1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996386887303316

Autore

Maynard John <1600-1665.>

Titolo

The beauty and order of the creation [[electronic resource] ] : together with natural and allegorical meditations on the six dayes works of the creation : with the addition of two compendious discourses : I. of the creation of man after the image of God, II. of the creation of angels, with a description of their several properties / / by ... Mr. John Maynard ... ; published by William Gearing .

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed by T.M. for Henry Eversden ..., 1668

Descrizione fisica

[25], 213 p

Altri autori (Persone)

GearingWilliam

Soggetti

Creation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Reproduction of original in Union Theological Seminary Library, New York.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0160



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910798650103321

Titolo

Acceleration of history : war, conflict, and politics / / edited by Alexios Alecou

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham : , : Lexington Books, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

1-4985-4069-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (175 p.)

Disciplina

901

Soggetti

History - Philosophy

History, Modern

Social change - History

Speed - Political aspects - History

Revolutions - History

Military history, Modern

World politics

Europe History

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: What accelerates history? / Alexios Alecou -- Acceleration of history : the conceptual framework for causal analysis / Nikolai S. Rozov -- Power decentralization in the international system and the acceleration of history / Zenonas Tziarras -- The right to war and violence : from objectivity to the acceptability / Svetlana N. Shchegolikhina -- Messianic times : the Great War as the trigger of world history / Juan Luis Fernandez -- The contribution of Cyprus to the Second World War as part of the Allied Forces and the impact of war on the military and political evolution of the island / Marios Siammas -- The acceleration of history and decolonization in the eastern Mediterranean : the case of Cyprus, 1945-1959 / Andreas Karyos -- The decentralization of the European Union as a solution to the EU's paralysis / Maria Mut Bosque.

Sommario/riassunto

"This collection of scholarly essays analyzes the concept of the



acceleration of history, or moments in which the rate of change increases and leads to rapid alteration of the status quo. The contributors outline a theoretical framework and examine specific examples of such historical moments"--Provided by publisher.