American mythologies : semiological sketches / / Manuel Pena |
Autore | PenÌa Manuel H. <1942-, > |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (183 p.) |
Disciplina | 973 |
Soggetto topico |
Semiotics - United States
Popular culture - United States National characteristics, American |
ISBN |
1-4094-9540-X
1-317-18229-4 1-315-56668-0 1-317-18228-6 1-280-57065-2 9786613600257 1-4094-4275-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: American mythologies -- Bright toy trucks -- The international community -- Corrupt union bosses -- Wal-mart's associates -- From rags to riches -- Obama's death panels -- Puff Daddy's tuxedo -- Egypt in Las Vegas -- The Alamo as shrine -- Manufactured natural -- Designing intelligence. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825415403321 |
PenÌa Manuel H. <1942-, > | ||
London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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American places [[electronic resource] ] : encounters with history : a celebration of Sheldon Meyer / / edited by William E. Leuchtenburg |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (417 p.) |
Disciplina | 973 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
LeuchtenburgWilliam Edward <1922->
MeyerSheldon |
Soggetto topico |
Historians - United States
Historic sites - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-19-028476-5
1-280-96584-3 9786610965847 0-19-802989-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
CONTENTS; PREFACE; TAKING PLACE; CYBERSPACE, U.S.A.; PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE: The Avenue of the Presidents; A MONUMENT FOR BARRE: Memory in a Massachusetts Town; GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA: A Window on Race in the American South; WORLD WAR II NORMANDY: American Cemetery and Memorial; THE FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL, WASHINGTON, D.C.; THE AMERICANIZED MANNHEIM OF 1945-1946; VASSAR COLLEGE; A FAN'S HOMAGE TO FENWAY: (Or, Why We Love It When They Always Break Our Hearts); FINDING HISTORY IN WOODSIDE, CALIFORNIA; BOSTON COMMON; CHARLESTON'S BATTERY AND NEW ORLEANS'S JACKSON SQUARE
CLIMBING STONE MOUNTAIN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE: The Rise and Fall of Main Street; ILLINOIS'S OLD STATE CAPITOL: A Tale of Two Speeches; ""A LITTLE JOURNEY"": Elbert Hubbard and the Roycroft Community at East Aurora, New York; SAN JUAN ISLAND, WASHINGTON: The ""Pig War"" and the Vagaries of Identity and History; 1048 FIFTH AVENUE; QUEENS; GETTYSBURG; MONTICELLO; THE MUSSO & FRANK GRILL IN HOLLYWOOD; THE POLO GROUNDS; NASSAU HALL, PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY; GRACELAND; MONTGOMERY; THE GRAND CANYON; SEWANEE-HOW TO MAKE A YANKEE SOUTHERN: Memories of the 1940's; NOTES |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453353303321 |
New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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American places [[electronic resource] ] : encounters with history : a celebration of Sheldon Meyer / / edited by William E. Leuchtenburg |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (417 p.) |
Disciplina | 973 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
LeuchtenburgWilliam Edward <1922->
MeyerSheldon |
Soggetto topico |
Historians - United States
Historic sites - United States |
ISBN |
0-19-771130-8
0-19-028476-5 1-280-96584-3 9786610965847 0-19-802989-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
CONTENTS; PREFACE; TAKING PLACE; CYBERSPACE, U.S.A.; PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE: The Avenue of the Presidents; A MONUMENT FOR BARRE: Memory in a Massachusetts Town; GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA: A Window on Race in the American South; WORLD WAR II NORMANDY: American Cemetery and Memorial; THE FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL, WASHINGTON, D.C.; THE AMERICANIZED MANNHEIM OF 1945-1946; VASSAR COLLEGE; A FAN'S HOMAGE TO FENWAY: (Or, Why We Love It When They Always Break Our Hearts); FINDING HISTORY IN WOODSIDE, CALIFORNIA; BOSTON COMMON; CHARLESTON'S BATTERY AND NEW ORLEANS'S JACKSON SQUARE
CLIMBING STONE MOUNTAIN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE: The Rise and Fall of Main Street; ILLINOIS'S OLD STATE CAPITOL: A Tale of Two Speeches; ""A LITTLE JOURNEY"": Elbert Hubbard and the Roycroft Community at East Aurora, New York; SAN JUAN ISLAND, WASHINGTON: The ""Pig War"" and the Vagaries of Identity and History; 1048 FIFTH AVENUE; QUEENS; GETTYSBURG; MONTICELLO; THE MUSSO & FRANK GRILL IN HOLLYWOOD; THE POLO GROUNDS; NASSAU HALL, PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY; GRACELAND; MONTGOMERY; THE GRAND CANYON; SEWANEE-HOW TO MAKE A YANKEE SOUTHERN: Memories of the 1940's; NOTES |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782355103321 |
New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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American places [[electronic resource] ] : encounters with history : a celebration of Sheldon Meyer / / edited by William E. Leuchtenburg |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (417 p.) |
Disciplina | 973 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
LeuchtenburgWilliam Edward <1922->
MeyerSheldon |
Soggetto topico |
Historians - United States
Historic sites - United States |
ISBN |
0-19-771130-8
0-19-028476-5 1-280-96584-3 9786610965847 0-19-802989-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
CONTENTS; PREFACE; TAKING PLACE; CYBERSPACE, U.S.A.; PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE: The Avenue of the Presidents; A MONUMENT FOR BARRE: Memory in a Massachusetts Town; GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA: A Window on Race in the American South; WORLD WAR II NORMANDY: American Cemetery and Memorial; THE FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL, WASHINGTON, D.C.; THE AMERICANIZED MANNHEIM OF 1945-1946; VASSAR COLLEGE; A FAN'S HOMAGE TO FENWAY: (Or, Why We Love It When They Always Break Our Hearts); FINDING HISTORY IN WOODSIDE, CALIFORNIA; BOSTON COMMON; CHARLESTON'S BATTERY AND NEW ORLEANS'S JACKSON SQUARE
CLIMBING STONE MOUNTAIN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE: The Rise and Fall of Main Street; ILLINOIS'S OLD STATE CAPITOL: A Tale of Two Speeches; ""A LITTLE JOURNEY"": Elbert Hubbard and the Roycroft Community at East Aurora, New York; SAN JUAN ISLAND, WASHINGTON: The ""Pig War"" and the Vagaries of Identity and History; 1048 FIFTH AVENUE; QUEENS; GETTYSBURG; MONTICELLO; THE MUSSO & FRANK GRILL IN HOLLYWOOD; THE POLO GROUNDS; NASSAU HALL, PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY; GRACELAND; MONTGOMERY; THE GRAND CANYON; SEWANEE-HOW TO MAKE A YANKEE SOUTHERN: Memories of the 1940's; NOTES |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819474403321 |
New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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American political cultures [[electronic resource] /] / Richard J. Ellis |
Autore | Ellis Richard (Richard J.) |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press, c1993 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (331 p.) |
Disciplina | 973 |
Soggetto topico | Political culture - United States - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-280-53997-6
0-19-536003-6 1-4294-0117-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; 1 Individualism and Community in American Life; 2 Radical Lockeanism; 3 Rival Visions of Equality: Process Versus Results; 4 Competing Conceptions of Democracy; 5 An Anti-Authority Consensus?; 6 Hierarchy in America; 7 Fatalism in America: The Case of Slavery; 8 A Life of Hermitude: Thoreau at Walden Pond; 9 Culture, Context, and Consensus; Notes; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451312803321 |
Ellis Richard (Richard J.) | ||
New York, : Oxford University Press, c1993 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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American political cultures [[electronic resource] /] / Richard J. Ellis |
Autore | Ellis Richard (Richard J.) |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press, c1993 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (331 p.) |
Disciplina | 973 |
Soggetto topico | Political culture - United States - History |
ISBN |
0-19-773281-X
1-280-53997-6 0-19-536003-6 1-4294-0117-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; 1 Individualism and Community in American Life; 2 Radical Lockeanism; 3 Rival Visions of Equality: Process Versus Results; 4 Competing Conceptions of Democracy; 5 An Anti-Authority Consensus?; 6 Hierarchy in America; 7 Fatalism in America: The Case of Slavery; 8 A Life of Hermitude: Thoreau at Walden Pond; 9 Culture, Context, and Consensus; Notes; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784993403321 |
Ellis Richard (Richard J.) | ||
New York, : Oxford University Press, c1993 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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American political cultures [[electronic resource] /] / Richard J. Ellis |
Autore | Ellis Richard (Richard J.) |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press, c1993 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (331 p.) |
Disciplina | 973 |
Soggetto topico | Political culture - United States - History |
ISBN |
0-19-773281-X
1-280-53997-6 0-19-536003-6 1-4294-0117-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; 1 Individualism and Community in American Life; 2 Radical Lockeanism; 3 Rival Visions of Equality: Process Versus Results; 4 Competing Conceptions of Democracy; 5 An Anti-Authority Consensus?; 6 Hierarchy in America; 7 Fatalism in America: The Case of Slavery; 8 A Life of Hermitude: Thoreau at Walden Pond; 9 Culture, Context, and Consensus; Notes; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813650103321 |
Ellis Richard (Richard J.) | ||
New York, : Oxford University Press, c1993 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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American Presidential Statecraft [[electronic resource] ] : From Isolationism to Internationalism / / by Ronald E. Powaski |
Autore | Powaski Ronald E |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XIII, 288 p. 11 illus., 2 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 973 |
Soggetto topico |
United States—History
United States—Politics and government Elections International relations US History US Politics Electoral Politics Foreign Policy |
ISBN | 3-319-50457-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction -- 2. Theodore Roosevelt, the Panama Lobby, and Senator John Tyler Morgan: The Battle for an Isthmian Canal, 1901-1904 -- 3. Woodrow Wilson versus Senator Henry Cabot Lodge: The Battle over the League of Nations, 1918-1920 -- 4. Herbert Hoover, Henry Stimson, and the Collapse of the Post-World War I International Order, 1921-1933 -- 5. Franklin D. Roosevelt, the State Department and the Navy: U.S. Policy toward Japan, 1937-1941 -- 6. Harry S. Truman, James Byrnes and Henry Wallace: The U.S. Response to Josef Stalin, 1945-1947 -- 7. Conclusion: The Art of Presidential Statecraft. . |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910255258103321 |
Powaski Ronald E | ||
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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American Presidential Statecraft [[electronic resource] ] : During the Cold War and After / / by Ronald E. Powaski |
Autore | Powaski Ronald E |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XIII, 319 p. 8 illus., 3 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 973 |
Soggetto topico |
United States—History
United States—Politics and government Elections International relations US History US Politics Electoral Politics Foreign Policy |
ISBN | 3-319-50454-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction -- 2. John F. Kennedy, the Hawks, the Doves, and the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 -- 3. A “Worm with a Hook:” Lyndon Johnson’s Decision to Escalate U.S. Involvement in the Vietnam War, November 1963-July 1965 -- 4. Richard Nixon, Henry Kissinger, and the Congress: Ending U.S. Involvement in the Vietnam War, 1969-1974 -- 5. Ronald Reagan, George Shultz, and Caspar Weinberger: Winding Down the Cold War, 1984-1988 -- 6. George W. Bush’s Decision to Invade Iraq, 2001-2003 -- 7. Conclusion. The Art of Presidential Statecraft. . |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910254771603321 |
Powaski Ronald E | ||
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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An american primer / edited by Daniel J. Boorstin |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York [etc.] : New american library, stampa 1968 |
Descrizione fisica | XVIII, 1056 p. ; 18 cm |
Disciplina | 973 |
Altri autori (Persone) | Boorstin, Daniel Joseph |
Collana | Mentor book |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991001735959707536 |
New York [etc.] : New american library, stampa 1968 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. del Salento | ||
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