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UNINA9910966966303321 |
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Titolo |
Entrepreneurship in Latin America : a step up the social ladder? / / Eduardo Lora and Francesca Castellani, editors |
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Washington, D.C. : , : The World Bank, , [2013] |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (pages cm) |
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Collana |
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Latin American development forum series |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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LoraEduardo |
CastellaniFrancesca |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Economic development - Latin America |
Entrepreneurship - Social aspects - Latin America |
Social mobility - Latin America |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"A copublication of the Inter-American Development Bank and the World Bank." |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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part I. Overview -- part II. International comparisons and country studies. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book looks at both the potential and limits of policies to promote entrepreneurship as an important vehicle for social mobility in Latin America and the Caribbean. Who are the region's entrepreneurs? They tend to be middle-aged males with secondary and, often, tertiary education who represent only a small segment of the economically-active population in the six countries considered in this book. They come from families in which a parent is, or was, an entrepreneur. In fact, a parent's occupation is more important in the decision to become an entrepreneur than a parent's wealth, income or |
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UNINA9910958459003321 |
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Autore |
Watson James G (James Gray), <1939-> |
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Titolo |
William Faulkner : self-presentation and performance / / by James G. Watson |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2000 |
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ISBN |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (272 p.) |
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Collana |
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Literary modernism series |
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Disciplina |
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American letters - History and criticism |
Autobiography |
Letter writing - United States - History - 20th century |
Modernism (Literature) - United States |
Narration (Rhetoric) |
Self-presentation in literature |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Abbreviations Used -- Preface -- I. Self-Presentation and Performance -- II. Photographs, Letters, and Fictions -- III. Marriage Matters -- IV. Who's Your Old Man? -- V. Stage Manager -- VI. Old Moster -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index. |
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In his life and writings, William Faulkner continually created and "performed" selves.Even in letters, he often played a part--gentleman dandy, soldier, farmer--while in his fictions these and other personae are counterpoised against one another to create a world of controlled chaos, made in Faulkner's own protean image and reflective of his own. |
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