Inglorious Revolution

Author : William Roderick Summerhill
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2015-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780300139273

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Nineteenth-century Brazil's constitutional monarchy credibly committed to repay sovereign debt, borrowing repeatedly in international and domestic capital markets without default. Yet it failed to lay the institutional foundations that private financial markets needed to thrive. This study shows why sovereign creditworthiness did not necessarily translate into financial development. "Using a vast array of archival evidence, Summerhill convincingly shows that political commitment to a secure public debt was neither necessary nor sufficient to insure financial development in nineteenth-century Brazil. A must-read for economic and financial historians and for anyone interested in the politics of financial development." --Jean-Laurent Rosenthal, California Institute of Technology

Author : William R. Summerhill
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780300218619

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Nineteenth-century Brazil’s constitutional monarchy credibly committed to repay sovereign debt, borrowing repeatedly in international and domestic capital markets without default. Yet it failed to lay the institutional foundations that private financial markets needed to thrive. This study shows why sovereign creditworthiness did not necessarily translate into financial development. “Using a vast array of archival evidence, Summerhill convincingly shows that political commitment to a secure public debt was neither necessary nor sufficient to insure financial development in nineteenth-century Brazil. A must-read for economic and financial historians and for anyone interested in the politics of financial development.” —Jean-Laurent Rosenthal, California Institute of Technology

Author : Gerard Batten,Pavel Stroilov
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-28
Category : Constitutional law
ISBN : 1909099775

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The Inglorious Revolution by Gerard Batten,Pavel Stroilov Pdf

This title explores how membership of the European Union has subverted the English Constitution and how the people can set themselves free. Leading UKIP politician Gerard Batten looks at the constitutional issues surrounding Britain's membership of the European Union. With an increasing number of politicians calling for a referendum on EU membership, Batten sketches in the background to the issue and explains the legal and constitutional steps necessary for Britain to leave the European Union.

Author : Moti Mizrahi
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781786603425

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The Kuhnian Image of Science by Moti Mizrahi Pdf

More than 50 years after the publication of Thomas Kuhn’s seminal book, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, this volume assesses the adequacy of the Kuhnian model in explaining certain aspects of science, particularly the social and epistemic aspects of science. One argument put forward is that there are no good reasons to accept Kunh’s incommensurability thesis, according to which scientific revolutions involve the replacement of theories with conceptually incompatible ones. Perhaps, therefore, it is time for another “decisive transformation in the image of science by which we are now possessed.” Only this time, the image of science that needs to be transformed is the Kuhnian one. Does the Kuhnian image of science provide an adequate model of scientific practice? If we abandon the Kuhnian picture of revolutionary change and incommensurability, what consequences would follow from that vis-à-vis our understanding of scientific knowledge as a social endeavour? The essays in this collection continue this debate, offering a critical examination of the arguments for and against the Kuhnian image of science as well as their implications for our understanding of science as a social and epistemic enterprise.

Author : Leila Haaparanta
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 1008 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2009-06-18
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0199722722

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The Development of Modern Logic by Leila Haaparanta Pdf

This edited volume presents a comprehensive history of modern logic from the Middle Ages through the end of the twentieth century. In addition to a history of symbolic logic, the contributors also examine developments in the philosophy of logic and philosophical logic in modern times. The book begins with chapters on late medieval developments and logic and philosophy of logic from Humanism to Kant. The following chapters focus on the emergence of symbolic logic with special emphasis on the relations between logic and mathematics, on the one hand, and on logic and philosophy, on the other. This discussion is completed by a chapter on the themes of judgment and inference from 1837-1936. The volume contains a section on the development of mathematical logic from 1900-1935, followed by a section on main trends in mathematical logic after the 1930s. The volume goes on to discuss modal logic from Kant till the late twentieth century, and logic and semantics in the twentieth century; the philosophy of alternative logics; the philosophical aspects of inductive logic; the relations between logic and linguistics in the twentieth century; the relationship between logic and artificial intelligence; and ends with a presentation of the main schools of Indian logic. The Development of Modern Logic includes many prominent philosophers from around the world who work in the philosophy and history of mathematics and logic, who not only survey developments in a given period or area but also seek to make new contributions to contemporary research in the field. It is the first volume to discuss the field with this breadth of coverage and depth, and will appeal to scholars and students of logic and its philosophy.

Author : Shashi Tharoor
Publisher : Penguin Group
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2018-02
Category : History
ISBN : 0141987146

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Inglorious Empire by Shashi Tharoor Pdf

Inglorious Empire' tells the real story of the British in India from the arrival of the East India Company to the end of the Raj, revealing how Britain's rise was built upon its plunder of India. In the eighteenth century, India's share of the world economy was as large as Europe's. By 1947, after two centuries of British rule, it had decreased six-fold. Beyond conquest and deception, the Empire blew rebels from cannon, massacred unarmed protesters, entrenched institutionalised racism, and caused millions to die from starvation. British imperialism justified itself as enlightened despotism for the benefit of the governed, but Shashi Tharoor takes on and demolishes this position, demonstrating how every supposed imperial "gift" - from the railways to the rule of law -was designed in Britain's interests alone. He goes on to show how Britain's Industrial Revolution was founded on India's deindustrialisation, and the destruction of its textile industry.

Author : United States. President
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 652 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1855
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015087537323

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Message of the President of the United States Communicated to the Two Houses of Congress .... by United States. President Pdf

Author : United States President
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 650 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1855
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB10807815

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Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress by United States President Pdf

Author : United States. Department of the Interior
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 650 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1855
Category : United States
ISBN : STANFORD:36105126825335

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Report of the Secretary of the Interior by United States. Department of the Interior Pdf

Author : United States. - Pierce (Franklin) President. [1853-57.]
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 652 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1855
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NLS:V001498456

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Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress at the Commencement of the Second Session of the Thirty-third Congress (the First, Third Session of the Thirty-fourth Congress.). by United States. - Pierce (Franklin) President. [1853-57.] Pdf

Author : David Onnekink,Esther Mijers
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317069874

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Redefining William III by David Onnekink,Esther Mijers Pdf

William III (1650-1702) was Stadholder in the United Provinces and King of England, Scotland and Ireland. His reign has always intrigued historians, as it encompassed such defining events as the Dutch year of Disaster (1672), the Glorious Revolution (1688) and the ensuing wars against France. Although William has played a pivotal role in the political and religious history of his countries, the significance and international impact of his reign is still not very well understood. This volume contains a number of innovative essays from specialists in the field, which have evolved from papers delivered to an international conference held at the University of Utrecht in December 2002. By focusing on the entire period 1650-1702 from an international perspective, the volume moves historical discussion away from the traditional analysis of single events to encompass William's entire reign from a variety of political, religious, intellectual and cultural positions. In so doing it offers a new perspective on the British and Dutch reigns of William III, as well as the wider European milieu.

Author : Mary Lou Lustig
Publisher : Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0838639364

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The Imperial Executive in America by Mary Lou Lustig Pdf

Andros also made significant attempts to increase the population and improve the economy of New York."--Cover.

Author : Stephen S. Webb
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 662 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2012-09-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780307824493

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Lord Churchill's Coup by Stephen S. Webb Pdf

In LORD CHURCHILL’S COUP, Stephen Saunders Webb further advances his revisionist interpretation of the British Empire in the seventeenth century. Having earlier demonstrates that the Anglo=American empire was classic in its form, administered by an army, committed to territorial expansion, and motivated by crusading religion, Webb now argues that both England and its American social experiments were the underdeveloped elements of an empire emerging on both sides of the Atlantic and that the pivotal moment of that empire, the so-called “Glorious Revolution,” was in fact a military coup driven by religious fears. In a vigorous narrative, Webb populates this formative period of the Anglo-American past with colorful and commanding characters. At the center is John Churchill. We see him rise from page boy to earl of Marlborough, winning battlefield glory, influence, and promotion; and his corresponding rise from ensign of the English army taking control of the destiny of the later Stuart monarchs of Britain and America. Webb shows us Churchill increasingly alarmed by the Catholicizing course of his patron, James II, and becoming instrumental in the organization of a successful coup to protect Anglicanism and the constitution. We see the resulting alliance with William of Orange, the Protestant champion of Europe, quickly turn sour as William makes himself king; and we see Churchill, now transformed into imperial politician, once again in power—able to secure the succession of Queen Anne and negotiate the terms of resumption of war against France. Throughout, Webb makes it clear that at the heart of Churchill’s ascent and actions is his vision of America as a decisive factor in the world war between England and France for impersonal supremacy. As the book ends, Churchill’s American agenda thus becomes central to the war aims of the Grand Alliance.

Author : Edmund Burke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1814
Category : Electronic
ISBN : RUTGERS:39030037344795

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Reflections on the Revolution in France by Edmund Burke Pdf

Author : William Tait,Christian Isobel Johnstone
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 830 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1839
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : NYPL:33433081663316

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Tait's Edinburgh Magazine by William Tait,Christian Isobel Johnstone Pdf