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UNISA996473671603316 |
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BERLIN, Ira |
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Generations of captivity : a history of African-American slaves / Ira Berlin |
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Cambridge ; London, : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2003 |
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Testo elettronico (PDF) (374 p.) : ill. |
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Schiavitù - Stati Uniti d'America - Storia |
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Risorsa elettronica |
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Monografia |
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Ira Berlin ripercorre la storia della schiavitù afroamericana negli Stati Uniti dai suoi inizi nel XVII secolo fino alla sua fine infuocata quasi trecento anni dopo. La maggior parte degli americani, bianchi e neri, ha una visione singolare della schiavitù, fissata a metà del XIX secolo, quando la maggior parte degli schiavi americani coltivava cotone, risiedeva nel profondo sud e si convertì al cristianesimo. Qui, invece, Berlin offre una visione dinamica, una reinterpretazione importante in cui gli schiavi e i loro proprietari rinegoziavano continuamente i termini della prigionia. La schiavitù è stata così creata e rifatta dalle generazioni successive di africani e afroamericani che hanno vissuto attraverso l'insediamento e l'adattamento, la vita nelle piantagioni, le trasformazioni economiche, la rivoluzione, la migrazione forzata, la guerra e, in definitiva, l'emancipazione. La comprensione da parte di Berlin dei processi che hanno trasformato continuamente la vita degli schiavi rende Generations of Captivity una lettura essenziale per chiunque sia interessato all'evoluzione dell'America anteguerra. |
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UNINA9910786369003321 |
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Autore |
McLean Ian W |
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Why Australia prospered [[electronic resource] ] : the shifting sources of economic growth / / Ian W. McLean |
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Princeton, NJ, : Princeton University Press, 2012 |
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1-283-68356-3 |
1-4008-4543-2 |
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[Course Book] |
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1 online resource (299 p.) |
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The Princeton Economic History of the Western World ; ; 43 |
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Economic development - Australia |
Economics |
Australia Economic policy 21st century |
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Monografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Map -- Chapter 1. Introduction: Weaving Analysis and Narrative -- Chapter 2. What Is to Be Explained, and How -- Chapter 3. Origins: An Economy Built from Scratch? -- Chapter 4. Squatting, Colonial Autocracy, and Imperial Policies -- Chapter 5. Becoming Very Rich -- Chapter 6. Depression, Drought, and Federation -- Chapter 7. A Succession of Negative Shocks -- Chapter 8. The Pacific War and the Second Golden Age -- Chapter 9. Shocks, Policy Shift s, and Another Long Boom -- Chapter 10. The Shifting Bases of Prosperity -- Appendix: Note on Statistics and Sources -- References -- Index -- Backmatter |
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This book is the first comprehensive account of how Australia attained the world's highest living standards within a few decades of European settlement, and how the nation has sustained an enviable level of income to the present. Why Australia Prospered is a fascinating historical examination of how Australia cultivated and sustained economic growth and success. Beginning with the Aboriginal economy at the end of the eighteenth century, Ian McLean argues that Australia's remarkable prosperity across nearly two centuries was reached and maintained by several shifting factors. These included imperial policies, |
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favorable demographic characteristics, natural resource abundance, institutional adaptability and innovation, and growth-enhancing policy responses to major economic shocks, such as war, depression, and resource discoveries. Natural resource abundance in Australia played a prominent role in some periods and faded during others, but overall, and contrary to the conventional view of economists, it was a blessing rather than a curse. McLean shows that Australia's location was not a hindrance when the international economy was centered in the North Atlantic, and became a positive influence following Asia's modernization. Participation in the world trading system, when it flourished, brought significant benefits, and during the interwar period when it did not, Australia's protection of domestic manufacturing did not significantly stall growth. McLean also considers how the country's notorious origins as a convict settlement positively influenced early productivity levels, and how British imperial policies enhanced prosperity during the colonial period. He looks at Australia's recent resource-based prosperity in historical perspective, and reveals striking elements of continuity that have underpinned the evolution of the country's economy since the nineteenth century. |
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UNINA9910872436903321 |
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3rd International Conference on Application of Concurrency to System Design |
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[Place of publication not identified], : IEEE Computer Society Press, 2003 |
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Engineering & Applied Sciences |
Computer Science |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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