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  • 2000-2004  (3)
  • 2004  (3)
  • New York : Oxford University Press
  • History  (2)
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  • 2000-2004  (3)
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  • 1
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    Online Resource
    Twentieth-century sprawl : highways and the reshaping of the American Landscape (2004)
    New York : Oxford University Press
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    ISBN: 0195302648 , 9780198032427 , 0198032420 , 1602568839 , 9781602568839
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: EBSCOhost eBook Collection
    Keywords: Electronic books ; Cities and towns Case studies ; Growth ; History ; 20th century ; United States ; Interstate Highway System History ; 20th century ; Roads Government policy ; History ; 20th century ; United States ; Transportation, Automotive History ; 20th century ; United States ; Interstate Highway System History 20th century ; Roads Government policy 20th century ; History ; Transportation, Automotive History 20th century ; Cities and towns Case studies Growth 20th century ; History ; Cities and towns Case studies. Growth 20th century ; History ; Interstate Highway System History 20th century. ; Roads Government policy 20th century. ; History ; Transportation, Automotive History 20th century. ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Sociology ; Urban ; Roads ; Government policy ; Transportation, Automotive ; Cities and towns ; Growth ; Interstate Highway System ; Case studies ; History ; Geschichte ; Regionalverkehr ; Stadtentwicklung ; Stadtverkehr ; Verkehrsplanung ; Denver (Colo.) History ; 20th century ; Middlebury (Vt. : Town) History ; 20th century ; Smyrna (Rutherford County, Tenn.) History ; 20th century ; Denver (Colo.) History ; 20th century ; Colorado ; Denver ; Tennessee ; Smyrna (Rutherford County) ; United States ; Vermont ; Middlebury (Town) ; Middlebury (Vt. : Town) History 20th century ; Smyrna (Rutherford County, Tenn.) History 20th century ; Denver (Colo.) History 20th century ; Middlebury (Vt. : Town) History 20th century. ; Smyrna (Rutherford County, Tenn.) History 20th century. ; Denver (Colo.) History 20th century. ; Colorado ; Denver ; Tennessee ; Smyrna (Rutherford County) ; United States ; Vermont ; Middlebury (Town) ; USA ; Electronic books Case studies ; History ; Electronic book ; Electronic books. ; Electronic books ; USA ; Stadtentwicklung ; Stadtverkehr ; Verkehrsplanung ; Regionalverkehr ; Geschichte ; USA ; Stadtentwicklung ; Stadtverkehr ; Verkehrsplanung ; Regionalverkehr ; Geschichte 1900-1999
    Abstract: Examines how highways have transformed American communities
    Description / Table of Contents: Highway federalism -- Denver meets the automobile -- The decentralization of post-World War II Denver -- Automobiles and a small town -- Bridges, bypasses, and boulevards -- AutoCity : Smyrna, Tennessee
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents; List of Illustrations, Figures, and Tables; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; ONE: Highway Federalism; TWO: Denver Meets the Automobile; THREE: The Decentralization of Post-World War II Denver; FOUR: Automobiles and a Small Town; FIVE: Bridges, Bypasses, and Boulevards; SIX: AutoCity: Smyrna, Tennessee; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index;
    Description / Table of Contents: Highway federalism -- Denver meets the automobile -- The decentralization of post-World War II Denver -- Automobiles and a small town -- Bridges, bypasses, and boulevards -- AutoCity : Smyrna, Tennessee
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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    MPI Ethno. Forsch.
  • 2
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    Online Resource
    Playing the races : ethnic caricature and American literary realism (2004)
    New York : Oxford University Press
    Details
    ISBN: 9780198036647 , 0198036647
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (viii, 196 p.) , ill
    Series Statement: EBSCOhost eBook Collection
    RVK:
    HT 1691
    RVK:
    HT 1800
    RVK:
    HT 1818
    Keywords: American fiction History and criticism ; 19th century ; Race in literature ; Caricatures and cartoons History ; 19th century ; United States ; Stereotypes (Social psychology) in literature ; Ethnicity in literature ; Realism in literature ; Electronic books ; American fiction History and criticism. 19th century ; Race in literature. ; Caricatures and cartoons History 19th century. ; Stereotype (Psychology) in literature. ; Ethnicity in literature. ; Realism in literature. ; Ethnische Gruppe ; Karikatur ; Literatur ; Schwarze ; United States Ethnic relations ; History ; 19th century ; United States Race relations ; History ; 19th century ; United States Ethnic relations 19th century. ; History ; United States Race relations 19th century. ; History ; USA ; Electronic books. ; Electronic books ; USA ; Ethnische Gruppe ; Geschichte 1870-1900 ; USA ; Karikatur ; Literatur ; Schwarze ; Geschichte 1870-1900 ; USA ; Ethnische Gruppe ; Humoristische Darstellung ; Geschichte 1870-1900 ; USA ; Karikatur ; Literatur ; Schwarze ; Geschichte 1870-1900
    Abstract: Introduction: the age of caricature, the age of realism -- William Dean Howells and the touch of exaggeration which typifies -- "I want a real coon": Twain and ethnic caricature -- A Jamesian art to be cultivated -- Edith Wharton's flamboyant copy -- The "curious realism" of Charles Chesnutt
    Abstract: Why did so many of the writers who aligned themselves with the social and aesthetic aims of late 19th-century American literary realism rely on stock conventions of ethnic caricature in their treatment of immigrant African-American figures?
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction: the age of caricature, the age of realism -- William Dean Howells and the touch of exaggeration which typifies -- "I want a real coon": Twain and ethnic caricature -- A Jamesian art to be cultivated -- Edith Wharton's flamboyant copy -- The "curious realism" of Charles Chesnutt
    Note: Description based on print version record , Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-192) and index , Playing the races
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    MPI Ethno. Forsch.
  • 3
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    Offering flowers, feeding skulls : popular goddess worship in West Bengal (2004)
    New York : Oxford University Press
    Details
    ISBN: 9780199849970 , 0199849978
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (x, 356 p.)
    Parallel Title: Druckausg. McDaniel, June Offering flowers, feeding skulls
    DDC: 294.5'514'095414
    RVK:
    LC 35387
    RVK:
    LC 35385
    RVK:
    LB 46387
    Keywords: Kālī (Hindu deity) Cult ; India ; West Bengal ; Shaktism India ; West Bengal ; West Bengal ; Schaktismus ; Kali Göttin ; West Bengal
    Abstract: In 'Offering Flowers, Feeding Skulls', June McDaniel provides an overview of Bengali goddess worship or Shakti. She identifies three major forms of goddess worship, and examines each through its myths, folklore, songs, rituals, sacred texts, and practitioners, tracing these strands through Bengali culture.
    DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195167900.001.0001
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