1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910148694403321

Autore

Cell Gillian T.

Titolo

English enterprise in Newfoundland 1577-1660 / / Gillian T. Cell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1969

©1969

ISBN

1-4426-5264-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (195 pages) : illustrations, map

Collana

Heritage

Disciplina

380.1/43/09718

Soggetti

Fish trade - Newfoundland and Labrador - History

Electronic books.

Newfoundland and Labrador Commerce Great Britain

Great Britain Commerce Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland and Labrador Colonization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- I. The Organization of the Newfoundland Trade -- II. The Fishery: A Time of Expansion 1977-1604 -- III. An Island Becomes Known -- IV. The First Colony 1610-31 -- V. Further Experiments in Settlement 1616-37 -- VI. Prosperity and Crisis 1604-30 -- VII. The Beginnings of Government Intervention 1630-60 -- VIII. Conclusion -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Between 1577 and 1660 Newfoundland emerged from relative obscurity to become the centre of a booming and valued industry, the site of one of England's first colonies, and a place of such strategic importance that the English government could not afford to ignore it. From the time of its discovery in the late fifteenth century, the fishermen of Western Europe made annual fishing voyages to Newfoundland. Over a hundred years later, in 1610, the island became the site of England's second permanent colony in North America. The conflict which began at that time between settlers and fishermen has characterized much of the island's history.This volume examines the two themes of settlement and the fishery. The value of the fishery has



been accepted readily enough, but until now no systematic analysis has been made of the industry's growth during its first great period of expansion in the last quarter of the sixteenth century or of its position in the commerce of the ports of western England. Such an analysis is presented in this volume. The author has used customs' records and local port records, summarizing her finds in tables and graphs. While the figures are incomplete and the conclusions drawn from them necessarily tentative, this book is nevertheless an important step in charting the development of England's first transatlantic trade.The earliest attempts to colonize the unsympathetic island of Newfoundland are the least known part of the story of English settlement in North America. Now, thanks to the use of new documentation, in particular a substantial collection of papers relating to the Newfoundland Company, it can be argued that both the company's colony at Cupid Cove and the independent settlements which were its offshoots were far more serious and long-lived enterprises than has often been though. They formed a vital part of the colonial experiences and experiments of the seventeenth century.The story of English activity in Newfoundland sheds further light on the expansion of England. Both the fishing voyages and the first settlements were originally private ventures. But as the European rivalries in the New World continued and as mercantilist theories made colonies increasingly valuable assets, so Newfoundland's importance as a training ground for sailors and as a strategic element in the control of the north Atlantic became more obvious. By the mid-seventeenth century Newfoundland had ceased to be simply a private concern. Somewhat slowly, somewhat reluctantly, the government moved in.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA990004132190403321

Autore

Baudrillard, Jean <1929-2007>

Titolo

La società dei consumi : i suoi miti e le strutture / Jean Baudrillard ; traduzione di Gustavo Gozzi e Piero Stefani

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bologna, : il Mulino, 1976

Descrizione fisica

296 p. ; 18 cm

Collana

Universale paperbacks Il mulino ; 42

Disciplina

306.3

307.7

303.4

Locazione

FLFBC

SDI

BFS

FGBC

FSPBC

Collocazione

306.3 BAU 3

SDI-2KS 256

306.3 BAU 1

COLLEZIONE 406 (42)

COLLEZ. 28 (42)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910702894703321

Titolo

Finance : debt-for-nature swap : agreement between the United States of America and Indonesia, signed at Jakarta, September 29, 2014, with schedules

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : United States Department of State, , [2014?]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (18 unnumbered pages)

Collana

Treaties and other international acts series ; ; 14-929

Soggetti

Debt-for-nature swaps - United States

Debt-for-nature swaps - Indonesia

Rain forest conservation - Law and legislation - United States

Rain forest conservation - Law and legislation - Indonesia

Debt-for-nature swaps

Rain forest conservation - Law and legislation

Treaties.

Indonesia

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on Dec. 23, 2014).



4.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910779940103321

Autore

Gray John <1948, >

Titolo

Hayek on liberty / / John Gray

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1998

ISBN

1-134-69009-6

1-134-69010-X

1-280-10503-8

0-203-00401-9

0-203-26786-9

Edizione

[3rd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (197 p.)

Disciplina

192

323.44

Soggetti

Liberty

Liberalism

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. [164]-181) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Hayek on Liberty; Copyright Page; Contents; Note to the Third Edition; Preface to the First Edition and Acknowledgements; 1. Hayek's System of Ideas: Its Origins and Scope; The unity of Hayek's system of ideas and its philosophical character; Hayek's general philosophy: the Kantian heritage; Four influences on Hayek's sceptical Kantianism: Mach, Popper, Wittgenstein and Polanyi; Hayek's relations with the Austrian School of Economics and his account of the methodology of social science; Hayek on knowledge and the mind: implications for social theory

2. The Idea of a Spontaneous Social Order Spontaneous order versus the constructivist fallacy; The central conception of spontaneous order and its applications to physical and social phenomena; The application of spontaneous order in economic life:the catallaxy; Cultural evolution and the natural selection of traditions; 3. The Law of Liberty; The origins and nature of law; Individual liberty under the rule of law; The rule of law and the myth of social justice; The juridical framework of spontaneous social order; 4. Economic Theory and Public Policy; Social science and public policy



Neoclassical equilibrium, the theory of capital and the character of the business cycle Hayek versus Keynes and Friedman on the role of money in the real economy; Shackle's critique of Hayek; 5. Some Contrasts and Comparisons; J.S.Mill; Herbert Spencer; Karl Popper; 6. Assessment and Criticism; The unity of Hayek's system of ideas; The status and content of the idea of spontaneous order in society; Hayek's constitution of liberty: some criticisms assessed; Conservatism and radicalism in Hayek's social philosophy; The Hayekian research programme and the prospects of social philosophy

Hayek's thought and the future of political philosophy Postscript: Hayek and the dissolution of classical liberalism; Biographical Note on Hayek; Bibliographical Note on Recent Studies of Hayek; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Not available since the 1980's, this up-dated edition by the leading political philosopher, John Gray, outlines his new position on Hayek. In a substantial new chapter, Gray assesses how far the historical development of the last ten years can be deployed in a critique of Hayek's thought. His reassessment is not only a provoking study of a classical philosopher. It is also a timely contribution to the debate over the future of conservatism, as Gray argues that Hayekian liberalism - 'the most well-articulated political theory of the new right' - is flawed.