Author: Esteban GonzálezPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
The Comical History, and Humorous Adventures of Estevanille Gonzalez, Surnamed the Merry Fellow. (Written by Himself) Translated from the Spanish by the Ingenious Monsieur Le Sage, ...
Author: Esteban GonzálezThe Comical History, and Humorous Adventures of Estevanille Gonzalez, Surnamed the Merry Fellow. (Written by Himself) Translated from the Spanish by the Ingenious Monsieur Le Sage, ... the Second Edition Corrected
Author: ESTEBAN. GONZALEZPublisher: Gale Ecco, Print Editions
ISBN: 9781385104248
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Rich in titles on English life and social history, this collection spans the world as it was known to eighteenth-century historians and explorers. Titles include a wealth of travel accounts and diaries, histories of nations from throughout the world, and maps and charts of a world that was still being discovered. Students of the War of American Independence will find fascinating accounts from the British side of conflict. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library N028247 An English translation of Alain René Le Sage's 'Histoire d'Estanville Gonzalez, surnommé le garçon de bonne humeur', itself a French translation of 'Vida y hechos de Estebanillo Gonzalez', by Esteban González, but which is also sometimes attributed to Luis Vélez de Guevara. London: printed for, and sold by Olive Payne, 1737. viii,148,145-216,237-270, [14]p.; 12°
A Collection of Choice, Old and Rare Books
Author: Pickering & ChattoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1116
Book Description
Catalogue
Author: Pickering & ChattoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
A Collection of Old and Rare Books of (with Some Exceptions) English Literature
Author: Pickering & ChattoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 950
Book Description
The History of Vanillo Gonzales
Author: The First Latin American Debt Crisis
Author: Frank Griffith DawsonPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300047271
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
This book analyzes a neglected but fascinating chapter in Anglo-Latin American relations, the disastrous 1822-25 investment boom. During this brief period, British investors lost £21 million in defaulted Latin America as an area for capital investment for a generation. Today Latin America owes its banking and other anxious international creditors over $400 billion, and amount that is unlikely to be repaid. Valuable lessons can be learned by studying the nineteenth-century antecedents of the current situation. Frank Griffith Dawson explores in depth the origins and consequences of the first Latin American debt crisis, interweaving economic details with the broader historical context of society, government, and diplomacy of the period. His wide-ranging discussion includes descriptions of the vicissitudes of the loans, bond issues, and speculative ventures in mining and agriculture, life styles of the various Latin American agents who were empowered to negotiate loans for the new states, the sometimes dishonest British banking and stock broking figured involved in the transactions, and the unfailing gullibility of the investing public. Dawson’s saga sheds light not only capital-exporting nation, but also on a London, when its institutions first began wholeheartedly to adapt themselves to their roles as the financial arbiters of the world. This readable and entertaining book will be of interest to students of Latin American and European economic history. It will also be instructive reading to politicians, stockbrokers, bankers, and lawyers who are attempting to deal with the consequences of the latest Latin American lending boom.
Letters from a lady of quality to a chevalier. Translated from the French. By Mrs. Haywood
Author: Edme BOURSAULTStates of Credit
Author: David StasavagePublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400838878
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
States of Credit provides the first comprehensive look at the joint development of representative assemblies and public borrowing in Europe during the medieval and early modern eras. In this pioneering book, David Stasavage argues that unique advances in political representation allowed certain European states to gain early and advantageous access to credit, but the emergence of an active form of political representation itself depended on two underlying factors: compact geography and a strong mercantile presence. Stasavage shows that active representative assemblies were more likely to be sustained in geographically small polities. These assemblies, dominated by mercantile groups that lent to governments, were in turn more likely to preserve access to credit. Given these conditions, smaller European city-states, such as Genoa and Cologne, had an advantage over larger territorial states, including France and Castile, because mercantile elites structured political institutions in order to effectively monitor public credit. While creditor oversight of public funds became an asset for city-states in need of finance, Stasavage suggests that the long-run implications were more ambiguous. City-states with the best access to credit often had the most closed and oligarchic systems of representation, hindering their ability to accept new economic innovations. This eventually transformed certain city-states from economic dynamos into rentier republics. Exploring the links between representation and debt in medieval and early modern Europe, States of Credit contributes to broad debates about state formation and Europe's economic rise.
Making Democracy in the French Revolution
Author: James LiveseyPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674006249
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
This book reasserts the importance of the French Revolution to an understanding of the nature of modern European politics and social life. Livesey argues that the European model of democracy was created in the Revolution, a model with very specific commitments that differentiate it from Anglo-American liberal democracy.