Cold War orientalism [[electronic resource] ] : Asia in the middlebrow imagination, 1945-1961 / / Christina Klein |
Autore | Klein Christina <1963-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (574 p.) |
Disciplina | 950.4/24 |
Soggetto topico |
Orientalism - United States - History - 20th century
Public opinion - United States Asians in mass media Cold War - Social aspects - United States Popular culture - United States - History - 20th century |
Soggetto non controllato |
20th century
america american history americans in asia artists asia asian history cold war era cold war cultural historians cultural history cultural studies global power struggles globalization historians intellectuals international relations middlebrow nonfiction orientalism orientalist culture pacific islands policy makers political history political policies postwar period public opinion soviet union textbooks us expansion world history writers |
ISBN |
0-520-93625-6
1-283-42257-3 1-59734-548-2 9786613422576 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Sentimental education : creating a global imaginary of integration -- Reader's digest, Saturday review, and the middlebrow aesthetic of commitment -- How to be an American abroad : James Michener's The voice of Asia, and postwar mass tourism -- Family ties as political obligation : Oscar Hammerstein II, South Pacific, and the discourse of adoption -- Musicals and modernization : The king and I -- Asians in America : Flower drum song and Hawaii. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777389903321 |
Klein Christina <1963->
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2003 | ||
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Empire and revolution [[electronic resource] ] : the Americans in Mexico since the Civil War / / John Mason Hart |
Autore | Hart John M (John Mason), <1935-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (722 p.) |
Disciplina | 972/.00413 |
Soggetto topico |
Americans - Mexico - History
Investments, American - Mexico - History Nationalism - Mexico - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
america
american attitudes american dream banking industry civil war corruption economic growth expansion global empire globalization historians historical analysis historical perspective historiography international relations manifest destiny mexican revolution mexico mining nafta national infrastructure natural resources nonfiction oil industry railroad revolution revolutionaries social connections textbooks united states us expansion war |
ISBN |
0-520-90077-4
1-282-35825-1 9786612358258 0-520-93929-8 1-59734-593-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Imperial Ambition -- 1. Arms And Capital -- 2. Rival Concessionaires -- 3. Ubiquitous Financiers -- 4. Building The Railroads -- 5. Silver, Copper, Gold, And Oil -- 6. Absentee Landlords -- 7. Resident American Elite -- 8. Boomers, Sooners, And Settlers -- 9. Mexico For The Mexicans -- 10. Interventions And Firestorms -- 11. Crisis In The New Regime -- 12. Nationalization Of Land And Industry -- 13. Cooperation And Accommodation -- 14. Return Of The American Financiers -- 15. Mexico In The New World Order -- Conclusion: Imperial America -- Endpiece -- Appendix 1. Partial List Of American Landholdings And Ownership In Mexico, 100,000 Acres And More, 1910-1913 -- Appendix 2. Partial List Of American Properties Of More Than 100,000 Acres Or Of Special Significance, Derived Via Government Portions Of Land Surveys Or From The Land Survey Companies, 1876-1910 -- Appendix 3. American Banking Syndicates Formed To Render Financial Support To Britain And Her Allies During World War I, September 1914-April 1917 -- Notes On Archival Sources -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780375203321 |
Hart John M (John Mason), <1935->
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 | ||
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Reproducing empire [[electronic resource] ] : race, sex, science, and U.S. imperialism in Puerto Rico / / Laura Briggs |
Autore | Briggs Laura <1964-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (294 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.9/6/097295 |
Collana | American crossroads |
Soggetto topico |
Birth control - Puerto Rico - History
Sterilization (Birth control) - Puerto Rico - History Prostitution - Puerto Rico - History Prostitution - History Puerto Ricans - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
20th century
american colonialism anthropology culture of poverty expansionism feminism gender issues gender studies globalization international relations island life modern history nationalism north america overpopulation political perspective postcolonial public policy puerto rico race relations racial issues reproduction science sex and family sex sexuality social sciences textbooks us expansion us imperialism us territory |
ISBN |
0-520-93631-0
1-59734-861-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Colonialism: Familiar Territory -- 1. Sexuality, Medicine, and Imperialism: The International Traffic in Prostitution Policy -- 2. Sex and Citizenship: The Politics of Prostitution in Puerto Rico, 1898-1918 -- 3. Debating Reproduction: Birth Control, Eugenics, and Overpopulation in Puerto Rico, 1920-1940 -- 4. Demon Mothers in the Social Laboratory: Development, Overpopulation, and "the Pill," 1940-1960 -- 5. The Politics of Sterilization, 1937-1974 -- 6. "I like to be in America": Postwar Puerto Rican Migration, the Culture of Poverty, and the Moynihan Report -- Epilogue. Ghosts, Cyborgs, and Why Puerto Rico Is the Most Important Place in the World -- Notes -- Bibliography |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780374503321 |
Briggs Laura <1964->
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 | ||
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Reproducing empire : race, sex, science, and U.S. imperialism in Puerto Rico / / Laura Briggs |
Autore | Briggs Laura <1964-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (294 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.9/6/097295 |
Collana | American crossroads |
Soggetto topico |
Birth control - Puerto Rico - History
Sterilization (Birth control) - Puerto Rico - History Prostitution - Puerto Rico - History Prostitution - History Puerto Ricans - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
20th century
american colonialism anthropology culture of poverty expansionism feminism gender issues gender studies globalization international relations island life modern history nationalism north america overpopulation political perspective postcolonial public policy puerto rico race relations racial issues reproduction science sex and family sex sexuality social sciences textbooks us expansion us imperialism us territory |
ISBN |
0-520-93631-0
1-59734-861-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Colonialism: Familiar Territory -- 1. Sexuality, Medicine, and Imperialism: The International Traffic in Prostitution Policy -- 2. Sex and Citizenship: The Politics of Prostitution in Puerto Rico, 1898-1918 -- 3. Debating Reproduction: Birth Control, Eugenics, and Overpopulation in Puerto Rico, 1920-1940 -- 4. Demon Mothers in the Social Laboratory: Development, Overpopulation, and "the Pill," 1940-1960 -- 5. The Politics of Sterilization, 1937-1974 -- 6. "I like to be in America": Postwar Puerto Rican Migration, the Culture of Poverty, and the Moynihan Report -- Epilogue. Ghosts, Cyborgs, and Why Puerto Rico Is the Most Important Place in the World -- Notes -- Bibliography |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996247893903316 |
Briggs Laura <1964->
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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