Colonialism and missionary linguistics / / edited by Klaus Zimmermann and Birte Kellermeier-Rehbein

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910467251203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berlin : , : De Gruyter, , [2015]; ©2015
• ISBN: 3-11-040320-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (276 p.)
• Collana: Koloniale und Postkoloniale Linguistik / Colonial and Postcolonial Linguistics ; ; volume 5
• Disciplina: 400
• Soggetti: Missions - Linguistic work; Communication, International; Colonies - History; Language and languages - Study and teaching - History; 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 and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- References -- From missionary linguistics to colonial linguistics -- Missionary descriptions in a colonial context -- Case in selected grammars of Swahili -- The first missionary linguistics in Fernando Po -- Imagined communities, invented tribe? -- Pre-colonial language policy of the Rhenish Mission Society perceived as the type of Gustav Warneck’s mission doctrine? -- Reducing languages to writing -- Transculturation, assimilation, and appropriation in the missionary representation of Nahuatl -- Connections between the scientific discourse and the frontier missions in the surroundings of the Viceroyalty of New Granada -- Examples of transcultural processes in two colonial linguistic documents on Jebero (Peru) -- Index of Persons (including authors) -- Index of Languages -- Index of Subjects
• Sommario/riassunto: A lot of what we know about “exotic languages” is owed to the linguistic activities of missionaries. They had the languages put into writing, described their grammar and lexicon, and worked towards a standardization, which often came with Eurocentric manipulation. ; Colonial missionary work as intellectual (religious) conquest formed part of the Europeans' political colonial rule, although it sometimes went against the specific objectives of the official administration. In most cases, it did not help to stop (or even reinforced) the displacement and discrimination of those languages, despite oftentimes providing their very first (sometimes remarkable, sometimes incorrect) descriptions. This volume presents exemplary studies on Catholic and Protestant missionary linguistics, in the framework of the respective colonial situation and policies under Spanish, German, or British rule. The contributions cover colonial contexts in Latin America, Africa, and Asia across the centuries. They demonstrate how missionaries dealing with linguistic analyses and descriptions cooperated with colonial institutions and how their linguistic knowledge contributed to European domination.; Ein Großteil des Wissens über „exotische“ Sprachen verdanken wir den linguistischen Aktivitäten der Missionare. Ihr Beitrag belief sich v.a. auf die Verschriftlichung, die Beschreibung der Grammatik und Lexik sowie auf die Standardisierung, was in manchen Fällen mit einer eurozentristischen Manipulation der beschriebenen Sprachen einherging. Insgesamt war die koloniale Missionierung als geistige (religiöse) Eroberung Teil der politischen Kolonialherrschaft, auch wenn sie manchmal im Widerstreit zur Kolonialverwaltung stand. Die Verdrängung und Diskriminierung der Sprachen hat sie jedenfalls, trotz der meistens ersten, z.T. bewundernswerten, z.T. fehlerhaften Beschreibungen selten aufhalten können, bisweilen sogar daran mitgewirkt. Der Band bietet exemplarische Studien über katholische und protestantische Missionarslinguistik unter den Bedingungen der jeweils geltenden Kolonialpolitik unter spanischer, deutscher und britischer Verwaltung in Hispanoamerika, Afrika und Asien in verschiedenen Jahrhunderten. Sie zeigen, wie sprachbeschreibend tätige Missionare mit den Kolonialverwaltungen kooperierten und mit ihrem Wissen zur Herrschaft beitrugen.

The delicious history of the holiday / / Fred Inglis

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910777362803321
• Autore: Inglis Fred.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2000
• ISBN: 1-134-78648-4; 9786610281039; 1-134-78649-2; 1-280-28103-0; 0-203-99177-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (219 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.48
• Soggetti: Travel - History; Vacations - Social aspects - History; Tourism - History
• 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: BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1 THE PERFECT HOLIDAY; 2 THE INVENTION OF TOURISM; 3 CONFECTING SEASIDE; 4 THE MEANING OF LUXURY; 5 MAGNETIC DANGERS; 6 THE INDUSTRIALISATION OF MOBILITY; 7 THE MEDITERRANEAN; 8 FOREIGN BODIES; 9 CITY STATES; 10 FUTURES; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: Fred Inglis traces the rise of the holiday from its early roots in the Grand Tour, through the coming of Thomas Cook and his Blackpool packages, to sex tourism and the hippie trail to Kathmandu.

Balancing the banks [[electronic resource] ] : global lessons from the financial crisis / / Mathias Dewatripont, Jean-Charles Rochet, and Jean Tirole; translated by Keith Tribe

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910781032803321
• Autore: Dewatripont M (Mathias)
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2010
• ISBN: 1-282-56913-9; 9786612569135; 1-4008-3464-3
• Edizione: [Course Book]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (149 p.)
• Classificazione: QK 640
• Altri autori (Persone): RochetJean-Charles; TiroleJean; TribeKeith
• Disciplina: 332.1
• Soggetti: Banks and banking - Government policy; Banks and banking - State supervision; Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009; Financial crises - History - 21st century
• 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: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER 1 Introduction / Dewatripont, Mathias / Rochet, Jean-Charles / Tirole, Jean -- CHAPTER 2 Lessons from the Crisis / Tirole, Jean -- CHAPTER 3. The Future of Banking Regulation / Rochet, Jean-Charles -- CHAPTER 4. The Treatment of Distressed Banks / Dewatripont, Mathias / Rochet, Jean-Charles -- References -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The financial crisis that began in 2007 in the United States swept the world, producing substantial bank failures and forcing unprecedented state aid for the crippled global financial system. Bringing together three leading financial economists to provide an international perspective, Balancing the Banks draws critical lessons from the causes of the crisis and proposes important regulatory reforms, including sound guidelines for the ways in which distressed banks might be dealt with in the future. While some recent policy moves go in the right direction, others, the book argues, are not sufficient to prevent another ; crisis. The authors show the necessity of an adaptive prudential regulatory system that can better address financial innovation. Stressing the numerous and complex challenges faced by politicians, finance professionals, and regulators, and calling for reinforced international coordination (for example, in the treatment of distressed banks), the authors put forth a number of principles to deal with issues regarding the economic incentives of financial institutions, the impact of economic shocks, and the role of political constraints. Offering a global perspective, Balancing the Banks should be read by anyone concerned with solving the current crisis and preventing another such calamity in the future.