Chinese American voices [[electronic resource] ] : from the gold rush to the present / / edited with introductions by Judy Yung, Gordon H. Chang, and Him Mark Lai |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (485 p.) |
Disciplina | 973/.04951 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
YungJudy
ChangGordon H LaiH. Mark |
Soggetto topico |
Chinese Americans - History
History |
Soggetto non controllato |
american born
american history california chinese american experience chinese americans civil rights community leaders cultural history cultural perspective english translation gold rush historians immigrant experience laborers letters memoirs merchants modern history nonfiction essays nonfiction oral histories political history primary documents professionals scholars social activists social history students textbooks |
ISBN |
1-4237-5550-2
9786612357954 1-282-35795-6 0-520-93832-1 1-59875-922-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Chinese American Voices -- Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part one: Early Chinese Immigrants, 1852-1904 -- Introduction -- Songs of Gold Mountain Wives -- To His Excellency Governor Bigler (1852) -- The Founding of Golden Hills' News (1854) -- Letter by a Chinese Girl (1876) -- Documents of the Chinese Six Companies Pertaining to Immigration -- The Second Exhumation and Return of the Remains of Our Departed Friends to the Homeland (1876) -- Reminiscences of a Pioneer Student (1923) -- Reminiscences of an Old Chinese Railroad Worker (1926) -- Memorandum No. 29 to Envoy Zheng (1882) -- Memorial of Chinese Laborers at Rock Springs, Wyoming (1885) -- A Chinese View of the Statue of Liberty (1885) -- Reminiscences of an Early Chinese Minister (1932) -- Bow On Guk (Protective Bureau) (1887) -- Why Am I a Heathen? (1887) -- Why I Am Not a Heathen: A Rejoinder to Wong Chin Foo (1887) -- The Geary Act: From the Standpoint of a Christian Chinese (1892) -- Leaves from the Life History of a Chinese Immigrant (1936) -- Kam Wah Chung Letters (1898-1903) -- Part two: Life Under Exclusion, 1904-1943 -- Introduction -- The Treatment of the Exempt Classes of Chinese in the U.S. (1908) -- Detention in the Wooden Building (1910) -- Letter Asking for Support to Build the Sunning Railroad (1911) -- Admission of Wives of American Citizens of Oriental Ancestry (1926) -- "Just plain old luck and good timing" -- "I was the only Chinese woman in town" -- Second-Generation Dilemmas (1930's) -- I Am Growing More Chinese- Each Passing Year! (1934) -- Declaration of the Chinese Hand Laundry Alliance (1933) -- Chinese Women's Association Condensed Report for the Years 1932-1936 -- Song of Chinese Workers (1938) -- Chinatown Goes Picketing (1938) -- Paul Robeson: The People's Singer (1950) -- The Founding of McGehee Chinese School (1944) -- "There but for the grace of God go I" -- One Hundred and Seven Chinese (1943) -- Part three: Becoming an Integral Part of America, 1943-2003 -- Introduction -- San Francisco Chinese Papers Blame Immigration Practices in Suicide of Chinese Woman (1948) -- I Want to Marry an American Girl (1955) -- My Bitter Experience in the United States (1956) -- Father and Son (1995) -- "We gave workers a sense of dignity" -- "All the daddies were Chinese and all the mommies were white" -- "I always felt out of place there" -- "It was not a winnable war" -- "I'm a Chinaman" -- Major Education Problems Facing the Chinese Community (1972) -- On the Normalization of Relations between China and the U.S. -- Proclamation by the Chinese Six Companies of San Francisco (1971) -- A Turning Point in Chinatown (1979) -- Asian American Women and Revolution: A Personal View (1983) -- "In unity there is strength" -- The Words of a Woman Who Breathes Fire (1983) -- Anti-Asian Violence and the Vincent Chin Case -- The New Violence (1984) -- A Letter from Lily Chin (1983) -- A Journey of Bitterness (1999) -- Immigrant Women Speak Out on Garment Industry Abuse (1993) -- Chinese and Proud of It (1996) -- Learning to See the Man Himself (1997) -- The Best Tofu in the World Comes from . . . Indiana? (1998) -- Reflections on Becoming American (1999) -- Affirming Affirmative Action (1995) -- Countering Complacency -- "One mile, one hundred years" -- A Second-Generation Call to Action (1999) -- The Los Alamos Incident and Its Effects on Chinese American Scientists (2000) -- "We are Americans" -- Chronology of Chinese American history -- Chinese glossary -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783668903321 |
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Chinese American voices [[electronic resource] ] : from the gold rush to the present / / edited with introductions by Judy Yung, Gordon H. Chang, and Him Mark Lai |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (485 p.) |
Disciplina | 973/.04951 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
YungJudy
ChangGordon H LaiH. Mark |
Soggetto topico |
Chinese Americans - History
History |
Soggetto non controllato |
american born
american history california chinese american experience chinese americans civil rights community leaders cultural history cultural perspective english translation gold rush historians immigrant experience laborers letters memoirs merchants modern history nonfiction essays nonfiction oral histories political history primary documents professionals scholars social activists social history students textbooks |
ISBN |
1-4237-5550-2
9786612357954 1-282-35795-6 0-520-93832-1 1-59875-922-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Chinese American Voices -- Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part one: Early Chinese Immigrants, 1852-1904 -- Introduction -- Songs of Gold Mountain Wives -- To His Excellency Governor Bigler (1852) -- The Founding of Golden Hills' News (1854) -- Letter by a Chinese Girl (1876) -- Documents of the Chinese Six Companies Pertaining to Immigration -- The Second Exhumation and Return of the Remains of Our Departed Friends to the Homeland (1876) -- Reminiscences of a Pioneer Student (1923) -- Reminiscences of an Old Chinese Railroad Worker (1926) -- Memorandum No. 29 to Envoy Zheng (1882) -- Memorial of Chinese Laborers at Rock Springs, Wyoming (1885) -- A Chinese View of the Statue of Liberty (1885) -- Reminiscences of an Early Chinese Minister (1932) -- Bow On Guk (Protective Bureau) (1887) -- Why Am I a Heathen? (1887) -- Why I Am Not a Heathen: A Rejoinder to Wong Chin Foo (1887) -- The Geary Act: From the Standpoint of a Christian Chinese (1892) -- Leaves from the Life History of a Chinese Immigrant (1936) -- Kam Wah Chung Letters (1898-1903) -- Part two: Life Under Exclusion, 1904-1943 -- Introduction -- The Treatment of the Exempt Classes of Chinese in the U.S. (1908) -- Detention in the Wooden Building (1910) -- Letter Asking for Support to Build the Sunning Railroad (1911) -- Admission of Wives of American Citizens of Oriental Ancestry (1926) -- "Just plain old luck and good timing" -- "I was the only Chinese woman in town" -- Second-Generation Dilemmas (1930's) -- I Am Growing More Chinese- Each Passing Year! (1934) -- Declaration of the Chinese Hand Laundry Alliance (1933) -- Chinese Women's Association Condensed Report for the Years 1932-1936 -- Song of Chinese Workers (1938) -- Chinatown Goes Picketing (1938) -- Paul Robeson: The People's Singer (1950) -- The Founding of McGehee Chinese School (1944) -- "There but for the grace of God go I" -- One Hundred and Seven Chinese (1943) -- Part three: Becoming an Integral Part of America, 1943-2003 -- Introduction -- San Francisco Chinese Papers Blame Immigration Practices in Suicide of Chinese Woman (1948) -- I Want to Marry an American Girl (1955) -- My Bitter Experience in the United States (1956) -- Father and Son (1995) -- "We gave workers a sense of dignity" -- "All the daddies were Chinese and all the mommies were white" -- "I always felt out of place there" -- "It was not a winnable war" -- "I'm a Chinaman" -- Major Education Problems Facing the Chinese Community (1972) -- On the Normalization of Relations between China and the U.S. -- Proclamation by the Chinese Six Companies of San Francisco (1971) -- A Turning Point in Chinatown (1979) -- Asian American Women and Revolution: A Personal View (1983) -- "In unity there is strength" -- The Words of a Woman Who Breathes Fire (1983) -- Anti-Asian Violence and the Vincent Chin Case -- The New Violence (1984) -- A Letter from Lily Chin (1983) -- A Journey of Bitterness (1999) -- Immigrant Women Speak Out on Garment Industry Abuse (1993) -- Chinese and Proud of It (1996) -- Learning to See the Man Himself (1997) -- The Best Tofu in the World Comes from . . . Indiana? (1998) -- Reflections on Becoming American (1999) -- Affirming Affirmative Action (1995) -- Countering Complacency -- "One mile, one hundred years" -- A Second-Generation Call to Action (1999) -- The Los Alamos Incident and Its Effects on Chinese American Scientists (2000) -- "We are Americans" -- Chronology of Chinese American history -- Chinese glossary -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815950103321 |
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Janitors, street vendors, and activists [[electronic resource] ] : the lives of Mexican immigrants in Silicon Valley / / Christian Zlolniski |
Autore | Zlolniski Christian |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (264 p.) |
Disciplina | 331.6/272079473 |
Soggetto topico |
Mexicans - Employment - California - Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County)
Foreign workers, Mexican - California - Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County) Unskilled labor - California - Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County) |
Soggetto non controllato |
america
california economy california community politics economic analysis ethnographers ethnographic study globalism immigrant experience janitors labor policies labor politics labor practices latino immigrants low wage jobs mexican americans mexican immigrants mexico nonfiction study regional study silicon valley social activists street vendors subcontracting technological developments united states us economy working conditions |
ISBN |
9786612772009
0-520-93917-4 1-282-77200-7 1-4237-4553-1 1-59875-927-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Mexican Immigrants in Silicon Valley -- 2. The Subcontracting of Mexican Janitors in the High-Tech Industry -- 3. Working in the Informal Economy -- 4. Mexican Families in Santech -- 5. Community Politics in the Barrio -- Conclusion: Subproletarians in a Postindustrial Economy -- Epilogue: After the Dot-Com Demise -- Notes -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783670803321 |
Zlolniski Christian | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Janitors, street vendors, and activists [[electronic resource] ] : the lives of Mexican immigrants in Silicon Valley / / Christian Zlolniski |
Autore | Zlolniski Christian |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (264 p.) |
Disciplina | 331.6/272079473 |
Soggetto topico |
Mexicans - Employment - California - Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County)
Foreign workers, Mexican - California - Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County) Unskilled labor - California - Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County) |
Soggetto non controllato |
america
california economy california community politics economic analysis ethnographers ethnographic study globalism immigrant experience janitors labor policies labor politics labor practices latino immigrants low wage jobs mexican americans mexican immigrants mexico nonfiction study regional study silicon valley social activists street vendors subcontracting technological developments united states us economy working conditions |
ISBN |
9786612772009
0-520-93917-4 1-282-77200-7 1-4237-4553-1 1-59875-927-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Mexican Immigrants in Silicon Valley -- 2. The Subcontracting of Mexican Janitors in the High-Tech Industry -- 3. Working in the Informal Economy -- 4. Mexican Families in Santech -- 5. Community Politics in the Barrio -- Conclusion: Subproletarians in a Postindustrial Economy -- Epilogue: After the Dot-Com Demise -- Notes -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815951403321 |
Zlolniski Christian | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The life of the law [[electronic resource] ] : anthropological projects / / Laura Nader |
Autore | Nader Laura |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (278 p.) |
Disciplina | 340/.115 |
Soggetto topico | Law and anthropology |
Soggetto non controllato |
20th century
american democracy anthropology business corporations civic corporate interests democracy dispute resolution economic justice globalization lawyers legal anthropologists legal anthropology legal history legal issues legislation mediation modern law neoliberal ideology plaintiffs role political activists power of the law role of the law social activists social change social justice social science united states us judicial system |
ISBN |
0-520-93618-3
1-59734-713-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Evolving an Ethnography of Law: A Personal Document -- 2. Lawyers and Anthropologists -- 3. Hegemonic Processes in Law: Colonial to Contemporary -- 4. The Plaintiff: A User Theory -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780378603321 |
Nader Laura | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The life of the law [[electronic resource] ] : anthropological projects / / Laura Nader |
Autore | Nader Laura |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (278 p.) |
Disciplina | 340/.115 |
Soggetto topico | Law and anthropology |
Soggetto non controllato |
20th century
american democracy anthropology business corporations civic corporate interests democracy dispute resolution economic justice globalization lawyers legal anthropologists legal anthropology legal history legal issues legislation mediation modern law neoliberal ideology plaintiffs role political activists power of the law role of the law social activists social change social justice social science united states us judicial system |
ISBN |
0-520-93618-3
1-59734-713-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Evolving an Ethnography of Law: A Personal Document -- 2. Lawyers and Anthropologists -- 3. Hegemonic Processes in Law: Colonial to Contemporary -- 4. The Plaintiff: A User Theory -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910808766103321 |
Nader Laura | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Making Japanese citizens [[electronic resource] ] : civil society and the mythology of the Shimin in postwar Japan / / Simon Andrew Avenell |
Autore | Avenell Simon Andrew |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (370 p.) |
Disciplina | 323.6/0952 |
Soggetto topico |
Citizenship - Japan
Civil society - Japan Political activists - Japan |
Soggetto non controllato |
asia scholars
asian studies civic activism civic groups civic thought contemporary japan democracy government reform historians industrialized nations japan japanese citizens japanese history japanese society local government modern history political participation popular nationalism postwar era postwar japan protests retrospective self reliance shimin mythology social activists social cultural history social movements |
ISBN |
0-520-94767-3
9786612732560 1-282-73256-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Before the Shimin: The Dark Energy of the People -- 2. Mass Society, Anpo, and the Birth of the Shimin -- 3. Beheiren and the Asian Shimin: The Fate of Conscientious Civic Activism -- 4. Residents into Citizens: The Fate of Pragmatic Civic Activism -- 5. Shimin, New Civic Movements, and the Politics of Proposal -- Conclusion: The Shimin Idea and Civil Society -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786713803321 |
Avenell Simon Andrew | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Making Japanese citizens [[electronic resource] ] : civil society and the mythology of the Shimin in postwar Japan / / Simon Andrew Avenell |
Autore | Avenell Simon Andrew |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (370 p.) |
Disciplina | 323.6/0952 |
Soggetto topico |
Citizenship - Japan
Civil society - Japan Political activists - Japan |
Soggetto non controllato |
asia scholars
asian studies civic activism civic groups civic thought contemporary japan democracy government reform historians industrialized nations japan japanese citizens japanese history japanese society local government modern history political participation popular nationalism postwar era postwar japan protests retrospective self reliance shimin mythology social activists social cultural history social movements |
ISBN |
0-520-94767-3
9786612732560 1-282-73256-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Before the Shimin: The Dark Energy of the People -- 2. Mass Society, Anpo, and the Birth of the Shimin -- 3. Beheiren and the Asian Shimin: The Fate of Conscientious Civic Activism -- 4. Residents into Citizens: The Fate of Pragmatic Civic Activism -- 5. Shimin, New Civic Movements, and the Politics of Proposal -- Conclusion: The Shimin Idea and Civil Society -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818657603321 |
Avenell Simon Andrew | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Melancholia of freedom [[electronic resource] ] : social life in an Indian township in South Africa / / Thomas Blom Hansen |
Autore | Hansen Thomas Blom <1958-> |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, : Princeton University Press, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (373 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.891/41068455 |
Soggetto topico | East Indians - South Africa - Durban |
Soggetto non controllato |
Africans
Asiatic question Bollywood films Chatsworth Durban Hinduism Indian life Indian middle class Indian township Indian townships Indian Indians Jacob Zuma Muslims Natal Pentecostal Christianity South Africa South African Indians South Africans ambition apartheid regulation apartheid autonomy charou church communities colonialism coolie cultural economy cultural intimacy cultural mobility culturally alien people cynicism diasporic imagination disengagement ethnoracial definition kombi taxi majoritarianism minorities neo-Hindu movements non-African communities policy makers politics postapartheid city postapartheid freedom postapartheid society postapartheid private taxi industry public culture race lines racial practices racial segregation racialized identities racism religious identity religious purification representative politics roots tourism social activists social mobility spiritual purification township politics traditional conservatism urban landscape urban music working-class Indians youth culture |
ISBN |
1-4008-4261-1
9786613589873 1-280-49464-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: Under the gaze: freedom and race after apartheid -- Ethnicity by fiat: the remaking of Indian life in South Africa -- Domesticity and cultural intimacy -- Charous and Ravans: a story of mutual nonrecognition -- Autonomy, freedom, and political speech -- Movement, sound, and body in the postapartheid city -- The unwieldy fetish: Desi fantasies, roots tourism, and diasporic desires -- Global Hindus and pure Muslims: universalist aspirations and territorialized lives -- The saved and the backsliders: the Charou soul and the instability of belief -- Postscript: Melancholia in the time of the "African personality". |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790955303321 |
Hansen Thomas Blom <1958-> | ||
Princeton, : Princeton University Press, 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Melancholia of freedom : social life in an Indian township in South Africa / / Thomas Blom Hansen |
Autore | Hansen Thomas Blom <1958-> |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, : Princeton University Press, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (373 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.891/41068455 |
Soggetto topico | East Indians - South Africa - Durban |
Soggetto non controllato |
Africans
Asiatic question Bollywood films Chatsworth Durban Hinduism Indian life Indian middle class Indian township Indian townships Indian Indians Jacob Zuma Muslims Natal Pentecostal Christianity South Africa South African Indians South Africans ambition apartheid regulation apartheid autonomy charou church communities colonialism coolie cultural economy cultural intimacy cultural mobility culturally alien people cynicism diasporic imagination disengagement ethnoracial definition kombi taxi majoritarianism minorities neo-Hindu movements non-African communities policy makers politics postapartheid city postapartheid freedom postapartheid society postapartheid private taxi industry public culture race lines racial practices racial segregation racialized identities racism religious identity religious purification representative politics roots tourism social activists social mobility spiritual purification township politics traditional conservatism urban landscape urban music working-class Indians youth culture |
ISBN |
1-4008-4261-1
9786613589873 1-280-49464-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: Under the gaze: freedom and race after apartheid -- Ethnicity by fiat: the remaking of Indian life in South Africa -- Domesticity and cultural intimacy -- Charous and Ravans: a story of mutual nonrecognition -- Autonomy, freedom, and political speech -- Movement, sound, and body in the postapartheid city -- The unwieldy fetish: Desi fantasies, roots tourism, and diasporic desires -- Global Hindus and pure Muslims: universalist aspirations and territorialized lives -- The saved and the backsliders: the Charou soul and the instability of belief -- Postscript: Melancholia in the time of the "African personality". |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910811040503321 |
Hansen Thomas Blom <1958-> | ||
Princeton, : Princeton University Press, 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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