Conscripts of Modernity [[electronic resource] ] : The Tragedy of Colonial Enlightenment |
Autore | Scott David |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Durham, : Duke University Press, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (291 p.) |
Disciplina | 320.9/045 |
Soggetto topico |
Postcolonialism - History
Historiography - Philosophy History - Periodization History Literature and history Latin America Regions & Countries - Americas History & Archaeology |
ISBN | 0-8223-8618-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Prologue; One: Futures Past; Two: Romanticism and the Longing for Anticolonial Revolution; Three: Conscripts of Modernity; Four: Toussaint's Tragic Dilemma; Five: The Tragedy of Colonial Enlightenment; Epilogue; Notes; Acknowledgments; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815733603321 |
Scott David | ||
Durham, : Duke University Press, 2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Constituting Americans [[electronic resource] ] : cultural anxiety and narrative form / / Priscilla Wald |
Autore | Wald Priscilla |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Durham, : Duke University Press, 1995 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (410 p.) |
Disciplina | 973/.01/9 |
Collana | New Americanists |
Soggetto topico |
Group identity - United States - History
Narration (Rhetoric) - Political aspects - United States Political culture - United States - History American literature - 19th century - History and criticism American literature - 20th century - History and criticism National characteristics, American, in literature Group identity in literature Anxiety in literature |
ISBN |
1-282-90432-9
9786612904325 0-8223-8190-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- 1 Neither Citizen Nor Alien: National Narratives, Frederick Douglass, and the Politics of Self-Definition -- 2 "As From a Faithful Mirror": Pierre, Our Nig, and Literary Nationalism -- 3 "The Strange Meaning of Being Black": The Souls of Black Folk and the Narrative of History -- 4 A "Losing-Self Sense": The Making of Americans and the Anxiety of Identity -- Coda: An American "We". |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777988203321 |
Wald Priscilla | ||
Durham, : Duke University Press, 1995 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Constituting Americans [[electronic resource] ] : cultural anxiety and narrative form / / Priscilla Wald |
Autore | Wald Priscilla |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Durham, : Duke University Press, 1995 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (410 p.) |
Disciplina | 973/.01/9 |
Collana | New Americanists |
Soggetto topico |
Group identity - United States - History
Narration (Rhetoric) - Political aspects - United States Political culture - United States - History American literature - 19th century - History and criticism American literature - 20th century - History and criticism National characteristics, American, in literature Group identity in literature Anxiety in literature |
ISBN |
1-282-90432-9
9786612904325 0-8223-8190-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- 1 Neither Citizen Nor Alien: National Narratives, Frederick Douglass, and the Politics of Self-Definition -- 2 "As From a Faithful Mirror": Pierre, Our Nig, and Literary Nationalism -- 3 "The Strange Meaning of Being Black": The Souls of Black Folk and the Narrative of History -- 4 A "Losing-Self Sense": The Making of Americans and the Anxiety of Identity -- Coda: An American "We". |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825289903321 |
Wald Priscilla | ||
Durham, : Duke University Press, 1995 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Constitutional theory [[electronic resource] /] / Carl Schmitt ; translated and edited by Jeffrey Seitzer ; foreword by Ellen Kennedy |
Autore | Schmitt Carl <1888-1985.> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Durham, : Duke University Press, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (489 p.) |
Disciplina | 342.43 |
Altri autori (Persone) | SeitzerJeffrey |
Collana | e-Duke books scholarly collection |
Soggetto topico |
Constitutional law - Germany
Constitutional law |
ISBN |
9786612923661
1-282-92366-8 0-8223-4011-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Absolute concept of the constitution (the constitution as unified whole) -- Relative concept of the constitution (the constitution as a multitude of individual laws) -- The positive concept of the constitution (the constitution as the complete decision over the type and form of the political unity) -- Ideal concept of the constitution ("constitution" in an exemplary sense, thus named because of a certain content) -- The meanings of the term "basic law," basic norm or Lex fundamentalis (summarizing overview) -- Origin of the constitution -- The constitution as contract (the genuine constitutional contract) -- The constitution-making power -- Legitimacy of a constitution -- Consequences of the theory of the constitution-making power, of the people's constitution-making power in particular -- Concepts derived from the concept of the constitution (constitutional change, statutory violation of the constitution, constitutional suspension, constitutional dispute, high treason) -- The principles of the Bourgeois Rechtsstaat -- The Rechtsstaat concept of law -- The basic rights -- Separation (so-called division) of powers -- Bourgeois Rechtsstaat and political form -- The theory of democracy, fundamental concepts -- The people and the democratic constitution -- Consequences of the political principle of democracy -- Application of the political principle of democracy to individual areas of state life -- Boundaries of democracy -- The theory of monarchy -- Aristocratic elements in modern Bourgeois-Rechtsstaat constitutions -- The parliamentary system -- Historical overview of the development of the parliamentary system -- Overview of the possibilities for the formation of the parliamentary system -- The parliamentary system of the Weimar constitution -- Dissolution of Parliament -- Fundamental concepts of a constitutional theory of the federation -- Consequences of the fundamental concepts of the constitutional theory of the federation -- Appendix: The Weimar constitution. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780901403321 |
Schmitt Carl <1888-1985.> | ||
Durham, : Duke University Press, 2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Constitutional theory [[electronic resource] /] / Carl Schmitt ; translated and edited by Jeffrey Seitzer ; foreword by Ellen Kennedy |
Autore | Schmitt Carl <1888-1985.> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Durham, : Duke University Press, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (489 p.) |
Disciplina | 342.43 |
Altri autori (Persone) | SeitzerJeffrey |
Collana | e-Duke books scholarly collection |
Soggetto topico |
Constitutional law - Germany
Constitutional law |
ISBN |
9786612923661
1-282-92366-8 0-8223-4011-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Absolute concept of the constitution (the constitution as unified whole) -- Relative concept of the constitution (the constitution as a multitude of individual laws) -- The positive concept of the constitution (the constitution as the complete decision over the type and form of the political unity) -- Ideal concept of the constitution ("constitution" in an exemplary sense, thus named because of a certain content) -- The meanings of the term "basic law," basic norm or Lex fundamentalis (summarizing overview) -- Origin of the constitution -- The constitution as contract (the genuine constitutional contract) -- The constitution-making power -- Legitimacy of a constitution -- Consequences of the theory of the constitution-making power, of the people's constitution-making power in particular -- Concepts derived from the concept of the constitution (constitutional change, statutory violation of the constitution, constitutional suspension, constitutional dispute, high treason) -- The principles of the Bourgeois Rechtsstaat -- The Rechtsstaat concept of law -- The basic rights -- Separation (so-called division) of powers -- Bourgeois Rechtsstaat and political form -- The theory of democracy, fundamental concepts -- The people and the democratic constitution -- Consequences of the political principle of democracy -- Application of the political principle of democracy to individual areas of state life -- Boundaries of democracy -- The theory of monarchy -- Aristocratic elements in modern Bourgeois-Rechtsstaat constitutions -- The parliamentary system -- Historical overview of the development of the parliamentary system -- Overview of the possibilities for the formation of the parliamentary system -- The parliamentary system of the Weimar constitution -- Dissolution of Parliament -- Fundamental concepts of a constitutional theory of the federation -- Consequences of the fundamental concepts of the constitutional theory of the federation -- Appendix: The Weimar constitution. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812886203321 |
Schmitt Carl <1888-1985.> | ||
Durham, : Duke University Press, 2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Consuming Russia : Popular culture, sex, and society since Gorbachev / edited by Adele Marie Barker |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Durham ; London, : Duke University Press, 1999. XIII, 473 p. ; 25 cm. |
Disciplina | 947.086(STORIA DELL'ASIA CENTRALE - 1991-) |
Soggetto topico | RUSSIA - Cultura popolare |
ISBN | 08-223-2313-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNIOR-UON00227613 |
Durham ; London, : Duke University Press, 1999. XIII, 473 p. ; 25 cm. | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. L'Orientale | ||
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Containing the poor : the Mexico City Poor House, 1774-1871 / / Silvia Marina Arrom |
Autore | Arrom Silvia Marina <1949-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Durham : , : Duke University Press, , 2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (415 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.5/85/097253 |
Soggetto topico | Almshouses - Mexico - Mexico City - History |
ISBN | 0-8223-9642-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The problem of beggars and vagrants, 1774-1871 -- The foundation of the poor house -- The experiment in practice, 1774-1805 -- Reform of the poor house, 1806-1811 -- Independence and decline, 1811-1823 -- Republican difficulties, 1824-1855 -- La reforma, reorganization, and crisis, 1856-1863 -- Recovery during the second empire, 1863-1867 -- The liberals return, 1867-1871. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786787203321 |
Arrom Silvia Marina <1949-> | ||
Durham : , : Duke University Press, , 2000 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Containing the poor : the Mexico City Poor House, 1774-1871 / / Silvia Marina Arrom |
Autore | Arrom Silvia Marina <1949-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Durham : , : Duke University Press, , 2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (415 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.5/85/097253 |
Soggetto topico | Almshouses - Mexico - Mexico City - History |
ISBN | 0-8223-9642-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The problem of beggars and vagrants, 1774-1871 -- The foundation of the poor house -- The experiment in practice, 1774-1805 -- Reform of the poor house, 1806-1811 -- Independence and decline, 1811-1823 -- Republican difficulties, 1824-1855 -- La reforma, reorganization, and crisis, 1856-1863 -- Recovery during the second empire, 1863-1867 -- The liberals return, 1867-1871. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812502803321 |
Arrom Silvia Marina <1949-> | ||
Durham : , : Duke University Press, , 2000 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Containment culture [[electronic resource] ] : American narrative, postmodernism, and the atomic age / / Alan Nadel |
Autore | Nadel Alan <1947-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Durham, NC, : Duke University Press, 1995 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina | 973.9 |
Collana | New Americanists |
Soggetto topico |
Postmodernism - United States
Arts, American - 20th century |
ISBN |
1-282-90435-3
9786612904356 0-8223-8197-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- PART I THE STRAIGHT STORY AND THE DUAL NATURE -- 1. Appearance, Containment, and Atomic Power -- 2. History, Science, and Hiroshima -- PART II CONTAINMENT CULTURE -- 3. Rhetoric, Sanity, and the Cold War: The Significance of Holden Caulfield's Testimony -- 4. God's Law and the Wide Screen: The Ten Commandments as Cold War "Epic" -- 5. Lady and (or) the Tramp: Sexual Containment and the Domestic Playboy -- PART III DOUBLE OR NOTHING -- 6. The Invasion of Postmodernism: The Catch-22 of the Bay of Pigs and Liberty Valance -- 7. The Rules for Free Speech: Speech Act Theory and the Free Speech Movement -- PART IV TWO NATIONS TOO -- 8. My Country Too: Time, Place, and African American Identity in the Work of John A. Williams -- 9. Race, Rights, Gender, and Personal Narrative: The Archaeology of "Self" in Meridian -- CODA DEMOCRACY -- 10. Failed Cultural Narratives: America in the Postwar Era and the Story of Democracy -- Conclusion. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777987903321 |
Nadel Alan <1947-> | ||
Durham, NC, : Duke University Press, 1995 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Containment culture [[electronic resource] ] : American narrative, postmodernism, and the atomic age / / Alan Nadel |
Autore | Nadel Alan <1947-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Durham, NC, : Duke University Press, 1995 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina | 973.9 |
Collana | New Americanists |
Soggetto topico |
Postmodernism - United States
Arts, American - 20th century |
ISBN |
1-282-90435-3
9786612904356 0-8223-8197-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- PART I THE STRAIGHT STORY AND THE DUAL NATURE -- 1. Appearance, Containment, and Atomic Power -- 2. History, Science, and Hiroshima -- PART II CONTAINMENT CULTURE -- 3. Rhetoric, Sanity, and the Cold War: The Significance of Holden Caulfield's Testimony -- 4. God's Law and the Wide Screen: The Ten Commandments as Cold War "Epic" -- 5. Lady and (or) the Tramp: Sexual Containment and the Domestic Playboy -- PART III DOUBLE OR NOTHING -- 6. The Invasion of Postmodernism: The Catch-22 of the Bay of Pigs and Liberty Valance -- 7. The Rules for Free Speech: Speech Act Theory and the Free Speech Movement -- PART IV TWO NATIONS TOO -- 8. My Country Too: Time, Place, and African American Identity in the Work of John A. Williams -- 9. Race, Rights, Gender, and Personal Narrative: The Archaeology of "Self" in Meridian -- CODA DEMOCRACY -- 10. Failed Cultural Narratives: America in the Postwar Era and the Story of Democracy -- Conclusion. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825289303321 |
Nadel Alan <1947-> | ||
Durham, NC, : Duke University Press, 1995 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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