1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910780794603321

Autore

Pincus Steven C. A

Titolo

1688 [[electronic resource] ] : the first modern revolution / / Steve Pincus

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven, : Yale University Press, 2009

ISBN

1-282-35260-1

9786612352607

0-300-15605-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (704 p.)

Collana

The Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history

Disciplina

941.06/7

Soggetti

HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General

Great Britain History Stuarts, 1603-1714

Great Britain History Revolution of 1688

Great Britain History Revolution of 1688 Historiography

Great Britain History Revolution of 1688 Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Map -- Introduction -- CHAPTER ONE. The Unmaking of a Revolution -- CHAPTER TWO. Rethinking Revolutions -- CHAPTER THREE. Going Dutch: English Society in 1685 -- CHAPTER FOUR. English Politics at the Accession of James II -- CHAPTER FIVE. The Ideology of Catholic Modernity -- CHAPTER SIX. The Practice of Catholic Modernity -- CHAPTER SEVEN. Resistance to Catholic Modernization -- CHAPTER EIGHT. Popular Revolution -- CHAPTER NINE. Violent Revolution -- CHAPTER TEN. Divisive Revolution -- CHAPTER ELEVEN. Revolution in Foreign Policy -- CHAPTER TWELVE. Revolution in Political Economy -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Revolution in the Church -- CHAPTER FOURTEEN. Assassination, Association, and the Consolidation of Revolution -- CHAPTER FIFTEEN. Conclusion The First Modern Revolution -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Manuscripts Consulted -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

For two hundred years historians have viewed England's Glorious Revolution of 1688-1689 as an un-revolutionary revolution-bloodless, consensual, aristocratic, and above all, sensible. In this brilliant new



interpretation Steve Pincus refutes this traditional view.By expanding the interpretive lens to include a broader geographical and chronological frame, Pincus demonstrates that England's revolution was a European event, that it took place over a number of years, not months, and that it had repercussions in India, North America, the West Indies, and throughout continental Europe. His rich historical narrative, based on masses of new archival research, traces the transformation of English foreign policy, religious culture, and political economy that, he argues, was the intended consequence of the revolutionaries of 1688-1689.James II developed a modernization program that emphasized centralized control, repression of dissidents, and territorial empire. The revolutionaries, by contrast, took advantage of the new economic possibilities to create a bureaucratic but participatory state. The postrevolutionary English state emphasized its ideological break with the past and envisioned itself as continuing to evolve. All of this, argues Pincus, makes the Glorious Revolution-not the French Revolution-the first truly modern revolution. This wide-ranging book reenvisions the nature of the Glorious Revolution and of revolutions in general, the causes and consequences of commercialization, the nature of liberalism, and ultimately the origins and contours of modernity itself.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910349451203321

Titolo

Collateral Values : The Natural Capital Created by Landscapes of War / / edited by Todd R. Lookingbill, Peter D. Smallwood

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019

ISBN

3-030-18991-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 274 pages)

Collana

Landscape Series, , 1572-7742 ; ; 25

Disciplina

577

577.55

Soggetti

Landscape ecology

Conservation biology

Ecology

Remote sensing

Landscape Ecology

Conservation Biology/Ecology

Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Collateral Values: The Natural Capital Created by Landscapes of War -- Rethinking Resources in our National Battlefields -- 3. Registering English Battlefields: The Constructive Conservation of Historic Environments -- 4. Old Forts and New Amenities in the Southern Plains -- 5. The Conflict Landscape of Verdun, France: Conserving Cultural and Natural Heritage after WWI. The Ecosystem Service Impacts from Invasive Plants in Antietam National Battlefield -- 7. Valuing the Wounds of War: Korea’s DMZ as Nature Preserve -- 8. A Casualty of Peace? Lessons on De-Militarizing Conservation in the Cordillera del Condor Corridor -- 9. Legitimizing Militarization or Legitimate Conservation? Collateral Value and Landscapes of the Iron Curtain Borderlands -- 10. From Buffer Zone to National Park: Afghanistan’s Wakhan National Park -- 11. Guantánamo 2.0: Transforming Gitmo into a Peace Park and Ecological Research Center -- 12. Battlefields and Borders: The Past, Present and Future of Collateral Values.



Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the unanticipated benefits that may arise after wars and conflicts, showing how the preservation of battlefields and the establishment of borderlands can create natural capital in the former landscapes of war. The editors call this Collateral Value, in contrast to the collateral damage that war inflicts upon infrastructure, natural capital, and human capital. The book includes case studies recounting successes and failures, opportunities and risks, and ambitious proposals. The book is organized in two sections. The first visits U.S., English, and French battlefield sites dating from medieval England to World War I. The second explores borderlands located on several continents, established to end or prevent conflict. Both of these can create value beyond their original purpose, by preserving natural areas and restoring biodiversity. Among the topics covered are: · Registering English Battlefields · Old forts and new amenities in the Southern Plains of the U.S. · Verdun, France, and the conservation of WWI cultural and natural heritage · Conservation lessons learned in the Cordillera del Condor Corridor of the Andes mountains · Korea’s DMZ and its nature preserve · Wakhan National Park, a mountainous buffer area between Afghanistan and Pakistan The book examines state-of-the-art applications of landscape ecology, including methods for change detection, connectivity analysis, and the quantification of ecosystem services. Also included is a chapter on a creative proposal for “Guantánamo 2.0,” which would transform the Gitmo detention facility into a peace park and ecological research center. A concluding chapter appraises the past, present, and future of Collateral Values. Collateral Values: The Natural Capital Created by Landscapes of War benefits a broad audience of advanced undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, and practicing professionals.



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Record Nr.

UNICAMPANIAVAN00240247

Autore

Wu, Ziyin

Titolo

High-resolution Seafloor Survey and Applications / Ziyin Wu, Fanlin Yang, Yong Tang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore, : Springer, 2021

Descrizione fisica

XVIII, 400 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Altri autori (Persone)

Tang, Yong

Yang, Fanlin

Disciplina

550

526.982

551.41

551.8

551.46

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia