Abandoned [[electronic resource] ] : foundlings in nineteenth-century New York City / / Julie Miller
| 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 |
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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. |
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Miller Julie <1959->
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| New York, : New York University Press, c2008 | ||
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After the Cure : The Untold Stories of Breast Cancer Survivors / / Emily K. Abel, Saskia K. Subramanian
| After the Cure : The Untold Stories of Breast Cancer Survivors / / Emily K. Abel, Saskia K. Subramanian |
| Autore | Abel Emily K. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : New York University Press, , [2008] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (196 p.) |
| Disciplina | 616.99/449061 |
| Soggetto topico |
Antineoplastic agents - Side effects
Breast - Cancer - Psychological aspects Breast - Cancer - Treatment - Complications |
| Soggetto non controllato |
aftermath
breast cancer compelling fascinating filled living portraits read with women |
| ISBN | 0-8147-0777-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. “Standing on New Ground” -- 2. “We Saved Your Life. Now Leave Us the Hell Alone” -- 3. Remedying, Managing, and Making Do -- 4. “Like Talking to a Wall” -- 5. Narrowed Lives -- 6. “Turning a Bad Experience into Something Good” -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Appendix -- Notes -- Index -- About the Authors |
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Abel Emily K.
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| New York, NY : , : New York University Press, , [2008] | ||
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Agglomeration and regional unemployment disparities : a theoretical analysis with reference to the European Union / / Jens Südekum
| Agglomeration and regional unemployment disparities : a theoretical analysis with reference to the European Union / / Jens Südekum |
| Autore | Südekum Jens |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bern, : Peter Lang International Academic Publishing Group, 2018 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (230) |
| Disciplina | 331.13794011 |
| Collana | CeGE-Schriften |
| Soggetto topico | Unemployment - European Union countries - Regional disparities - Mathematical models |
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Agglomeration
Agglomeration (Wirtschaft) Analysis Arbeitslosigkeit Disparities Europa Europäische Union European Reference Regional Südekum Theoretical Unemployment Union with |
| ISBN | 3-631-75686-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- Forewords -- Table of contents -- List of tables, figures and maps -- Introduction -- A) Spatial economic disparities within the European Union: The evidence -- A1) Preface: Level of spatial disaggregation and the choice of territorial units -- A2) Gross domestic product (GDP) -- A2.1.) GDP of European NUTS II-regions, 1999 -- A2.2.) Regional convergence versus divergence in Europe -- A3) Regional unemployment in Europe -- A3.1.) Unemployment rates in NUTS2-regions, 2000 -- A3.2.) Convergence versus divergence of regional unemployment rates -- A4) Other regional indicators -- A4.1.) Employment Growth -- A4.2.) Population Density, Population Changes and Migration -- A4.3.) Education -- A4.4.) Innovation and research activities -- A5) A closer look at the West German Länder -- A6) Summing up the evidence -- B) Macroeconomic theories of unemployment and the "European labour market model" -- B1) Introduction -- B2) A brief historical overview about macroeconomics -- B2.1.) The 'classics' -- B2.2.) Keynes and the neoclassical synthesis -- B2.3.) Friedman and the 'natural rate of unemployment' -- B2.4.) 'New classical macroeconomics' and rational expectations -- B2.5.) The Keynesian response -- B3) The "European labour market model (ELMM)" -- B3.1.) Why is there insider power in the labour market -- B3.2.) The aggregate wage setting curve -- B3.3.) The aggregate price setting curve -- B3.4.) Equilibrium in the ELMM -- B3.5.) Some further issues of the ELMM -- C) The wage curve -- C1) Introduction -- C2) The wage curve as an empirical regularity -- C3) Wage curve theory: The Blanchflower/Oswald-model -- C3.1.) The partial equilibrium foundation of the wage curve -- C3.2.) General equilibrium in the Blanchflower/Oswald-model -- C3.3.) Critique of the Blanchflower/Oswald-model -- C4) The model of Blien (2001).
C4.1.) Partial labour market equilibrium in the Blien-model -- C4.2.) The product market and general equilibrium in the Blien-model -- C4.3.) Critique of the Blien-model -- C5) Conclusion on wage curve theory and motivation for an own approach -- D) Regional agglomeration theory and 'new economic geography' -- D1) Introduction -- D2) Scale economies, externalities, and market competition -- D3) The Marshallian agglomeration economies -- D4) Centrifugal forces and other location factors -- D5) The core-periphery model of 'new economic geography' -- D5.1.) Consumer behaviour -- D5.2.) Production -- D5.3.) Equilibrium conditions -- D5.4.) Sustainability -- D5.5.) Stability -- D5.6.) 'New economic geography' and the new trade theory -- D6) Other 'new economic geography'-models -- D6.1.) Venables (1996) and Krugman/Venables (1995) -- D6.2.) Housing scarcity: Helpman (1998) -- D6.3.) Analytically tractable models -- D6.4.) More sectors, more regions -- D6.5.) Dynamic models -- D6.6.) Empirics, politics, and other unsettled issues -- D7) Regional costs-of-living: An extension of the Krugman-model -- D7.1.) Regional costs-of-living: the evidence -- D7.2.) The basic structure of the extended model -- D7.3.) Sustainability and stability -- D7.4.) Conclusion of our approach -- Appendix -- E) Regional agglomeration and regional unemployment -- E1) Introduction -- E2) The existing literature -- E2.1.) The model of Matusz (1996) -- E2.2.) The model of Peeters/Garretsen (2000) -- E3) Regional agglomeration and the wage curve: The model -- E3.1.) The closed-economy setting -- E3.2.) The two-region case with imperfect trade -- E3.3.) The impact of labour mobility -- E4) Critical discussion of our model approach -- E4.1.) Discussion of the model from a theoretical point of view -- E4.2.) Discussion of the model from an empirical point of view -- E5) Further issues. F) Internal migration and regional disparities -- F1) Introduction -- F2) The causes of internal migration -- F3) The consequences of internal migration: The neoclassical view -- F4) Internal migration and regional divergence: alternative views -- F4.1.) Increasing returns to scale -- F4.2.) Selective labour migration -- F5) Selective migration in a two-region model -- F5.1.) The full-employment case -- F5.2.) Union wage setting and unskilled unemployment -- F5.3.) Conclusion of the model with constant returns to scale -- F6) Agglomeration, worker heterogeneity and national union wage setting -- F6.1.) The full employment case -- F6.2.) The case with unemployment -- F7) Discussion of the theoretical models and their empirical relevance -- F7.1.) Discussion from a theoretical point of view -- F7.2.) Discussion from an empirical point of view -- Concluding remarks -- List of references. |
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Südekum Jens
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| Bern, : Peter Lang International Academic Publishing Group, 2018 | ||
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Battle cries [[electronic resource] ] : Black women and intimate partner abuse / / Hillary Potter
| Battle cries [[electronic resource] ] : Black women and intimate partner abuse / / Hillary Potter |
| Autore | Potter Hillary <1969-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : New York University Press, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (286 p.) |
| Disciplina | 362.82/9208996073 |
| Soggetto topico |
Intimate partner violence - United States
African American women - Abuse of Abused women - United States |
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African
American abuse abusive consequences contend enduring examination experiences eye-opening from immediate intimate maltreatment mates methods partner resulting used with womens |
| ISBN |
0-8147-6847-4
0-8147-6771-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Black Feminist Criminology and the Power of Narrative -- 3. Dynamic Resistance -- 4. Surviving Childhood -- 5. Living Through It -- 6. Fighting Back -- 7. Getting Out -- 8. Conclusion -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author |
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Potter Hillary <1969->
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| New York, : New York University Press, c2008 | ||
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Bloody Lowndes [[electronic resource] ] : civil rights and Black power in Alabama's Black Belt / / Hasan Kwame Jeffries
| 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. |
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| New York, : New York University Press, c2009 | ||
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Boricua power [[electronic resource] ] : a political history of Puerto Ricans in the United States / / José Ramón Sánchez
| Boricua power [[electronic resource] ] : a political history of Puerto Ricans in the United States / / José Ramón Sánchez |
| Autore | Sánchez José Ramón |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : New York University Press, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | ix, 278 p. : ill |
| Disciplina |
305.868/7295
305.8687295 |
| Soggetto topico |
Puerto Ricans - United States - Politics and government
Puerto Ricans - United States - Social conditions Power (Social sciences) - United States - History Political participation - United States - History Community life - United States - History |
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Boricua
Ricans States United attempt case community--Puerto creation efforts enter explains historical human interests keep loss others passions power product relationships satisfy study theoretical using with |
| ISBN |
1-4356-0388-5
0-8147-8853-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Dance -- The Cigar Makers' Strike -- The Rise of Radicalism World War II to -- Puerto Rican Marginalization -- The Young Lords, the Media, and Cultural Estrangement -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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Sánchez José Ramón
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| New York, : New York University Press, c2007 | ||
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Brooklyn by name [[electronic resource] ] : how the neighborhoods, streets, parks, bridges, and more got their names / / Leonard Benardo and Jennifer Weiss
| Brooklyn by name [[electronic resource] ] : how the neighborhoods, streets, parks, bridges, and more got their names / / Leonard Benardo and Jennifer Weiss |
| Autore | Benardo Leonard |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : New York University Press, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (224 p.) |
| Disciplina | 974.7/23 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | WeissJennifer |
| Soggetto topico | Names, Geographical - New York (State) - New York - History |
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American
Brooklyns Listing alphabetically book captures current diverse history illustrated maps more most names organized photographs place prominent region richly than threads with |
| ISBN |
0-8147-3906-7
1-4356-0047-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Maps -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Northern Brooklyn -- 2. Downtown Brooklyn -- 3. South Brooklyn -- 4. North-Central Brooklyn -- 5. South-Central Brooklyn -- 6. Eastern Brooklyn -- 7. Southwest Brooklyn -- 8. Southeastern and Southern Brooklyn -- Illustration Sources -- Works Consulted -- Index -- About the Authors |
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Benardo Leonard
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| New York, : New York University Press, c2006 | ||
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The Brooklyn Cyclones [[electronic resource] ] : hardball dreams and the new Coney Island / / Ben Osborne
| 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 |
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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. |
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Osborne Ben <1974->
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| New York, : New York University Press, c2004 | ||
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Children at play [[electronic resource] ] : an American history / / Howard P. Chudacoff
| Children at play [[electronic resource] ] : an American history / / Howard P. Chudacoff |
| Autore | Chudacoff Howard P |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : New York University Press, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (285 p.) |
| Disciplina | 305.2310973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Children - United States - History
Play - United States - History Children - United States - Social life and customs |
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Filled
US children chronological from history insights intriguing play point provides revelatory stories themselves view with |
| ISBN |
0-8147-1730-6
0-8147-9005-4 1-4356-0727-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction: Play -- Childhood and play in colonial America -- Domesticating children, 1800-1850 -- The arrival of toys, 1850-1900 -- The invasion of children's play culture, 1900-1950 -- The golden age, 1900-1950 -- The commercialization of children's play, 1950 to the present -- Children's play goes underground, 1950 to the present -- Conclusion. |
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Chudacoff Howard P
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| New York, : New York University Press, c2007 | ||
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Christopher Hitchens and His Critics : Terror, Iraq, and the Left
| Christopher Hitchens and His Critics : Terror, Iraq, and the Left |
| Autore | Cottee Simon |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : New York University Press, , [2008] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (392 p.) |
| Disciplina | 303.6/6 |
| Soggetto topico | Social Change |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Americas
intellectuals leading mano public with |
| ISBN | 0-8147-6282-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Christopher Hitchens and His Critics -- Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I. Hitchens on Terror -- 1. American Society Can Outlast or Absorb Practically Anything -- 2. The Pursuit of Happiness Is at an End -- 3. Against Rationalization -- 4. Of Sin, the Left, and Islamic Fascism -- 5. Ha Ha Ha to the Pacifists -- 6. Stranger in a Strange Land -- 7. Saving Islam from bin Laden -- 8. It’s a Good Time for War -- 9. Inside the Islamic Mafia -- 10. Al Qaeda’s Latest Target -- 11. To Die in Madrid -- 12. Murder by Any Other Name -- 13. Bush’s Secularist Triumph -- 14. Jihad in the Netherlands -- 15. We Cannot Surrender -- 16. Yes, London Can Take It -- 17. Why Ask Why? -- Part II. Hitchens on Iraq -- 18. Appointment in Samarra? -- 19. Taking Sides -- 20. So Long, Fellow Travelers -- 21. I Wanted It to Rain on Their Parade -- 22. Weapons and Terror -- 23. Restating the Case for War -- 24. The Literal Left -- 25. Guerrillas in the Mist -- 26. Fallujah -- 27. Vietnam? -- 28. Second Thinking -- 29. Abu Ghraib Isn’t Guernica -- 30. History and Mystery -- 31. Unmitigated Galloway -- 32. Losing the Iraq War -- 33. A War to Be Proud Of -- 34. Anti-War, My Foot -- Part III. Hitchens on the Left -- 35. An Interview with Christopher Hitchens, Part I -- 36. Don’t. Be. Silly. An Open Letter to Martin Amis -- 37. Europe’s Status Quo Left -- 38. Left-Leaving, Left-Leaning -- 39. Polymath with a Cause -- 40. Susan Sontag: An Obituary -- 41. An Interview with Christopher Hitchens, Part II -- Part IV. Critical Responses and Exchanges -- 42. Letter to the Nation, October 1, 2001 -- Hitchens Responds -- 43. Letter to the Nation, January 10, 2002 -- Hitchens Responds -- 44. Christopher Hitchens: The Dishonorable Policeman of the Left -- 45. Letter to the Nation, January 6, 2003 -- Hitchens Responds -- 46. Hitchens as Model Apostate -- Hitchens Responds -- 47. Obituary for a Former Contrarian -- 48. Farewell Hitch -- 49. The Passion of Christopher Hitchens -- 50. Christopher Hitchens: Flickering Firebrand -- 51. Christopher Hitchens’s Last Battle -- 52. The Genocidal Imagination of Christopher Hitchens -- Afterword -- About the Contributors -- Index |
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Cottee Simon
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| New York, NY : , : New York University Press, , [2008] | ||
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