1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910453051203321

Autore

Gravil Richard

Titolo

Reading "Bleak house" [[electronic resource] /] / by Richard Gravil

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Penrith, CA, : HEB Humanities E-Books, c2012

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (129 p.)

Collana

Humanities Insights

Soggetti

Young women

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Licence and Use""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents ""; ""Contents, continued""; ""A Note on the Author""; ""A Note on the Text""; ""Chapter 1. Why read Bleak House?""; ""1.1 Apocalypse Now?""; ""1.2 Experimental Fiction""; ""1.3 Reading for the plot""; ""1.4 You, the Detective""; ""1.5 Rewards""; ""Chapter 2: Dickens and his Times""; ""2.1 Charles Dickens""; ""2.2 Intellectual Context""; ""2.3 Fictional Contemporaries""; ""2.4 Topicality in Bleak House""; ""2.5 The Law""; ""2.6 Public Health""; ""2.7 Constitutional Deadlock""

""2.8 Exploitation, appropriation, and philanthropy""""2.9 Dandyism, Puseyism, Aestheticism, Aristocracy""; ""Chapter 3: Dramatis Personae""; ""3.1 Caricature and Characterisation""; ""3.2 Major Characters""; ""3.3 Doubles�analogous and antithetical""; ""Chapter 4: Reading Serially""; ""First Instalment""; ""Second Instalment""; ""Third Instalment""; ""Fourth Instalment""; ""Chapter 5: Reading Analytically""; ""From Chapter 2, �In Fashion�""; ""From Chapter 32, �The Appointed Time�""; ""From Chapter 38, �A Struggle� ""; ""Chapter 6: Dickens�s Craft""

""6.1 Narrative Technique""""6.2 Serialisation: Pluses and Minuses""; ""6.3 Satire, Irony, Humour, Comedy""; ""6.4 Imagery and Symbolism""; ""6.5 Language""; ""Chapter 7: Dickens and �the Woman Question�""; ""7.1 Nineteenth-Century Feminism""; ""7.2 Is Esther �a new woman�?""; ""7.3 Esther�s Engagement, Marriage and Bereavement""; ""Chapter 8: Reception and Bibliographies""; ""8.1 Early Reception and Studies of Topicality""; ""8.2 The Problem of Esther"";



""8.3 Feminist approaches""; ""8.4 Psychological Approaches""; ""8.5 Deconstruction""; ""8.6 Adaptations""

""8.7 Select Further Reading""""Literary Terms""; ""Humanities-Ebooks""

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910838185303321

Autore

Klotz Sebastian

Titolo

International Standardization and Trade Regulation : Exploring Linkages Between International Standardization Organizations and International Trade Agreements

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston : , : BRILL, , 2024

©2024

ISBN

90-04-69184-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (239 pages)

Collana

World Trade Institute Advanced Studies ; ; v.15

Disciplina

389.6

Soggetti

Foreign trade regulation

Standardization - Law and legislation

World Trade Organization

Commercial treaties

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Figures -- Tables -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Concepts and Debates -- 2.1 Clarification of Concepts -- 2.1.1 Bodies, Institutions, and Organizations -- 2.1.2 Multilateral and Preferential Trade Agreements -- 2.2 Review of Global Governance Debates -- 2.2.1 International Regimes -- 2.2.2 Indirect Governance -- 2.2.3 Institutionalisms -- 2.3 Multilateral Trade Agreements and International Standardization -- 2.4 International Standardization and Preferential Trade Agreements -- 2.5 Interim Conclusion -- Chapter 3 International Standardization Organizations -- 3.1 The Codex Alimentarius -- 3.1.1 History -- 3.1.2 Structure -- 3.1.3 Procedures -- 3.1.4 Controversial Topics -- 3.1.5 Data Collected -- 3.2 The International Organization for Standardization -- 3.2.1 History -- 3.2.2 Structure -- 3.2.3 Procedures -- 3.2.4 Controversial Topics -- 3.2.5



Data Collected -- 3.3 Interim Conclusion -- 3.4 Appendices -- Chapter 4 Multilateral Trade Agreements and International Standardization -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Literature and Research Gap -- 4.2.1 The WTO SPS Agreement and Codex -- 4.2.2 The WTO TBT Agreement and ISO -- 4.2.3 Research Gap -- 4.3 Hypotheses -- 4.4 Data and Methodology -- 4.4.1 Dependent Variable and Methodology -- 4.4.2 Independent Variable -- 4.4.3 Control Variables -- 4.5 Empirical Analysis -- 4.5.1 The WTO SPS Agreement and Codex -- 4.5.2 The WTO TBT Agreement and ISO -- 4.5.3 Comparison -- 4.6 Interim Conclusion -- 4.7 Appendices -- Chapter 5 International Standardization and Preferential Trade Agreements -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Literature and Research Gap -- 5.2.1 The Design of SPS Chapters -- 5.2.2 The Design of TBT Chapters -- 5.2.3 The Transatlantic Divide in the Design of TBT and SPS Chapters -- 5.2.4 Research Gap -- 5.3 Hypotheses -- 5.4 Data and Methodology.

5.4.1 Dependent Variable and Methodology -- 5.4.2 Independent Variables -- 5.4.3 Control Variables -- 5.5 Empirical Analysis -- 5.5.1 Codex and SPS Chapters -- 5.5.2 ISO and TBT Chapters -- 5.5.3 Robustness Checks -- 5.5.4 Comparison -- 5.6 Interim Conclusion -- 5.7 Appendices -- Chapter 6 Conclusion and Future Research -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

International standards play an important role in the regulation of global trade. This book investigates who actually develops these standards and how the design of international trade agreements influences international standardization, and vice versa.