Autore	Borstelmann Thomas
Edizione	[Course Book]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Princton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c2012
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (416 p.)
Disciplina	909.82/7
Collana	America in the world
Soggetto topico	Equality - United States - History - 20th century Nineteen seventies
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
Soggetto non controllato	1960s 1970s African Americans American culture American history American politics American society Jimmy Carter U.S. economy Vietnam Watergate scandal civil rights class differences cultural left cultural liberalism deregulation diverse public culture economic changes economic conservatism economic decline economic deregulation economic insecurity economic right egalitarianism environmentalism ethnic diversity formal equality free market free-market economics free-market values gender hierarchies gender segregation gender globalization homosexuality human equality human rights imperialism inclusiveness individualism inequalities inflation mainstream American culture market solutions market values military retrenchment national self-determination oil crisis political corruption political development public authority racial diversity racism recession religion social development social inclusiveness socialism world history
ISBN	1-283-26744-6 9786613267443 1-4008-3970-X
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Crosscurrents of crisis in 1970s America : trouble abroad, corruption at home, conservatism and the distrust of government, economic insecurity, turning inward -- The rising tide of equality and democratic reform : women in the public sphere, women in the private sphere, the many frontiers of equality, political reform, resistance -- The spread of market values : a sea change of principles, the economy goes south, globalization's gathering speed, from citizenship to deregulation, market solutions for every problem, a freer market, a coarser culture -- The retreat of empires and the global advance of the market : the emergence of human rights, European empires and Southern Africa, the Soviet Empire, the American empire, the Israeli exception, the retreat of the state, China and the hollowing out of socialism -- Resistance to the new hyper-individualism : the environmentalist challenge, religious resurgence at home, religious resurgence in Israel, religious resurgence in the Muslim world, Jimmy Carter as a man of his times -- More and less equal since the 1970s : evidence to the contrary, inclusiveness ascending, markets persisting, unrestrained consumption, inequality rising.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910457056203321

Autore	Shandler Jeffrey
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2005
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (283 pages)
Disciplina	439/.1
Soggetto topico	Yiddish language Yiddish language - Social aspects Jews - Languages Language and culture
Soggetto non controllato	avant garde belief contemporary cultural history cultural faith hasidic jews hasidism jewish culture jewish judaism language change language history language linguistics postvernacular religion rhetoric social studies symbolic symbolism transformation vernacular world history yiddish culture yiddish history yiddish speakers yiddish
ISBN	1-282-75933-7 9786612759338 0-520-93177-7 1-59875-780-6
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- AUTHOR'S NOTE -- INTRODUCTION: POSTVERNACULARITY, OR SPEAKING OF YIDDISH -- CHAPTER ONE. IMAGINING YIDDISHLAND -- CHAPTER TWO. BEYOND THE MOTHER TONGUE -- CHAPTER THREE. FOUNDED IN TRANSLATION -- CHAPTER FOUR. YIDDISH AS PERFORMANCE ART -- CHAPTER FIVE. ABSOLUT TCHOTCHKE -- CHAPTER SIX. WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE? -- NOTES -- INDEX
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910783312203321

Autore	Tansman Alan <1960->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (369 p.)
Disciplina	895.6/09
Collana	A study of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute
Soggetto topico	Japanese literature - 20th century - History and criticism Fascism in literature Fascist aesthetics - Japan - History - 20th century Fascism - Japan - History - 20th century
Soggetto non controllato	1920s 1930s 20th century aesthetics art aesthetics cultural expression cultural history cultural perspective global history historical human condition japan japanese culture japanese essays japanese fascism japanese film japanese music japanese novels japanese politics modern history nonfiction political science popular music postwar japan pre war japan retrospective revolution spiritual history violence world history world war ii wwii
ISBN	0-520-94349-X
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: The Aesthetics Of Japanese Fascism -- 1. Modernist Beginnings: Akutagawa Ryūmnosuke And Kobayashi Hideo -- 2. The Beauty Of Violence: Yasuda Yojūrō's "Japanese Bridges -- 3. Objects Of The Sublime In Literary Writing: Yasuda Yojūrō, Yanagi Sōetsu, Kawabata Yasunari, And Shiga Naoya -- 4. The Rhetoric Of Unspoken Fascism: The Essence Of The National Polity -- 5. Sentimental Fascism On Screen: Mother Under The Eyelids -- 6. An Aesthetics Of Devotion: Kobayashi Hideo's Cultural Criticism -- 7. Filaments Of Fascism In Postwar Times -- Coda: Reading Fascist Aesthetics -- Notes -- Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910790184203321

Autore	Green Nile
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Oakland, California, : University of California Press, 2016
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)
Disciplina	297.09581
Soggetto topico	Muslims - Afghanistan - History Islam - Afghanistan - History
Soggetto non controllato	afghanistan conquests conversion eastern world female sainthood feminism global history islam islamic culture islamic history islamic world middle east middle eastern muslim feminists muslim history religion religious extremists religious ideas religious studies sharia law taliban timurid empire womens issues womens studies world history
ISBN	0-520-96737-2
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Maps -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction Afghanistan's Islam / Green, Nile -- Part One. From Conversions to Institutions (Ca. 700-1500) -- Introduction -- 1 The Beginnings of Islam in Afghanistan / Azad, Arezou -- 2 Women and Religious Patronage in the Timurid Empire / Arbabzadah, Nushin -- 3 The Rise of the Khwajagan-Naqshbandiyya Sufi Order in Timurid Herat / Paul, Jürgen -- Part Two. The Infrastructure of Religious Ideas (Ca. 1500-1850) -- Introduction -- 4 Earning a Living / McChesney, R. D. -- 5 Transporting Knowledge in the Durrani Empire / Ziad, Waleed -- Part Three. New States, New Discourses (Ca. 1850-1980) -- Introduction -- 6 Islam, Shari'a, and State Building under 'Abd al-Rahman Khan / Tarzi, Amin -- 7 Competing Views of Pashtun Tribalism, Islam, and Society in the Indo-Afghan Borderlands / Haroon, Sana -- 8 Nationalism, Not Islam / Bezhan, Faridullah -- Part Four. Holy Warriors and (Im)Pious Women (1979-2014) -- Introduction -- 9 Glossy Global Leadership / Fuchs, Simon Wolfgang -- 10 Female Sainthood between Politics and Legend / Baldauf, Ingeborg -- 11 When Muslims Become Feminists / Ahsan, Sonia -- Afterword / Monsutti, Alessandro -- Notes -- Glossary of Islamic Terms -- List of Contributors -- Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910156518503321

Autore	Green Peter
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2013]
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (586 pages)
Disciplina	938.07092
Soggetto topico	Generals - Greece
Soggetto non controllato	administrative excellences alexander the great ancient greece ancient greek history ancient history ancient world biographies biography centralized government classical history classical studies complex personality diogenes the cynic european history famous generals greco roman history greece greek and roman studies greek history gritty details history liberal sensibilities macedonia military history philip of macedonia political history political science romantic figure world history
ISBN	0-520-95469-6
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Front matter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface to the 2012 Edition -- Preface to the 1991 Reprint -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- List of Maps and Battle Plans -- Key to Abbreviations -- Table of Dates -- 1. Philip of Macedon -- 2. The Gardens of Midas -- 3. From a View to a Death -- 4. The Keys of the Kingdom -- 5. The Captain-General -- 6. The Road to Issus -- 7. Intimations of Immortality -- 8. The Lord of Asia -- 9. The Quest for Ocean -- 10. How Many Miles to Babylon? -- Appendix: Propaganda at the Granicus -- Notes and References -- Sources of Information -- Genealogical Table -- Genealogical Table
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910786268903321