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UNINA9910463350203321 |
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Titolo |
Key to the northern country [[electronic resource] ] : the Hudson River Valley in the American Revolution / / edited by James M. Johnson, Christopher Pryslopski, and Andrew Villani |
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Albany, : State University of New York Press, Albany, : Excelsior Editions, 2013 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (329 p.) |
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SUNY series, an American region : studies in the Hudson Valley |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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JohnsonJames M. <1947 June 28-> |
PryslopskiChristopher <1974-> |
VillaniAndrew <1986-> |
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Electronic books. |
New York (State) History Revolution, 1775-1783 |
Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) History 18th century |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Overview: the American Revolution in the Hudson River Valley / Thomas S. Wermuth and James M. Johnson -- Politics and loyalties -- A suspected loyalist in the rural Hudson River Valley: the Revolutionary War experience of Roeloff Josiah Eltinge / Kenneth Shefsiek -- "Can you on such principles think of quitting a country?" Family, faith, law, property, and the loyalists of the Hudson Valley during the American Revolution / Michael Diaz -- New York's committees in the American Revolution / Colin Williams -- Robert R. Livingston, Jr.: the reluctant revolutionary / Clare Brandt -- Skinners: patriot "friends" or loyalist "foes"? / Lincoln Diamant -- The central Hudson Valley and the American Revolution / Thomas S. Wermuth -- Suffrage and society -- Open to all parties: Alexander and James Robertson, Albany printers, 1771-1777 / Denis P. Brennan -- Taxation and suffrage in revolutionary New York / Jonathan Clark -- The right to choose: suffrage during the Revolutionary Era in Charlotte Precinct / William P. McDermott -- "The women! in this place have risen in a mob": Women rioters and the American Revolution in the Hudson River Valley / Thomas S. Wermuth -- Officers and a lady: the Hudson Highlands and |
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Georgia during the Revolution / Edward J. Cashin -- Fortresses, prisons, and huts -- Lewis Graham's house in Pine Plains: a Revolutionary log building / Neil Larson -- Revolutionary War fleet prison at Esopus / Frank Doherty -- The flawed works of Fort Constitution / James M. Johnson -- Battles and warfare -- A warm reception in the Hudson Highlands / James M. Johnson -- War in Schaghticoke: a footnote to the revolution in upstate New York / R. Beth Klopott -- Interpreting the battle for the Hudson River Valley: the Battle of Fort Montgomery -- James M. Johnson and Gregory Smith -- Revolutionary road: incident on Gallows Hill / Thomas C. O'Keefe -- Soldier of '76: the Revolutionary War service of a Connecticut private in the campaign for Yew york / William Sullivan -- Valcour Island: setting the conditions for victory at Saratoga / Gregory Tomlin. |
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UNINA9910457319503321 |
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Titolo |
Currency convertibility : the gold standard and beyond / / edited by Jorge Braga de Macedo, Barry Eichengreen, and Jaime Reis |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1996 |
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1-134-82569-2 |
1-280-13973-0 |
0-203-98429-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (292 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge explorations in economic history, , 1359-7892 ; ; 3 |
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MacedoJorge Braga de |
EichengreenBarry J |
ReisJaime |
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Money - History - 20th century |
Currency convertibility - History - 20th century |
Gold standard - History - 20th century |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Preliminaries; CONTENTS; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 THE OPERATION OF THE |
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SPECIE STANDARD; 3 THE ORIGINS OF THE GOLD STANDARD; 4 SHORT-TERM CAPITAL MOVEMENTS UNDER THE GOLD STANDARD; 5 THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE GOLD STANDARD Barry Eichengreen Marc Flandreau; 6 FIRST TO JOIN THE GOLD STANDARD, 1854; 7 LAST TO JOIN THE GOLD STANDARD, 1931; 8 MONETARY STABILITY, FISCAL DISCIPLINE AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE; 9 CONVERGING TOWARDS A EUROPEAN CURRENCY STANDARD; Index |
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The spread of currency convertibility is one of the most dramatic trends of the late twentieth century. It reflects the desire of policymakers to integrate their economies into the global trading system and to attract financial capital and direct investment from abroad.In this book a team of leading international economists and economic historians look at parallel situations in the history of the international monetary system, focusing in particular on the gold standard. The concluding chapter uses a case study of modern Portugal to draw out implications for modern international monetary |
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UNINA9910452687203321 |
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Autore |
Leeming David Adams <1937-> |
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The world of myth [[electronic resource] /] / David Adams Leeming |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 1990 |
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1-283-86316-2 |
0-19-976272-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (379 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Myth |
Mythology |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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pt. I. Cosmic myths -- pt. II. Myths of the gods -- pt. III. Hero myths -- pt. IV. Place and object myths. |
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Hercules, Zeus, Thor, Gilgamesh--these are the figures that leap to |
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mind when we think of myth. But to David Leeming, myths are more than stories of deities and fantastic beings from non-Christian cultures. Myth is at once the most particular and the most universal feature of civilization, representing common concerns that each society voices in its own idiom. Whether an Egyptian story of creation or the big-bang theory of modern physics, myth is metaphor, mirroring our deepest sense of ourselves in relation to existence itself. Now, in The World of Myth, Leeming provides a sweeping anthology |
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