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The adventures of Tom Sawyer, 135th anniversary edition / / Mark Twain; Paul Baender
The adventures of Tom Sawyer, 135th anniversary edition / / Mark Twain; Paul Baender
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
Twain Mark <1835-1910, >  
Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2010]
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Almost Hollywood, Nearly New Orleans : The Lure of the Local Film Economy / / Vicki Mayer
Almost Hollywood, Nearly New Orleans : The Lure of the Local Film Economy / / Vicki Mayer
Autore Mayer Vicki <1971->
Pubbl/distr/stampa Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , [2017]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (xi, 147 pages) : illustrations (some colour); digital, PDF file(s)
Disciplina 791.4309763/35
Soggetto topico Motion picture industry - Louisiana - New Orleans
Soggetto non controllato academic
american south
career
cinema studies
economy
film crew
film economy
film studies
film
filming
hollywood south
hollywood
local film
los angeles
making money
making movies
media
money
movie star
movies
multimedia
new orleans
press coverage
regional film economies
regional film
saving money
scholarly
southern california
television
ISBN 0-520-96717-8
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Prologue : I'm just a film tax credit -- Introduction : presenting Hollywood South -- The making of regional film economies : why La. is not L.A. -- Hollywood South : structural to visceral reorganizations of space -- The place of Treme in the film economy : love and labor for Hollywood South -- (Almost a) conclusion -- Appendix : a guide to decoding film economy claims and press coverage.
Record Nr. UNISA-996333148203316
Mayer Vicki <1971->  
Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , [2017]
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Autobiography of Mark Twain . Volume 1 [[electronic resource] /] / editor: Harriet Elinor Smith ; associate editors: Benjamin Griffin, Victor Fischer, Michael B. Frank, Sharon K. Goetz, Leslie Myrick
Autobiography of Mark Twain . Volume 1 [[electronic resource] /] / editor: Harriet Elinor Smith ; associate editors: Benjamin Griffin, Victor Fischer, Michael B. Frank, Sharon K. Goetz, Leslie Myrick
Autore Twain Mark <1835-1910.>
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2010
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (775 p.)
Disciplina 818/.4/0924
Altri autori (Persone) SmithHarriet Elinor
GriffinBenjamin <1968->
FischerVictor
FrankMichael B
GoetzSharon K
MyrickLeslie Diane
Collana The Mark Twain Papers
Soggetto topico Authors, American - 19th century
Soggetto non controllato 19th century
20th century authors
adventures
american authors
american lit
american south
american
autobiography
classics
coming of age
critic
engaging
famous authors
free thoughts
historical
humorist
life journey
life lessons
life story
literary criticism
literary icon
literary
lively
mark twain
memoir
nonfiction
opinionated
page turner
public figure
students and teachers
twain scholars
uncensored
ISBN 1-282-75441-6
9786612754418
0-520-94699-5
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Manuscripts and Dictations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Preliminary Manuscripts and Dictations, 1870-1905 -- Autobiography Of Mark Twain -- Explanatory Notes -- Appendixes -- Note On The Text -- Word Division in This Volume -- References -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910785132503321
Twain Mark <1835-1910.>  
Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2010
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Between Sundays [[electronic resource] ] : Black women and everyday struggles of faith / / Marla F. Frederick
Between Sundays [[electronic resource] ] : Black women and everyday struggles of faith / / Marla F. Frederick
Autore Frederick Marla Faye <1972->
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2003
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (276 p.)
Disciplina 277.5/6/083/082
Collana George Gund Foundation Book in African American Studies
Soggetto topico African American women - Religious life
African American women - Spiritual life
Soggetto non controllato african americans
american south
american women
baptist women
black americans
black experience
black religion
black women
christianity
cultural analysis
cultural politics
ethnographers
ethnography
faith and religion
female relationships
gender studies
nonfiction
personal interviews
regional history
rural south
social conditions
southern baptists
spiritual community
spiritual lives
spirituality
systemic oppression
women of faith
ISBN 1-59734-490-7
0-520-93645-0
9786612762673
1-282-76267-2
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Monday. "Of The Meaning Of Progress" -- Tuesday. Gratitude And Empathy -- Revival. Reading Church History -- Wednesday. Righteous Discontent -- Revival. "Are We A Church Or A Social Change Organization?" -- Thursday Televangelism. (And Shifting Discourses Of Progress) -- Revival. "Loosed Women" -- Friday. Financial Priorities -- Saturday. Sexual Politics -- Second Sunday. Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910777399503321
Frederick Marla Faye <1972->  
Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2003
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I've got the light of freedom [[electronic resource] ] : the organizing tradition and the Mississippi freedom struggle / / Charles M. Payne ; with a new preface
I've got the light of freedom [[electronic resource] ] : the organizing tradition and the Mississippi freedom struggle / / Charles M. Payne ; with a new preface
Autore Payne Charles M
Edizione [2nd ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berkeley ; ; London, : University of California Press, c2007
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (577 p.)
Disciplina 323.1196/0730762
Soggetto topico African Americans - Civil rights - Mississippi - History - 20th century
Civil rights movements - Mississippi - History - 20th century
African American civil rights workers - Mississippi - History - 20th century
Civil rights workers - Mississippi - History - 20th century
African Americans - Civil rights - Mississippi - Greenwood - History - 20th century
Civil rights movements - Mississippi - Greenwood - History - 20th century
Soggetto non controllato african american studies
against the odds
american south
biographical
black activism
black rights
civil rights history
civil rights
democracy
discussion books
emancipation
generational
higher education
history
human rights
movement literature
overcoming obstacles
political
race and prejudice
racism
school setting
university textbook
uplifting stories
we shall overcome
ISBN 1-280-09458-3
9786613520418
0-520-93388-5
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface To The 2007 Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- One. Setting The Stage -- Two. Testing The Limits: Black Activism In Postwar Mississippi -- Three. Give Light And The People Will Find A Way: The Roots Of An Organizing Tradition -- Four. Moving On Mississippi -- Five. Greenwood: Building On The Past -- Six. If You Don't Go, Don't Hinder Me: The Redefinition Of Leadership -- Seven. They Kept The Story Before Me: Families And Traditions -- Eight. Slow And Respectful Work: Organizers And Organizing -- Nine. A Woman's War -- Ten. Transitions -- Eleven. Carrying On: The Politics Of Empowerment -- Twelve. From Sncc To Slick: The Demoralization Of The Movement -- Thirteen. Mrs. Hamer Is No Longer Relevant: The Loss Of The Organizing Tradition -- Fourteen. The Rough Draft Of History -- Epilogue -- Bibliographic Essay: The Social Construction Of History -- Notes -- Interviews -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910779080503321
Payne Charles M  
Berkeley ; ; London, : University of California Press, c2007
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Many middle passages [[electronic resource] ] : forced migration and the making of the modern world / / edited by Emma Christopher, Cassandra Pybus, Marcus Rediker
Many middle passages [[electronic resource] ] : forced migration and the making of the modern world / / edited by Emma Christopher, Cassandra Pybus, Marcus Rediker
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berkeley ; ; London, : University of California Press, c2007
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (275 p.)
Disciplina 306.362096
Altri autori (Persone) ChristopherEmma <1971->
PybusCassandra
RedikerMarcus
Collana California World History Library
Soggetto topico Slave trade - Africa - History
Enslaved persons
Slavery
Soggetto non controllato abolition
african slave trade
american civil war
american south
bonded labor
bonded soldiers
captivity
china sea
chinese labor
convict transportation
death
east african middle passage
forced migration
global perspective
history of slavery
history
human cargo
indentured servants
indian ocean
irish labor
melanesian labor trade
middle passage
migration
slave traders
slavery
sulu zone
terror
torture
trafficked women
transported convicts
voc voyages
yellow trade
ISBN 9786612360350
1-282-36035-3
0-520-94098-9
1-4356-0192-0
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Introduction / Rediker, Marcus / Pybus, Cassandra / Christopher, Emma -- One. The Other Middle Passage: The African Slave Trade in the Indian Ocean / Alpers, Edward A. -- Two. The East African Middle Passage: David Livingstone, the Zambesi Expedition, and Lake Nyassa, 1858-1866 / McCalman, Iain -- Three. The Iranun and Balangingi Slaving Voyage: Middle Passages in the Sulu Zone / Warren, James -- Four. The Voyage Out: Peter Kolb and VOC Voyages to the Cape / Penn, Nigel -- Five Bound for Botany Bay: John Martin's Voyage to Australia / Pybus, Cassandra -- Six. "The Slave Trade Is Merciful Compared to [This]": Slave Traders, Convict Transportation, and the Abolitionists / Christopher, Emma -- Seven. Convict Passages in the Indian Ocean, c. 1790-1860 / Anderson, Clare -- Eight. After Slavery Forced: Drafts of Irish and Chinese Labor in the American Civil War, or the Search for Liquid Labor / Nelson, Scott Reynolds -- Nine. La Trata Amarilla: The "Yellow Trade" and the Middle Passage, 1847-1884 / Hu-DeHart, Evelyn -- Ten. "A Most Irregular Traffic": The Oceanic Passages of the Melanesian Labor Trade / Brown, Laurence -- Eleven. La Traite des Jaunes: Trafficking in Women and Children across the China Sea / Martínez, Julia -- Afterword: "All of It Is Now" / Bales, Kevin / Trodd, Zoe -- Postscript: The Gun-Slave Cycle / Rediker, Marcus -- Appendix -- Contributors -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910778117003321
Berkeley ; ; London, : University of California Press, c2007
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Mark Twain [[electronic resource] ] : the adventures of Samuel L. Clemens / / Jerome Loving
Mark Twain [[electronic resource] ] : the adventures of Samuel L. Clemens / / Jerome Loving
Autore Loving Jerome <1941->
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (549 p.)
Disciplina 818/.409
B
Soggetto topico Authors, American - 19th century
Humorists, American - 19th century
Soggetto non controllato adventures of huckleberry finn
america
american authors
american literature
american south
american west
archives
biographical
biography
book club reads
comedy
discussion books
europe
famous authors
funny
historical research
humorists
humorous
life lessons
lit studies
literary criticism
literary critics
literary figures
mark twain
new england
nonfiction
samuel clemens
twain fans
twain scholars
us lit
wit
ISBN 1-282-55621-5
9786612556210
0-520-94549-2
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chronology of the Life and Works of Mark Twain -- Prologue -- Part I. Humorist in the West -- Part II. Writer in the East -- Part III. The Artist and the Businessman -- Part IV. The Mysterious Stranger -- Appendix A. Clemens Genealogy -- Appendix B. Books Published by Charles L. Webster & Company -- Notes -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910780864603321
Loving Jerome <1941->  
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010
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Signs of the times [[electronic resource] ] : the visual politics of Jim Crow / / Elizabeth Abel
Signs of the times [[electronic resource] ] : the visual politics of Jim Crow / / Elizabeth Abel
Autore Abel Elizabeth <1945->
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (415 p.)
Disciplina 305.800975
Soggetto topico African Americans - Segregation - Southern States - History - 20th century
Visual communication - Southern States - History - 20th century
Signs and signboards - Southern States - History - 20th century
Photography - Social aspects - Southern States - History - 20th century
Racism in popular culture - Southern States - History - 20th century
Soggetto non controllato 1960s
1970s
19th century
african americans
america
american culture
american south
civil rights activists
cultural history
cultural memory
historians
jim crow laws
jim crow signs
nonfiction
political history
political tension
public spaces
racial issues
racism
regional history
regional practices
retrospective
segregation signs
semiotics
social history
social sphere
united states
us history
visual communication
visual politics
ISBN 1-283-27721-2
9786613277213
0-520-94586-7
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction: Jim Crow's Cultural Turns -- 1. American Graffiti: The Social Life of Jim Crow Signs -- 2. The Signs of Race in the Language of Photography -- 3. Cultural Memory and the Conditions of Visibility: The Circulation of Jim Crow Photographs -- 4. Restroom Doors and Drinking Fountains: Perspective, Mobility, and the Fluid Grounds of Race and Gender -- 5. The Eyeball and the Wall: Eating, Seeing, and the Nation -- 6. Double Take: Photography, Cinema, and the Segregated Theater -- 7. Upside Down and Inside Out: Camera Work, Spectatorship, and the Chronotope of the Colored Balcony -- 8. Remaking Racial Signs: Activism and Photography in the Theater of the Sit-Ins -- Afterword: Contemporary Turns -- Notes -- Select bibliography -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910791870403321
Abel Elizabeth <1945->  
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010
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Taxing the Poor : Doing Damage to the Truly Disadvantaged / / Katherine S. Newman, Rourke O'Brien
Taxing the Poor : Doing Damage to the Truly Disadvantaged / / Katherine S. Newman, Rourke O'Brien
Autore Newman Katherine S.
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2011]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (263 p.)
Disciplina 336.20086 9420973
Collana Wildavsky Forum Series
Soggetto topico Poor - Taxation - Southern States
Poor -- Taxation -- Southern States
Poor - Taxation - United States
Poor -- Taxation -- United States
Poverty - Southern States
Poverty -- Southern States
Poverty - United States
Poverty -- United States
Political Science
Law, Politics & Government
Public Finance
Soggetto non controllato access to health care
african americans
american south
consumers
consumption
corporate taxes
crime
early mortality
economics
food deserts
health care
health insurance
high school dropout
income taxes
legislation
modern health care
nonfiction
obesity
political science
poverty
prop 13
property taxes
public education
race
racism
regressive sales tax
rural
sales tax
social issues
social policy
social science
structural poverty
taxation
taxes
teen pregnancy
ISBN 1-283-27800-6
9786613278005
0-520-94893-9
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One. The Evolution of Southern Tax Structures -- Chapter Two. Barriers to Change: Inertia, Supermajorities, and Constitutional Amendments -- Chapter Three. The Geography of Poverty -- Chapter Four. Tax Traps and Regional Poverty Regimes -- Chapter Five. The Bottom Line -- Conclusion: Are We Our Brothers' Keepers? -- Appendix I. How Many Lags of x? -- Appendix II. Tables -- Notes -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910791561403321
Newman Katherine S.  
Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2011]
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Ties that bind : the story of an Afro-Cherokee family in slavery and freedom / / Tiya Miles
Ties that bind : the story of an Afro-Cherokee family in slavery and freedom / / Tiya Miles
Autore Miles Tiya <1970->
Edizione [Second edition.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (417 p.)
Disciplina 975.004/97557
Collana George Gund Foundation Imprint in African American Studies
American Crossroads
Soggetto topico Cherokee Indians - History - 19th century
Cherokee Indians - Mixed descent
Cherokee Indians - Kinship
Enslaved Indians - Georgia - History - 19th century
African Americans - Georgia
African Americans - Kinship - Georgia
Black people - Georgia - Relations with Indians
Soggetto non controllato 19th century history
african american history
african american
american colonialism
american history
american indian south
american south
black authors
black history
black indians
black studies
cherokee indians
cherokee nation
cherokee women
colonialism
critical race studies
emancipation
ethnic studies
gender studies
history of the us south
indian slaveholders
indian slaves
indigenous studies
indigenous
kinship
native american history
native american studies
native americans
native women
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION -- PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction -- ONE. Captivity -- TWO. Slavery -- THREE. Motherhood -- FOUR. Property -- FIVE. Christianity -- SIX. Nationhood -- SEVEN. Gold Rush -- EIGHT. Removal -- NINE. Capture -- TEN. Freedom -- EPILOGUE. Citizenship -- CODA: The Shoeboots Family Today -- APPENDIX ONE. Research Methods and Challenges -- APPENDIX TWO. Definition and Use of Terms -- APPENDIX THREE. Cherokee Names and Mistaken Identities -- APPENDIX FOUR. Primary Sources for Further Study -- NOTES -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- AMERICAN CROSSROADS
Record Nr. UNINA-9910788104403321
Miles Tiya <1970->  
Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015
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