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The cosmic time of empire [[electronic resource] ] : modern Britain and world literature / / Adam Barrows
| The cosmic time of empire [[electronic resource] ] : modern Britain and world literature / / Adam Barrows |
| Autore | Barrows Adam |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (225 p.) |
| Disciplina | 823/.80933 |
| Collana | Flash points |
| Soggetto topico |
English fiction - 19th century - History and criticism
English fiction - 20th century - History and criticism Modernism (Literature) - English-speaking countries Time in literature Time - Political aspects Time - Systems and standards |
| Soggetto non controllato |
1884
adventure novels backward arrow bram stoker cosmopolitan clock empire geopolitics globe greenwich h rider haggard high modernism human temporality imperialism india indian literature james joyce joseph conrad literary criticism modern literature modernism modernist modernity nature of time negri politics prime meridian rudyard kipling science semiotics theory south asian novels standard time temporality time victorian culture victorian literature virginia woolf world standard time |
| ISBN |
1-283-27744-1
9786613277442 0-520-94815-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Standard Time, Greenwich, and the Cosmopolitan Clock -- Chapter 2. "Turning From the Shadows That Follow Us" -- Chapter 3. At the Limits of Imperial Time; or, Dracula Must Die! -- Chapter 4. "The Shortcomings of Timetables" -- Chapter 5. "A Few Hours Wrong" -- Conclusion. A Postmodern Politics of Time? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785411203321 |
Barrows Adam
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The cosmic time of empire [[electronic resource] ] : modern Britain and world literature / / Adam Barrows
| The cosmic time of empire [[electronic resource] ] : modern Britain and world literature / / Adam Barrows |
| Autore | Barrows Adam |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (225 p.) |
| Disciplina | 823/.80933 |
| Collana | Flash points |
| Soggetto topico |
English fiction - 19th century - History and criticism
English fiction - 20th century - History and criticism Modernism (Literature) - English-speaking countries Time in literature Time - Political aspects Time - Systems and standards |
| Soggetto non controllato |
1884
adventure novels backward arrow bram stoker cosmopolitan clock empire geopolitics globe greenwich h rider haggard high modernism human temporality imperialism india indian literature james joyce joseph conrad literary criticism modern literature modernism modernist modernity nature of time negri politics prime meridian rudyard kipling science semiotics theory south asian novels standard time temporality time victorian culture victorian literature virginia woolf world standard time |
| ISBN |
1-283-27744-1
9786613277442 0-520-94815-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Standard Time, Greenwich, and the Cosmopolitan Clock -- Chapter 2. "Turning From the Shadows That Follow Us" -- Chapter 3. At the Limits of Imperial Time; or, Dracula Must Die! -- Chapter 4. "The Shortcomings of Timetables" -- Chapter 5. "A Few Hours Wrong" -- Conclusion. A Postmodern Politics of Time? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910811438403321 |
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Barrows Adam
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Plague ports [[electronic resource] ] : the global urban impact of bubonic plague,1894-1901 / / Myron Echenberg
| Plague ports [[electronic resource] ] : the global urban impact of bubonic plague,1894-1901 / / Myron Echenberg |
| Autore | Echenberg Myron J |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : New York University Press, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (367 p.) |
| Disciplina | 614.5/732 |
| Soggetto topico | Plague - History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Plague
Ports ago bubonic century cities continents epidemic five globe initial lives million more ravaged story swept taking tells than that third were years |
| ISBN | 0-8147-2282-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Illustrations -- 1. An Unexampled Calamity -- 2. City of the Plague -- 3. The Plague Has at Last Arrived -- 4. They Have a Love of Clean Underlinen and of Fresh Air -- 5. A Bubonic Plague Epidemic Does Not Exist in This Country Buenos Aires, 1900 -- 6. The Victory of Hygiene, Good Taste, and Art -- 7. Plague in Paradise -- 8. Black Plague Creeps into America -- 9. The Inhabitants of Sydney No More Go Barefoot Than Do the Inhabitants of London -- 10. It Is a Miracle We Are Not Visited by a Black Plague -- Appendix -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782712203321 |
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Echenberg Myron J
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| New York, : New York University Press, c2007 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Plague ports [[electronic resource] ] : the global urban impact of bubonic plague,1894-1901 / / Myron Echenberg
| Plague ports [[electronic resource] ] : the global urban impact of bubonic plague,1894-1901 / / Myron Echenberg |
| Autore | Echenberg Myron J |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : New York University Press, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (367 p.) |
| Disciplina | 614.5/732 |
| Soggetto topico | Plague - History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Plague
Ports ago bubonic century cities continents epidemic five globe initial lives million more ravaged story swept taking tells than that third were years |
| ISBN | 0-8147-2282-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Illustrations -- 1. An Unexampled Calamity -- 2. City of the Plague -- 3. The Plague Has at Last Arrived -- 4. They Have a Love of Clean Underlinen and of Fresh Air -- 5. A Bubonic Plague Epidemic Does Not Exist in This Country Buenos Aires, 1900 -- 6. The Victory of Hygiene, Good Taste, and Art -- 7. Plague in Paradise -- 8. Black Plague Creeps into America -- 9. The Inhabitants of Sydney No More Go Barefoot Than Do the Inhabitants of London -- 10. It Is a Miracle We Are Not Visited by a Black Plague -- Appendix -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824361403321 |
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Echenberg Myron J
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| New York, : New York University Press, c2007 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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