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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process.We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process.We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Pope Sixtus Iv, Camillo Golgi, Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, Eugenio Beltrami, Anthony Maria Zaccaria, Alfonso Giacomo Gaspare Corti, Ignazio La Russa, Antonio Lanzavecchia, Pellegrino Rossi, Thomas Basin, Melchior Russ, Eduard Rüppell, Bartolomeo Panizza, Giulio Bizzozero, Albrecht Von Eyb, Ugo A. Perego, Achille Loria, Giuseppe Ferrari, William Turnbull, Maffeo Vegio, Adelchi Negri, Emanuele Severino, Carlo Marangoni, Carlo Forlanini, Giuseppe Géné, Fabrizio Serbelloni, Giuseppe Gibelli, Enrico Sertoli, Ludovico Barassi. Excerpt:Achille Loria (March 2, 1857, Mantua - November 6, 1943) was an Italian political economist . He was educated at the lyceum of his native city and the universities of Bologna , Pavia , Rome , Berlin , and London and graduated at the University of Bologna (1877). He became professor of political economy in the University of Siena in 1881; and he held a similar appointment in the University of Padua (1891-1903), and University of Torino (1903-1932). He was elected to the Accademia dei Licei (1901) and appointed to the Italian Senate in 1919. His work draws on a wide range of predecessors: Karl Marx , Charles Spencer , Charles Darwin , Adolf Wagner and Luigi Cossa , who was his teacher. With this background and on the basis of research on landholding in the British Museum he developed an original deterministic theory of economic development. It is based on the premise that the relative scarcity of land leads to the subjugation of some members of society by others, a mechanism that works differently in different stages of development. This concept was developed in a large number of books, many of which were translated into foreign languages. They had an impact on writers like Charles A. Beard and indirectly influenced their interpretation of American histor... ... Read more

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Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Umberto Eco, Jacobus Balduinus, Baldus de Ubaldis, Romano Prodi, Flavio Delbono, Daniel Dăianu, Eugenio Beltrami, Juan Rosai, Antonino Zichichi, John of Legnano, Antonio Mario La Pergola, Gianfranco Pasquino, Özalp Babaoğlu, Dorotea Bucca, Frederick C. Mosher, Paulus Castrensis, Lauro Moscardini, Giuseppe Gibelli, Augusto Murri, Fabrizio Tonello, Novella D'andrea, Richiardi Sebastiano. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Romano Prodi (Italian pronunciation: ; born 9 August 1939) is an Italian politician and statesman. He served as 76th and 80th Prime Minister of Italy, from 17 May 1996 to 21 October 1998 and from 17 May 2006 to 8 May 2008. He was also the tenth President of the European Commission from 1999 to 2004. Prodi ran in 1996 as The Olive Tree candidate, winning the general election and serving as Prime Minister of Italy until 1998. Following the victory of his coalition The Union (L'Unione) over the House of Freedoms (Casa delle Libertà) led by Silvio Berlusconi in the April 2006 Italian elections Prodi was in power again. On 24 January 2008, he lost a vote of confidence in the Senate house, and consequently tendered his resignation as prime minister to Italian President Giorgio Napolitano, but was in office for almost four months for the routine business, until early elections were held and a new government was formed. On 14 October 2007, he became the first President of the Democratic Party upon foundation of the party. On 12 September 2008, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon selected Prodi as president of African Union-UN peacekeeping panel. On 6 February 2009, he was appointed Professor-at-Large at the Watson Institute for International Studies of Brown University. Prodi was born in Scandiano, in the province of Reggio Emilia (...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=197983 ... Read more