1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996396112603316

Autore

Hardy Nathaniel <1618-1670.>

Titolo

Several sermons preached upon solemn occasions [[electronic resource] ] : wherein Gods [brace] retaliating justice, especially to oppressors, preserving, proving, delivering and rewarding mercy : the ministers both dignity and frailty, the saints particular and general duty are delineated / / by Nath. Hardy .

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed by A.M. for Nathanael Webb and William Grantham ..., 1653

Descrizione fisica

357 p. in various paginations

Soggetti

Sermons, English - 17th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Imperfect: pages 25-26 of Divinity in mortality, pages 33-34 of Mercy in her beauty lacking; pages 33-34 of Death's alarum torn with loss of text; best copy available for photographing.

Each sermon has special t.p., with various imprint dates.

Reproduction of original in the Union Theological Seminary Library, Ndew York.

Nota di contenuto

Justice triumphing ... 1648 -- The arraignment of licentious liberty ... 1647 -- Faiths victory over nature ... 1648 -- The safest convoy ... 1649 -- A divine prosepctive ... 1654 -- Divinity in mortality ... 1653 -- Mercy in her beauty ... 1653 -- Thankfulness in grain ... 1654 -- Death's alarum ... 1654.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0160



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910782700203321

Titolo

A game as old as empire [[electronic resource] ] : the secret world of economic hit men and the web of global corruption / / edited by Steven Hiatt ; introduction by John Perkins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

San Francisco, : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.

Berkeley, CA, : Publishers Group West [distributor], c2007

ISBN

1-282-29962-X

9786612299629

1-57675-798-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Collana

A BK currents book

Altri autori (Persone)

HiattSteven <1948->

Disciplina

364.1/323

Soggetti

International business enterprises - Corrupt practices

Political corruption

Structural adjustment (Economic policy)

Dependency

Globalization - Social aspects

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

Contents; Introduction: New Confessions and Revelations from the World of Economic Hit Men; 1 Global Empire: The Web of Control; 2 Selling Money—and Dependency: Setting the Debt Trap; 3 Dirty Money: Inside the Secret World of Offshore Banking; 4 BCCI's Double Game: Banking on America, Banking on Jihad; 5 The Human Cost of Cheap Cell Phones; 6 Mercenaries on the Front Lines in the New Scramble for Africa; 7 Hijacking Iraq's Oil Reserves: Economic Hit Men at Work; 8 The World Bank and the 100 Billion Question; 9 The Philippines, the World Bank, and the Race to the Bottom

10 Exporting Destruction11 The Mirage of Debt Relief; 12 Global Uprising: The Web of Resistance; About the Authors; Acknowledgments; Appendix: Resources of Hope; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

Exposes the secrets of a worldwide web of control, corruption, and plunder. This book tells how bigger powers operate to enrich small elite and corporate coffers while often impoverishing masses of people



and creating debt and dependency that economically enslave countries for generations.