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UNINA9910458324603321 |
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Richardson Peter <1959-> |
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American prophet [[electronic resource] ] : the life & work of Carey McWilliams / / Peter Richardson |
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Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, c2005 |
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1-282-59376-5 |
9786612593765 |
0-472-02613-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (365 p.) |
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Journalists - United States |
Electronic books. |
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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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Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-324) and index. |
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UNINA9910456329003321 |
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Autore |
Zinnes Clifford F |
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Tournament approaches to policy reform [[electronic resource] ] : making development assistance more effective / / Clifford F. Zinnes |
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Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2009 |
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1-282-40358-3 |
9786612403583 |
0-8157-0377-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (393 p.) |
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Economic assistance, American |
Technical assistance, American |
Letting of contracts - United States |
Requests for proposals (Public contracts) - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Introduction -- The PIJC approach -- Review of certification experience -- Review of tournament experience -- Review of other relevant experience -- Synthesis and analysis -- Conclusions and scope for future applications -- Appendixes -- A. Inventory of projects -- B. Technical exhibits for the detailed case study assessments -- C. Anatomy of a PIJC application -- D. Mathematical treatment of PIJC leveraging of sponsor funds. |
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"Assesses a new 'tournament' approach promising improvement on the performance of conventional foreign aid methods, where beneficiary groups compete to achieve the best implementation of a particular project. Evaluates performances, sustainability, time frames, and costs of recent applications. Discusses opportunities for improving and scaling up the application of tournament-based projects"--Provided by publisher. |
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UNINA9910791985103321 |
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Autore |
Fyfe Aileen |
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Science and salvation [[electronic resource] ] : evangelical popular science publishing in Victorian Britain / / Aileen Fyfe |
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Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2004 |
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1-283-15073-5 |
9786613150738 |
0-226-27646-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (343 p.) |
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Religion and science - Great Britain - History - 19th century |
Science publishing - Great Britain - History - 19th century |
Evangelicalism - Great Britain - History - 19th century |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-309) and index. |
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The threat of popular science -- Christian knowledge -- Reading fish -- The techniques of evangelical publishing -- The ministry of the press -- Reinterpreting science. |
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Threatened by the proliferation of cheap, mass-produced publications, the Religious Tract Society issued a series of publications on popular science during the 1840's. The books were intended to counter the developing notion that science and faith were mutually exclusive, and the Society's authors employed a full repertoire of evangelical techniques-low prices, simple language, carefully structured narratives-to convert their readers. The application of such techniques to popular science resulted in one of the most widely available sources of information on the sciences in the Victorian era. A fascinating study of the tenuous relationship between science and religion in evangelical publishing, Science and Salvation examines questions of practice and faith from a fresh perspective. Rather than highlighting works by expert men of science, Aileen Fyfe instead considers a group of relatively undistinguished authors who used thinly veiled Christian rhetoric to educate first, but to convert as well. This important volume is destined to become essential reading for historians of science, religion, and |
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