Title:Choosing Big Technologies
Author(s):KRIGE, JohnDate:1993Type of Publication:BookAbstract:The majority of the papers comprising this collection were prepared for a symposium held at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence in November 1991.1 The symposium's main, and more or less explicit aim, was ...
Title:Ciemna strona panstw narodowych: czystki etniczne w nowoczesnej Europie
Author(s):THER, PhilippDate:2012Type of Publication:BookAbstract:Niezaleznie od tego, czy czystki etniczne traktujemy jako jedna z najwazniejszych cech, odrózniajacych wiek ubiegly od poprzednich (stulecie wypedzen), czy za wazniejsza uznamy role USA (American Century), totalitaryzmy, ...
Title:Collegi elettorali
Author(s):NOIRET, Serge; CONTI, FulvioDate:1994Type of Publication:Book
Title:Commemorando le guerre civili
Author(s):PASSERINI, Luisa; ANTONIOU, GeorgiosDate:2006Type of Publication:Book
Title:Comparative and Transnational History. Central European Approaches and New Perspectives
Author(s):HAUPT, Heinz-Gerhard; KOCKA, JürgenDate:2009Type of Publication:BookAbstract:Since the 1970s West German historiography has been one of the main arenas of international comparative history. It has produced important empirical studies particularly in social history as well as methodological and ...
Title:Competing visions of world order. Global moments and movements, 1880s-1930s
Author(s):CONRAD, Sebastian; SACHSENMAIER, DominicDate:2007Type of Publication:BookSeries/Report no.:Palgrave Macmillan transnational history seriesAbstract:Table of Contents: Competing Visions of World Order: Global Moments and Movements, 1880s-1930s--Dominic Sachsenmaier and Sebastian Conrad * Part I: Conceptions of World Order and Global Consciousness in the Imperialist Age ...
Title:Control of Violence: Historical and International Perspectives on Violence in Modern Societies
Author(s):HEITMEYER, Wilhelm; HAUPT, Heinz-Gerhard; MALTHANER, Stefan; KIRSCHNER, AndreaDate:2011Type of Publication:BookAbstract:Modern societies are increasingly confronted with forms of violence that appear unpredictable and uncontrollable. Are the existing control regimes such as police, state surveillance institutions, and legal systems able to ...
Title:The Creation and Destruction of Value. The globalization cycle
Author(s):JAMES, HaroldDate:2009Type of Publication:BookAbstract:Harold James examines the vulnerability and fragility of processes of globalization, both historically and in the present. This book applies lessons from past breakdowns of globalization—above all in the Great Depression—to ...
Title:Crime e castigo : no liberalismo em Portugal
Author(s):MARQUES, Tiago PiresDate:2005Type of Publication:BookAbstract:No Portugal do século XIX, os modos legítimos de punir surgiram como questão governativa de primeiro plano. Em nome de ideais de regeneração social, civilização e modernidade, foram importados modelos prisionais e desenvolvidas ...
Title:Crises and Opportunities: The shaping of modern finance
Author(s):CASSIS, YoussefDate:2011-01-01Type of Publication:BookAbstract:As the world's political and economic leaders struggle with the aftermath of the financial crisis of 2008, this book asks the question: have financial crises presented opportunities to rebuild the financial system? Examining ...
Title:Cultures et formations negociantes dans l'Europe moderne
Author(s):ANGIOLINI, Franco; ROCHE, DanielDate:1995-01-01Type of Publication:BookAbstract:Depuis longtemps, avec les travaux de Wernert Sombart, Joseph Schumpeter, Fernand Braudel, on connaît le rôle majeur des négociants dans la transformation des sociétés pré-industrielles et la construction des économies-mondes. ...