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UNINA990004230940403321 |
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Belchem, John |
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Popular radicalism in Nineteenth-Century Britain / John Belchem |
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London : Macmillan press, 1996 |
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Social history in perspective |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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UNINA9910788680403321 |
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Autore |
Cheng John |
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Astounding wonder [[electronic resource] ] : imagining science and science fiction in interwar America / / John Cheng |
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Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2012 |
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1-283-89840-3 |
0-8122-0667-3 |
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[1st ed.] |
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1 online resource (401 p.) |
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Science fiction, American - History and criticism |
Science fiction - Periodicals - History |
Literature and science - United States - History - 20th century |
Science in popular culture - United States |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-374) and index. |
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pt. I. Circulation -- pt. II. Reading -- pt. III. Practice. |
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When physicist Robert Goddard, whose career was inspired by H. G. Wells's War of the Worlds, published "A Method of Reaching Extreme Altitudes," the response was electric. Newspaper headlines across the country announced, "Modern Jules Verne Invents Rocket to Reach Moon," while people from around the world, including two World War I pilots, volunteered as pioneers in space exploration. Though premature (Goddard's rocket, alas, was only imagined), the episode demonstrated not only science's general popularity but also its intersection with interwar popular and commercial culture. In that intersection, the stories that inspired Goddard and others became a recognizable genre: science fiction. Astounding Wonder explores science fiction's emergence in the era's "pulps," colorful magazines that shouted from the newsstands, attracting an extraordinarily loyal and active audience. Pulps invited readers not only to read science fiction but also to participate in it, joining writers and editors in celebrating a collective wonder for and investment in the potential of science. But in conjuring fantastic machines, travel across time and space, unexplored worlds, and alien foes, science fiction offered more than rousing adventure and romance. It also assuaged contemporary concerns about nation, gender, race, authority, ability, and progress-about the place of ordinary individuals within modern science and society-in the process freeing readers to debate scientific theories and implications separate from such concerns. Readers similarly sought to establish their worth and place outside the pulps. Organizing clubs and conventions and producing their own magazines, some expanded science fiction's community and created a fan subculture separate from the professional pulp industry. Others formed societies to launch and experiment with rockets. From debating relativity and the use of slang in the future to printing purple fanzines and calculating the speed of spaceships, fans' enthusiastic industry revealed the tensions between popular science and modern science. Even as it inspired readers' imagination and activities, science fiction's participatory ethos sparked debates about amateurs and professionals that divided the worlds of science fiction in the 1930's and after. |
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UNINA9910975149103321 |
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Autore |
Mwase Nkunde |
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An Empirical Investigation of the Exchange Rate Pass-Through to Inflation in Tanzania / / Nkunde Mwase |
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Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2006 |
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9786613823557 |
9781462372003 |
1462372007 |
9781452739045 |
1452739048 |
9781283364119 |
1283364115 |
9781452703329 |
1452703329 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (36 p.) |
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Foreign exchange rates - Tanzania |
Inflation (Finance) - Tanzania |
Consumer price indexes |
Currency |
Deflation |
Exchange rate pass-through |
Exchange rates |
Foreign Exchange |
Foreign exchange |
Inflation |
Macroeconomics |
Monetary base |
Monetary economics |
Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit: General |
Money and Monetary Policy |
Money supply |
Price indexes |
Price Level |
Prices |
Tanzania, United Republic of |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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""Contents""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""II. MONEY, EXCHANGE RATES, AND INFLATION IN TANZANIA""; ""III. A SURVEY OF THE LITERATURE""; ""IV. THE MODELING STRATEGY""; ""V. EMPIRICAL RESULTS""; ""VI. FACTORS BEHIND THE LOW AND DECLINING EXCHANGE RATE PASS-THROUGH""; ""VII. CONCLUSION AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""DATA SOURCES AND ESTIMATION""; ""ROBUSTNESS TESTS""; ""References"" |
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The paper examines the effect of exchange rate changes on consumer prices in Tanzania using structural vector autoregression (VAR) models. Using a data set covering the period 1990-2005, we find that the exchange rate pass-through to inflation declined in the late 1990s despite the depreciation of the currency. This could be partly attributed to the macroeconomic and structural reforms that were implemented during this period. The decline in the pass-through does not necessarily imply that exchange rate fluctuations are less significant in explaining macroeconomic fluctuations. The recent increase in the share of imports in the economy suggests that the pass-through could rise over the medium term. The findings imply that the authorities should remain vigilant in assessing the potential impact of foreign prices on the dynamics of inflation in Tanzania. In this regard, the authorities should seek to maintain low and stable inflation and continue the ongoing structural reforms designed to improve efficiency and increase competition. |
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