1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911131858003321

Autore

Evelyn John <1620-1706.>

Titolo

The diary of John Evelyn [[electronic resource] ] . Volume 5 Kalendarium, 1690-1706 : now first printed in full from the manuscripts belonging to John Evelyn and edited by E. S. de Beer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Clarendon Press, 2003, c2000

ISBN

0-19-173323-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Altri autori (Persone)

De BeerEsmond Samuel <1895-1990.>

Disciplina

942.06092

Soggetti

History - Great Britain

Great Britain Court and courtiers Diaries

Great Britain History Stuarts, 1603-1714

Great Britain Social life and customs 17th 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.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Title page -- Copyright -- DIGNITARIES AND OFFICE-HOLDERS -- PRINCIPAL CONTENTS OF THIS VOLUME.

Sommario/riassunto

A scholarly edition of volume 5 of the diary of John Evelyn. The edition presents an authoritative text, together with an introduction, commentary notes, and scholarly apparatus.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911137054403321

Autore

Hoffmann Bert

Titolo

The politics of the Internet in Third World development : challenges in contrasting regimes with case studies of Costa Rica and Cuba / / Bert Hoffmann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Taylor and Francis, 2004

ISBN

1-135-93157-7

1-135-93158-5

1-280-23629-9

9786610236299

0-203-33535-X

9780203335352

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (285 p.)

Collana

Latin American studies

Disciplina

303.48/33/091724

Soggetti

Information technology - Political aspects - Developing countries

Information technology - Political aspects - Costa Rica

Information technology - Political aspects - Cuba

Technology and state - Developing countries

Technology and state - Costa Rica

Technology and state - Cuba

Economic development - Political aspects

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. 287-313) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- The new information and communication technologies (NICT) -- NICT in Third World development : political issues in a transformed telecommunications regime -- Structures and transformation of the Costa Rican development model -- Active NICT development by state monopoly : a new Costa Rican model? -- Structures and transformation of Cuba's state-socialist development -- From the rejection of the Internet to the "informatization of society" : a political anatomy of change -- The politics of the Internet in Third World development : conclusions in comparative perspective.

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the political and developmental implications of the



new information and communication technologies (NICT) in the Third World. Whereas the concept of the 'digital divide' tends to focus on technological and quantitative indicators, this work stresses the crucial role played by the political regime type, the pursued development model and the specific configuration of actors and decision-making dynamics. Two starkly contrasting Third World countries, state-socialist Cuba and the Latin America's ""show-case democracy"" Costa Rica, were chosen for two in-depth empirical country s