African American folk healing / / Stephanie Y. Mitchem
| African American folk healing / / Stephanie Y. Mitchem |
| Autore | Mitchem Stephanie Y. <1950-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : New York University Press, , 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (ix, 189 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 398.2089/96073 |
| Soggetto topico |
African Americans
African Americans - Medicine Medicine shows - History |
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African
American Mitchem about aspects between culture delineating disjunctures epistemology expressions faith healing holistic illness institutional linked medicine pointing practices shows simply that these they those views wellness |
| ISBN |
0-8147-9635-4
0-8147-5962-9 1-4356-0736-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Historical paths to healing -- Stories and cures : defining African American folk healing -- Healing, the Black body, and institutional medicine : contexts for crafting wellness -- Healing in place : from past to present -- Today's healing traditions -- Healing and hybridity in the twenty-first century -- Healing the past in the present -- Religion, spirituality, and African American folk healing -- Hoodoo, conjure, and folk healing -- Conclusion. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778103103321 |
Mitchem Stephanie Y. <1950->
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| New York : , : New York University Press, , 2007 | ||
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America's Forgotten Holiday [[electronic resource] ] : May Day and Nationalism, 1867-1960 / / Donna T. Haverty-Stacke
| America's Forgotten Holiday [[electronic resource] ] : May Day and Nationalism, 1867-1960 / / Donna T. Haverty-Stacke |
| Autore | Haverty-Stacke Donna T |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York ; ; London : , : New York University Press, , [2009] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (314 p.) |
| Disciplina |
394.26270973/09041
394.2627097309041 |
| Collana | American history and culture |
| Soggetto topico |
Nationalism - United States - History
May Day (Labor holiday) - United States - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Details
both compels contested forces have history long meanings memory motives obliterated proud recall those wonder |
| ISBN |
1-4798-4484-5
0-8147-9071-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Out of America's Urban, Industrial Cauldron: The Origins of May Day as Event and Icon, 1867-1890; 2 Revolutionary Dreams and Practical Action: May Day and Labor Day, 1890-1903; 3 Working-Class Resistance and Accommodation: May Day and Labor Day, 1903-1916; 4 Defining Americanism in the Shadow of Reaction: May Day and the Cultural Politics of Urban Celebrations, 1917-1935; 5 May Day's Heyday: The Promises and Perils of the Depression Era and the Popular Front, 1929-1939; 6 World War II and Public Redefinitions of Americanism 1941-1945
7 May Day Becomes America's Forgotten Holiday 1946-1960Conclusion; Notes; Index; About the Author |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996571857203316 |
Haverty-Stacke Donna T
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| New York ; ; London : , : New York University Press, , [2009] | ||
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The American title insurance industry [[electronic resource] ] : how a cartel fleeces the American consumer / / Joseph W. Eaton and David J. Eaton ; with a foreword by Tom Miller
| The American title insurance industry [[electronic resource] ] : how a cartel fleeces the American consumer / / Joseph W. Eaton and David J. Eaton ; with a foreword by Tom Miller |
| Autore | Eaton Joseph W. <1919-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : New York University Press, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (301 p.) |
| Disciplina | 368.8/800973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | EatonDavid J |
| Soggetto topico |
Title insurance - United States
Title companies - United States |
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American
Industry Insurance Title brings elected estate industries involved issue landmark light long-neglected makers officials policy real study those |
| ISBN |
0-8147-2246-6
0-8147-2281-4 81-472-2466-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Title insurance as a for-profit business -- Alternate title guarantee models -- Title insurance as a government service -- Title insurance the legal dimension -- Title insurance the administrative dimension -- Title interest groups -- Title income and losses -- Title reform is a definite maybe -- The future of title insurance. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781811103321 |
Eaton Joseph W. <1919->
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| New York, : New York University Press, c2007 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Dear Dr. Spock [[electronic resource] ] : letters about the Vietnam War to America's favorite baby doctor / / edited by Michael S. Foley
| Dear Dr. Spock [[electronic resource] ] : letters about the Vietnam War to America's favorite baby doctor / / edited by Michael S. Foley |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : New York University Press, c2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (293 p.) |
| Disciplina | 959.704/3373 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | FoleyMichael S |
| Soggetto topico |
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Public opinion
Public opinion - United States Pediatricians - United States |
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Americans
Dear Spock Vietnam articulate country creates government mightily policies poliies portrait reflect sense struggling their themselves those understand |
| ISBN |
0-8147-2849-9
0-8147-2776-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Gunfire in the distance, 1965 -- Into the Quagmire, 1966 -- Polarization, January - October, 1967 -- The antiwar challenge and its discontents, October 1967 - -- February 1968 -- Shock waves : the aftermath of Tet and the ordeal at Home, February - May, 1968 -- The war on trial, May - September, 1968 -- Toward Nixon's war, September 1968 - December, 1969 -- The end of the tunnel, 1970-1972. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778246503321 |
| New York, : New York University Press, c2005 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The harp and the eagle [[electronic resource] ] : Irish-American volunteers and the Union Army, 1861-1865 / / Susannah Ural Bruce
| The harp and the eagle [[electronic resource] ] : Irish-American volunteers and the Union Army, 1861-1865 / / Susannah Ural Bruce |
| Autore | Ural Susannah J |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : New York University Press, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (364 p.) |
| Disciplina | 973.7/410899162 |
| Soggetto topico |
Irish American soldiers - History - 19th century
Irish Americans - History - 19th century Catholics - United States - History - 19th century |
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Analyzing
Bruce Catholics Civil Irish-American Susannah Union Ural War church civilians community complex diaries diplomatic expands fought letters military newspapers picture records reveals significantly soldiers story those written |
| ISBN |
0-8147-8574-3
1-4356-0046-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | "An Irishman will not get to live in this country" : the Irish in America, 1700-1860 -- "Remember your country and keep up its credit" : volunteering for Ireland and America -- "We are slaughtered like sheep, and no result but defeat" : the decline of Irish-American support for the war in 1862 -- "The Irish spirit for the war is dead! absolutely dead!" : battles raging in the field and at home, 1862-1863 -- "Hordes of Celts and rebel sympathizers" : the decline and consequence of Irish-American support for the war -- "Father was a soldier of the Union" : Irish veterans and the creation of an Irish-American identity. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778289503321 |
Ural Susannah J
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| New York, : New York University Press, c2006 | ||
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Muslim American youth [[electronic resource] ] : understanding hyphenated identities through multiple methods / / Selcuk R. Sirin and Michelle Fine
| Muslim American youth [[electronic resource] ] : understanding hyphenated identities through multiple methods / / Selcuk R. Sirin and Michelle Fine |
| Autore | Sirin Selcuk R |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : New York University Press, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (263 p.) |
| Disciplina | 305.6/97073 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | FineMichelle |
| Collana | Qualitative studies in psychology |
| Soggetto topico |
Muslims - United States - Ethnic identity
Muslims - United States - Psychology Muslims - United States - Social conditions Muslims - United States Youth - United States - Psychology Youth - United States - Social conditions Youth - United States Ethnicity - Research - United States - Methodology Social psychology - Research - United States - Methodology |
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American
Muslim With anecdotes151often discrimination groups heartbreaking hilarious151of identities immigrant much-needed negotiate other personal provides resistance roadmap seeking sometimes stories their this those understand volume youth |
| ISBN |
0-8147-0885-4
0-8147-4082-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Growing up in the shadow of moral exclusion -- Muslim-Americans : history, demography, and diversity -- Moral exclusion in a "nation of immigrants" : an American paradox -- The weight of the hyphen : discrimination and coping -- Negotiating the Muslim American hyphen : integrated, parallel, and conflictual paths -- Contact zones : negotiating the space between self and others -- Researching hyphenated selves across contexts -- Appendix A: Survey measures -- Appendix B: Individual interview protocol -- Appendix C: Focus-group protocols -- Appendix D: Identity maps coding sheet. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782763103321 |
Sirin Selcuk R
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| New York, : New York University Press, c2008 | ||
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The price of progressive politics [[electronic resource] ] : the welfare rights movement in an era of colorblind racism / / Rose Ernst
| The price of progressive politics [[electronic resource] ] : the welfare rights movement in an era of colorblind racism / / Rose Ernst |
| Autore | Ernst Emily Rose <1978-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : New York University Press, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (200 p.) |
| Disciplina | 361.6/140973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Welfare rights movement - United States
Welfare recipients - United States - Public opinion Public welfare in mass media Racism - United States Racism in social services - United States |
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Politics
Price Progressive US arguing change consciousness develop dynamics examination failing grapple identities marginalized offers organizations racial reality reflects reproduce seek shifting societal that they those ultimately with working |
| ISBN |
0-8147-2274-1
0-8147-2257-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. To Each Her Own -- 3. Closing Rank -- 4. Pulling Rank -- 5. Breaking Rank -- 6. Crossing Over -- 7. Critical Alliances -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Appendix C -- Appendix D -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About the Author |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791457403321 |
Ernst Emily Rose <1978->
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| New York, : New York University Press, c2010 | ||
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