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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 |
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Nemerov Alexander
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 | ||
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Caligula [[electronic resource] ] : a biography / / Aloys Winterling ; translated by Deborah Lucas Schneider, Glenn W. Most, and Paul Psoinos
| Caligula [[electronic resource] ] : a biography / / Aloys Winterling ; translated by Deborah Lucas Schneider, Glenn W. Most, and Paul Psoinos |
| Autore | Winterling Aloys |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
| Disciplina |
937/.07092
B |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
SchneiderDeborah Lucas
MostGlenn W PsoinosPaul |
| Collana | Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature |
| Soggetto topico | Emperors - Rome |
| Soggetto non controllato |
ancient history
ancient rome ancient sources biography brutality caligula career classical period dark dramatic engaging famous tyrant general audience historical analysis history buffs history human cruelty intense mental illness military nobility nonfiction notorious figures political science political system political thriller politics questioned sanity revolt roman emperors roman politics roman senate rome torture tyrant world history worship |
| ISBN |
1-283-33183-7
9786613331830 0-520-94314-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction: A mad emperor? -- Childhood and youth -- Two years as princeps -- The conflicts escalate -- Five months of monarchy -- Murder on the Palatine -- Conclusion: Inventing the mad emperor -- Epilogue to the English edition. |
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Winterling Aloys
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 | ||
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Drama kings [[electronic resource] ] : players and publics in the re-creation of Peking opera, 1870-1937 / / Joshua Goldstein
| Drama kings [[electronic resource] ] : players and publics in the re-creation of Peking opera, 1870-1937 / / Joshua Goldstein |
| Autore | Goldstein Joshua <1965-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (385 p.) |
| Disciplina | 792.0951/156 |
| Soggetto topico |
Theater - China - Beijing - History
Operas, Chinese - China - Beijing - History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
career
celebrities chinese history cross dressing cross-dressers cultural anthropology detailed history dramatic emotional rollercoaster four great female impersonators gender bending gender roles historical reenactments history of china history intense emotion intense lively melodrama peking opera performing arts politics qing dynasty theater and opera theater history theatrical |
| ISBN |
1-282-35903-7
9786612359033 0-520-93279-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Late Qing Institutions of Peking Opera -- 2. From Teahouse to Playhouse -- 3. The Experimental Stage, 1895-1920 -- 4. May Fourth Realism and Qi Rushan's Theory of National Drama -- 5. Landscape and Figure, Nation and Character -- 6. The Limits of Reform -- 7. The Gendering of National Culture, Or, The Only Good Woman is a Man -- 8. Nationalization through Iconification -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Goldstein Joshua <1965->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2007 | ||
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A half-century of greatness : the creative imagination of Europe, 1848-1884 / / Frederic Ewen ; edited by Jeffrey Wollock ; foreword by Aaron Kramer
| A half-century of greatness : the creative imagination of Europe, 1848-1884 / / Frederic Ewen ; edited by Jeffrey Wollock ; foreword by Aaron Kramer |
| Autore | Ewen Frederic <1899-1988.> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : New York University Press, , 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (589 pages) |
| Disciplina | 940.2/8 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
WollockJeffrey L
EwenFrederic <1899-1988.> |
| Soggetto topico |
Romanticism - Europe
Revolutions - Europe - History - 19th century |
| Soggetto non controllato |
1848
Europe Greatness Half-Century Revolutions century creative dramatic influence late mid- nineteenth paints picture thought unsuccessful vivid |
| ISBN |
0-8147-2280-6
0-8147-2245-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Editor's Introduction; Foreword by Aaron Kramer; Part I : England at the Great Divide: 1830-1848; 1 The Battle for Reform; 2 The Battle for Minds and Secular Salvation: "Utopia" and "Utility"; 1. "Utopia"; 2. "Utility" and "Happiness"; 3 Thomas Carlyle: Out of the "Nay" into the "Everlasting Yea"; 4 Charles Dickens: The Novel in "The Battle of Life"; 5 John Stuart Mill: The Majesty of Reason; Part II : Russia: Dark Laughter and Siberia: Nikolay Gogol and Young Dostoevsky; 1 The Dark Laughter of Nikolay Gogol; 2 Young Dostoevsky: The Road to Siberia
Part III : Europe: Revolution 1848-1849; 1 The Lightning of Ideas: Reason and Revolution 1835-1848; 1. G.W. F. Hegel; 2. David Friedrich Strauss; 3. Ludwig Feuerbach; 4. Karl Marx; 5. Friedrich Engels; 6. Marx and Engels; 2 Revolution: 1848-1849; 1. France; 2. Germany; 3. Austria; 4. Failure of the Revolutions; 3 The Lyre and the Sword: Art and Revolution; 1. Hungary-July 31, 1849: Sándor Petöfi-The Poet as Warrior; 2. Russia: Tsar and Serf-Taras Shevchenko; 3. Siegfried on the Barricades: Richard Wagner in Dresden, May 1849; 4. Alexander Herzen and the Russian Self-Exiled Part IV : Swan Song and Elegy: Germany and the Poets; 1. Georg Büchner; 2. Georg Herwegh; 3. Ferdinand Freiligrath; 4. Georg Weerth and Adolf Glassbrenner; 5. Heinrich Heine; Part V : England: Crystal Palace and Bleak House; 1 The March of Empire and the Victorian Conscience; 2 The Novel and the Crisis of Conscience: The Brontës-The Caged Rebels of Haworth; Part VI : Woman of Valor: George Eliot and the Victorians; Notes; Bibliography; Primary Sources; Secondary Sources; Further Reading for Heroic Imagination and A Half-Century of Greatness; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781913703321 |
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Ewen Frederic <1899-1988.>
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| New York : , : New York University Press, , 2007 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Hare Krishna transformed [[electronic resource] /] / E. Burke Rochford, Jr
| Hare Krishna transformed [[electronic resource] /] / E. Burke Rochford, Jr |
| Autore | Rochford E. Burke <1949-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : New York University Press, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | x, 285 p |
| Disciplina | 294.5/512 |
| Collana | The new and alternative religions series |
| Soggetto topico |
Krishna (Hindu deity) - Cult - United States
Families - Religious aspects - International Society for Krishna Consciousness Hinduism - United States Hindu converts - United States |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Based
Hare Krishna Transformed changes course decades dramatic explores founding from generations in-depth movement observation over participant religious research this three |
| ISBN |
0-8147-7688-4
0-8147-6907-1 1-4356-0739-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Growing Up -- 2 Family, Culture, and Change -- 3 Child Abuse -- 4 Public Schooling and Identity -- 5 Women’s Voices -- 6 Male Backlash -- 7 Moving On -- 8 Hindus and Hinduization -- 9 World Accommodation -- Appendix 1 Commitment, Involvement, and Leader Authority Measures -- Appendix 2 Data Tables -- Notes -- Glossary -- References -- Index -- About the Author |
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Rochford E. Burke <1949->
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| New York, : New York University Press, c2007 | ||
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International migration and human rights [[electronic resource] ] : the global repercussions of U.S. policy / / edited by Samuel Martinez
| International migration and human rights [[electronic resource] ] : the global repercussions of U.S. policy / / edited by Samuel Martinez |
| Autore | Martinez Samuel |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (351 p.) |
| Disciplina | 325.73 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | MartinezSamuel <1959-> |
| Collana | Global, area, and international archive |
| Soggetto topico |
Emigration and immigration - Government policy
Immigrants - Civil rights Immigrants - Civil rights - United States |
| Soggetto non controllato |
diplomacy
dramatic drug policy emigration engaging global issues global leaders global movement global scholars globalism human condition human rights issues human rights immigrants immigration international migration market reform migrant crisis migrant rights migration modern issues nonfiction political refugees revolutionaries terrorism textbook thought provoking united states immigration united states policy |
| ISBN | 0-520-94257-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Political Economy of Migration in an Era of Globalization -- 2. Ports of Entry in the "Homeland Security" Era: Inequality of Mobility and the Securitization of Transnational Flows -- 3. The Treatment of Noncitizens after September 11 in Historical Context -- 4. Mexicans of Mass Destruction: National Security and Mexican Immigration in a Pre- and Post-9/11 World -- 5. The Demonization of Persons of Arab and Muslim Ancestry in Historical Perspective -- 6. Security and Insecurity in a Global "War on Terrorism": Arab-Muslim Immigrant Experience in Post-9/11 America -- 7. Policing the Borders in the Heartland -- 8. An Anatomy of Mexican Repatriation: Human Rights and the Borderlands of Complicity -- 9. Discourses on Danger and Dreams of Prosperity: Confounding U.S. Government Positions on "Trafficking" from the Former Soviet Union -- 10. "We Are Not Terrorists!" Uighurs, Tibetans, and the "Global War on Terror" -- 11. The Impact of Plan Colombia on Forced Displacement -- 12. Challenging U.S. Silence: International NGOs and the Iraqi Refugee Crisis -- Conclusion -- Afterword: Migration, Human Rights, and Development -- Notes -- References -- Contributors -- Index |
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Martinez Samuel
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 | ||
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The Israeli security agencies and the Israeli Arabs, 1948-1967 [[electronic resource] /] / Hillel Cohen; translated by Haim Watzman
| The Israeli security agencies and the Israeli Arabs, 1948-1967 [[electronic resource] /] / Hillel Cohen; translated by Haim Watzman |
| Autore | Cohen Hillel |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Los Angeles, : University of California Press, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (297 p.) |
| Disciplina | 323.1192/74009045 |
| Soggetto topico |
Palestinian Arabs - Israel - Politics and government
Intelligence service - Israel National security - Israel Minorities - Israel |
| Soggetto non controllato |
1948
1967 20th century arab communities arab resistance arab world arabs collaborators diplomacy discussion books dramatic engaging hebrew hidden history intense israel israeli arabs israeli police israeli security agencies mukhtars nonfiction page turner palestine and israel palestinians political activists political postwar israel prime minister revolution sheikhs teachers and students top secret files true story |
| ISBN |
1-282-77266-X
9786612772665 0-520-94488-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Beginning a Beautiful Friendship: The Rise of the Collaborator Class -- 2. Communists vs. the Military Government, Collaborators vs. Communists -- 3. Boundary Breakers: Infiltrators, Smugglers, Spies -- 4. The Land -- 5. The Battle of the Narrative: Symbols, Pronouncements, Teachers -- 6. Minorities within a Minority: Dilemmas of Identity -- 7. Circles of Control, Circles of Resistance -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Altri titoli varianti | ʻArvim ṭovim |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780864403321 |
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Cohen Hillel
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| Berkeley, Los Angeles, : University of California Press, 2009 | ||
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Passion, betrayal, and revolution in colonial Saigon [[electronic resource] ] : the memoirs of Bao Luong / / Hue-Tam Ho Tai
| Passion, betrayal, and revolution in colonial Saigon [[electronic resource] ] : the memoirs of Bao Luong / / Hue-Tam Ho Tai |
| Autore | Tai Hue-Tam Ho <1948-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (218 p.) |
| Disciplina |
959.7/03092
B |
| Altri autori (Persone) | Nguyẽ̂nTrung Nguyệt |
| Soggetto topico |
Women revolutionaries - Vietnam - Ho Chi Minh City
Women political prisoners - Vietnam - Ho Chi Minh City |
| Soggetto non controllato |
1927
20th century bao luong barbier street murder betrayal colonial saigon crime and punishment crime dramatic engaging female prisoners fight for freedom high profile case ho chi minh mekong delta memoir and autobiography national independence newspaper articles nonfiction account official documents oral history passion political intrigue political prisoners prison stories revolution revolutionaries revolutionary youth league rural life vietnam womans struggle womens equality |
| ISBN |
1-282-76399-7
9786612763991 0-520-94611-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Principal Characters -- Introduction -- 1. The Girl from the South -- 2. From Faithful Moon to Precious Honesty -- 3. Apprentice Revolutionaries -- 4. Vignettes from the Revolution -- 5. Prelude to a Murder -- 6. The Crime on Barbier Street -- 7. The End of the Revolutionary Youth League -- 8. The Road to Hell -- 9. Down among Women -- 10. The Verdict -- 11. Life and Death -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Tai Hue-Tam Ho <1948->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 | ||
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Re-imagining Greek tragedy on the American stage [[electronic resource] /] / Helene P. Foley
| Re-imagining Greek tragedy on the American stage [[electronic resource] /] / Helene P. Foley |
| Autore | Foley Helene P. <1942-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 Online-Ressource (XV, 375 Seiten) |
| Disciplina | 792.1/20973 |
| Collana | Sather classical lectures |
| Soggetto topico |
Greek drama - History and criticism
Theater - United States - History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
20th century literacy
american culture and politics american interpretation american theater books for english students classical greek literature coffee table books controversial topics dramatic easy to read educational books engaging greek tragedy historical nonfiction history of american dance history of american theater how to write a tragedy intense emotion interpretation of greek tragedy learning while reading lively page turner performing arts shakespeare theater film theatrical |
| ISBN |
1-283-62280-7
0-520-95365-7 9780520953659 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- One. Greek Tragedy Finds an American Audience -- Two. Making Total Theater in America -- Three. Democratizing Greek Tragedy -- Four. Reenvisioning the Hero -- Five. Reimagining Medea as American Other -- Epilogue -- Notes -- References -- Index |
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Foley Helene P. <1942->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2012 | ||
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When law fails [[electronic resource] ] : making sense of miscarriages of justice / / edited by Charles J. Ogletree, Jr. and Austin Sarat
| When law fails [[electronic resource] ] : making sense of miscarriages of justice / / edited by Charles J. Ogletree, Jr. and Austin Sarat |
| Autore | Sarat Austin |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : New York University Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (360 p.) |
| Disciplina | 347.73 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
OgletreeCharles J., Jr., <1952-2023.>
SaratAustin |
| Collana | The Charles Hamilton Houston Institute series on race and justice |
| Soggetto topico | Justice, Administration of - United States |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Reveals
ability beyond breakdowns calls consequences daily deliver dramatic embedded exonerations failure fairly headline-grabbing itself justice laws legal look realities swiftly system well |
| ISBN |
0-8147-6255-7
0-8147-6225-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The case of "Death for a dollar ninety-five" : miscarriages of justice and constructions of American identity / Mary L. Dudziak -- When law fails : history, genius, and unhealed wounds after Tulsa's race riot / Charles J. Ogletree, Jr. -- Margins of error / Robert Weisberg -- Recovering the craft of policing : wrongful convictions, the war on crime, and the problem of security / Jonathan Simon -- Kalven and Zeisel in the twenty-first century : is the jury still the defendant's friend? / Daniel Givelber -- Extreme punishment / Douglas A. Berman -- Miscarriages of mercy? / Linda Ross Meyer -- Memorializing miscarriages of justice : clemency petitions in the killing state / Austin Sarat -- Miscarriage of justice as misnomer / Markus D. Dubber -- The scale of injustice / Patricia Ewick. |
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Sarat Austin
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| New York, : New York University Press, c2009 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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