The American title insurance industry [[electronic resource] ] : how a cartel fleeces the American consumer / / Joseph W. Eaton and David J. Eaton ; with a foreword by Tom Miller |
Autore | Eaton Joseph W. <1919-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : New York University Press, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (301 p.) |
Disciplina | 368.8/800973 |
Altri autori (Persone) | EatonDavid J |
Soggetto topico |
Title insurance - United States
Title companies - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
American
Industry Insurance Title brings elected estate industries involved issue landmark light long-neglected makers officials policy real study those |
ISBN |
0-8147-2246-6
0-8147-2281-4 81-472-2466-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Title insurance as a for-profit business -- Alternate title guarantee models -- Title insurance as a government service -- Title insurance the legal dimension -- Title insurance the administrative dimension -- Title interest groups -- Title income and losses -- Title reform is a definite maybe -- The future of title insurance. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781811103321 |
Eaton Joseph W. <1919-> | ||
New York, : New York University Press, c2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Servants of the dynasty [[electronic resource] ] : palace women in world history / / edited by Anne Walthall |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (398 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.84/109 |
Altri autori (Persone) | WalthallAnne |
Collana | The California world history library |
Soggetto topico |
Courtesans - History
Courts and courtiers - History Ladies-in-waiting - History Favorites, Royal - History Harems - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
african royal harem
anthropology archeology attendants aztec royalty benin chinese imperial courts concubines drudges entertainers french royalty gender and power gender studies global history history human history japanese shogun maids male rulers mayan states men and women monarchy mothers mughal india nigeria nobility officials patriarchal society productive power reproductive power royal courts royalty sex versailles wives women in royal courts world history |
ISBN |
1-281-75265-7
0-520-94151-9 9786611752651 1-4356-8475-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- TABLES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCING PALACE WOMEN -- 1. WOMEN AND THE PERFORMANCE OF POWER IN EARLY MODERN SOUTHEAST ASIA -- 2. WOMEN IN CLASSIC MAYA ROYAL COURTS -- 3. WOMEN AND POWER AT THE BYZANTINE COURT -- 4. BEYOND HAREM WALLS -- 5. MUGHAL PALACE WOMEN -- 6. POLITICS IN AN AFRICAN ROYAL HAREM -- 7. QING IMPERIAL WOMEN -- 8. THE ROYAL WOMEN OF IVAN IV'S FAMILY 8 AND THE MEANING OF FORCED TONSURE -- 9. SERVANTS OF THE INNER QUARTERS -- 10. WOMEN OF VERSAILLES, 1682-1789 -- 11. CONCUBINES AND CLOTH -- 12. WOMEN, ROYALTY, AND INDIGO DYEING IN NORTHERN NIGERIA, CIRCA 1500-1807 -- 13. GENDER AND ENTERTAINMENT AT THE SONG COURT -- 14. THE VANISHED WOMEN OF KOREA -- THE PERILS OF THE SENTIMENTAL FAMILY FOR ROYALTY IN POSTREVOLUTIONARY FRANCE -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782563503321 |
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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