The history of make-believe : Tacitus on imperial Rome / / Holly Haynes |
Autore | Haynes Holly |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 231 pages) |
Disciplina | 937/.07/092 |
Collana | The Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature |
Soggetto topico | HISTORY / Ancient / General |
Soggetto non controllato |
agricola
agrippa ancient rome augustus batavians civil war coup cultural difference early empire empire ethnicity flavians galba historical knowledge history imperial politics imperialism jews military monarchy national identity nature of history nature of power nero nerva nonfiction objective knowledge oratory othering otho politcal rivals power pretender race religious difference roman empire roman history roman rule royalty speeches tacitus trachalus trajan unknowable vespasian vitellius |
ISBN |
1-282-35701-8
9786612357015 0-520-92955-1 1-59734-938-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Belief and Make-Believe -- 1. An Anatomy of Make-Believe -- 2. Nero -- 3. Power and Simulacra -- 4. Vespasian -- 5. A Civil Disturbance -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782960303321 |
Haynes Holly | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Political contingency [[electronic resource] ] : studying the unexpected, the accidental, and the unforeseen / / edited by Ian Shapiro and Sonu Bedi |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : New York University Press, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (305 p.) |
Disciplina | 320.01 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
ShapiroIan
BediSonu |
Soggetto topico |
Political science - Methodology
Causation - Political aspects World politics - 1989- Imaginary histories |
Soggetto non controllato |
That
This accidental collection contingency essays examines fashion original phenomena political politics significance study systematic unexpected unknowable |
ISBN |
0-8147-0882-X
0-8147-4072-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: Contingency's challenge to political science / Ian Shapiro and Sonu Bedi -- From fortune to feedback : contingency and the birth of modern political science / David Wootton -- Mapping contingency / Andreas Schedler -- Resilience as the explanandum of social theory / Philip Pettit -- Events as causes : the case of American politics / David R. Mayhew -- Contingent public policies and racial hierarchy : lessons from immigration and census policies / Jennifer Hochschild and Traci Burch -- Region, contingency, and democratization / Susan Stokes -- Contingency, politics, and the nature of inquiry : why non-events matter / Gregory A. Huber -- Modeling contingency / Elisabeth Jean Wood -- When democracy complicates peace : how democratic contingencies affect negotiated settlements / Courtney Jung -- Contingency in biophysical research / Robert G. Shulman and Mark R. Shulman. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778246103321 |
New York, : New York University Press, c2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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