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Semantic Analysis of Literary Texts
Presented in this volume are about 40 articles on Russian, Czech, Polish, Serbian and Croatian Literature by scholars from all over the world, many of whom are well-known specialists in their field. The volume was published on the occasion of the 65th birthday of Jan van der Eng, professor of Slavic literatures at the University of Amsterdam and one of the founders of the journal Russian Literature. It reflects his special interest for the analysis of literary texts and the theoretical problems connected with it.
World Silver and Monetary History in the 16th and 17th Centuries
This collection reflects the evolution of a revisionist argument. The price revolution was indeed a monetary phenomenon, but Professor Flynn's position is not based upon mainstream monetary theory. Silver mines financed the Spanish Empire and Japan's consolidation. Ming China was the world's primary silver customer; Europeans acted as middlemen globally, including massive trade over the Pacific via Manila. American mines nearly led to the destruction of nascent capitalism in Europe (reverse of arguments by Hamilton, Keynes, Wallerstein and others). Silver-market disequilibrium caused silver's gravitation toward China; bullion did not flow to Asia due to European trade deficits. Such conclusions stem from application of the Doherty-Flynn model developed in the mid-1980s. Economic theory is normally applied to economic history; in contrast, development of the Doherty-Flynn model was a response to inadequate conventional theory. Theory emerged from history; its application back to history yields startling historical reinterpretations.
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Mexico's Merchant Elite, 1590-1660
Combining social, political, and economic history, Louisa Schell Hoberman examines a neglected period in Mexico's colonial past, providing the first book-length study of the period's merchant elite and its impact on the evolution of Mexico. Through extensive archival research, Hoberman brings to light new data that illuminate the formation, behavior, and power of the merchant class in New Spain. She documents sources and uses of merchant wealth, tracing the relative importance of mining, agriculture, trade, and public office. By delving into biographical information on prominent families, Hoberman also reveals much about the longevity of the first generation's social and economic achievements. The author's broad analysis situates her study in the overall environment in which the merchants thrived. Among the topics discussed are the mining and operation of the mint, Mexico's political position vis-a-vis Spain, and the question of an economic depression in the seventeenth century.
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Der letzte Steinmagier
Chaos herrscht im Kaiserreich, nachdem in der Schlacht von Wuchao alle Steinmagier ums Leben gekommen sind. Alle, bis auf einen: Wurishi Yu, der von seinem Meister absichtlich zurückgelassen worden ist, um als letzter die Tradition und die Magie seiner Zunft zu bewahren. Und um eine Schuld zu begleichen. Denn einst wurde die Kaiserin von einem abtrünnigen Steinmagier in eine Statue verwandelt und nur ihre Erlösung kann die Finsternis, die seitdem über das Reich hereingebrochen ist, vertreiben. Mit dem Erbe seines Meisters, einer kostbaren Schriftrolle, macht sich Yu an die schier unlösbare Aufgabe, wird aber schon bald von dem machthungrigen Fürsten Dayku Quan verfolgt, der sich in den Besitz des Geheimnisses der ewigen Jugend bringen will. Doch dann erhält Yu unerwartet Hilfe.
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