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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1244
Book Description
Supreme Court of the State of New York
Author: Precise Leveling in New York City
Author: New York (N.Y.). Board of Estimate and ApportionmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bench-marks
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Human Biodiversity
Author: Jonathan MarksPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351514628
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
Are humans unique? This simple question, at the very heart of the hybrid field of biological anthropology, poses one of the false of dichotomies—with a stereotypical humanist answering in the affirmative and a stereotypical scientist answering in the negative. The study of human biology is different from the study of the biology of other species. In the simplest terms, people's lives and welfare may depend upon it, in a sense that they may not depend on the study of other scientific subjects. Where science is used to validate ideas—four out of five scientists preferring a brand of cigarettes or toothpaste—there is a tendency to accept the judgment as authoritative without asking the kinds of questions we might ask of other citizens' pronouncements.
An Introduction to Indian Government Accounts and Audit
Author: India. Comptroller and Auditor-GeneralPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Finance, Public
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Ornamental Iron & Bronze
Author: Winslow Bros. CompanyPublisher:
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Category : Architectural ironwork
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Holland Under Habsburg Rule, 1506-1566
Author: James D. TracyPublisher: University of California Press
ISBN: 0520304039
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Under what conditions were limited forms of self-government possible in medieval and early modern Europe? While many historians have sought an answer by investigating the development of parliamentary institutions in emerging national monarchies and the wider autonomy enjoyed by various city-states within their own borders, James D. Tracy concentrates instead on a relatively neglected phenomenon at an intermediate level of political organization—the self-governing province. Focusing on the province of Holland during the reigns of Charles V and Philip II (1506–1566), Tracy argues convincingly that Holland effectively underwent an apprenticeship in self-government. The seven provinces of the Dutch Republic—among which Holland was the richest and most populous—were the first in history to govern themselves by a consensus among their towns and nobles. The foundations for this internal cohesion were put in place long before the Dutch Revolt; first by medieval provincial dynasties, then by the dukes of Burgundy, and finally by the House of Habsburg. At the turn of the sixteenth century, Holland was urbanized to a surprising degree, with over forty percent of its population residing in some thirty small and mid-sized towns. Forced by external threats to rise above their economic rivalries, the towns joined together through the forum of the provincial parliament, or States of Holland, which came to assume a primary role in the management of public finances. While noting that the growing autonomy of Holland did not make the Dutch Revolt inevitable, Tracy points out that the revolt could hardly have succeeded without provinces that already had a tradition of managing their own affairs. In the broader context of European political institutions, the circumstances that permitted the provincial states to assume many of the functions of government illustrate not only the capacity for self-government but also the formation of genuine body politics. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1990.
History of Dearborn County
Author: Archibald ShawPublisher:
ISBN: 9780832825439
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1072
Book Description
History of Franklin County, Indiana
Author: August Jacob ReifelPublisher:
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Category : Franklin County (Ind.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1632
Book Description
The New York Annual Register
Author: Edwin WilliamsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : New York (State)
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Containing an almanac; civil and judicial list; with political, statistical and other information respecting the State of New York and the United States.