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

Autore	Rodogno Davide
Edizione	[Course Book]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, 2012
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (406 p.)
Disciplina	361.2609561
Collana	Human rights and crimes against humanity
Soggetto topico	Humanitarian assistance, European - Turkey
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
Soggetto non controllato	Armenian Question Armenians Battle of Navarino Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Capitulations Cold War Concert of Europe Conference of Constantinople Congo Free State Congress of Berlin Cretan Christians Crete Eastern Question Eastern crisis Egypt Europe Family of Nations France Great Britain Greco-Ottoman War Greece Islam Lebanon Macedonia Macedonian Question Morea Mount Lebanon Ottoman Christians Ottoman Empire Ottoman Greece Paris Conference Philhellenes Rumelia Russo-Turkish War Syria The Responsibility to Protect Third Marquess of Salisbury armed intervention atrocity corruption despotism extermination human rights humanitarian intervention humanitarianism humanity insurgency insurrection international peace international relations international security legal doctrine massacre military intervention military occupation nationalism nonintervention polygamy public opinion reforms refugees rescue rights slavery state action state inaction terrorist attacks uprisings victims
ISBN	1-283-30328-0 9786613303288 1-4008-4001-5
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One. The International Context of Nineteenth-Century Humanitarian Interventions -- Chapter Two. Exclusion of the Ottoman Empire from the Family of Nations, and Legal Doctrines of Humanitarian Intervention -- Chapter Three. Intervention on Behalf of Ottoman Greeks (1821-33) -- Chapter Four. Intervention in Ottoman Lebanon and Syria (1860-61) -- Chapter Five. The First Intervention in Crete (1866-69) -- Chapter Six. Nonintervention during the Eastern Crisis (1875-78) -- Chapter Seven. Intermezzo-The International Context (1878-1908) -- Chapter Eight. Nonintervention on Behalf of the Ottoman Armenians (1886-1909) -- Chapter Nine. The Second Intervention in Crete (1896-1900) -- Chapter Ten. Nonforcible Intervention in the Ottoman Macedonian Provinces (1903-08) -- Epilogue -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Backmatter
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910457445903321

Autore	Ward Abigail Lara
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Manchester, UK : , : Manchester University Press, , 2013
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (xiii, 231 pages) : digital file(s)
Disciplina	820.935509045
Collana	Contemporary world writers
Soggetto topico	Slavery in literature English literature - 20th century - History and criticism Literature Literary Studies: Post-Colonial Literature LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Ireland
Soggetto non controllato	Britain Caryl Phillips David Dabydeen Fred D'Aguiar ethics of writing memory postcolonial literature slavery transatlantic slave trade trauma
ISBN	1-84779-780-6 1-78170-325-6 1-84779-467-X
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Series editor's foreword; List of abbreviations; Chronology; 1. Contexts and intertexts; 2. Caryl Phillips and the absent voices of history; 3. David Dabydeen and the ethics of narration; 4. Fred D'Aguiar and the memorialisation of slavery; 5. Critical overview and conclusion; Notes; Select bibliography; Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910791948103321

Autore	Alexander Jeffrey C.
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2004
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (327 p.)
Disciplina	361.1
Altri autori (Persone)	AlexanderJeffrey C. <1947->
Soggetto topico	Social problems - Psychological aspects Psychic trauma - Social aspects Crises - Psychological aspects
Soggetto non controllato	anthology anthropology case studies collective identity collective understandings constructivist approach cultural trauma emotional experiences making meaning nazi holocaust nonfiction political theory september 11 slavery social cultural social dialogue social groups social interactions social narratives social responsibility sociologists sociology textbooks theoretical framework theoretical perspective trauma united states
ISBN	1-282-76280-X 9786612762802 0-520-93676-0
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Toward a Theory of Cultural Trauma -- Chapter 2. Psychological Trauma and Cultural Trauma -- Chapter 3. Cultural Trauma -- Chapter 4. The Trauma of Perpetrators -- Chapter 5. The Trauma of Social Change -- Chapter 6. On the Social Construction of Moral Universals -- Epilogue. September 11, 2001, as Cultural Trauma -- Bibliography -- Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910788990603321

Autore	Klooster Wim
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Leiden - Boston, : Brill, 2011
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (x, 180 pages)
Disciplina	972.98
Altri autori (Persone)	KloosterWim OostindieGert
Collana	Caribbean series Dutch Atlantic connections
Soggetto topico	Slave rebellions - Curaçao - History - 18th century Slave insurrections
Soggetto genere / forma	History
Soggetto non controllato	colonial politics opstand revolution slavery revolutie koloniale politiek caribbean revolts slaven opstand caribisch slavernij slave rebellion curaçao Caracas Haitian Revolution Saint-Domingue
ISBN	90-04-25358-0
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Preliminary Material / Wim Klooster and Gert Oostindie -- Slave Resistance, Colour Lines, and the Impact of the French and Haitian Revolutions in Curaçao / Gert Oostindie -- Slave Rebellion During the Age of Revolution / David Geggus -- The Rising Expectations of Free and Enslaved Blacks in the Greater Caribbean / Wim Klooster -- Inter-Colonial Networks and Revolutionary Ferment in Eighteenth-Century Curaçao and Tierra Firme / Linda M. Rupert -- Revolution and Politics in Venezuela and Curaçao, 1795-1800 / Ramón Aizpurua -- The Patriot Coup D’état in Curaçao, 1796 / Karwan Fatah-Black -- Patriots, Privateers and International Politics: the Myth of the Conspiracy of Jean Baptiste Tierce Cadet / Han Jordaan -- Contributors / Wim Klooster and Gert Oostindie -- Index / Wim Klooster and Gert Oostindie.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910130755303321