03387nam 22005175 450 991078563910332120230207214509.00-300-17710-010.12987/9780300177107(CKB)2670000000233743(EBL)3421020(SSID)ssj0000720795(PQKBManifestationID)11377941(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000720795(PQKBWorkID)10669377(PQKB)10048791(DE-B1597)485786(OCoLC)1024003968(DE-B1597)9780300177107(MiAaPQ)EBC3421020(EXLCZ)99267000000023374320200424h20102010 fg 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrThe Hellfire Clubs /Evelyn LordNew Haven, CT :Yale University Press,[2010]©20101 online resource (250 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-300-16402-5 Front matter --Contents --Acknowledgements --List of Illustrations --The Hell-Fire Clubs Time Line --Introduction --1. Prelude to the Fires of Hell --2. Gentlemen's Clubs, Journalistic Hacks, the Mohocks and Change --3. The Hell-Fire Clubs --4. Interlude Abroad: The Grand Tour, Dilettanti and Divans --5. The Medmenham Friars --6. Essay on Woman: The Friars Exposed --7. Public Men and Private Vices --8. Scotland and the Fires of Hell --9. Beefsteaks, Demoniacs, Dalkey and Colonial America --Conclusion --Notes --Bibliography --IndexThe Hell-Fire Clubs scandalized eighteenth-century English society. Rumors of their orgies, recruitment of prostitutes, extensive libraries of erotica, extreme rituals, and initiation ceremonies circulated widely at the time, only to become more sensational as generations passed. This thoroughly researched book sets aside the exaggerated gossip about the secret Hell-Fire Clubs and brings to light the first accurate portrait of their membership (including John Wilkes, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the Prince of Wales), beliefs, activities, and the reasons for their proliferation, first in the British Isles and later in America, possibly under the auspices of Benjamin Franklin. Hell-Fire Clubs operated under a variety of titles, but all attracted similar members-mainly upper-class men with abundant leisure and the desire to shock society. The book explores the social and economic context in which the clubs emerged and flourished; their various phases, which first involved violence as an assertion of masculinity, then religious blasphemy, and later sexual indulgence; and the countermovement that eventually suppressed them. Uncovering the facts behind the Hell-Fire legends, this book also opens a window on the rich contradictions of the Enlightenment period.Secret societiesHistory18th centuryGreat BritainGreat BritainSocial life and customs18th centurySecret societiesHistory366.094109033Lord Evelynauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut861439DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910785639103321The Hellfire Clubs3743494UNINA04266nam 2200853 a 450 991095333090332120240703150238.09786612964848978128296484612829648449781400837724140083772310.1515/9781400837724(CKB)2560000000049025(EBL)664563(OCoLC)707067722(SSID)ssj0000543677(PQKBManifestationID)12210935(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000543677(PQKBWorkID)10531143(PQKB)10004351(SSID)ssj0000484330(PQKBManifestationID)11332321(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000484330(PQKBWorkID)10574244(PQKB)11571977(OCoLC)899265836(MdBmJHUP)muse36819(DE-B1597)446716(OCoLC)979905234(DE-B1597)9781400837724(Au-PeEL)EBL664563(CaPaEBR)ebr10443104(CaONFJC)MIL296484(PPN)187275335(FR-PaCSA)88807809(MiAaPQ)EBC664563(Perlego)735003(FRCYB88807809)88807809(EXLCZ)99256000000004902520110311h20092005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFeeding the world an economic history of agriculture, 1800-2000 /Giovanni FedericoCourse BookPrinceton, N.J. Princeton University Press2009, c20051 online resource (405 p.)Princeton economic history of the Western worldDescription based upon print version of record.9780691120515 069112051X 9780691138534 0691138532 Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-380) and index.Frontmatter --Contents --List of Illustrations/ List of Tables --Preface --Chapter One. Introduction --Chapter Two. Why Is Agriculture Different? --Chapter Three. Trends in the Long Run --Chapter Four. Patterns of Growth: The Inputs --Chapter Five. The Causes of Growth: The Increase in Productivity --Chapter Six. Technical Progress in Agriculture --Chapter Seven. The Microeconomics of Agricultural Institutions --Chapter Eight. Agricultural Institutions and Growth --Chapter Nine. The State and the Market --Chapter Ten. Conclusions: Agriculture and Economic Growth in the Long Run --Statistical Appendix --Notes --Bibliography --IndexIn the last two centuries, agriculture has been an outstanding, if somewhat neglected, success story. Agriculture has fed an ever-growing population with an increasing variety of products at falling prices, even as it has released a growing number of workers to the rest of the economy. This book, a comprehensive history of world agriculture during this period, explains how these feats were accomplished. Feeding the World synthesizes two hundred years of agricultural development throughout the world, providing all essential data and extensive references to the literature. It covers, systematically, all the factors that have affected agricultural performance: environment, accumulation of inputs, technical progress, institutional change, commercialization, agricultural policies, and more. The last chapter discusses the contribution of agriculture to modern economic growth. The book is global in its reach and analysis, and represents a grand synthesis of an enormous topic.Princeton economic history of the Western world.AgricultureEconomic aspectsHistory19th centuryAgricultureEconomic aspectsHistory20th centuryAgricultureEconomic aspectsHistoryAgricultureEconomic aspectsHistory338.109034NW 3920rvkFederico Giovanni381242MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910953330903321Feeding the world4340622UNINA