1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996391204703316

Titolo

An ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament [[electronic resource] ] : enabling the Committee of Southampton to put in execution all ordinances of Parliament for leavying of money, and raising of forces, for the safety of the said county Hen. Elsynge, Cler. Parl. Dom. Com

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed by T.W. for Ed. Husband, Iune the 14. 1645

Descrizione fisica

[2], 5, [1] p

Soggetti

Hampshire (England) History Early works to 1800

Great Britain History Civil War, 1642-1649 Early works to 1800

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910791715003321

Autore

Ritzer George

Titolo

Expressing America : a critique of the global credit card society / / George Ritzer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London : , : Pine Forge, , 1995

ISBN

0-8039-9069-3

1-4522-4311-5

1-4522-4666-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 240 pages)

Collana

The Pine Forge Press social science library

Disciplina

332.7650973

Soggetti

Credit cards - Social aspects - United States

Consumption (Economics) - United States

Consumer credit - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-230) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 - The Credit Card: Private Troubles and Public Issues; Chapter 2 - Socio-History of the Credit Card: We Probably won't Recognize the Credit Card Field by the End of the Century; Chapter 3 - Credit Card Debt: Beware the Plastic Loan Shark; Chapter 4 - Credit Card Fraud: Screw You, Mac-I Got Mine; Chapter 5 - Secrecy, Privacy, and Credit Cards: Who isn't in Their Files?; Chapter 6 - Credit Cards, Fast-Food Restaurants, and Rationalization: All You Need is 42 Digits to Make One Long-Distance Phone Call; Chapter 7 - An American Express: The Culture that Conquered the World; Appendix; Endnotes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this book the author explains what the credit card tells us, both good and bad, about the essence of the modern US and why and how the credit card is helping to transform much of the world.