1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455688603321

Autore

Liebowitz S. J. <1950->

Titolo

Re-thinking the network economy [[electronic resource] ] : the true forces that drive the digital marketplace / / Stan J. Liebowitz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

AMACOM, : New York, c2002

ISBN

0-8144-2685-9

Descrizione fisica

xii, 224 p

Disciplina

381/.1

Soggetti

Electronic commerce

Internet

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Basic economics of the internet -- Racing to be first : faddish and foolish -- The (non-) ubiquity of e-tailing? -- The value-profit paradox : the cruelty of competition and internet -- Can advertising revenues support the net? -- Copyright and the internet -- Conclusions : whither supply and demand?.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461813503321

Titolo

A history of police and masculinities, 1700-2010 / / edited by David G. Barrie and Susan Broomhall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-283-52090-7

9786613833358

0-203-14142-3

1-136-49664-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BarrieDavid G

BroomhallSusan

Disciplina

363.209

Soggetti

Police - History

Police - Social aspects

Masculinity

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. [255]-286) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 The paternal government of men: the self-image and action of the Paris police in the eighteenth century; 2 'A species of civil soldier': masculinity, policing and the military in 1780s England; 3 Making men: media, magistrates and the representation of masculinity in Scottish police courts, 1800-35; 4 Becoming policemen in nineteenth-century Italy: police gender culture through the lens of professional manuals

5 Men on a mission: masculinity, violence and the self-presentation of policemen in England, c. 1870-19146 Shedding the uniform and acquiring a new masculine image: the case of the late-Victorian and Edwardian English police detective; 7 'Well-set-up men': respectable masculinity and police organizational culture in Melbourne 1853-c. 1920; 8 Of tabloids, detectives and gentlemen: how depictions of policing helped define American masculinities at the turn of the twentieth century; 9 Quiet and determined servants and guardians:



creating ideal English police officers, 1900-45

10 Science and surveillance: masculinity and the New York State Police, 1945-8011 Managerial masculinity: an insight into the twenty-first-century police leader; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This unique collection brings together leading international scholars to explore how ideologies about masculinities have shaped police culture, policy and institutional organization from the eighteenth century to the present day. It addresses an under-researched area of historical inquiry, providing the first in-depth study of how gender ideologies have shaped law enforcement and civic governance under 'old' and 'new' police models, tracing links, continuities, and changes between them. The book opens up scholarly understanding of the ways in which policing reflected, sustained, embo

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910695830403321

Titolo

Foreign assistance [[electronic resource] ] : various challenges impede the efficiency and effectiveness of U.S. food aid : report to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, U.S. Senate

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, , [2007]

Edizione

[[Rev. ed].]

Descrizione fisica

v, 101 pages : digital, PDF file

Soggetti

Food relief, American - Developing countries

Economic assistance, American - Developing countries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on June 4, 2007).

"April 2007."

Paper version available from: U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, 441 G St., NW, Rm. LM, Washington, D.C. 20548.

"GAO-07-560."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.