Abandoned [[electronic resource] ] : foundlings in nineteenth-century New York City / / Julie Miller |
Autore | Miller Julie <1959-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : New York University Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (333 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.76 |
Soggetto topico | Abandoned children - New York (State) - New York - History - 19th century |
Soggetto non controllato |
abandoned
asylums children foundlings heartbreaking interacted lived people story them they true urban with |
ISBN |
0-8147-6441-X
0-8147-9569-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Children of accident and mystery : foundlings in history and memory -- New York as a nursing mother : foundlings in the antebellum city -- The murder of the innocents : New York discovers its foundlings -- The basket at the door : the foundling asylums open -- Out-Heroding Herod : the foundlings and the revolutionary -- The end of the foundling asylums -- Conclusion : the foundling disappears--almost. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782013303321 |
Miller Julie <1959-> | ||
New York, : New York University Press, c2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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American constitutionalism heard round the world, 1776-1989 [[electronic resource] ] : a global perspective / / George Athan Billias |
Autore | Billias George Athan <1919-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : New York University Press, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (561 p.) |
Disciplina | 346.73029 |
Soggetto topico |
Constitutional history - United States
Constitutional history Constitutional law - United States Constitutional law World politics - To 1900 World politics - 1900-1945 World politics - 1945-1989 Civilization, Modern - American influences |
Soggetto non controllato |
1989
American Billiass Western change constitutionalism during era global history important landmark major played point reached readers role story study tells that this turning view will |
ISBN |
0-8147-3901-6
1-4416-2177-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- 1 Of Constitutions and Constitutionalisms -- 2 American Constitutionalism Defined -- 3 First Echo -- 4 Second Echo -- 5 European Interlude -- 6 Third Echo -- 7 European Interlude -- 8 Fourth Echo -- 9 Fifth Echo -- 10 Sixth Echo -- 11 Seventh Echo -- 12 Global Consciousness -- Appendix -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778323503321 |
Billias George Athan <1919-> | ||
New York, : New York University Press, 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Americans without law [[electronic resource] ] : the racial boundaries of citizenship / / Mark S. Weiner |
Autore | Weiner Mark Stuart |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : New York University Press, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (208 p.) |
Disciplina | 323.17309 |
Soggetto topico |
Minorities - Government policy - United States
Minorities - Legal status, laws, etc - United States Minorities - United States - Politics and government |
Soggetto non controllato |
Argues
citizenship economic growth juridical modern modernization national nexus power practices professionalization race racialism sciences self served shows social state story that |
ISBN |
0-8147-9509-9
0-8147-8470-4 1-4356-0741-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Laws of development, laws of land -- Teutonic constitutionalism and the Spanish-American War -- The biological politics of Japanese exclusion -- Culture, personality, and racial liberalism. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778103903321 |
Weiner Mark Stuart | ||
New York, : New York University Press, c2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Belva Lockwood [[electronic resource] ] : the woman who would be president / / Jill Norgren |
Autore | Norgren Jill |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York ; ; London, : New York University Press, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (346 p.) |
Disciplina |
340.092
B |
Soggetto topico |
Lawyers - United States
Women lawyers - United States Lawyers Women lawyers |
Soggetto non controllato |
Acounts
accomplished advocates centurys first life most nineteenth rights story surprising time womens |
ISBN |
0-8147-5861-4
0-8147-5906-8 1-4356-0041-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Early a widow -- In search of a new identity -- Apprenticeship -- Becoming a lawyer -- Notorious ladies -- A tougher fight -- Woman lawyer -- The practice of law -- Lady lobbyist -- Lockwood for president -- Life on the platform -- Lay down your arms -- The power of association -- Pushing for place -- A world's fair and a million dollar case -- Aging soldiers of cause. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778298503321 |
Norgren Jill | ||
New York ; ; London, : New York University Press, 2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Beyond the Mountains of the Damned : the war inside Kosovo / / Matthew McAllester |
Autore | McAllester Matthew <1969-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : New York University Press, , 2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (ix, 227 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, map |
Disciplina | 949.7103 |
Soggetto topico | Kosovo War, 1998-1999 |
Soggetto non controllato |
Balkans
families reporters riveting story torn |
ISBN | 0-8147-6438-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | ""Cover Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1. One Town, Two Lives""; ""2. The Ghosts of Kula Pass""; ""3. Staying Behind""; ""4. The Serbian Canterbury""; ""5. The Friendly Lion and the KLA""; ""6. In the Trunk of a Gray BMW""; ""7. Coffee with Zejnepe""; ""8. Burning""; ""9. Agreements""; ""10. The Illyrian Wolves""; ""11. A Silent Town""; ""12. The Killing""; ""13. A White Plastic Bag in the Long Grass""; ""14. New Roofs, New Coffins""; ""15. The Butcher's Business""; ""Bibliography""; ""About the Author"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777398003321 |
McAllester Matthew <1969-> | ||
New York : , : New York University Press, , 2002 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Bloody Lowndes [[electronic resource] ] : civil rights and Black power in Alabama's Black Belt / / Hasan Kwame Jeffries |
Autore | Jeffries Hasan Kwame <1973-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : New York University Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (372 p.) |
Disciplina | 323.11970761/465 |
Soggetto topico |
African Americans - Civil rights - Alabama - Lowndes County - History - 20th century
Civil rights movements - Alabama - Lowndes County - History - 20th century African Americans - Alabama - Lowndes County - Politics and government - 20th century |
Soggetto non controllato |
County
Drawing Jeffries Lowndes SNCC activists array civil contribution documents freedom from government interviews larger movement personal remarkable residents rights sources story struggle tells with |
ISBN | 0-8147-4365-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Conditions unfavorable to the rise of the Negro : the pursuit of freedom rights before the civil rights era -- I didn't come here to knock : the making of a grassroots social movement -- We ain't going to shed a tear for Jon : school desegregation, White resistance, and the African American response -- I'm going to try to take some of the freedom here back home : the federal government and the fight for freedom rights -- We gonna show Alabama just how bad we are : the birth of the original Black Panther Party and the development of freedom politics -- Tax the rich to feed the poor : Black power and the election of 1966 -- Now is the time for work to begin : Black politics in the post-civil rights era -- Epilogue: That black dirt gets in your soul : the fight for freedom rights in the days ahead. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780838603321 |
Jeffries Hasan Kwame <1973-> | ||
New York, : New York University Press, c2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Brooklyn Cyclones [[electronic resource] ] : hardball dreams and the new Coney Island / / Ben Osborne |
Autore | Osborne Ben <1974-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : New York University Press, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (208 p.) |
Disciplina | 796.357/64/0974723 |
Soggetto topico | Baseball - New York (State) - New York |
Soggetto non controllato |
dreams
league major minor riveting story team with young |
ISBN |
0-8147-6231-X
0-8147-6260-3 1-4175-8834-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Prologue, June 2nd, 2001 -- Opening day -- The first few Brooklyn "home stands" -- Kay and the Cyclones become celebrities -- Coney Island's team begins its own rivalry, the "Ferry Series" -- Kay and the Cyclones take the New York-Penn League by storm -- Brett Kay moves to the big city, Anthony stays in Coney Island -- The last home game of the regular season -- The postseason -- Epilogue, March 15, 2003. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777408503321 |
Osborne Ben <1974-> | ||
New York, : New York University Press, c2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Circles disturbed [[electronic resource] ] : the interplay of mathematics and narrative / / edited by Apostolos Doxiadis and Barry Mazur |
Edizione | [Core Textbook] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (593 p.) |
Disciplina | 510.1/4 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
DoxiadēsApostolos K. <1953->
MazurBarry |
Soggetto topico |
Mathematics - Language
Communication in mathematics Mathematics - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
Alasdair MacIntyre
Archimedes Aristotle Bleak House Borel sets Bourbaki Carl Friedrich Gauss David Hilbert Emmy Noether Enlightenment G. E. R. Lloyd Georg Cantor Greece Jean-Pierre Vernant John Archibald Wheeler K-ness L'Algebra Leo Perutz Leopold Kronecker Middlemarch Paul Gordan Plato Rafael Bombelli Robert Thomason ThomasonДrobaugh article Tom Trobaugh abstraction aesthetic contingency algebra automated theorem provers axiomatic mathematics belief chiasmus clues cognitive meaning compound machines computational modeling computer simulations cubic equations deductive mathematics diagramma dreams energeia epistemology existential contingency explanation exploration mathematics finiteness theorems focalization forensic rhetoric formal models geometry ghost ghostwriter group highest common factor imaginary numbers incommensurability intuition irony literary narrative literature machine metaphor mathematical argument mathematical concepts mathematical enquiry mathematical line mathematical modeling mathematical models mathematical objects mathematical physics mathematicians mathematics metanarratology metaphor myth narrative analysis narrative representation narrative subjectivity narrative narratology negative numbers non-Euclidean epistemology non-Euclidean geometry non-Euclidean mathematics non-Euclidean physics non-Euclidean thinking orthe permutation groups perspective poetic storytelling polynomial equations proof quantum mechanics rational enquiry rationality reality scientific inquiry square roots story generator algorithm story grammars story storytelling structural linguistics symbols theology theorems tragic mathematical heroes truth variste Galois vestibular line visions visual line vividness |
ISBN |
1-283-45704-0
9786613457042 1-4008-4268-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. From Voyagers to Martyrs / Alexander, Amir -- Chapter 2. Structure of Crystal, Bucket of Dust / Galison, Peter -- Chapter 3. Deductive Narrative and the Epistemological Function of Belief in Mathematics / Nave, Federicala -- Chapter 4. Hilbert on Theology and Its Discontents / Mclarty, Colin -- Chapter 5. Do Androids Prove Theorems in Their Sleep? / Harris, Michael -- Chapter 6. Visions, Dreams, and Mathematics / Mazur, Barry -- Chapter 7. Vividness in Mathematics and Narrative / Gowers, Timothy -- Chapter 8. Mathematics and Narrative / Teissier, Bernard -- Chapter 9. Narrative and the Rationality of Mathematical Practice / Corfield, David -- Chapter 10. A Streetcar Named (among Other Things) Proof / Doxiadis, Apostolos -- Chapter 11. Mathematics and Narrative: An Aristotelian Perspective / Lloyd, G . E . R . -- Chapter 12. Adventures of the Diagonal: Non-Euclidean Mathematics and Narrative / Plotnitsky, Arkady -- Chapter 13. Formal Models in Narrative Analysis / Herman, David -- Chapter 14. Mathematics and Narrative: A Narratological Perspective / Margolin, Uri -- Chapter 15. Tales of Contingency, Contingencies of Telling / Meister, Jan Christoph -- Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778928403321 |
Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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City folk [[electronic resource] ] : English country dance and the politics of the folk in modern America / / Daniel J. Walkowitz |
Autore | Walkowitz Daniel J |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : New York University Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (352 p.) |
Disciplina | 793.3/1973 |
Collana | NYU series in social and cultural analysis |
Soggetto topico |
Country dancing - United States - History
Folk dancing - United States - History Dance - Social aspects - United States - History Folk dancing, English |
Soggetto non controllato |
18th
20th Country Dance English This US also both century cities countryside dancer folk from himself historian history immersed leap only rehearsed renowned rich roots steps story told tradition transatlantic |
ISBN |
0-8147-8452-6
0-8147-9475-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | I. Anglo-American urban folk revivals -- II. Liberalism and folk reimaginings. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791341903321 |
Walkowitz Daniel J | ||
New York, : New York University Press, c2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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City folk [[electronic resource] ] : English country dance and the politics of the folk in modern America / / Daniel J. Walkowitz |
Autore | Walkowitz Daniel J |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : New York University Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (352 p.) |
Disciplina | 793.3/1973 |
Collana | NYU series in social and cultural analysis |
Soggetto topico |
Country dancing - United States - History
Folk dancing - United States - History Dance - Social aspects - United States - History Folk dancing, English |
Soggetto non controllato |
18th
20th Country Dance English This US also both century cities countryside dancer folk from himself historian history immersed leap only rehearsed renowned rich roots steps story told tradition transatlantic |
ISBN |
0-8147-8452-6
0-8147-9475-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | I. Anglo-American urban folk revivals -- II. Liberalism and folk reimaginings. |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996582068403316 |
Walkowitz Daniel J | ||
New York, : New York University Press, c2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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