Cataloguing discrepancies : the printed York Breviary of 1493 / / Andrew Hughes ; in collaboration with Matthew Cheung Salisbury and Heather Robbins

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910457222203321
• Autore: Hughes Andrew <1937-2013, >
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2011; ©2011
• ISBN: 1-4426-9018-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (215 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): RobbinsHeather; SalisburyMatthew Cheung
• Disciplina: 025.3/2
• Soggetti: Breviaries; Breviaries - Bibliography - Catalogs; Cataloging of Catholic literature; HISTORY / Medieval; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. Preface -- 2. Lists, Principal Abbreviations, and References -- 3. Cataloguing Discrepancies -- 4. Describing the Breviary and Its Cataloguers -- 5. The Liturgical Context -- 6. The Manuscripts and Prints -- 7. Modern Technology -- 8. Recommendations and Conclusions -- Appendix 1. Inventories -- Appendix 2. The Sources of the York Office -- Appendix 3. Resources for Early Printed Books -- Notes -- General Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Cataloguing Discrepancies reviews the description and cataloguing, from the early eighteenth century to the present day, of an early English Breviary, printed in 1493. With a critical eye, Andrew Hughes summarizes the work that has been done on this liturgical book, of which two complete copies and a number of fragments are extant. How these copies have been described - and more importantly how these accounts differ - is a central question of this volume.Based on the discrepancies and errors in the existing catalogues of medieval ; liturgical books, many of which repeat erroneous information for generations, the authors illustrate the defects, problems, and opportunities encountered when technologies of the fifteenth and the twenty-first centuries converge. Not only questioning existing bibliographical practices, Cataloguing Discrepancies suggests practical means for improvements to the future description of early printed books of this kind.

The eccentric realist [[electronic resource] ] : Henry Kissinger and the shaping of American foreign policy / / Mario Del Pero

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910459926803321
• Autore: Del Pero Mario
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2010
• ISBN: 0-8014-5977-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (201 p.)
• Disciplina: 973.924092
• Soggetti: Realism - Political aspects - United States; Conservatism - United States; Electronic books.; United States Foreign relations
• 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: Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Crisis of Containment -- 2. Kissinger and Kissingerism -- 3. Kissingerism in Action -- 4. The Domestic Critique of Kissinger -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In The Eccentric Realist, Mario Del Pero questions Henry Kissinger's reputation as the foreign policy realist par excellence. Del Pero shows that Kissinger has been far more ideological and inconsistent in his policy formulations than is commonly realized. Del Pero considers the rise and fall of Kissinger's foreign policy doctrine over the course of the 1970's-beginning with his role as National Security Advisor to Nixon and ending with the collapse of détente with the Soviet Union after ; Kissinger left the scene as Ford's outgoing Secretary of State. Del Pero shows that realism then (not unlike realism now) was as much a response to domestic politics as it was a cold, hard assessment of the facts of international relations. In the early 1970's, Americans were weary of ideological forays abroad; Kissinger provided them with a doctrine that translated that political weariness into foreign policy. Del Pero argues that Kissinger was keenly aware that realism could win elections and generate consensus. Moreover, over the course of the 1970's it became clear that realism, as practiced by Kissinger, was as rigid as the neoconservativism that came to replace it. In the end, the failure of the détente forged by the realists was not the defeat of cool reason at the hands of ideologically motivated and politically savvy neoconservatives. Rather, the force of American exceptionalism, the touchstone of the neocons, overcame Kissinger's political skills and ideological commitments. The fate of realism in the 1970's raises interesting questions regarding its prospects in the early years of the twenty-first century.