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Calculated Values

Finance, Politics, and the Quantitative Age

By: William Deringer

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Calculated Values

Finance, Politics, and the Quantitative Age

By: William Deringer

Modern political culture features a deep-seated faith in the power of numbers to find answers, settle disputes, and explain how the world works. Whether evaluating economic trends, measuring the success of institutions, or divining public opinion, we are told that numbers don’t lie. But numbers have not always been so revered. Calculated Values traces how numbers first gained widespread public authority in one nation, Great Britain. Into the seventeenth century, numerical reasoning bore no special weight in political life. Complex calculations were often regarded with suspicion, seen as the narrow province of navigators, bookkeepers, and astrologers, not gentlemen. This changed in the decades following the Glorious Revolution of 1688. Though Britons’ new quantitative enthusiasm coincided with major advances in natural science, financial capitalism, and the power of the British state, it was no automatic consequence of those developments, William Deringer argues. Rather, it was a product of politics—ugly, antagonistic, partisan politics. From parliamentary debates to cheap pamphlets, disputes over taxes, trade, and national debt were increasingly conducted through calculations. Some of the era’s most pivotal political moments, like the 1707 Union of England and Scotland and the 1720 South Sea Bubble, turned upon calculative conflicts. As Britons learned to fight by the numbers, they came to believe, as one calculator wrote in 1727, that “facts and figures are the most stubborn evidences.” Yet the authority of numbers arose not from efforts to find objective truths that transcended politics, but from the turmoil of politics itself.

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Harvard University Press

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0674985974

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9780674985971

The Look of the Old West

A Fully Illustrated Guide

By: William Foster-Harris

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The Look of the Old West

A Fully Illustrated Guide

By: William Foster-Harris

This volume, containing hundreds of illustrations, brings to life the American of the mid-to-late 1800s. Contained inside are line drawings and description of weaponry of the time, military and civilian clothing styles, steamboats and other forms of transportation, equestrian styles, household items and much more.

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324

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Skyhorse Publishing Inc.

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160239024X

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9781602390249

Blackfoot Messiah

By: William W. Johnstone,J.A. Johnstone

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Blackfoot Messiah

By: William W. Johnstone,J.A. Johnstone

In the seventh book in his bestselling Preacher series, William W. Johnstone gives his millions of avid fans exactly the kind of gritty, action-packed Western novel they look for from this prolific and hugely popular writer. "A Messiah Shall Lead Them...". In the Wyoming wild, Blackfoot warriors prepare for battle, their bloodlust stirred by a legendary prophet promising victory in a war that will forever rid the plains of the white man. To legendary mountain man Preacher, it isn't a promise - it's a threat. But being out-numbered in a savage frontier means justice will be as hard-earned and uncertain as...survival." ...To An Early Grave". With a loyal Cheyenne as his guide, and a spirited Dragoon squadron for cover, Preacher forges up the treacherous Sante Fe trail. But the only way to win this war is to unmask the hell-raising Messiah whose godforsaken message is leading a desperate people into certain massacre...

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304

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Pinnacle Books

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0786039051

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9780786039050

The American Frontier

Pioneers, Settlers, & Cowboys, 1800-1899

By: William C. Davis

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The American Frontier

Pioneers, Settlers, & Cowboys, 1800-1899

By: William C. Davis

The author of "The Fighting Men of the Civil War" now masterfully chronicles the grand history of the territory beyond the Mississippi, with particular attention to exploration, expansion, conflict, and settlement.

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260

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University of Oklahoma Press

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0806131292

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9780806131290

How America Got Its Guns

A History of the Gun Violence Crisis

By: William Briggs

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How America Got Its Guns

A History of the Gun Violence Crisis

By: William Briggs

This book on the history of guns in America examines the Second Amendment and the laws and court cases it has spawned.

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352

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University of New Mexico Press

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0826358136

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9780826358134

History of Woodford County, Kentucky

By: William Edward Railey

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History of Woodford County, Kentucky

By: William Edward Railey

Woodford County, Kentucky was first surveyed and shaped in 1788. Railey's History takes the county through the nineteenth century. The book contains hundreds of family sketches, each with data on the original Kentucky immigrant, his wife and children, and their distinguished and numerous progeny. Also interspersed throughout the book are lists of marriage, census, and military records accounting for the names of an additional 5,000 early Woodford County residents.

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480

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Genealogical Publishing Com

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0806379995

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9780806379999

Access for Windows 95 Secrets

By: Cary N. Prague,William C. Amo,James D. Foxall

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Access for Windows 95 Secrets

By: Cary N. Prague,William C. Amo,James D. Foxall

Written by three authors who have nearly ten years of Access experience and 50 years of both mainframe and PC development experience, this guide is geared to the intermediate to advanced Access power user or developer. Includes hundreds of ideas and real world examples. CD includes demo versions of some of the bestselling Access products and dozens of multimedia catalogs of Access utility tools and programs.

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870

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Wiley

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1568847254

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9781568847252

Arkansas Made, Volume 1

A Survey of the Decorative, Mechanical, and Fine Arts Produced in Arkansas Through 1950

By: Swannee Bennett,William B. Worthen

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Arkansas Made, Volume 1

A Survey of the Decorative, Mechanical, and Fine Arts Produced in Arkansas Through 1950

By: Swannee Bennett,William B. Worthen

Volume I. Quilts and textiles, Ceramics, Silver, Weaponry, Furniture, Vernacular architecture, Native American art -- volume II. Photography, Fine art.

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University of Arkansas Press

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168226131X

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9781682261316

The Law of Solicitors’ Liabilities

By: William Flenley KC,Tom Leech KC

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The Law of Solicitors’ Liabilities

By: William Flenley KC,Tom Leech KC

The Law of Solicitors' Liabilities, previously known as Solicitors' Negligence and Liability, provides a comprehensive guide to all aspects of solicitors' negligence, liability in equity and wasted costs. Written by leading practitioners in the field, it deals with a variety of topics, from general principles to specific situations, providing practical guidance to the procedural aspects of bringing and defending a claim for solicitors' negligence. The new fourth edition includes: - A new chapter on insurance law focusing on a number of key topics which arise, particularly in relation to solicitors' insurance: aggregation; condonation; definition of private legal practice; notification; possibly successor practice rules. - Updated case law to cover all recent Supreme Court and Court of Appeal decisions, eg Hughes-Holland v BPE (Supreme Court) scope of duty and extent of damages; Redler v AIB (Supreme Court): breach of trust; Lowick Rose v Swynson (Supreme Court): lifting the corporate veil in claims against professionals; Tiuta International v de Villiers (Court of Appeal): lenders' claims, impact of a remortgage on damages; Wellesley v Withers (Court of Appeal): test for remoteness of damage; and E Surv v Goldsmith Williams (Court of Appeal): implied duty on solicitors in lenders' claims. - Regulatory/disciplinary developments, eg revised SRA Code of Conduct.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1526505304

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9781526505309

Book's by William Deringer

Calculated Values

Calculated Values

The Look of the Old West

The Look of the Old West

Blackfoot Messiah

Blackfoot Messiah

The American Frontier

The American Frontier

How America Got Its Guns

How America Got Its Guns

History of Woodford County, Kentucky

History of Woodford County, Kentucky

Access for Windows 95 Secrets

Access for Windows 95 Secrets

Arkansas Made, Volume 1

Arkansas Made, Volume 1

The Law of Solicitors’ Liabilities

The Law of Solicitors’ Liabilities

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