1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910463685303321

Autore

Rousseau Jean-Jacques <1712-1778.>

Titolo

Letter to Beaumont, letters written from the mountain, and related writings [[electronic resource] /] / Jean-Jacques Rousseau ; edited by Christopher Kelly and Eve Grace ; translated by Christopher Kelly and Judith R. Bush

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hanover, N.H., : Dartmouth College, : University Press of New England, c2001

ISBN

1-61168-285-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (369 p.)

Collana

Collected writings of Rousseau ; ; vol. 9

Altri autori (Persone)

KellyChristopher

GraceEve

BushJudith R

Disciplina

848/.509 s

848/.509

B

Soggetti

Church and state

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.315-329) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: Pastoral Letter ofHis Grace the Archbishop -- ofParis i -- Translated by Christopher Kelly -- Letter to Beaumont 17 -- Translated by Judith R. Bush and Christopher Kelly -- Fragments of the Letter to Christophe de Beaumont 84 -- Translated by Christopher Kelly -- History of the Government of Geneva o02 -- Translated by Christopher Kelly -- Letters Written from the Mountain 131 -- Translated by Judith R. Bush and Christopher Kelly -- FIRST PART -- First Letter I34 -- State of the question in relation to theAuthor Whether it is within the competence -- of the civil Tribunals. Unjust manner of resolving it. -- Second Letter 153 -- On the Religion of Geneva. Principles of the Reformation. -- TheAuthor opens the discussion of mirales. -- Third Letter 169 -- Continuation of the same Subject. Short examination ofsome other accusations. -- Fourth Letter 188 -- TheAuthor assumes himself to beguilty; he compares the proceedings to the Law. -- Fifth Letter 200 -- Continuation of the



same Subject. urprudence drawn from roceedings done in similar cases. -- Goal of theAuthor in publishing the profession offaith. -- Sixth Letter 229 -- Whether it is true that the Author attacks Governments. Short analysis of his Book. -- The proceeding done in Geneva is without precedent, and has not been foUowed in any country. -- SECOND PART -- Seventh Letter 237 -- Present State of the Government of Geneva, settled by the Edict of the Mediation. -- Eighth Letter 256 -- Spirit of that Edict. Counterweight that itgives to theAristocratic Power. Undertaking -- of the small Council to annihilate this counterweight by means of deeds. Conclusion. -- Ninth Letter 283 -- Manner of reasoning of the Author of the Letters Writtenfrom the Country. -- His truegoal in this Writing. Choice of these examples. Character -- of the Bourgeoisie of Geneva. Proof byfacts. Conclusion. -- The Vision ofPierre of the Mountain, -- Called the Seer 307 -- Translated by Christopher Kelly -- Notes 315 -- Index 331.

Sommario/riassunto

Rousseau's responses to the religious and political critics of his works

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457728403321

Autore

Klein Herbert S.

Titolo

A population history of the United States / / Herbert S. Klein [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2004

ISBN

1-280-45823-2

0-511-61663-5

0-511-18594-4

0-511-18511-1

0-511-18778-5

0-511-30283-5

0-511-18685-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 300 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

304.6/0973

Soggetti

United States Population History

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 (p. 267-285) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Graphs, maps, and tables -- Introduction -- ; 1. Paleo-Indians, Europeans, and the settlement of America -- ; 2. Colonization and settlement of North America -- ; 3. The early Republic to 1860 -- ; 4. The creation of an industrial and urban society, 1860-1914 -- ; 5. The evolution of a modern population, 1914-145 -- ; 6. The baby boom and changing family values, 1945-1980 -- ; 7. A modern industrial society, 1980-2003 -- Appendix tables, graphs, and maps -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This is the first full-scale one-volume survey of the demographic history of the United States. From the arrival of humans in the Western Hemisphere to the current century, Klein analyzes the basic demographic trends in the growth of the pre-conquest, colonial and national populations. He surveys the origin and distribution of the Native Americans, the post-conquest free and servile European and African colonial populations and the variation in regional patterns of fertility and mortality to 1800. He then explores trends in births, deaths, international and internal migrations in the nineteenth century and compares them with contemporary European developments. The profound impact of historic declines in disease and mortality on the structure of the late twentieth century population is explained. Finally the late twentieth century changes in family structure, fertility and mortality are evaluated for their influence on the evolution of the national population for the 21st century.