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UNINA9910781276203321 |
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Autore |
Juhász Tamás <1966-> |
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Titolo |
Conradian contracts [[electronic resource] ] : exchange and identity in the immigrant imagination / / Tamás Juhász |
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Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, 2011 |
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1-283-07180-0 |
9786613071804 |
0-7391-4555-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (389 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Immigrants in literature |
Social contract in literature |
Commerce in literature |
Displacement (Psychology) in literature |
Identity (Psychology) in literature |
Psychoanalysis and literature |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1 Commerce and Return in Almayer's Folly; 2 Trans-Ports of Love; 3 Never Keeping to Oneself; 4 Paternal Discourse and Contractual Revision in Under Western Eyes; 5 "The Duel"; 6 A "Supreme Illusion"; 7 Trade, Meaning and the Prospects of Self-Transformation in Lord Jim; 8 The End of Potlatch; 9 Sympathy, Generosity and the Business of Womanhood in Chance; 10 Conclusions and Words after Conrad's; Works Cited; Index; About the Author |
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Combining psychoanalysis, structural and economic anthropology, this book treats Joseph Conrad's interests in exchange, contracts, and the condition of displacement. This is the first extended academic discussion of the social contract idea in the novelist's fiction. Furthermore, the simultaneous concentration on various fields of circulation (for example finances, dialogues, representations of women, or colonial mechanisms) invites the use of theories (Lacan, LZvi-Strauss, Simmel, Polanyi and Bataille) whose potentials for Conrad scholarship have not been exhausted (especially not in combinat |
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UNINA9910778292003321 |
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Titolo |
Quality systems and standards for a competitive edge / / J. Luis Guasch ... [and others] |
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Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2007 |
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1-280-94042-5 |
9786610940424 |
0-8213-6895-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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xxvii, 289 pages : illustrations ; ; 23 cm |
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Collana |
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Directions in development. Trade |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Quality control |
Quality control - Standards |
Competition, International |
Poverty |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Foreword; Preface and Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Introduction; Figures; Tables; Boxes; Chapter 2 Economic Impact and Effect of Quality and Standards; Chapter 3 The Jurisdiction Issue: Roles of the Private and Public Sectors; Chapter 4 Evaluating Compliance with Standards: The Conformity Assessment Framework; Chapter 5 Opening Doors: Standards, Conformity Assessment, and International Integration; Chapter 6 The ISO 9000 Quality Management Standards; Chapter 7 Standardization in Latin America; Chapter 8 Certification in Latin America |
Chapter 9 Accreditation in Latin AmericaChapter 10 Metrology in Latin America; Chapter 11 Existing Policies and Support Programs; Chapter 12 Policy Recommendations and Conclusion; Appendix A An Evaluation of Mexico's National Quality System; Appendix B An Evaluation of Turkey's National Quality System; Notes; References; Index |
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Quality systems and standards have a significant impact on market access, export growth, productivity, industrial upgrading, diffusion of innovation, and other central ingredients for reducing poverty and enhancing country competitiveness. This book provides a |
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comprehensive evaluation and blueprint for implementing quality systems for private sector development and trade and competition initiatives. By thoroughly analyzing the diversity of institutions, linkages, and arrangements involved in quality systems and by identifying success factors in country quality strategies, this book provides a |
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