1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910785745103321

Autore

Wells Wyatt

Titolo

Antitrust and the Formation of the Postwar World [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Columbia University Press, 2002

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Collana

Columbia Studies in Contemporary American History

Disciplina

343.73/0721

343.730721

Soggetti

Antitrust law -- United States -- History

Cartels -- History

Competition, Unfair -- History

Conflict of laws -- Antitrust law -- History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 The Cartel Ideal; 2 The Context of Antitrust; 3 Reform versus Mobilization; 4 Making the World Safe for Competition; 5 Among Unbelievers: Antitrust in Germany and Japan; 6 The New Order in Practice: The Cases of Oil and Steel; Notes; Essay on Sources; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Today antitrust law shapes the policy of almost every large company, no matter where headquartered. But this wasn't always the case. Before World War II, the laws of most industrial countries tolerated and even encouraged cartels, whereas American statutes banned them. In the wake of World War II, the United States devoted considerable resources to building a liberal economic order, which Washington believed was necessary to preserving not only prosperity but also peace after the war. Antitrust was a cornerstone of that policy. This fascinating book shows how the United States sought to i



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910783489803321

Autore

Thaʻlabī Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad <d. 1035.>

Titolo

ʻArāʻis al-majālis fī qiṣaṣ al-anbiyā, or : Lives of the prophets / / as recounted by Abū Isḥāq Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Thaʻlabī ; translated and annotated by William M. Brinner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , 2002

ISBN

1-280-46680-4

9786610466801

1-4175-9079-3

90-474-0156-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource  (xxxiii, 772 pages)

Collana

Studies in Arabic literature ; ; v. 24

Altri autori (Persone)

BrinnerWilliam M

Disciplina

297.2/46

Soggetti

Prophets, Pre-Islamic

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. [745]-750) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Introduction; Creation; Adam and Eve; Cain and Abel; Hārut and Mārut; Noah; Hud; Sālih; Abraham; Lot; Joseph; Moses, son of Manasseh; Iram of the Pillars; The People of al-Rass; Job; Dhu l-Kifl; Shu'ayb; Moses; Korah; Al-Khidr; Moses; Ezekiel; Elijah; Elisha; Dhu l-Kifl (II); Eli and Samuel; Saul; David; David and Solomon; Isaiah, Jeremiah, Daniel, and Ezra; Ezra; Luqmān the Wise; Buluqiyā; Dhu l-Qarnayn; Zachariah, John, Mary and Jesus; Jonah, son of Amittai; The People of the Cave (The Seven Sleepers of Ephesus); The Story of Jirjīs (Saint George); The Story of Samson the Prophet The People of the Trench (The Martyrs of Najrān); The People of the Elephant; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

These 11th-century tales have been read and studied through the years. This work is a translation of the Arabic text into English, from the story of the creation of the world to the time just before the coming of the Prophet Muhammad and the revelation of Islam.