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The Israeli Economy from the Foundation of the State through the 21st Century

Häftad, Engelska, 2010

378 kr

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This book analyzes the development of the Israeli economy in its historical context. It shows how the ideology of the dominant group in the Zionist movement led to the development of agriculture, thus meeting the preconditions for successful industrialization. Remarkable, if uneven, growth has taken place, with increasing allocations for defense. Regional isolation led to the emphasis on high-quality exports for developed markets that has stimulated the technological base. Israel has benefited from mass immigration and increased access to foreign capital, factors that have transformed the economy. The book includes chapters on the development of the Jewish community in Palestine during the British Mandate; macroeconomic developments and economic policy; globalization and high technology; defense; the economics of the Arab minority; Israeli settlements and relations with the Palestinians; and the role of religion. It concludes with an examination of the socioeconomic divisions that have widened as the economy has grown.

The Israeli Economy from the Foundation of the State through the 21st Century

AvPaul Rivlin

Inbunden, Engelska, 2010

1 397 kr

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This book analyzes the development of the Israeli economy in its historical context. It shows how the ideology of the dominant group in the Zionist movement led to the development of agriculture, thus meeting the preconditions for successful industrialization. Remarkable, if uneven, growth has taken place, with increasing allocations for defense. Regional isolation led to the emphasis on high-quality exports for developed markets that has stimulated the technological base. Israel has benefited from mass immigration and increased access to foreign capital, factors that have transformed the economy. The book includes chapters on the development of the Jewish community in Palestine during the British Mandate; macroeconomic developments and economic policy; globalization and high technology; defense; the economics of the Arab minority; Israeli settlements and relations with the Palestinians; and the role of religion. It concludes with an examination of the socioeconomic divisions that have widened as the economy has grown.

Del 167 - Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment

Facets of Education in the Eighteenth Century

AvJames A. Leith

Häftad, Engelska, 1977

1 003 kr

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Del 101 - Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment

Influence of Hobbes and Locke in the shaping of the concept of sovereignty in eighteenth-century France

AvIan M. Wilson

Häftad, Engelska, 1973

1 017 kr

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Del 107 - Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment

Diderot and the Eighteenth-Century French Press

AvGary B. Rodgers

Häftad, Engelska, 1973

1 187 kr

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Del 214 - Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment

Paris and the Provinces in eighteenth-century Prose Fiction

AvSimon Davies

Inbunden, Engelska, 1982

1 568 kr

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Rousseau and the Eighteenth Century

Essays in Memory of R.A.Leigh

AvMarian Hobson,John Leighm. fl.

Inbunden, Engelska, 1992

1 498 kr

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Del 315 - Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment

Notable encyclopedias of the late eighteenth century

eleven successors of the Encyclopédie

AvFrank A. Kafker

Inbunden, Engelska, 1994

1 568 kr

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General encyclopedias illuminate the culture of an era; yet, except for the first edition of the Encyclopédie, those launched from 1750 to 1800 have received far less attention than the novels, plays, poems, newspapers, and pamphlets of the period. This void in our knowledge is all the more regrettable since the compilation of encyclopedias thrived during the late eighteenth century. In the present work a group of scholars examine eleven notable general encyclopedias of the period, paying particular attention to their publishing history, editing, prose style, political and religious views, and contents as books of knowledge. Each of these works sheds light on a specific time and place as well as the encyclopedia genre. They were published in cities and towns in France, Switzerland, Italy, Scotland, England, the United States, Germany, and Russia, and they reveal much about the intellectual, religious, political, economic, and social life of their respective regions, as well as the extent of the reception and diffusion of the Enlightenment. The new information about these eleven encyclopedias provides the basis for an epilogue that discusses their relationship to Diderot and d’Alembert's renowned Encyclopédie and the extent of that work’s influence on the eighteenth-century encyclopedic tradition. This book is designed as a companion to Notable Encyclopedias of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries: nine predecessors of the ‘Encyclopédie’, edited by Frank A. Kafker, SVEC 194 (1981).

Del 371 - Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment

Paris, poetry and women’s writing in the eighteenth century

Essays by R. Darnton et al

AvAnthony Strugnell

Inbunden, Engelska, 1999

1 830 kr

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Del 378 - Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment

Studies on Voltaire and the eighteenth century 378

Inbunden, Engelska, 1999

1 830 kr

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Map Trade in the Late Eighteenth Century

Letters to the London Map Sellers

AvMary Sponberg Pedley,Anthony Strugnellm. fl.

Häftad, Engelska, 2000

1 830 kr

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This collection of eighty-nine letters written by Parisian and other European map publishers to the London map firm of Jefferys & Faden represents one of the few business archives left to us from the eighteenth-century map trade. Thomas Jefferys (c.1720-1771) and William Faden (1749-1836) both enjoyed the title of ‘Geographer to the King of England’ and were well respected by other geographers of the period. Like many of his contemporaries in the map trade, Jefferys had difficulty making a financial success of his map business; his successor Faden, by contrast, was able to expand the firm into a flourishing business which continued well into the nineteenth century. Their correspondents included important European map and print publishers such as Covens & Mortier in Amsterdam and Lattré, Julien and Desnos in Paris, as well as the French geographers d’Anville and Robert de Vaugondy. Other persons mentioned in the correspondence provide links between Faden’s London firm and the Dépôt de la Marine, the French Navy’s cartographic department, an important connection in the tumultuous decade of 1773-1783 when England found itself at war with France in North America, in the English Channel, and in India. The letters also provide a detailed view of the costs of doing business – prices, discount, payment, schedules and methods, shipping costs and arrangements- in the last quarter of the eighteenth century and further increase our knowledge of the economics of map production and sales in this period. The letters are now in the Manuscript Division of the William L. Clements Library at the University of Michigan. In this edition they have been transcribed and fully annotated and are preceded by an introduction placing the correspondence in the context of the print and book trade and the rôle of cartography in eighteenth-century politics.

French social history; Games in the eighteenth century; Happiness in Duclos and Rousseau

AvAnthony Strugnell

Häftad, Engelska, 2000

1 591 kr

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Voltaire; Religion and ideology; Women’s studies; History of the book; Passion in the eighteenth century

AvAnthony Strugnell

Häftad, Engelska, 2001

1 830 kr

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Correspondence; Images of the eighteenth century; Polemic, Style and aesthetics

AvDorothy Medlin,Arnold Heertjem. fl.

Häftad, Engelska, 2004

1 591 kr

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Seeing Satire in the Eighteenth Century

AvElizabeth C. Mansfield,Kelly Malone

Häftad, Engelska, 2013

1 830 kr

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A moment in history when verbal satire, caricature, and comic performance exerted unprecedented influence on society, the Enlightenment sustained a complex, though now practically invisible, culture of visual humor. In Seeing satire in the eighteenth century contributors recapture the unique energy of comic images in the works of key artists and authors whose satirical intentions have been obscured by time.From a decoding of Charles-Germain de Saint-Aubin’s Livre de caricatures as a titillating jibe at royal and courtly figures, a reinterpretation of the man’s muff as an emblem of foreignness, foppishness and impotence, a reappraisal of F. X. Messerschmidt’s sculpted heads as comic critiques of Lavater’s theories of physiognomy, to the press denigration of William Wilberforce’s abolitionist efforts, visual satire is shown to extend to all areas of society and culture across Europe and North America. By analysing the hidden meaning of these key works, contributors reveal how visual comedy both mediates and intensifies more serious social critique. The power of satire’s appeal to the eye was as clearly understood, and as widely exploited in the Enlightenment as it is today.Includes over 80 illustrations.

Medicine and Narration in the Eighteenth Century

AvSophie Vasset

Häftad, Engelska, 2013

1 830 kr

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How did doctors argue in eighteenth-century medical pamphlet wars? How literary, or clinical, is Diderot’s depiction of mad nuns? What is at stake in the account of a cataract operation at the beginning of Jean-Paul’s novel Hesperus? In this pioneering volume, contributors extend current research at the intersection of medicine and literature by examining the overlapping narrative strategies in the writings of both novelists and doctors.Focusing on a wide variety of sources, an interdisciplinary team of researchers explores the nature and function of narration as an underlying principle of such writing. From a reading of correspondence between doctors as a means of continuing professional education, to the use of inoculation as a plotting device, or an examination of Diderot’s physiological approach to mental illness in La Religieuse, contributors highlight:how doctors exploited rhetorical techniques in both clinical writing and correspondence with patients.how novelists incorporated medical knowledge into their narratives.how models such as case-histories or narrative poetry were adopted and transformed in both fictional and actual medical writing.how these narrative strategies shaped the way in which doctors, patients and illnesses were represented and perceived in the eighteenth century.

India and Europe in the Global Eighteenth Century

AvSimon Davies,Daniel Sanjiv Robertsm. fl.

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

1 639 kr

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The long eighteenth century was a period of major transformation for Europe and India as imperialism heralded a new global order. Eschewing the reductive perspectives of nation-state histories and postcolonial ‘east vs west’ oppositions, contributors to India and Europe in the global eighteenth century put forward a more nuanced and interdisciplinary analysis. Using eastern as well as western sources, authors present fresh insights into European and Indian relations and highlight:how anxieties over war and piracy shaped commercial activity;how French, British and Persian histories of India reveal the different geo-political issues at stake;the material legacy of India in European cultural life;how novels parodied popular views of the Orient and provided counter-narratives to images of India as the site of corruption;how social transformations, traditionally characterised as ‘Mughal decline’, in effect forged new global connections that informed political culture into the nineteenth century.