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Competing models of socially constructed economic man : differentiating Defoe's Crusoe from the Robinson of neoclassical economics
No full textDaniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe has seldom been read as an explicitly political text. When it has, it appears that the central character was designed to warn the early eighteenth-century reader against political challenges to the existing economic order. Insofar as Defoe’s Crusoe stands for "economic man", he is a reflection of historically-produced assumptions about the need for social conformity, not the embodiment of any genuinely essential economic characteristics. This insight is used to compare Defoe’s conception of economic man with that of the neoclassical Robinson Crusoe economy. On the most important of the ostensibly generic principles espoused by neoclassical theorists, their "Robinson" has no parallels with Defoe’s Crusoe. Despite the shared name, two quite distinct social constructions serve two equally distinct pedagogical purposes. Defoe’s Crusoe extols the virtues of passive middle-class sobriety for effective social organisation; the neoclassical Robinson champions the establishment of markets for the sake of productive efficiency
The discovery and exploration of Australia, 1519 to 1901 by sea and land [cartographic material] /
No full text2nd rev. ed. Data drawn from The Discovery of Australia by G. Arnold Wood. Title in margin: Map of the exploration and discovery of Australia.; "Map 510."; Also available in an electronic version via the internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-vn4693185. Includes list of the explorers and list of voyages, showing route taken.Map of the exploration and discovery of Australi
Robinson Crusoe
No full textDaniel Defoe (c. 1660-1731) was an English merchant, author, and political pamphleteer best known for the classic adventure novel Robinson Crusoe.Cover Page -- Title Page -- Contents -- Chapter I-Start in Life -- Chapter II-Slavery and Escape -- Chapter III-Wrecked on a Desert Island -- Chapter IV-First Weeks on the Island -- Chapter V-Builds a House-The Journal -- Chapter VI-Ill and Conscience-Stricken -- Chapter VII-Agricultural Experience -- Chapter VIII-Surveys his Position -- Chapter IX-A Boat -- Chapter X-Tames Goats -- Chapter XI-Finds Print of Man's Foot on the Sand -- Chapter XII-A Cave Retreat -- Chapter XIII-Wreck of a Spanish Ship -- Chapter XIV-A Dream Realised -- Chapter XV-Friday's Education -- Chapter XVI-Rescue of Prisoners from Cannibals -- Chapter XVII-Visit of Mutineers -- Chapter XVIII-The Ship Recovered -- Chapter XIX-Return to England -- Chapter XX-Fight between Friday and a Bear -- Copyright PageDaniel Defoe (c. 1660-1731) was an English merchant, author, and political pamphleteer best known for the classic adventure novel Robinson Crusoe.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
Robinson, Stephen C.
No full textFrom the video archives of the Cornell Law School Heritage Project. The Interviewer is Peter W. Martin and the Videographer is Michael D'Estries. This video covers the education and subsequent career of Stephen C. Robinson (Duration 1:04). The initial phase of the project was sponsored by a generous grant from the law firm of Sutherland Asbill and Brennan LLP.1_hob0tvj
The West Indies according to the best authorities.
No full textPrime meridians: Ferro and London.; Relief shown pictorially.; "Engraved for Guthrie's new System of Geography" at top center.; "Published... January 1, 1785 by C. Dilly & G. Robinson, London" at bottom center.; "British Statute Miles 69 to a Degree."; Also shows southern United States, Mexico, Central America, and northern South America
Ernest Thompson Seton: an unforgettable personality, by Edgar M. Robinson
No full textThis piece, titled “Ernest Thomas Seton: an unforgettable personality”, gives a first hand interpretation of who Ernest Thompson Seton (it is believed that whoever put the cover on this document spelled his name wrong) was through the eyes of Edgar Robinson. Robinson explains what a strong relationship the two of them had and what a strong mentor Seton was to Robinson. Ernest Thompson Seton was an author and illustrator of more than 50 works, and was largely responsible for the American Indian influence in the Boy Scouts of America that offered young people knowledge of an outdoor life based on Native American Indian customs, legends and beliefs. Seton was Chief Scout of the Boy Scouts of America from 1910 to 1915. Edgar M. Robinson was a 1901 graduate from the YMCA Training School, now Springfield college, where he later returned to serve on the faculty as the Honorary Director of Boys Work Courses and the Adviser in Methods and Principles in Work with Boys from 1927-1937.For biographical information on Edgar M. Robinson, see: https://springfield.as.atlas-sys.com/agents/people/554
For more information on Ernest Thompson Seton, see: https://springfield.as.atlas-sys.com/agents/people/553On the bottom of page number 1 there is a rip, which prevents part of the bottom two lines from being read. On that back of page number one appear the numbers "46757" written in pencil
Joseph T. Robinson telegram to General Robert C. Davis, April 22, 1927, related to Mississippi River flooding
No full textPostal Telegraph - Commercial Cables telegram, one typed page. Robinson asks Adjutant General Davis if the War Department can supply food to flood-stricken Arkansas.Joseph Taylor Robinson (1872-1937) was born near Lonoke, Arkansas. He attended the University of Arkansas for two years and then read law with Judge Thomas C. Trimble before taking a law degree at the University of Virginia in 1895. In 1902, Robinson was elected to Congress from the Sixth District of Arkansas and served five terms. He was elected Governor of Arkansas in 1912, inaugurated on January 14, 1913, and two weeks later elected Senator by the Arkansas General Assembly. Robinson went on to be re-elected to four more Senate terMSand was in 1928 nominated for Vice President on the Democratic ticket with Al Smith of New York. He served as Majority Leader under Franklin Roosevelt from 1932 until his death in 1937 and was the leading spokesman for the Roosevelt New Deal in Congress
Letter from C. B. Robinson , President, Tenneesee Voters Council to A. W. Willis, Secretary, Tennessee Voters Council
No full textA letter to A. W. Willis from C. B. Robinson concerning upcoming plans for the campaign of the candidate, Ross Bass. This letter also commends A. W. Willis on a previous position that he took against Govenor Clements
Anzac [cartographic material] : date of landing, April 25 1915 (Sunday) : date of evacuation, Dec. 19-20, 1915 (Sun. & Mon. morning) /
No full textTopographic map of the Anzac Cove region extending from Sair Bair Ridge in the northeast across to Ocean Beach in the west then down to Poppy Valley. This map is heavily annotated with information dating as late as Sept. 1915 and basically shows the location of Australian and New Zealand Forces by the position of their front-line trenches at this time. Relief shown by contours, gradient tints and spot heights.; Dedication at foot of sheet: Gerald R. Campbell, April 12, 1916 for whom this map is published by H.E.C. Robinson ...; "Any profits derived from the sale of this map will be handed to one or more of the War Funds"; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-gmod74
Mary C. Robinson Correspondence
No full textEntries include brief biographical information, a handwritten letter on personal stationery explaining that copies of her book are not for sale and circulate among her friends presented with a biography, and her hopes to gain the attention of author Laura E. Richardson whose daughter Robinson had met at Maine Teachers Conventions
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