alliances coalitions color blindness crime criminal justice criminal policy employment policy employment ethnic classification fair housing governmental classification housing choices housing immigration issues immigration majorityЭinority districting majorityЭinority districts material race inequalities modern American schooling modern racial alliances multiracial census nonwhites policy challenges political alliance political dispute political influence pro-Jim Crow alliances pro-slavery alliances public education race consciousness race equality race-conscious policymaking race racial alliances racial classification racial equality racial housing segregation racial implications racial inequalities racial inequality racial policy alliances racial policy coalitions racial policy racial progress residential racial integration rival racial policy segregation slavery workplace |
ISBN |
1-283-16901-0
9786613169013 1-4008-3976-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- PART ONE. Obama's Inheritance -- Chapter 1. "That They May All Be One". America as a House Divided -- PART TWO. The Making and Unmaking of Racial Hierarchies -- Chapter 2. "That is the last speech he will ever make". The Antebellum Racial Alliances -- Chapter 3. "We of the North were thoroughly wrong". How Racial Alliances Mobilized Ideas and Law -- PART THREE. The Trajectory of Racial Alliances -- Chapter 4. "This backdrop of entrenched inequality". Affirmative Action in Work -- Chapter 5. To "affirmatively further fair housing". Enduring Racial Inequalities in American Homes and Mortgages -- Chapter 6. "To elect one of their own". Racial Alliances and Majority-Minority Districts -- Chapter 7. "Our goal is to have one classification-American". Vouchers for Schools and the Multiracial Census -- Chapter 8. "We can take the people out of the slums, but we cannot take the slums out of the people". How Today's Racial Alliances Shape Laws on Crime and Immigration -- PART FOUR. America's Inheritance -- Chapter 9. Prospects of the House Divided -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456981803321 |
King Desmond S
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