The Perreaus and Mrs. Rudd : forgery and betrayal in eighteenth-century London / / Donna T. Andrew and Randall McGowen |
Autore | Andrew Donna T. <1945-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 346 pages) |
Disciplina | 345.42/0263 |
Altri autori (Persone) | McGowenRandall <1948-> |
Soggetto topico |
Trials (Forgery) - England - London
Forgers - Great Britain |
Soggetto non controllato |
1770s
18th century american revolution bonds british colonies british history capitalism character crime daniel perreau debt economics empire english history finance forgery fraud georgian england hanging james boswell john wilkes journalism king george iii legal trial london lord mansfield margaret rudd mistress national politics nonfiction perreau brothers public character robert perreau scandal sensation journalism stocks trial twins |
ISBN |
0-520-92370-7
1-59734-805-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- One. To The Hanging Tree -- Two. Alarming Crimes And Unsettling Stories -- Three. The Press And The Case -- Four. Passing Fair -- Five. Fashion And Its Discontents -- Six. Private Credit And Public Confidence -- Seven. Debating The Law -- Eight. Writing Her Life: Mrs. Rudd's Life Stories -- Nine. Mrs. Rudd On Trial -- Ten. "If Innocents Should Suffer" -- Eleven. Looking Back -- Epilogue -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780589303321 |
Andrew Donna T. <1945->
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The unheavenly chorus [[electronic resource] ] : unequal political voice and the broken promise of American democracy / / Kay Lehman Schlozman, Sidney Verba, Henry E. Brady |
Autore | Schlozman Kay Lehman <1946-> |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton ; ; Oxford, : Princeton University Press, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (726 p.) |
Disciplina | 323/.0420973 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
VerbaSidney
BradyHenry E |
Soggetto topico |
Political participation - United States
Equality - United States Pressure groups - United States Democracy - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
Soggetto non controllato |
ANES panel studies
America American civic culture American democracy Internet Supreme Court decisions Washington pressure community Washington representation advantaged age groups age business interests class bias class differences class inequalities class inequality cohort effects creative participation democracy democratic dilemma democratic governance differential voice disadvantaged economic inequality economic interests educated parents educational attainment egalitarians elections electoral democracy empirical analysis equal consideration equal political voice equal voice equality family background federal constitution free rider problem home politics inequalities life-cycle effects material well-being median voter model national politics nonvoters organizational activity organized interest activity organized interest influence organized interest politics organized interest representation organized interest system organized interests organized representation parental education participatory advantage participatory inequalities participatory patterns policy benefits political activism political activity political advantage political conflict political division political inactivity political inequality political involvement political organizations political outcomes political participation political polarization political processes political recruitment political voice pressure community pressure politics pressure system public officials public opinion public policy rational prospecting resource constraint resource constraints resource deprived resource disadvantaged social class social processes socio-economic status socio-economic stratification state constitutions strategic considerations survey data surveys systematic empirical data trade-offs unequal political voice union membership voluntary associations voters voting power voting strength voting websites |
ISBN |
1-280-49433-6
9786613589569 1-4008-4191-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: Democracy and Political Voice -- Part I. Th inking about Inequality and Political Voice -- 2. The (Ambivalent) Tradition of Equality in America -- 3. The Context: Growing Economic Inequality and Weakening Unions -- 4. Equal Voice and the Dilemmas of Democracy -- 5. Does Unequal Political Voice Matter? -- 6. The Persistence of Unequal Voice -- 7. Unequal at the Starting Line: The Intergenerational Persistence of Political Inequality -- 8. Political Participation over the Life Cycle -- 9. Political Activism and Electoral Democracy: Perspectives on Economic Inequality and Political Polarization -- Part III. Inequality of Political Voice and Organized Interest Activity -- 10. Political Voice through Organized Interests: Introductory Matters -- 11. Who Sings in the Heavenly Chorus? The Shape of the Organized Interest System -- 12. The Changing Pressure Community -- 13. Beyond Organizational Categories -- 14. Political Voice through Organized Interest Activity -- Part IV. Can We Change the Accent of the Unheavenly Chorus? -- 15. Breaking the Pattern through Political Recruitment -- 16. Weapon of the Strong? Participatory Inequality and the Internet -- 17. What, if Anything, Is to Be Done? -- 18. Conclusion: Equal Voice and the Promise of American Democracy -- Appendixes -- Appendix A: Equality and the State and U.S. Constitutions -- Appendix B: The Persistence of Political and Nonpolitical Activity -- Appendix C: The Intergenerational Transmission of Political Participation -- Appendix D: Age, Period, and Cohort Effects -- Appendix E: The Washington Representatives Database -- Appendix F: Additional Tables -- Appendix G: Do Online and Offline Political Activists Differ from One Another? -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461089603321 |
Schlozman Kay Lehman <1946->
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The unheavenly chorus [[electronic resource] ] : unequal political voice and the broken promise of American democracy / / Kay Lehman Schlozman, Sidney Verba, Henry E. Brady |
Autore | Schlozman Kay Lehman <1946-> |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton ; ; Oxford, : Princeton University Press, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (726 p.) |
Disciplina | 323/.0420973 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
VerbaSidney
BradyHenry E |
Soggetto topico |
Political participation - United States
Equality - United States Pressure groups - United States Democracy - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
ANES panel studies
America American civic culture American democracy Internet Supreme Court decisions Washington pressure community Washington representation advantaged age groups age business interests class bias class differences class inequalities class inequality cohort effects creative participation democracy democratic dilemma democratic governance differential voice disadvantaged economic inequality economic interests educated parents educational attainment egalitarians elections electoral democracy empirical analysis equal consideration equal political voice equal voice equality family background federal constitution free rider problem home politics inequalities life-cycle effects material well-being median voter model national politics nonvoters organizational activity organized interest activity organized interest influence organized interest politics organized interest representation organized interest system organized interests organized representation parental education participatory advantage participatory inequalities participatory patterns policy benefits political activism political activity political advantage political conflict political division political inactivity political inequality political involvement political organizations political outcomes political participation political polarization political processes political recruitment political voice pressure community pressure politics pressure system public officials public opinion public policy rational prospecting resource constraint resource constraints resource deprived resource disadvantaged social class social processes socio-economic status socio-economic stratification state constitutions strategic considerations survey data surveys systematic empirical data trade-offs unequal political voice union membership voluntary associations voters voting power voting strength voting websites |
ISBN |
1-280-49433-6
9786613589569 1-4008-4191-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: Democracy and Political Voice -- Part I. Th inking about Inequality and Political Voice -- 2. The (Ambivalent) Tradition of Equality in America -- 3. The Context: Growing Economic Inequality and Weakening Unions -- 4. Equal Voice and the Dilemmas of Democracy -- 5. Does Unequal Political Voice Matter? -- 6. The Persistence of Unequal Voice -- 7. Unequal at the Starting Line: The Intergenerational Persistence of Political Inequality -- 8. Political Participation over the Life Cycle -- 9. Political Activism and Electoral Democracy: Perspectives on Economic Inequality and Political Polarization -- Part III. Inequality of Political Voice and Organized Interest Activity -- 10. Political Voice through Organized Interests: Introductory Matters -- 11. Who Sings in the Heavenly Chorus? The Shape of the Organized Interest System -- 12. The Changing Pressure Community -- 13. Beyond Organizational Categories -- 14. Political Voice through Organized Interest Activity -- Part IV. Can We Change the Accent of the Unheavenly Chorus? -- 15. Breaking the Pattern through Political Recruitment -- 16. Weapon of the Strong? Participatory Inequality and the Internet -- 17. What, if Anything, Is to Be Done? -- 18. Conclusion: Equal Voice and the Promise of American Democracy -- Appendixes -- Appendix A: Equality and the State and U.S. Constitutions -- Appendix B: The Persistence of Political and Nonpolitical Activity -- Appendix C: The Intergenerational Transmission of Political Participation -- Appendix D: Age, Period, and Cohort Effects -- Appendix E: The Washington Representatives Database -- Appendix F: Additional Tables -- Appendix G: Do Online and Offline Political Activists Differ from One Another? -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789921303321 |
Schlozman Kay Lehman <1946->
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The widening gate : Bristol and the Atlantic economy, 1450-1700 / / David Harris Sacks |
Autore | Sacks David Harris |
Edizione | [Reprint 2019] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [1991] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxvi, 464 p. ) : ill. ; |
Disciplina | 330.9423/93 |
Collana | The New Historicism: Studies in Cultural Poetics |
Soggetto topico |
Capitalism - England - Bristol - History
Capitalism - History - Bristol - England |
Soggetto non controllato |
artisans
atlantic economy atlantic seaboard authority bristol capitalism city life cultural change cultural practices early capitalist economy economic conditions economic history economics english history ethical norms ethics history of capitalism justice levant medieval commercial economy merchandise merchants modern western economy monopoly national politics overseas merchants pilgrimage political change political theory retail shopkeepers social change thick description urban life |
ISBN |
0-520-91452-X
0-585-18162-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Closed Arena and the Open Gate -- 1. Feats of Merchandise -- 2. Mere Merchants -- 3. Organizing the Society -- 4. The Navel of the World -- 5. The Sanctification of Power -- 6. Little Businesses -- 7. Looking Backward -- 8. A Shoemakers' Holiday -- 9. Registering the Pilgrimage -- 10. The Spirit World -- Conclusion: The Widening Gate of Capitalism -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910495959003321 |
Sacks David Harris
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