1.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991001769189707536

Autore

Thomasson, Bengt E.

Titolo

S.P.Q.R. : senatores, procuratoresque romani ... / illustravit Benedictus Thomae

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Göteborg : Bokförlaget Radius, 1975

ISBN

9185018066

Descrizione fisica

99 p. ; 22 cm

Soggetti

Rome Officials and employees Registers.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Latino

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Bibliografia: p. 6-11

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910956352303321

Autore

Bowden Brett <1968->

Titolo

The empire of civilization : the evolution of an imperial idea / / Brett Bowden

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2009

ISBN

9786612239403

9781282239401

1282239406

9780226068169

0226068161

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (319 p.)

Disciplina

303.48/201

Soggetti

Civilization - Philosophy

Civilization - History

Imperialism

International relations - Philosophy

Philosophy, European

Europe Territorial expansion

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 (p. [267]-289) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Guizot's question : universal civilization? -- Civilization, progress, and history : universals all? -- The ideal of civilization : its origins, meanings, and implications -- Civilization and the idea of progress -- The notion of universal civilization : one end for all? -- The art and science of empire -- The expansion of Europe and the classical standard of civilization -- The burden of civilization and the "art and science of colonization" -- New barbarism, old civilization, revived imperialism -- New barbarism and the test of modernity -- The "new realities" of imperialism -- Conclusion: The future of intercivilizational relations.

Sommario/riassunto

The term "civilization" comes with considerable baggage, dichotomizing people, cultures, and histories as "civilized"-or not. While the idea of civilization has been deployed throughout history to justify all manner of interventions and sociopolitical engineering, few scholars have stopped to consider what the concept actually means. Here, Brett Bowden examines how the idea of civilization has informed our thinking about international relations over the course of ten centuries.            From the Crusades to the colonial era to the global war on terror, this sweeping volum



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910735085603321

Autore

Fuller Margaret <1810-1850.>

Titolo

Traps : African American Men on Gender and Sexuality / / By Margaret Fuller Ossoli. Ed. by her brother, Arthur B. Fuller. With an introduction by Horace Greeley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Sheldon, Lamport & co.; [etc., etc.], 1855

©1855

ISBN

0-253-06919-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource : front. (port.)

Soggetti

Women - History - Modern period, 1600-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia