Dear Mark Twain [[electronic resource] ] : letters from his readers / / edited by R. Kent Rasmussen |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (315 p.) |
Disciplina | 818/.409 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
RasmussenR. Kent
TwainMark <1835-1910.> |
Collana | Jumping frogs : undiscovered, rediscovered, and celebrated writings of Mark Twain |
Soggetto topico |
Authors, American - 19th century
Authors and readers - United States Humorists, American - 19th century |
Soggetto non controllato |
american literature
biography celebrated writings correspondents deeply moving engaging epistolary extensive research fan mail fascinating profiles feel good great writers heartfelt historical history jumping frogs letters and correspondence life lessons lively mark twain pathos pen pals perceptive insights personal stories published collection reader letters riotous humor samuel l clemens startling comments uplifting stories |
ISBN | 0-520-95516-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Note on Texts -- 1861-1870 -- 1871-1880 -- 1881-1890 -- 1891-1900 -- 1901-1910 -- Note on Sources -- Acknowledgments -- Index of Correspondents' Locations -- Index of Mark Twain Characters and Works -- General Subject Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786228503321 |
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Dear Mark Twain [[electronic resource] ] : letters from his readers / / edited by R. Kent Rasmussen |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (315 p.) |
Disciplina | 818/.409 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
RasmussenR. Kent
TwainMark <1835-1910.> |
Collana | Jumping frogs : undiscovered, rediscovered, and celebrated writings of Mark Twain |
Soggetto topico |
Authors, American - 19th century
Authors and readers - United States Humorists, American - 19th century |
Soggetto non controllato |
american literature
biography celebrated writings correspondents deeply moving engaging epistolary extensive research fan mail fascinating profiles feel good great writers heartfelt historical history jumping frogs letters and correspondence life lessons lively mark twain pathos pen pals perceptive insights personal stories published collection reader letters riotous humor samuel l clemens startling comments uplifting stories |
ISBN | 0-520-95516-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Note on Texts -- 1861-1870 -- 1871-1880 -- 1881-1890 -- 1891-1900 -- 1901-1910 -- Note on Sources -- Acknowledgments -- Index of Correspondents' Locations -- Index of Mark Twain Characters and Works -- General Subject Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817677003321 |
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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I've got the light of freedom [[electronic resource] ] : the organizing tradition and the Mississippi freedom struggle / / Charles M. Payne ; with a new preface |
Autore | Payne Charles M |
Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley ; ; London, : University of California Press, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (577 p.) |
Disciplina | 323.1196/0730762 |
Soggetto topico |
African Americans - Civil rights - Mississippi - History - 20th century
Civil rights movements - Mississippi - History - 20th century African American civil rights workers - Mississippi - History - 20th century Civil rights workers - Mississippi - History - 20th century African Americans - Civil rights - Mississippi - Greenwood - History - 20th century Civil rights movements - Mississippi - Greenwood - History - 20th century |
Soggetto non controllato |
african american studies
against the odds american south biographical black activism black rights civil rights history civil rights democracy discussion books emancipation generational higher education history human rights movement literature overcoming obstacles political race and prejudice racism school setting university textbook uplifting stories we shall overcome |
ISBN |
1-280-09458-3
9786613520418 0-520-93388-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface To The 2007 Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- One. Setting The Stage -- Two. Testing The Limits: Black Activism In Postwar Mississippi -- Three. Give Light And The People Will Find A Way: The Roots Of An Organizing Tradition -- Four. Moving On Mississippi -- Five. Greenwood: Building On The Past -- Six. If You Don't Go, Don't Hinder Me: The Redefinition Of Leadership -- Seven. They Kept The Story Before Me: Families And Traditions -- Eight. Slow And Respectful Work: Organizers And Organizing -- Nine. A Woman's War -- Ten. Transitions -- Eleven. Carrying On: The Politics Of Empowerment -- Twelve. From Sncc To Slick: The Demoralization Of The Movement -- Thirteen. Mrs. Hamer Is No Longer Relevant: The Loss Of The Organizing Tradition -- Fourteen. The Rough Draft Of History -- Epilogue -- Bibliographic Essay: The Social Construction Of History -- Notes -- Interviews -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779080503321 |
Payne Charles M | ||
Berkeley ; ; London, : University of California Press, c2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
I've got the light of freedom [[electronic resource] ] : the organizing tradition and the Mississippi freedom struggle / / Charles M. Payne ; with a new preface |
Autore | Payne Charles M |
Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley ; ; London, : University of California Press, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (577 p.) |
Disciplina | 323.1196/0730762 |
Soggetto topico |
African Americans - Civil rights - Mississippi - History - 20th century
Civil rights movements - Mississippi - History - 20th century African American civil rights workers - Mississippi - History - 20th century Civil rights workers - Mississippi - History - 20th century African Americans - Civil rights - Mississippi - Greenwood - History - 20th century Civil rights movements - Mississippi - Greenwood - History - 20th century |
Soggetto non controllato |
african american studies
against the odds american south biographical black activism black rights civil rights history civil rights democracy discussion books emancipation generational higher education history human rights movement literature overcoming obstacles political race and prejudice racism school setting university textbook uplifting stories we shall overcome |
ISBN |
1-280-09458-3
9786613520418 0-520-93388-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface To The 2007 Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- One. Setting The Stage -- Two. Testing The Limits: Black Activism In Postwar Mississippi -- Three. Give Light And The People Will Find A Way: The Roots Of An Organizing Tradition -- Four. Moving On Mississippi -- Five. Greenwood: Building On The Past -- Six. If You Don't Go, Don't Hinder Me: The Redefinition Of Leadership -- Seven. They Kept The Story Before Me: Families And Traditions -- Eight. Slow And Respectful Work: Organizers And Organizing -- Nine. A Woman's War -- Ten. Transitions -- Eleven. Carrying On: The Politics Of Empowerment -- Twelve. From Sncc To Slick: The Demoralization Of The Movement -- Thirteen. Mrs. Hamer Is No Longer Relevant: The Loss Of The Organizing Tradition -- Fourteen. The Rough Draft Of History -- Epilogue -- Bibliographic Essay: The Social Construction Of History -- Notes -- Interviews -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818766503321 |
Payne Charles M | ||
Berkeley ; ; London, : University of California Press, c2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Kitchens : the culture of restaurant work / / Gary Alan Fine |
Autore | Fine Gary Alan |
Edizione | [Updated edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA ; ; London, : University of CA Press, 1996 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (321 pages) |
Disciplina | 305.9642 |
Soggetto topico |
Kitchens - Social aspects - United States
Cooks - United States - Social conditions |
Soggetto non controllato |
behind the scenes
career commercial kitchens contemporary restaurants cooking cooks and chefs culinary culture culinary narratives culinary scene engaging ethnographies food lovers hospitality kitchen experiences kitchen setting kitchen staff kitchen workers labor and industry nonfiction professional chefs restaurant culture restaurant settings restaurant work restaurant workers sociology thought provoking uplifting stories |
ISBN |
1-283-31139-9
9786613311399 0-520-94289-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Living the Kitchen Life -- 2. Cooks' Time: Temporal Demands and the Experience of Work -- 3. The Kitchen as Place and Space -- 4. The Commonwealth of Cuisine -- 5. The Economical Cook Organization as Business -- 6. Aesthetic Constraints -- 7. The Aesthetics of Kitchen Discourse -- 8. The Organization and Aesthetics of Culinary Life -- Appendix. Ethnography in the Kitchen: Issues and Cases -- Notes -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781937803321 |
Fine Gary Alan | ||
Berkeley, CA ; ; London, : University of CA Press, 1996 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Kitchens : the culture of restaurant work / / Gary Alan Fine |
Autore | Fine Gary Alan |
Edizione | [Updated edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA ; ; London, : University of CA Press, 1996 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (321 pages) |
Disciplina | 305.9642 |
Soggetto topico |
Kitchens - Social aspects - United States
Cooks - United States - Social conditions |
Soggetto non controllato |
behind the scenes
career commercial kitchens contemporary restaurants cooking cooks and chefs culinary culture culinary narratives culinary scene engaging ethnographies food lovers hospitality kitchen experiences kitchen setting kitchen staff kitchen workers labor and industry nonfiction professional chefs restaurant culture restaurant settings restaurant work restaurant workers sociology thought provoking uplifting stories |
ISBN |
1-283-31139-9
9786613311399 0-520-94289-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Living the Kitchen Life -- 2. Cooks' Time: Temporal Demands and the Experience of Work -- 3. The Kitchen as Place and Space -- 4. The Commonwealth of Cuisine -- 5. The Economical Cook Organization as Business -- 6. Aesthetic Constraints -- 7. The Aesthetics of Kitchen Discourse -- 8. The Organization and Aesthetics of Culinary Life -- Appendix. Ethnography in the Kitchen: Issues and Cases -- Notes -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910811007803321 |
Fine Gary Alan | ||
Berkeley, CA ; ; London, : University of CA Press, 1996 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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My name is Jody Williams [[electronic resource] ] : a Vermont girl's winding path to the Nobel Peace Prize / / Jody Williams ; foreword by Eve Ensler |
Autore | Williams Jody <1950-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (309 p.) |
Disciplina |
327.1/743
B |
Altri autori (Persone) | V <1953-> |
Collana |
California Series in Public Anthropology
California series in public anthropology |
Soggetto topico |
Pacifists - United States
Women Nobel Prize winners - United States Nobel Prize winners - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
advocate
anthropology autobiography biographies biography career catholic roots engaging female authors geopolitics government human rights icbl international campaign to ban landmines international campaign intersectional feminism memoir nobel peace prize page turner political action political revolutionaries social activists social issues social movements socials issues sociology strong women uplifting stories vermont vietnam war women writers women world politics |
ISBN | 0-520-95533-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Prologue: October 10, 1997 -- If you could be anyone -- What do you mean I can't be the pope? -- A special place in hell -- Claude, Casey, and the Corvair convertible -- V-I-E-T-N-A-M, marriage, and Mexico -- The making of a grassroots activist -- The pamphlet -- Boots on the ground : Sandinista interlude -- Dinner with the death squad -- I thought I wanted a straight job-instead I got landmines -- Landmines and love -- The Ottawa Process and the 1997 landmine ban world tour -- Whirlwind : October 10 to December 10, 1997 -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Illustrations follow page. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786265203321 |
Williams Jody <1950-> | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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My name is Jody Williams [[electronic resource] ] : a Vermont girl's winding path to the Nobel Peace Prize / / Jody Williams ; foreword by Eve Ensler |
Autore | Williams Jody <1950-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (309 p.) |
Disciplina |
327.1/743
B |
Altri autori (Persone) | V <1953-> |
Collana |
California Series in Public Anthropology
California series in public anthropology |
Soggetto topico |
Pacifists - United States
Women Nobel Prize winners - United States Nobel Prize winners - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
advocate
anthropology autobiography biographies biography career catholic roots engaging female authors geopolitics government human rights icbl international campaign to ban landmines international campaign intersectional feminism memoir nobel peace prize page turner political action political revolutionaries social activists social issues social movements socials issues sociology strong women uplifting stories vermont vietnam war women writers women world politics |
ISBN | 0-520-95533-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Prologue: October 10, 1997 -- If you could be anyone -- What do you mean I can't be the pope? -- A special place in hell -- Claude, Casey, and the Corvair convertible -- V-I-E-T-N-A-M, marriage, and Mexico -- The making of a grassroots activist -- The pamphlet -- Boots on the ground : Sandinista interlude -- Dinner with the death squad -- I thought I wanted a straight job-instead I got landmines -- Landmines and love -- The Ottawa Process and the 1997 landmine ban world tour -- Whirlwind : October 10 to December 10, 1997 -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Illustrations follow page. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822377503321 |
Williams Jody <1950-> | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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An uncommon friendship : from opposite sides of the Holocaust / / Bernat Rosner & Frederic C. Tubach with Sally Patterson Tubach |
Autore | Rosner Bernat <1932-> |
Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [2001] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (303 p.) |
Disciplina | 943.9/7 |
Soggetto topico |
Jewish children in the Holocaust - Hungary - Tab
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Hungary - Tab World War, 1939-1945 - Children - Germany World War, 1939-1945 Holocaust survivors - California |
Soggetto non controllato |
1944
america auschwitz boys and men california compassion discussion books emotional enemies and friends forgiveness germany good and evil growth and change heartwarming hitler youth holocaust survivor holocaust humanity hungary inspirational jewish children judaism life journey life stories male friendships nazis nonfiction memoir power of friendship touching story true story unlikely friends uplifting stories world war ii wwii |
ISBN |
1-283-30396-5
9786613303967 0-520-94535-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- ONE. The return of the Past -- TWO. Two European Villages -- THREE. The Loss of Innocence -- FOUR. The Maelstorm: To Auschwitz and Beyond -- FIVE. Roads west -- SIX. Careers: An American Story -- SEVEN: Germany: Fifty Years Later -- Coda -- Notes |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789731803321 |
Rosner Bernat <1932-> | ||
Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [2001] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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An uncommon friendship : from opposite sides of the Holocaust / / Bernat Rosner & Frederic C. Tubach with Sally Patterson Tubach |
Autore | Rosner Bernat <1932-> |
Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [2001] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (303 p.) |
Disciplina | 943.9/7 |
Soggetto topico |
Jewish children in the Holocaust - Hungary - Tab
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Hungary - Tab World War, 1939-1945 - Children - Germany World War, 1939-1945 Holocaust survivors - California |
Soggetto non controllato |
1944
america auschwitz boys and men california compassion discussion books emotional enemies and friends forgiveness germany good and evil growth and change heartwarming hitler youth holocaust survivor holocaust humanity hungary inspirational jewish children judaism life journey life stories male friendships nazis nonfiction memoir power of friendship touching story true story unlikely friends uplifting stories world war ii wwii |
ISBN |
1-283-30396-5
9786613303967 0-520-94535-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- ONE. The return of the Past -- TWO. Two European Villages -- THREE. The Loss of Innocence -- FOUR. The Maelstorm: To Auschwitz and Beyond -- FIVE. Roads west -- SIX. Careers: An American Story -- SEVEN: Germany: Fifty Years Later -- Coda -- Notes |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815783503321 |
Rosner Bernat <1932-> | ||
Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [2001] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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