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 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Backlash against welfare mothers [[electronic resource] ] : past and present / / Ellen Reese |
Autore | Reese Ellen <1969-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (374 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.5/568/0973 |
Soggetto topico |
Public welfare - United States - History
Welfare recipients - Employment - United States Aid to families with dependent children programs Single mothers - Government policy - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
1940s
20th century african americans america american society american welfare antiwelfare campaigns black americans chicanos contemporary america demographic studies ethnographers ethnography historical perspective low income families motherhood mothers nonfiction parenting political history politicians puerto ricans racism safety net welfare culture welfare history welfare opposition welfare policies welfare system working class families |
ISBN |
1-282-77184-1
9786612771842 0-520-93871-2 1-59875-520-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Dreams deferred, broken families, and hardship : the impacts of welfare reform -- Attacking welfare, promoting work and marriage : continuity and change in welfare opposition -- The first welfare backlash (1945/1979) -- The 1950s welfare backlash and federal complicity -- Explaining the postwar rise of welfare opposition -- The Southern welfare backlash : Georgia and Kentucky -- The Northern and Western welfare backlashes : California and New York -- Setting the stage : the failures of liberal innovation -- The contemporary welfare backlash (1980/2004) -- The rise of the Republican right and new Democrats -- Business interests, conservative think tanks, and the assault on welfare -- The contemporary welfare backlash, 1980/2004 -- Rebuilding the welfare state : forging a new deal for working families. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783311603321 |
Reese Ellen <1969-> | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Body of victim, body of warrior [[electronic resource] ] : refugee families and the making of Kashmiri jihadists / / Cabeiri deBergh Robinson |
Autore | Robinson Cabeiri deBergh |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (353 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.325/108991499 |
Collana | South Asia Across the Disciplines |
Soggetto topico |
Islam and politics - Pakistan - Azad Kashmir
Jihad Kashmiri (South Asian people) - Pakistan - Azad Kashmir Refugees - India - Jammu and Kashmir Refugees - Pakistan - Azad Kashmir Religious militants - Pakistan - Azad Kashmir |
Soggetto non controllato |
asia scholars
asian studies contemporary muslims ethnographers ethnography extremism fieldwork fundamentalism global politics historians historical perspective human rights humanitarianism india kashmir middle east militant organizations muslim jihadists muslim refugees nonfiction pakistan political conflict political issues political violence refugee families religious extremists religious violence social issues south asia transnational |
ISBN | 0-520-95454-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Abbreviations -- Note on Names, Transliteration, and Photographs -- Preface: The Kashmir Dispute and the Conflicts within Conflict Ethnography -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. The Social Production of Jihād -- ONE. Between War and Refuge in Jammu and Kashmir. Displacement, Borders, and the Boundaries of Political Belonging -- TWO. Protective Migration and Armed Struggle. Political Violence and the Limits of Victimization in Islam -- THREE. Forging Political Identities, 1947-1988. The South Asian Refugee Regime and Refugee Resettlement Villages -- FOUR. Transforming Political Identities, 1989-2001. Refugee Camps in Azad Jammu and Kashmir and the International Refugee Regime -- FIVE. Human Rights and Jihād. Victimization and the Sovereignty of the Body -- SIX. The Mujāhid as Family-Man. Sex, Death, and the Warrior's (Im)pure Body -- CONCLUSION. From Muhājir to Mujāhid to Jihādī in the Global Order of Things -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index |
Altri titoli varianti | Refugee families and the making of Kashmiri jihadists |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786240703321 |
Robinson Cabeiri deBergh | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Cinderella dreams [[electronic resource] ] : the allure of the lavish wedding / / Cele C. Otnes, Elizabeth H. Pleck |
Autore | Otnes Cele |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (401 p.) |
Disciplina | 395.2/2 |
Altri autori (Persone) | PleckElizabeth H <1945-> (Elizabeth Hafkin) |
Collana | Life passages |
Soggetto topico |
Weddings
Weddings in popular culture Consumer behavior |
Soggetto non controllato |
american culture
beauty bridal industry bridal cinderella consumer culture consumption cultural rituals diamond rings discussion books historical perspective historical lavish weddings love and marriage love marriage morality and virtue nonfiction princesses psychological framework relationships romance romantic love social relationships wedding culture wedding gowns wedding stereotypes wedding traditions weddings white weddings |
ISBN |
1-59734-539-3
9786612359781 1-282-35978-9 0-520-93750-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Romance, magic, memory, and perfection -- The rise of the lavish wedding -- The engagement complex -- The rituals of wedding shopping -- The wedding weekend -- From the cabin to Cancun -- Hollywood hosts a wedding -- The lavish wedding goes global -- Variations on a theme -- The allure of the lavish wedding. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777373903321 |
Otnes Cele | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Clarion of Syria : A Patriot's Call against the Civil War of 1860 / / Butrus al-Bustani |
Autore | al-Bustani Butrus |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, : University of California Press, 2019 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 175 pages) : PDF, digital file(s) |
Disciplina | 079.5691 |
Soggetto topico | HISTORY / Middle East / General |
Soggetto non controllato |
arab world
arabic renaissance brief biography butrus al bustani civil strife civil war conflict resolution critical perspective culprits of atrocities english audience european investigations foreign invasions historical perspective historiography homeland key historical document lebanon literary style mt lebanon nafir suriyya nationalist tropes of reconciliation political violence sectarianism syria unprecedented violence war western interventionism |
ISBN | 0-520-29943-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction: Translating Civil War -- Chapter 1: The War of 1860: Roots and Ramifications -- Chapter 2: Butrus al-Bustani: From Protestant Convert to Ottoman Patriot and Arab Reformer -- Chapter 3: Nafir Suriyya in Arab Historiography -- Chapter 4: Toward a Conceptual History of Nafir Suriyya -- Chapter 5: Wataniyya as Antidote to Sectarianism -- Chapter 6: Clarion 1 -- Chapter 7: Clarion 2 -- Chapter 8: Clarion 3 -- Chapter 9: Clarion 4 -- Chapter 10: Clarion 5 -- Chapter 11: Clarion 6 -- Chapter 12: Clarion 7 -- Chapter 13: Clarion 8 -- Chapter 14: Clarion 9 -- Chapter 15: Clarion 10 -- Chapter 16: Clarion 11 -- Notes -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910321956403321 |
al-Bustani Butrus | ||
Oakland, : University of California Press, 2019 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Clarion of Syria : A Patriot's Call against the Civil War of 1860 / / Butrus al-Bustani |
Autore | al-Bustani Butrus |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, : University of California Press, 2019 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 175 pages) : PDF, digital file(s) |
Disciplina | 079.5691 |
Soggetto topico | HISTORY / Middle East / General |
Soggetto non controllato |
arab world
arabic renaissance brief biography butrus al bustani civil strife civil war conflict resolution critical perspective culprits of atrocities english audience european investigations foreign invasions historical perspective historiography homeland key historical document lebanon literary style mt lebanon nafir suriyya nationalist tropes of reconciliation political violence sectarianism syria unprecedented violence war western interventionism |
ISBN | 0-520-29943-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction: Translating Civil War -- Chapter 1: The War of 1860: Roots and Ramifications -- Chapter 2: Butrus al-Bustani: From Protestant Convert to Ottoman Patriot and Arab Reformer -- Chapter 3: Nafir Suriyya in Arab Historiography -- Chapter 4: Toward a Conceptual History of Nafir Suriyya -- Chapter 5: Wataniyya as Antidote to Sectarianism -- Chapter 6: Clarion 1 -- Chapter 7: Clarion 2 -- Chapter 8: Clarion 3 -- Chapter 9: Clarion 4 -- Chapter 10: Clarion 5 -- Chapter 11: Clarion 6 -- Chapter 12: Clarion 7 -- Chapter 13: Clarion 8 -- Chapter 14: Clarion 9 -- Chapter 15: Clarion 10 -- Chapter 16: Clarion 11 -- Notes -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996312640103316 |
al-Bustani Butrus | ||
Oakland, : University of California Press, 2019 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Colonialism in question [[electronic resource] ] : theory, knowledge, history / / Frederick Cooper |
Autore | Cooper Frederick <1947-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (340 p.) |
Disciplina | 325.6 |
Soggetto topico |
Decolonization - Africa - Historiography
Imperialism - Historiography Decolonization - Historiography |
Soggetto non controllato |
20th century
africa civic colonial contexts colonial studies colonial theory colonialism colonization diaspora essay collection europe globalization historians historical perspective history of colonialism human condition humanities imperialism modernity national identity nationalism nonfiction essays postcolonial retrospective social sciences south asia textbooks theoretical western scholars world history world powers |
ISBN |
1-282-44575-8
9786612445750 0-520-93861-5 1-59875-524-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction : colonial questions, historical trajectories -- The rise, fall, and rise of colonial studies, 1951/2001 -- Identity / with Rogers Brubaker -- Globalization -- Modernity -- States, empires, and political imagination -- Labor, politics, and the end of empire in French Africa -- Colonialism, history, politics. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783313703321 |
Cooper Frederick <1947-> | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Eastern Mediterranean and the making of global radicalism, 1860-1914 [[electronic resource] /] / Ilham Khuri-Makdisi |
Autore | Khuri-Makdisi Ilham |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (293 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.5/68 |
Collana | The California world history library |
Soggetto topico |
Radicalism - Egypt - Cairo - History
Radicalism - Egypt - Alexandria - History Radicalism - Lebanon - Beirut - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
1860
1914 alexandria anarchists beirut cairo discussion books dramatists eastern mediterranean global history global radicalism greeks historical perspective historical history buffs intellectualism intellectuals italians middle east nationalism ottoman syrians political issues political philosophy political radical movements radical thought social history socialist ideals socialist workers turn of the century world history |
ISBN |
1-283-29176-2
9786613291769 0-520-94546-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The late nineteenth-century World and the Emergence of a Global Radical Culture -- 2. The Nahḍa, the Press, and the Construction and dissemination of a Radical Worldview -- 3. Theater and Radical Politics in Beirut, Cairo, and Alexandria 1860-1914 -- 4. The Construction of Two Radical networks in Beirut and Alexandria -- 5. Workers, labor Unrest, and the formulation and dissemination of Radical leftist ideas -- Conclusion: Deprovincializing the Eastern Mediterranean -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781754403321 |
Khuri-Makdisi Ilham | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Eastern Mediterranean and the making of global radicalism, 1860-1914 / / Ilham Khuri-Makdisi |
Autore | Khuri-Makdisi Ilham |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (293 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.5/68 |
Collana | The California world history library |
Soggetto topico |
Radicalism - Egypt - Cairo - History
Radicalism - Egypt - Alexandria - History Radicalism - Lebanon - Beirut - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
1860
1914 alexandria anarchists beirut cairo discussion books dramatists eastern mediterranean global history global radicalism greeks historical perspective historical history buffs intellectualism intellectuals italians middle east nationalism ottoman syrians political issues political philosophy political radical movements radical thought social history socialist ideals socialist workers turn of the century world history |
ISBN |
1-283-29176-2
9786613291769 0-520-94546-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The late nineteenth-century World and the Emergence of a Global Radical Culture -- 2. The Nahḍa, the Press, and the Construction and dissemination of a Radical Worldview -- 3. Theater and Radical Politics in Beirut, Cairo, and Alexandria 1860-1914 -- 4. The Construction of Two Radical networks in Beirut and Alexandria -- 5. Workers, labor Unrest, and the formulation and dissemination of Radical leftist ideas -- Conclusion: Deprovincializing the Eastern Mediterranean -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828352003321 |
Khuri-Makdisi Ilham | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Empire and revolution [[electronic resource] ] : the Americans in Mexico since the Civil War / / John Mason Hart |
Autore | Hart John M (John Mason), <1935-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (722 p.) |
Disciplina | 972/.00413 |
Soggetto topico |
Americans - Mexico - History
Investments, American - Mexico - History Nationalism - Mexico - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
america
american attitudes american dream banking industry civil war corruption economic growth expansion global empire globalization historians historical analysis historical perspective historiography international relations manifest destiny mexican revolution mexico mining nafta national infrastructure natural resources nonfiction oil industry railroad revolution revolutionaries social connections textbooks united states us expansion war |
ISBN |
0-520-90077-4
1-282-35825-1 9786612358258 0-520-93929-8 1-59734-593-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Imperial Ambition -- 1. Arms And Capital -- 2. Rival Concessionaires -- 3. Ubiquitous Financiers -- 4. Building The Railroads -- 5. Silver, Copper, Gold, And Oil -- 6. Absentee Landlords -- 7. Resident American Elite -- 8. Boomers, Sooners, And Settlers -- 9. Mexico For The Mexicans -- 10. Interventions And Firestorms -- 11. Crisis In The New Regime -- 12. Nationalization Of Land And Industry -- 13. Cooperation And Accommodation -- 14. Return Of The American Financiers -- 15. Mexico In The New World Order -- Conclusion: Imperial America -- Endpiece -- Appendix 1. Partial List Of American Landholdings And Ownership In Mexico, 100,000 Acres And More, 1910-1913 -- Appendix 2. Partial List Of American Properties Of More Than 100,000 Acres Or Of Special Significance, Derived Via Government Portions Of Land Surveys Or From The Land Survey Companies, 1876-1910 -- Appendix 3. American Banking Syndicates Formed To Render Financial Support To Britain And Her Allies During World War I, September 1914-April 1917 -- Notes On Archival Sources -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780375203321 |
Hart John M (John Mason), <1935-> | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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