1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910789051303321

Autore

Franklin Benjamin

Titolo

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin [[electronic resource] ] : 1706-1757

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Auckland, : The Floating Press, 2009

ISBN

1-77556-607-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (286 p.)

Disciplina

973.3/092/4

973.3092

Soggetti

Clergy -- United States -- Biography

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Biography

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Inventors -- United States -- Biography

Penn, William, 1644-1718 -- Biography

Printers -- United States -- Biography

Scientists -- United States -- Biography

Statesmen -- United States -- Biography

Woolman, John, 1720-1772 -- Biography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Title; Contents; Introductory Note; Benjamin Franklin His Autobiography 1706-1757; Chief Events in Franklin's Life; Endnotes

Sommario/riassunto

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin , which Franklin himself called his Memoirs, is the unfinished record of his life written between 1771 and 1790. It has become one of the most well-known and influential autobiographies in history, and has been praised both as a historical document and a piece of literature in its own right. William Dean Howells declared that ""Franklin's is one of the greatest autobiographies in literature, and towers over other autobiographies as...



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910683340003321

Autore

Armour Ian D

Titolo

Apple of Discord : The “Hungarian Factor” in Austro-Serbian Relations, 1867–1881 / / Ian D. Armour

Pubbl/distr/stampa

West Lafayette, Indiana, : Purdue University Press, 2014

ISBN

1-61249-327-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (440 p.)

Collana

Central European studies

Disciplina

940.287

Soggetti

World War, 1914-1918 - Causes

Electronic books.

Serbia History 1804-1918

Hungary Foreign relations 1867-1918

Austria Foreign relations 1867-1918

Austria Foreign relations Serbia

Serbia Foreign relations Austria

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Austria, Hungary and Serbia in 1867 -- Kallay goes to Belgrade -- The Obrenovic assassination -- The Karadordevic prosecution 1868-70 -- The Bosnian question 1868-70 -- Managing the south Slavs -- Effect of the Franco-Prussian war -- The Bosnian question revisited 1870-71 -- The Karadordevic fiasco 1870-71 -- Serbia's swing towards Russia 1870-71 -- A problematical relationship 1871-78 -- The imposition of satellite status 1878-81.

Sommario/riassunto

When seeking the origins of World War I, the chain of events in the late nineteenth century that led to the breakdown of relations between Austria-Hungary and Serbia and facilitated the rise of an aggressive Serbian nationalism needs to be understood.