1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910790535903321

Autore

Fontefrancesco Michele Filippo

Titolo

The end of the City of Gold? : industry and economic crisis in an Italian jewellery town / / by Michele Filippo Fontefrancesco

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2013

ISBN

1-4438-5278-3

Edizione

[1.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (278 pages) : illustrations, maps

Disciplina

278

Soggetti

Precious stones

Jewelry trade - Economic aspects - Italy - Valenza

Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009

Jewelry trade - Economic aspects - Italy

Valenza (Italy) Economic conditions 21st century

Italy Economic conditions 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

part I. The "Città dell'Oro" -- part II. 'La Crisi'.

Sommario/riassunto

How does Europeas economic crisis affect the ways in which industry and entrepreneurship are experienced on a grassroots level? The book offers an answer to this question by exploring the Italian jewellery town of Valenza and the downturn of its principal industry. Through the experiences of its inhabitants, the study investigates the social role that jewellery production had in Valenza and provides an ethnographic account of the crisis the city endures. This analysis delves into the relationship between a community and its industry in order to understand the social and cultural challenges Italy and Europe will face in the future. -



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910823725003321

Autore

Brodie Bernard

Titolo

Strategy in the missile age

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, New Jersey, : Princeton University Press, 1965

ISBN

0-691-06915-8

0-691-65118-3

1-4008-7510-2

Edizione

[First Princeton paperback edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (440 p.)

Collana

Princeton Legacy Library

Classificazione

355.462

Altri autori (Persone)

BrodieBernard

Disciplina

355.43

Soggetti

Nuclear weapons

Atomvåben

Kolde krig

Strategi

Electronic Books

United States Military policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Bibliographical footnotes.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Preface for Paperback Edition -- Preface -- Contents -- Part I. Origins of Air Strategy -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Prologue to Air Strategy -- 3. The Heritage of Douhet -- 4. Strategic Bombing in World War II -- Part II. New Problems and New Approaches -- 5. The Advent of Nuclear Weapons -- 6. Is There a Defense ? -- 7. The Wish for Total Solutions: Preventive War, Pre-Emptive Attack, and Massive Retaliation -- 8. The Anatomy of Deterrence -- 9. Limited War -- 10. Strategy Wears a Dollar Sign -- 11. Recapitulation and Conclusions -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Strategy in the Missile Age first reviews the development of modern military strategy to World War II, giving the reader a reference point for the radical rethinking that follows, as Dr. Brodie considers the problems of the Strategic Air Command, of civil defense, of limited war, of counterforce or pre-emptive strategies, of city-busting, of missile bases in Europe, and so on. The book, unlike so many on modern military affairs, does not present a program or defend a policy, nor is it a brief for any one of the armed services. It is a balanced analysis of the



requirements of strength for the 1960's, including especially the military posture necessary to prevent war. A unique feature is the discussion of the problem of the cost of preparedness in relation to the requirements of the national economy, so often neglected by other military thinkers. Originally published in 1959.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.