1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996397089103316

Autore

Paris Matthew <1200-1259.>

Titolo

Flores historiarum [[electronic resource] /] / per Matthæum Westmonasteriensem collecti ; præcipuè de rebus Britannicis ab exordio mundi vsque ad annum Domini 1307

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Londini, : Ex officina Thomæ Marshij, 1570

Descrizione fisica

[10], 440, 466 [i.e. 468], [22] p

Altri autori (Persone)

ParkerMatthew <1504-1575.>

Soggetti

History, Ancient

Great Britain History To 1485

Lingua di pubblicazione

Latino

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

The text covering the period to 1259 is based on the author's Chronica majora, and the text covering the period 1259 to 1307 was partly compiled and composed by various writers at St. Albans and Westminster.--Cf. NUC pre-1956 imprints.

Edited by Matthew Parker.--Cf. STC (2nd ed.) and NUC pre-1956 imprints.

Signatures: [pi]⁵ A-2N⁶ 2O⁴ 3A-3S⁶ 3T⁶(3T1 + [x]¹) 3V-4Q⁶ *⁶ **⁴.

Numerous errors in paging.

Title within architectural border.

Includes index.

Includes marginal notes.

Imperfect: print show-through.

Reproduction of original in the British Library and Cambridge University Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910781913503321

Autore

Vitale Alex S

Titolo

City of disorder [[electronic resource] ] : how the quality of life campaign transformed New York politics / / Alex S. Vitale

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, N.Y., : New York University Press, c2008

ISBN

0-8147-8841-6

0-8147-8820-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (244 p.)

Disciplina

306.2/809747109045

Soggetti

Quality of life - New York (State) - New York

Quality of life - Sociological aspects - New York (State) - New York

Quality of life - Political aspects - New York (State) - New York

New York (N.Y.) Politics and government

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

Introduction -- Conceptualizing the paradigm shift -- Defining the "quality of life" paradigm -- Defining urban liberalism -- The rise of disorder -- Globalization and the urban crisis -- The transformation of policing -- The community backlash -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

2009 Association of American University Presses Award for Jacket Design. In the 1990's, improving the quality of life became a primary focus and a popular catchphrase of the governments of New York and many other American cities. Faced with high levels of homelessness and other disorders associated with a growing disenfranchised population, then mayor Rudolph Giuliani led New York's zero tolerance campaign against what was perceived to be an increase in disorder that directly threatened social and economic stability. In a traditionally liberal city, the focus had shifted dramatically