1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910786380503321

Autore

Burckhardt Jacob <1818-1897.>

Titolo

Judgments on history and historians [[electronic resource] /] / Jacob Burckhardt ; translated by Harry Zohn ; with a foreword by Alberto R. Coll

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Indianapolis, : Liberty Fund, c1999

ISBN

1-61487-778-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (314 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ZohnHarry

Disciplina

907/.2

Soggetti

History - Philosophy

World history

Historiography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: Boston : Beacon Press, 1958. With new foreword.

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

""Jacob Burckhardt, Judgments on History and Historians""; ""Front Matter ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Copyright Details ""; ""Table of Contents, p. vii ""; ""Foreword, p. xvii ""; ""Translator's Preface, p. xxiii ""; ""I. Antiquity""; ""1. Ancient History and Its Scope, p. 1 ""; ""2. On the Intellectual Indispensability of Studying Ancient History, p. 2 ""; ""3. The Limits of Civilization and Barbarism, p. 4 ""; ""4. Why Today's ""Educated Man"" Can No Longer Understand Antiquity, p. 5 ""; ""5. The Historical Significance of Egypt, p. 7 ""

""6. The Phoenicians as the Earliest Creators of (Polis), p. 8 """"7. On Carthage, p. 9 ""; ""8. Athens, p. 10 ""; ""9. Rome and Its Mission in World History, p. 11 ""; ""10. On the Roman Empire in its First Two Centuries, p. 16 ""; ""II. The Middle Ages""; ""11. On the Middle Ages, p. 26 ""; ""12. On Early Christianity, p. 34 ""; ""13. Christianity as a Martyr Religion, p. 37 ""; ""14. On Asceticism and Its Position, p. 38 ""; ""15. The Spread of Nicene Christianity, p. 40 ""; ""16. The Church, p. 41 ""; ""17. Julian and the Prospect for a Restoration of Paganism, p. 44 ""

""18. Western European Arianism and the Jews, p. 45 """"19. The Breakup of the Western Empire, p. 46 ""; ""20. The Achievement of Clovis I, p. 47 ""; ""21. Mohammed as the Founder of a Religion, and Islam, p. 48 ""; ""22. The Despotism of Islam, p. 52 ""; ""23. Islam and



Its Effects, p. 53 ""; ""24. The Two Main Realities for the Papacy of the Eighth Century, p. 54 ""; ""25. Charlemagne, p. 55 ""; ""26. The Normans, p. 57 ""; ""27. The Byzantine Empire and Its Mission, p. 58 ""; ""28. On the Iconoclastic Controversy, p. 59 ""; ""29. On the Crusades, p. 62 ""

""30. The Sorrows and Sacrifices of the Crusades, p. 64 """"31. On the Evaluation of the Later Middle Ages, p. 64 ""; ""III. History from 1450 to 1598 ""; ""32. The Period from 1450 to 1598 and the Nineteenth Century's View of It, p. 66 ""; ""33. England in the Late Middle Ages, p. 79 ""; ""34. On Richard III, p. 80 ""; ""35. On the Wars of the Roses and on Scotland, p. 83 ""; ""36. Burgundy, p. 85 ""; ""37. Charles the Bold of Burgundy, p. 85 ""; ""38. France and the Idea of Unification, p. 86 ""; ""39. Louis XI, p. 87 ""; ""40. The German Imperial Power Under Frederick III, p. 88 ""

""41. The Ottomans, p. 89 """"42. The Republic of Florence, p. 90 ""; ""43. On the War of 1494, p. 91 ""; ""44. On the Power of the Papacy, p. 94 ""; ""45. Italy and the Rest of Europe, p. 95 ""; ""46. Spain and Portugal, p. 99 ""; ""47. The Beginning of the Reformation: General Considerations, p. 101 ""; ""48. On Luther, p. 103 ""; ""49. On the German Reformation: Its Causes and Spiritual Consequences, p. 104 ""; ""50. On the Reformation: Protestantism and Tradition - The Intolerance of the New Doctrine, p. 106 ""

""51. On the Reformation: The Establishment of So-Called Spiritual Freedom, p. 108 ""



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910967810103321

Autore

Guasch J. Luis

Titolo

Labor market reform and job creation : the unfinished agenda in Latin American and Caribbean countries / / J. Luis Guasch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : World Bank, 1999

ISBN

1-280-00492-4

9786610004928

0-585-18323-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

viii, 114 pages ; ; 23 cm

Disciplina

331.12/042/09729

Soggetti

Labor market - Latin America

Labor policy - Latin America

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published under title: Reforma laboral y creacion de empleo.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 104-114) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Unemployment Performance in Latin American and Caribbean Countries during 1990- 98 -- Employment Performance: Continued Mismatch between Employment Growth and Labor Force Growth -- Labor Income and Productivity -- Labor Markets and Institutions in Latin American and Caribbean Countries -- Factors Affecting Labor Demand -- Remedies to Address the Employment Issue -- Evidence of the Impact of Labor Reforms -- Public Policy Implications -- An Analysis of Informality for Mexico -- Evidence on Impact of Labor Market Rigidities, the Role of Unions, and Economic Performance -- Notes -- Bibliography.

Sommario/riassunto

The aim of regulation is to protect consumers, while ensuring that the company remains viable and has an incentive to operate efficiently. In many developing countries private companies are replacing government agencies as owners and operators of infrastructure services. Governments must now develop new skills in economic regulation of these private providers to protect consumer interests, while also ensuring that the companies remain economically and financially sound and have incentives to operate efficiently. This manual provides new economic regulators with practical guidance on how to proceed in this fairly technical new field. Chapters cover: ·



Revising Price Controls · Procedures for Resetting a Price Control · Present Value Calculations · Investment and the Regulatory Asset Base · The Rate of Return · The Philosophy of Price Controls · The Form of a Price Control · Operating Costs · Revenues