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  • 1
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    Culture and customs of Italy (2005)
    Westport, Conn : Greenwood Press
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    UID:
    gbv_686604628
    Format: Online-Ressource (xxiv, 246 p) , ill., maps , 25 cm
    Edition: Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    ISBN: 0313324891
    Series Statement: Culture and customs of Europe
    Content: Americans have a voracious appetite for Italy. It remains a primary destination for travel, art history, cuisine, and more. Like no other source, Culture and Customs of Italy engagingly explains the scope of Italy and Italians today to students and general readers in one volume. As well, this book provides the needed context to understand the enormous contributions of Italian Americans in shaping the cultural heritage and current popular culture of the United States.||It clearly summarizes the land, people, and history and relates the highlights of a culture that has excelled in so many areas
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-234) and index , Contents; Series Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chronology; 1 The Land, People, and History; 2 Religion and Thought; 3 Marriage, Gender, and Family; 4 Holidays, Saints' Days, Festivals, and Food; 5 Leisure Activities and Sport; 6 Literature; 7 The Performing Arts; 8 Art, Architecture, and Design; 9 Cinema and Mass Media; Glossary; Bibliography; Index , Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9780313324895
    Additional Edition: Print version Culture and Customs of Italy
    Language: English
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  • 2
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    Color : essays on race, family, and history (2009)
    Notre Dame, Ind : University of Notre Dame Press
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    UID:
    gbv_686893840
    Format: Online-Ressource (x, 110 p) , ill , 22 cm
    Edition: Online-Ausg. 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    ISBN: 0268035156 , 9780268035150
    Series Statement: The African American intellectual heritage
    Content: Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Shadow Boxing -- The Mitchell Movement -- Teachers -- A King's Holiday: A Personal Reminiscence of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Color -- Hungers: Reflections on Affirmative Action -- Musicals -- A Love Note: A. R. Ammons as Teacher -- The 13th Juror -- Driving.
    Note: Description based upon print version of record , Shadow boxing -- The Mitchell movement -- Teachers -- A King's holiday: a personal remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Color -- Hungers: reflections on affirmative action -- Musicals -- A love note: A.R. Ammons as teacher -- The 13th juror -- Driving. , Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9780268035150
    Additional Edition: Print version Color : Essays on Race, Family, and History
    Language: English
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  • 3
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    Cracking Under Pressure : Narrating the Decline of the Amsterdam Squatters Movement (2009)
    Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press
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    UID:
    gbv_1696505593
    Format: 1 online resource (291 pages)
    ISBN: 9789048506446
    Series Statement: Solidarity and Identity
    Content: Unique case study in which Lynn Owens describes the fate of the squatters' movement in Amsterdam. He explores how the movement declines, focusing on the subjective experience and culture of decline.
    Content: Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Radicalization: The Birth of the Squatters' Movement -- 2. Luck Runs Out -- 3. Holiday Inn, Wijers Out -- 4. Death in the Movement, Death of the Movement -- 5. The End: Now, Near, or Never? -- Conclusion -- List of Photos -- References -- Index.
    Note: Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources , Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Radicalization: The Birth of the Squatters' Movement; 2. Luck Runs Out; 3. Holiday Inn, Wijers Out; 4. Death in the Movement, Death of the Movement; 5. The End: Now, Near, or Never?; Conclusion; List of Photos; References; Index;
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9789089640598
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9789089640598
    Language: English
    Keywords: Electronic books
    URL: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=474312
    URL: Volltext
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  • 4
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    Belgians in Michigan (2007)
    East Lansing : Michigan State University Press
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    UID:
    gbv_836957709
    Format: Online-Ressource (119 p)
    ISBN: 9780870138126
    Series Statement: Discovering the Peoples of Michigan
    Content: Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Belgian Immigration -- A Short History of Belgium -- The Earliest Belgians in America -- Belgian Emigration to Michigan, 1830-1870 -- Belgian Immigrants in Michigan, 1860-1930 -- The Social World of the Belgians in Michigan -- Flemish Culture -- Leading Belgian Families in Michigan -- Belgians in Michigan Today -- Sidebars -- Belgian National Anthem -- The First Belgian to Reach Michigan -- Getting to Detroit -- Belgian-American All-American Athlete -- Belgian Horses -- "Buffalo" -- Pigeon Racing -- The Belgian National Holiday and Flag -- Camille Cools, Founder of the Gazette van Detroit -- Mussels and Beer at the Cadieux Café -- Jazz Accordionist -- The Flemish Lion -- Congressman Rabaut's Speech on Behalf of Inserting "In God We Trust" into the Pledge of Allegiance -- Appendices -- Belgian Food -- Bien (A Card Game) -- Ethnic Organizations -- Notes -- For Further Reference -- Index.
    Note: Description based upon print version of record , ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Belgian Immigration""; ""A Short History of Belgium""; ""The Earliest Belgians in America ""; ""Belgian Emigration to Michigan, 1830�1870""; ""Belgian Immigrants in Michigan, 1860�1930""; ""The Social World of the Belgians in Michigan ""; ""Flemish Culture""; ""Leading Belgian Families in Michigan""; ""Belgians in Michigan Today""; ""Sidebars ""; ""Belgian National Anthem""; ""The First Belgian to Reach Michigan ""; ""Getting to Detroit""; ""Belgian-American All-American Athlete""; ""Belgian Horses""; ""“Buffalo� ""; ""Pigeon Racing "" , ""The Belgian National Holiday and Flag """"Camille Cools, Founder of the Gazette van Detroit""; ""Mussels and Beer at the Cadieux Café""; ""Jazz Accordionist""; ""The Flemish Lion ""; ""Congressman Rabaut�s Speech on Behalf of Inserting “In God We Trust� into the Pledge of Allegiance ""; ""Appendices ""; ""Belgian Food""; ""Bien (A Card Game)""; ""Ethnic Organizations""; ""Notes ""; ""For Further Reference""; ""Index""
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9781609170226
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9780870138126
    Additional Edition: Print version Belgians in Michigan
    Language: English
    Keywords: Electronic books
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  • 5
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    The good women of the parish : gender and religion after the Black Death (2008)
    Philadelphia, Pa : University of Pennsylvania Press
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    UID:
    gbv_773187820
    Format: Online-Ressource (x, 337 p) , ill., maps
    Edition: Online-Ausg. 2013 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    ISBN: 0812240537 , 9780812201963 , 9780812240535
    Series Statement: Middle Ages series
    Content: French argues that medieval laywomen both coped with the chaotic changes following the plague and justified their own changing behavior by participating in local religion. Through active engagement in the parish church, the basic unit of public worship, women promoted and validated their own interests and responsibilities.
    Content: Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Introduction -- 1 "My Wedding Gown to Make a Vestment": Housekeeping and Churchkeeping -- 2 Hatched, Matched, and Dispatched: Life Cycles and the Liturgy -- 3 "My Pew in the Middle Aisle": Women at Mass -- 4 Maidens' Lights and Wives' Stores: Women's Parish Groups -- 5 "To Save Them from Binding on Hock Tuesday": The Rise of a Women's Holiday -- 6 A Cross Out of Bread Crumbs: Women's Piety and Impiety -- Epilogue: Women and the Reformation -- Appendix A. All-Women's Groups -- Appendix B. Hocktide Celebrations -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Acknowledgments.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-322) and index , ""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""Introduction""; ""1 ""My Wedding Gown to Make a Vestment"": Housekeeping and Churchkeeping""; ""2 Hatched, Matched, and Dispatched: Life Cycles and the Liturgy""; ""3 ""My Pew in the Middle Aisle"": Women at Mass""; ""4 Maidens' Lights and Wives' Stores: Women's Parish Groups""; ""5 ""To Save Them from Binding on Hock Tuesday"": The Rise of a Women's Holiday""; ""6 A Cross Out of Bread Crumbs: Women's Piety and Impiety""; ""Epilogue: Women and the Reformation""; ""Appendix A. All-Women's Groups"" , ""Appendix B. Hocktide Celebrations""""List of Abbreviations""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Acknowledgments"" , Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9780812240535
    Additional Edition: Print version Good Women of the Parish : Gender and Religion After the Black Death
    Language: English
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  • 6
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    Latino Sun, Rising : Our Spanish-Speaking U.S. World (2007)
    College Station : Texas A&M University Press
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    UID:
    gbv_836534980
    Format: Online-Ressource (270 p)
    ISBN: 9781585446377
    Content: Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Sol Naciente: Youth -- Urban Renewal on the Hometown Block in Edinburg -- South Padre, Isla del Padre Ballí -- Largest Texas Shrine -- The Texas State Aquarium in Corpus Christi -- Solo -- Sol Ardiente: Parenthood -- Voices, Desires Being Wishful -- Education -- Puerto Rico or Houston -- Apples after School, and the Alamo -- Harvard Visit -- Fishing at the Point in Seabrook -- An Aztec Reverie -- Mi Tierra in San Antonio -- Indian Trails and the Texas A&M/UT Presidential Corridor -- Among Mullets, One Galveston Summer -- Disney World Florida Trip -- The Rain-Blessed Mountains of Costa Rica -- Projecting Consciousness in Maximum Security -- Evoking Rimsky-Korsakov on the Eve of a Move -- Leaving the NASA Johnson Space Center Neighbors -- Rio Grande Valley Meditation -- Showdown across the Border in Reynosa -- Sol Radiante: Public Policy Issues -- On Seeing Giant, after Avoiding the Film Many Years -- Words for Better Lives -- Reinventing Ourselves -- Race Should Not Matter -- Affirmative Action -- Diversity Is Natural -- On the Theory of Bilingual Education -- Latin America and the United States and Mexico -- Heat, Undocumented Workers, and the Border Patrol -- Luis Alfonso Torres, the Mexican Rodney King -- NAFTA and the Maquiladora Babies -- A Realization and a Memory in Southmost Texas -- Latino Voting and Election Promises -- Batos Locos -- El Día de los Muertos in the United States -- Regarding a Mexican Imerican Holiday -- War in Iraq -- Thanksgiving Idyll -- The Idea of a Mexican American/Latino Exhibit -- A New Language -- Year-End Thoughts -- What Latinos Want.
    Note: Description based upon print version of record , ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""Sol Naciente: Youth""; ""Urban Renewal on the Hometown Block in Edinburg""; ""South Padre, Isla del Padre Ballí""; ""Largest Texas Shrine""; ""The Texas State Aquarium in Corpus Christi""; ""Solo""; ""Sol Ardiente: Parenthood""; ""Voices, Desires Being Wishful""; ""Education""; ""Puerto Rico or Houston""; ""Apples after School, and the Alamo""; ""Harvard Visit""; ""Fishing at the Point in Seabrook""; ""An Aztec Reverie""; ""Mi Tierra in San Antonio""; ""Indian Trails and the Texas A&M/UT Presidential Corridor"" , ""Among Mullets, One Galveston Summer""""Disney World Florida Trip""; ""The Rain-Blessed Mountains of Costa Rica""; ""Projecting Consciousness in Maximum Security""; ""Evoking Rimsky-Korsakov on the Eve of a Move""; ""Leaving the NASA Johnson Space Center Neighbors""; ""Rio Grande Valley Meditation""; ""Showdown across the Border in Reynosa""; ""Sol Radiante: Public Policy Issues""; ""On Seeing Giant, after Avoiding the Film Many Years""; ""Words for Better Lives""; ""Reinventing Ourselves""; ""Race Should Not Matter""; ""Affirmative Action""; ""Diversity Is Natural"" , ""On the Theory of Bilingual Education""""Latin America and the United States and Mexico""; ""Heat, Undocumented Workers, and the Border Patrol""; ""Luis Alfonso Torres, the Mexican Rodney King""; ""NAFTA and the Maquiladora Babies""; ""A Realization and a Memory in Southmost Texas""; ""Latino Voting and Election Promises""; ""Batos Locos""; ""El Día de los Muertos in the United States""; ""Regarding a Mexican Imerican Holiday""; ""War in Iraq""; ""Thanksgiving Idyll""; ""The Idea of a Mexican American/Latino Exhibit""; ""A New Language""; ""Year-End Thoughts""; ""What Latinos Want""
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9781603444569
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9781585446377
    Additional Edition: Print version Latino Sun, Rising : Our Spanish-Speaking U.S. World
    Language: English
    Keywords: Electronic books
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  • 7
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    A Happy Holiday : English Canadians and Transatlantic Tourism, 1870-1930 (2008)
    Toronto : University of Toronto Press
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    UID:
    gbv_1696409195
    Format: 1 online resource (486 pages)
    ISBN: 9781442688186
    Content: A Happy Holiday argues that overseas tourism offered people the chance to explore questions of identity during this period, a time in which issues such as gender, nation, and empire were the subject of much public debate and discussion.
    Content: Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- Introduction: Holidays, Happiness, and Transatlantic Tourism -- 1 Porters, Guides, and the Middle-Class Tourist: The Practices of Transatlantic Tourism -- 2 The Landscape of History and Empire, Part 1: Scotland -- 3 The Landscape of History and Empire, Part 2: England -- 4 'Paddy's Grief and Native Wit': Canadian Tourists and Ireland -- 5 'The Hot Life of London Is upon Us': Travel to the Imperial Capital -- 6 The Street, the Regatta, and the Orphanage: The Public and Social Spaces of Tourism in Britain -- 7 'This Sight-Seeing Is a Strenuous Business': European Sojourns, Part 1 -- 8 Natural Wonders and National Cultures: European Sojourns, Part 2 -- 9 'A Big Old Country Car, Speeding around a Winding Road': Transatlantic Tourism in the 1920s -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y.
    Note: Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9780802095183
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780802095183
    Language: English
    URL: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=4672596
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  • 8
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    By the Book (2007)
    Chicago : University of Queensland Press
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    UID:
    gbv_723002320
    Format: Online-Ressource (376 p.)
    ISBN: 9780702234682
    Content: Queensland-a place of barren land and wild politics with subtropical weather, beaches, and natural wonders-is the subject of this rich literary history. Chronicling a wide range of literature, from the first days of European settlement to the present day, this collection touches upon thematic topics such as travel stories, writing for children, and indigenous writings. The role of institutions such as schools, public libraries, the press, and publishers, as well as how they have contributed to the shaping of Queensland's literary development, is also included
    Note: Description based upon print version of record , Title; Contents; List of contributors; Introduction; PART 1: South-East Queensland; Roles for Writers; An Unlikely City; Natural Imaginings; 'From Progress into Stand-still Days'; PART 2: Central Queensland; (Re)Writing Traditions; PART 3: Western Queensland; 'Where the Pelican Builds'; PART 4: North Queensland; Warm Words; PART 5: Statewide Themes; 'Bitin' Back'; Locating Queensland Children's Literature; The Holiday-Maker's Happy Hunting Ground; Endnotes;
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9780702240447
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9780702234682
    Additional Edition: Print version By the Book: A Literary History of Queensland
    Language: English
    Keywords: Electronic books
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  • 9
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    Japanese and Americans : cultural parallels and paradoxes (1976)
    Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press
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    UID:
    gbv_686136926
    Format: Online-Ressource (ix, 290 p., [4] leaves of plates) , ill , 24 cm
    Edition: Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    ISBN: 0816607613 , 9780816661930 , 9780816607617
    Content: Long periods of residence, study, and teaching in Japan have given Professor Cleaver an opportunity to observe its culture and to compare it with that of the United States, where he is a specialist in American studies. He reaches the conclusion that differences in the two cultures have been emphasized so much that similarities have been overlooked. Further, he points out, when differences have been discovered, a moral judgment has often been implied. In this book he provides a balanced view which will, it is hoped, contribute to a better understanding between the two countries. Since an exhaus
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-255) and index , Contents; CHAPTER 1 The Problem: Stereotypes (Self-Imposed and Otherwise), "National Character," and Paradox; CHAPTER 2 The Wilderness Zion and the Land of the Gods; CHAPTER 3 The "Crass Materialists" and the "Economic Animals,"; CHAPTER 4 The Old Environment: Nature; CHAPTER 5 Workaday and Holiday; CHAPTER 6 Fiction and the Popular Imagination; CHAPTER 7 Shelter and Symbol; CHAPTER 8 The Nurture of the Young; CHAPTER 9 In Concluding; EPILOGUE: "Same Difference,"; By Way of Bibliography; Notes; Index; , Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9780816607617
    Additional Edition: Print version Japanese and Americans : Cultural Parallels and Paradoxes
    Language: English
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  • 10
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    The development of Mexico's tourism industry : pyramids by day, martinis by night (2006)
    New York : Palgrave Macmillan
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    UID:
    gbv_646925687
    Format: Online-Ressource (xvi, 164 p)
    Edition: 1st ed
    Edition: Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    ISBN: 1403982864 , 1403966354
    Series Statement: New Directions in Latino American Cultures S
    Content: Tourism, in Mexico, became official business by 1929. This book presents tourism as the leading and influential facet of the post-revolutionary modernization programme, and examines how it fostered nationalism and unity, and emerged as a form of foreign policy. The book chronicles how the industry emerged and shaped Mexican culture and politics
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-158) and index , Cover; Contents; Illustrations; Note on Currency; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations for Tourism-Related Organizations; Introduction; 1 Mexico's New Revolution: The Race for the Tourist Dollar, 1928-1929; 2 State Support and Private Initiative: Patterns in the Development and Promotion of Tourism, 1930-1935; 3 Motoring to Mexico: Highways, Hotels, and Lo Mexicano, 1936-1938; 4 "Vacationing with a Purpose": Tourism Promotion on the Eve of World War II; 5 Pyramids by Day, Martinis by Night: Selling a Holiday in Mexico; Epilogue; Appendix A; Notes; Bibliography; Index , Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9781403966353
    Additional Edition: Print version The Development of Mexico's Tourism Industry : Pyramids by Day, Martinis by Night
    Language: English
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