1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910465582903321

Autore

Seligmann Matthew S. <1967->

Titolo

Spies in uniform [[electronic resource] ] : British military and naval intelligence on the eve of the first World War / / Matthew S. Seligmann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006

ISBN

1-280-90529-8

0-19-151463-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (287 p.)

Disciplina

355.3/432/094109041

Soggetti

Military intelligence - Great Britain - History - 20th century

World War, 1914-1918 - Military intelligence - Great Britain

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [264]-268) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Abbreviations; Map; Introduction; 1. Court and Social: The Role of the Service Attaché; 2. Spies in Uniform: British Service Attachés as Intelligence-Gatherers; 3. Men and Machines: Service Attachés as Procurers of Information on Personnel and Materiel; 4. Harbingers of the German Menace: The Service Attachés' Perspective on Germany; 5. Taking Centre Stage: The Influence of the Service Attachés on the British Government; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Did the British Government go to war in 1914 because of a well-founded fear of a German threat or did it, as some would now argue, send thousands to their deaths to fight against a danger, the existence of which was not even backed by any hard intelligence? To address this question, Spies in Uniform examines the information sent back from Germany by the Government's principal intelligence source, its 'men on the spot', the service attach--eacute--;s in Berlin. Using their reports, previously thought to have been lost, the book demonstrates that the intelligence picture of Germany available to



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910451386203321

Autore

Joseph Antoine

Titolo

Skilled Workers' Solidarity : the American Experience in Comparative Perspective

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, April 2000

Ipswich, : Ebsco Publishing [distributor]

ISBN

1-135-57885-0

1-280-40713-1

0-203-90170-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (236 p.)

Collana

Garland reference library of social science ; ; v. 1412

States and society ; ; v. 7

Disciplina

331.8/0973

Soggetti

Labor movement - United States - History

Skilled labor - United States - History

Solidarity - History

Comparative industrial relations

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-223) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; SKILLED WORKER'S SOLIDARITY; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; CHAPTER 1: Modes of Class Formation; CHAPTER 2: Pathways to Capitalist Democracy: What Prevents Social Democracy?; CHAPTER 3: The Formation of Class Fractions; CHAPTER 4: The Logic of Particularism: Creating Solidarism among Skilled Workers; CHAPTER 5: The Political Contours of Class Conflict in the Gilded Age; CHAPTER 6: The Limits of Particularism: Labor Solidarism and Social Welfare in the United States; CHAPTER 7: Homogeneous Labor and Class Formation; Appendix A; Appendix B

Appendix CBibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Annotation



3.

Record Nr.

UNISA996388959403316

Titolo

Articles to be enquired of, within the Dioces of Duresme [[electronic resource] ] : in the ordinary visitation of the Right Reverend Father in God, Thomas by the providence of God, Lord Bishop of Duresme. : Holden in the xiij. yeere of the raigne of our Most Gracious Soveraigne Lord, Charles, by the grace of God, King of Great Britaine, France and Ireland, defender of the faith, &c. in the yeare of our Lord God, 1637

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Imprinted by Felix Kingston., 1637

Descrizione fisica

[15] p

Altri autori (Persone)

MortonThomas <1564-1659.>

Soggetti

Visitations, Ecclesiastical - England

Printers' devices (Printing)17th century.England

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Printer's device on t.p. (McK. 273), headpieces, initials.

Signatures: A-B⁴.

Imperfect: stained and print show-through with some loss of text.

Reproduction of original in: Durham Cathedral. Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0043