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Les intendants de la vice-royauté de la Nouvelle-Espagne (1764-1821) : Répertoire prosopographique
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ISBN: 849096341X 8490963401 Year: 2021 Publisher: Madrid Casa de Velázquez

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L’histoire de l’intendance hispano-américaine ne peut se faire sans l’histoire des hommes qui la gouvernent. Au-delà des données biographiques classiques, cet ouvrage se penche sur leur environnement familial, social et professionnel. Son originalité réside dans la composition du groupe étudié. Il recense l’ensemble des intendants de la vice-royauté de la Nouvelle-Espagne entre 1764 et 1821 quel que soit leur mode de nomination, qu’ils soient entrés ou non en charge. Il est le seul à étudier les intendants de cette aire géographique dans toute son intégralité territoriale (Nouvelle-Espagne, Guatemala, Louisiane, Cuba, Porto Rico, Philippines). Este repertorio permite estudiar la administración hispanoamericana desde la perspectiva de su personal, incluyendo sus redes familiares y de relaciones, sus estrategias matrimoniales y sus lazos de parentesco. Toma en cuenta todos los intendentes nombrados en el Virreinato de Nueva España, hayan o no tomado posesión de sus cargos, incluyendo los numerosos nombramientos interinos debidos a la lejanía geográfica, ausencias prolongadas, enfermedades, rebeliones o dificultades de comunicación.

Stewardship and the kingdom of God : an historical, exegetical, and contextual study of the parable of the unjust steward in Luke 16:1-13
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ISBN: 9004096000 9004267042 9789004096004 9789004267046 Year: 1992 Volume: 70 Publisher: Leiden ; New York : E.J. Brill,

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The parable of the unjust steward in Luke 16:1-13 is a unity which teaches faithful stewardship of material possession against an eschatological backdrop. This interpretation is confirmed by examination of the pericope itself and progressively wider levels of context within Luke's Gospel. Chapter one provides a history of recent interpretations of the parable (nineteenth and twentieth centuries) as background for the ensuing study. Detailed exegesis of Luke 16:1-13 itself is found in chapter two. The investigation is broadened in chapter three to include the immediate and broader literary contexts (Luke 15-16 and 9:51-19:44, respectively). Chapter four examines the theological context, in particular the themes of riches and poverty and the kingdom of God. Chapter five summarizes the major conclusions of the book. The book is a thorough summary of the literature on the parable, the central section, and the themes of riches and poverty and eschatology in the third Gospel.


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The Development Dilemma : Security, Prosperity, and a Return to History
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ISBN: 1400888700 Year: 2017 Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press,

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Reassessing the developing world through the lens of Europe's pastToday's developing nations emerged from the rubble of the Second World War. Only a handful of these countries have subsequently attained a level of prosperity and security comparable to that of the advanced industrial world. The implication is clear: those who study the developing world in order to learn how development can be achieved lack the data to do so.In The Development Dilemma, Robert Bates responds to this challenge by turning to history, focusing on England and France. By the end of the eighteenth century, England stood poised to enter "the great transformation." France by contrast verged on state failure, and life and property were insecure. Probing the histories of these countries, Bates uncovers a powerful tension between prosperity and security: both may be necessary for development, he argues, but efforts to achieve the one threaten the achievement of the other. A fundamental tension pervades the political economy of development.Bates also argues that while the creation of a central hierarchy-a state-may be necessary to the achievement of development, it is not sufficient. What matters is how the power of the state is used. France and England teach us that in some settings the seizure and redistribution of wealth-not its safeguarding and fostering-is a winning political strategy. These countries also suggest the features that mark those settings-features that appear in nations throughout the developing world.Returning to the present, Bates applies these insights to the world today. Drawing on fieldwork in Zambia and Kenya, and data from around the globe, he demonstrates how the past can help us to understand the performance of nations in today's developing world.

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Activism. --- Africa. --- African National Congress. --- Agrarian society. --- Agriculture. --- Authoritarianism. --- Cambridge University Press. --- Central Africa. --- Central Authority. --- Central Committee. --- Central government. --- Chivalry. --- Colonial Service. --- Colonialism. --- Comparative advantage. --- Copperbelt. --- Cultural heritage. --- Cut-point. --- Data set. --- Debt. --- Defection. --- Demesne. --- Developed country. --- Early modern period. --- East Africa. --- Economic development. --- Economic growth. --- Economic history. --- Economy. --- Employment. --- Ethnic group. --- Europe. --- Failed state. --- Imperialism. --- Income. --- Industrial society. --- Institution. --- Insurgency. --- Intendant. --- Interquartile range. --- James Fearon. --- Jomo Kenyatta. --- Kenya African Union. --- Kenya People's Union. --- Kenya. --- Kiambu. --- Kitwe. --- Lusaka. --- Michela Wrong. --- Middle Ages. --- Military occupation. --- Mining. --- Moise Tshombe. --- Msiri. --- Mufulira. --- Mwai Kibaki. --- Northern Rhodesia. --- Nyasaland. --- Oxford University Press. --- Palgrave Macmillan. --- Percentage point. --- Political geography. --- Political party. --- Political science. --- Political violence. --- Politician. --- Politics. --- Poverty. --- Predation. --- Proconsul. --- Regime. --- Regional assembly (England). --- Reprisal. --- Research institute. --- Result. --- Rift valley. --- Right to property. --- Ruler. --- Shortage. --- Southern Rhodesia. --- Suger. --- Tax. --- Textile industry. --- The Great Transformation (book). --- Time series. --- Trade union. --- Uganda. --- Underdevelopment. --- Underpinning. --- United National Independence Party. --- University of California Press. --- Uppsala Conflict Data Program. --- Urbanization. --- Vassal. --- Wealth. --- William Nordhaus. --- World War I. --- Yale University Press. --- Year. --- Zambia.

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