1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910454483703321

Autore

Bernstein Richard B. <1956->

Titolo

The Founding Fathers reconsidered [[electronic resource] /] / R.B. Bernstein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009

ISBN

1-282-05376-0

9786612053764

0-19-971362-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Disciplina

973.3092/2

973.30922

Soggetti

Founding Fathers of the United States

Founding Fathers of the United States - Historiography

Electronic books.

United States Politics and government 1775-1783

United States Politics and government 1783-1809

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. [187]-227) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Chronology; CHAPTER 1: Words, Images, Meanings; CHAPTER 2: Contexts: The History That Made the Founding Fathers; CHAPTER 3: Achievements and Challenges: The History the Founding Fathers Made; CHAPTER 4: Legacies: What History Has Made of the Founding Fathers; EPILOGUE: The Founding Fathers, History, and Us; Appendix: The Founding Fathers: A Partial List; Acknowledgments; Notes; Further Reading; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Here is a concise, scholarly, yet accessible overview of the brilliant, flawed, and quarrelsome group of lawyers, politicians, merchants, military men, and clergy known as ""the Founding Fathers""--who got as close to the ideal of the Platonic ""philosopher-kings"" as American or world history has ever seen. In The Founding Fathers Reconsidered, R. B. Bernstein reveals Washington, Franklin, Jefferson, Adams, Hamilton, and the other founders not as shining demigods but as imperfect human beings--people much like us--who nevertheless achieved political greatness. They emerge here as men who soug



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996465753003316

Titolo

Financial Cryptography and Data Security [[electronic resource] ] : 21st International Conference, FC 2017, Sliema, Malta, April 3-7, 2017, Revised Selected Papers / / edited by Aggelos Kiayias

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-70972-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIV, 650 p. 132 illus.)

Collana

Security and Cryptology ; ; 10322

Disciplina

005.82

Soggetti

Data encryption (Computer science)

Computers

Law and legislation

Computers and civilization

Software engineering

Cryptology

Legal Aspects of Computing

Computers and Society

Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems

Information Systems and Communication Service

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Privacy and Identity Management -- Privacy and Data Processing -- Cryptographic Primitives and API's.-Vulnerabilities and Exploits -- Blockchain Technology -- Security of Internet Protocols -- Blind signatures.-Searching and Processing Private Data -- Secure Channel Protocols -- Privacy in Data Storage and Retrieval.

Sommario/riassunto

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Financial Cryptography and Data Security, FC 2017, held in Sliema, Malta, in April 2017. The 30 revised full papers and 5 short papers were carefully selected and reviewed from 132 submissions. The papers are grouped in the following topical sections: Privacy and Identity Management; Privacy and Data Processing; Cryptographic Primitives and API's;



Vulnerabilities and Exploits; Blockchain Technology; Security of Internet Protocols; Blind signatures; Searching and Processing Private Data; Secure Channel Protocols; and Privacy in Data Storage and Retrieval.