1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457260703321

Autore

Gjerde Jon <1953-2008, >

Titolo

Catholicism and the shaping of 19th century America / / Jon Gjerde ; edited by S. Deborah Kang [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011

ISBN

1-139-19976-5

1-107-22848-4

1-280-56843-7

9786613598035

1-139-20567-6

0-511-84575-8

1-139-20348-7

1-139-20207-3

1-139-20646-X

1-139-20488-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xviii, 273 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

277.3/07

Soggetti

Christianity - United States - Influence

Protestant churches - Relations - Catholic Church

United States Church history 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: 1. Editor's preface S. Deborah Kang; 2. Introduction Jon Gjerde; 3. The Protestant conundrum Jon Gjerde; The Catholic conundrum Jon Gjerde; 4. Conversion and the West Jon Gjerde; 5. Schools and the state Jon Gjerde; 6. Protestant and Catholic critiques of family and women Jon Gjerde; 7. The American economy and social justice Jon Gjerde; 8. Epilogue S. Deborah Kang.

Sommario/riassunto

Offers a series of fresh perspectives on America's encounter with Catholicism in the nineteenth-century. While religious and immigration historians have construed this history in univocal terms, Jon Gjerde bridges sectarian divides by presenting Protestants and Catholics in conversation with each other. In so doing, Gjerde reveals the ways in



which America's encounter with Catholicism was much more than a story about American nativism. Nineteenth-century religious debates raised questions about the fundamental underpinnings of the American state and society: the shape of the antebellum market economy, gender roles in the American family, and the place of slavery were only a few of the issues engaged by Protestants and Catholics in a lively and enduring dialectic. While the question of the place of Catholics in America was left unresolved, the very debates surrounding this question generated multiple conceptions of American pluralism and American national identity.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910459714003321

Autore

Burfisher Mary E. <1955->

Titolo

Introduction to Computable General Equilibrium Models / / Mary E. Burfisher [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011

ISBN

1-139-03624-6

1-107-21764-4

1-283-05459-0

9786613054593

0-511-97500-7

1-139-04170-3

1-139-04247-5

1-139-04511-3

1-139-03856-7

1-139-04093-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xx, 346 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

339.501/5195

Soggetti

Computable general equilibrium models

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction to computable general equilibrium models; 2. Elements of a computable general



equilibrium model; 3. The CGE model database: a social accounting matrix; 4. Final demand in a CGE model; 5. Supply in a CGE model; 6. Factors of production in a CGE model; 7. Trade in a CGE model; 8. Taxes in a CGE model; 9. Conclusion: frontiers in CGE modeling; Modeling exercises; Appendix. Social accounting matrix for the United States, 2004 $US billions; Practice and review answer key; Model exercise answer key.

Sommario/riassunto

Computable general equilibrium (CGE) models are widely used by governmental organizations and academic institutions to analyze the economy-wide effects of events such as climate change, tax policies and immigration. This book provides a practical, how-to guide to CGE models suitable for use at the undergraduate college level. Its introductory level distinguishes it from other available books and articles on CGE models. The book provides intuitive and graphical explanations of the economic theory that underlies a CGE model and includes many examples and hands-on modeling exercises. It may be used in courses on economics principles, microeconomics, macroeconomics, public finance, environmental economics and international trade and finance, because it shows students the role of theory in a realistic model of an economy. The book is also suitable for courses on general equilibrium models and research methods and for professionals interested in learning how to use CGE models.