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Acting in the night [[electronic resource] ] : Macbeth and the places of the Civil War / / Alexander Nemerov
Acting in the night [[electronic resource] ] : Macbeth and the places of the Civil War / / Alexander Nemerov
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
Nemerov Alexander  
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010
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Alexander the Great and the mystery of the elephant medallions / / Frank L. Holt
Alexander the Great and the mystery of the elephant medallions / / Frank L. Holt
Autore Holt Frank Lee
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berkeley, Calif. : , : University of California Press, , 2003
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (xv, 198 pages, 5 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps
Disciplina 737/.22/0938
Collana Hellenistic culture and society
Soggetto topico Coins, Ancient
Coins, Greek
Elephants in numismatics
Soggetto non controllato afghanistan
alexander the great
ancient history
ancient medallions
battle of the hydaspes river
biographical
biography
conquests
discussion books
elephant medallions
european history
hellenistic culture
hellenistic period
hellenistic society
historians
historical perspective
india
iraq
megalomania
myths and legends
nonfiction
numismatics
popular history
rajah porus
retrospective
supernatural success
theology of war
war
warfare
ISBN 1-282-35812-X
9786612358128
0-520-93878-X
1-59734-457-5
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Front matter -- CONTENTS -- MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS -- PREFACE -- ONE. Man of Mystery -- TWO. A Treasure -- THREE. Picking a Fight -- FOUR. Whose Pachyderm, Whole or Halved? -- FIVE. Another Treasure -- SIX. A Closer Look -- SEVEN. A Dark and Stormy Night -- APPENDIX A. THE PUBLISHED ELEPHANT MEDALLIONS -- APPENDIX B. SOME POSSIBLE FORGERIES OF THE LARGE MEDALLION -- APPENDIX C. THE 1973 IRAQ HOARD -- INDEX
Record Nr. UNINA-9910777369003321
Holt Frank Lee  
Berkeley, Calif. : , : University of California Press, , 2003
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The Anatomy of Harpo Marx / / Wayne Koestenbaum
The Anatomy of Harpo Marx / / Wayne Koestenbaum
Autore Koestenbaum Wayne
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2012]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (311 p.)
Disciplina 792.702/8092
B
Soggetto topico Comedians - United States
Comedians -- United States -- Biography
Marx, Harpo
Marx, Harpo, 1888-1964
Motion picture actors and actresses - United States
Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography
Music, Dance, Drama & Film
Drama
Soggetto non controllato barbra streisand
beauty
book club reads
books for movie lovers
bookstore finds
discussion books
drama
easy to read
entertainment industry
film and television
heart racing
how to be funny
how to make a comedy film
human struggles
insightful analysis
learning while reading
leisure reads
life struggle
lively
love
marx brothers
nonfiction stories
page turner
pleasure reading
relatable characters
romance
satisfying endings
the art of acting
vacation reads
walter benjamin
what is method acting
ISBN 1-280-11654-4
9786613520838
0-520-95198-0
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- I. Early Ecstatic Emptiness -- II. Later Astonishments -- III. The Idiot Tumbles Back to the Beginning of Time
Record Nr. UNINA-9910790015303321
Koestenbaum Wayne  
Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2012]
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Audiotopia [[electronic resource] ] : music, race, and America / / Josh Kun
Audiotopia [[electronic resource] ] : music, race, and America / / Josh Kun
Autore Kun Josh
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, 2005
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (321 p.)
Disciplina 782.42164/0973/0904
Collana American Crossroads
Soggetto topico Popular music - United States - History and criticism
Music - Social aspects - United States
Multiculturalism - United States
Soggetto non controllato america
american culture
american identity
american studies
art and music
artists
bronx
critical analysis
cultural studies
discussion books
ethnic demographic studies
ethnic differences
ethnic minorities
havana
hip hop
klezmer
latin rock
literary movements
los angeles
modern history
music and culture
music historians
music history
music lovers
music studies
music
nonfiction
popular music
race issues
racial history
racial issues
retrospective
us borders
ISBN 1-282-76321-0
9786612763212
1-4237-1729-5
0-520-93864-X
1-59875-582-X
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Strangers among Sounds -- One. Against Easy Listening -- Two. The Yiddish Are Coming -- Three. Life According to the Beat -- Four. Basquiat's Ear, Rahsaan's Eye -- Five. I,Too, Sing América -- Six. Rock's Reconquista -- Conclusion: La Misma Canción -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Discography -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910783318803321
Kun Josh  
Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, 2005
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Autobiography of Mark Twain : Volume 1, Reader's Edition / / Mark Twain; Harriet E. Smith
Autobiography of Mark Twain : Volume 1, Reader's Edition / / Mark Twain; Harriet E. Smith
Autore Twain Mark <1835-1910, >
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2012]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (455 p.)
Disciplina 817
Soggetto topico Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography
English
Languages & Literatures
American Literature
Soggetto non controllato 19th century literature
american history
american literature
author autobiographies
autobiography memoir
autobiography of mark twain
book collector books
book lover books
books about mark twain
classical writing
coffee table books
discussion books
easy to read
english class books
family of mark twain
famous american authors
history of mark twain
learning while reading
literary criticism
mark twain fan books
mark twain ideas
mark twain life
pass on books
remastered book
sam clemens
ISBN 1-280-11678-1
9786613521071
0-520-95244-8
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- An Early Attempt -- My Autobiography [Random Extracts from It] -- The Latest Attempt -- The Final (and Right) Plan -- Preface. As from the Grave -- Here begin the Florentine Dictations -- Now comes the New York dictation, beginning January 9, 1906 -- Appendix: Preliminary manuscripts and dictations -- Samuel L. Clemens: A Brief Chronology -- Family Biographies -- References -- Excerpt from Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 2
Record Nr. UNINA-9910778938303321
Twain Mark <1835-1910, >  
Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2012]
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Becoming sinners [[electronic resource] ] : Christianity and moral torment in a Papua New Guinea society / / by Joel Robbins
Becoming sinners [[electronic resource] ] : Christianity and moral torment in a Papua New Guinea society / / by Joel Robbins
Autore Robbins Joel <1961->
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2004
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (413 p.)
Disciplina 306.6/09957/7
Collana Ethnographic studies in subjectivity
Soggetto topico Christianity - Papua New Guinea - Urapmin
Soggetto genere / forma Ethnography
Soggetto non controllato 1960s
anthropology
baptist missionaries
christian converts
christian culture
christian life
christian missionaries
christianity
cultural anthropologists
cultural change
cultural perspective
discussion books
good and evil
human condition
melanesian society
moral torment
morality and sin
nonfiction
papua new guinea society
papua new guinea
rapid change
religious experiences
religious studies
remote tribe
sinfulness
social anthropology
social change
theoretical
urapmin
ISBN 9786612762888
1-282-76288-5
0-520-93708-2
1-59734-483-4
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Part one : becoming sinners -- From salt to the law : contact and the early colonial period -- Christianity and the colonial transformation of regional relations -- Revival, second stage conversion, and the localization of the Urapmin Church -- Part two : living in sin -- Contemporary Urapmin in millennial time and space -- Willfulness, lawfulness, and Urapmin morality -- Desire and its discontents : free time and Christian morality -- Rituals of redemption and technologies of the self -- Millennialism and the contest of values -- Christianity, cultural change, and the moral life of the hybrid.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910783388003321
Robbins Joel <1961->  
Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2004
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Before Wilde [[electronic resource] ] : sex between men in Britain's age of reform / / Charles Upchurch
Before Wilde [[electronic resource] ] : sex between men in Britain's age of reform / / Charles Upchurch
Autore Upchurch Charles <1969->
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (289 p.)
Disciplina 306.76/62094109034
Soggetto topico Gay men - Great Britain - History
Gay men - Great Britain - Social conditions
Men - Sexual behavior - Great Britain - History - 19th century
Homosexuality - Great Britain - History - 19th century
Sex - Great Britain - History - 19th century
Soggetto non controllato age of reform
british police
british society
changing perceptions
discussion books
early 19th century
early victorian period
economic changes
england
family changes
great britain
historical account
history buffs
history of sexuality
homosexuality
law changes
literary
national media
nonfiction
oscar wilde
perceptions of sex
political changes
queer theory
same sex attraction
same sex desire
sex between men
social perspective
western sexuality
ISBN 0-520-94358-9
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One. Understandings -- Part Two. Early Nineteenth-Century Changes -- Part Three. Implications -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910779756703321
Upchurch Charles <1969->  
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009
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Building home [[electronic resource] ] : Howard F. Ahmanson and the politics of the American dream / / Eric John Abrahamson
Building home [[electronic resource] ] : Howard F. Ahmanson and the politics of the American dream / / Eric John Abrahamson
Autore Abrahamson Eric John
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (392 p.)
Disciplina 332.3/2092
B
Soggetto topico Mortgage loans - California - Los Angeles - History - 20th century
Savings and loan associations - California - Los Angeles - History - 20th century
American Dream - History - 20th century
Soggetto non controllato 20th century america
biographical
book club books
books for history lovers
building your own company
california history
chronicles ahmanson
discussion books
entrepreneurship
history of the american dream
history of western united states
history
how to manage a business
how to start a business
howard ahmanson
industrial history
leisure reads
managed economy
political economy
risk management
southern california
success in postwar america
successful entrepreneurs
urban history
vacation books
ISBN 1-283-86030-9
0-520-95342-8
Classificazione HIS036140
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Father as Mentor -- 2. Among the Lotus Eaters -- 3. Undertaker at a Plague -- 4. The Common Experience -- 5. Building Home -- 6. Scaling Up -- 7. Home and the State -- 8. Political Economy -- 9. Big Business -- 10. The Crest of a New Wave -- 11. Southland Patrician -- 12. Influence -- 13. Short of Domestic Bliss -- 14. Breakdown of Consensus -- 15. Crisis of the Managed Economy -- 16. A New Way of Life -- 17. A Personal Epic -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations Used in Notes -- Notes -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910786583103321
Abrahamson Eric John  
Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013
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The Catholic revolution [[electronic resource] ] : new wine, old wineskins, and the Second Vatican Council / / Andrew Greeley
The Catholic revolution [[electronic resource] ] : new wine, old wineskins, and the Second Vatican Council / / Andrew Greeley
Autore Greeley Andrew M. <1928->
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2004
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (239 p.)
Disciplina 282/.73/09045
Soggetto topico Councils and synods, Ecumenical
Soggetto non controllato 20th century
america
american catholicism
american catholics
bishops
catholic church
catholic life
catholic revolution
catholicism
christian
christianity
church history
church leadership
church reform
clergy
comparative religion
discussion books
nonfiction
preachers
religion and spirituality
religious historians
religious history
religious scholars
religious studies
roman curia
second vatican council
theology
vatican council ii
ISBN 1-282-35811-1
9781417510633
9786612358111
0-520-93877-1
1-59734-526-1
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto A Catholic revolution -- The "confident" church -- The wineskins burst -- What happened? -- "Effervescence" spreads from the council to the world -- How do they stay? -- New rules, new prophets, and beige Catholicism -- Only in America? -- Why they stay -- Priests -- Recovering the Catholic heritage -- Religious education and beauty -- Authority as charm -- Liturgists and the laity.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910780448203321
Greeley Andrew M. <1928->  
Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2004
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Catholic Vietnam [[electronic resource] ] : a church from empire to nation / / Charles Keith
Catholic Vietnam [[electronic resource] ] : a church from empire to nation / / Charles Keith
Autore Keith Charles <1977->
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2012
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (329 p.)
Disciplina 282/.597
Collana From Indochina to Vietnam: Revolution and War in a Global Perspective
Soggetto topico HISTORY / Asia / General
Soggetto non controllato asian history
books about religion
books for history lovers
catholic church
catholic history
christianity
colonial modern vietnam
discussion books
easy to read
engaging
europe and asia
european history
french colonial rule
history of christianity
home school history books
leisure reads
nonfiction
page turner
post colonial vietnam
religion and politics
religion in asia
religious studies
southeast asia
vatican
vietnam history
vietnamese catholics
vietnamese culture
vietnamese politics
ISBN 1-283-59444-7
0-520-95382-7
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. A Church between the Nguyễn and the French -- 2. A Colonial Church Divided -- 3. The Birth of a National Church -- 4. Vietnamese Catholic Tradition on Trial -- 5. A National Church Experienced -- 6. The Culture and Politics of Vietnamese Catholic Nationalism -- 7. A National Church in Revolution and War -- Epilogue. A National Church Divided -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Altri titoli varianti Church from empire to nation
Record Nr. UNINA-9910785788103321
Keith Charles <1977->  
Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2012
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