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Primera aproximación al fenómeno de la accidentabilidad en los ambientes de montaña vinculados a Chile debido a interacción riesgosa (1900-2019). Libro que aborda el complicado tema de los accidentes de montaña desde la perspectiva que entregan los hechos; sin realizar juicios de valor, determinar responsabilidades o buscar conclusiones. Está organizado en cuatro grandes secciones: descripción del marco conceptual (qué y cómo se realizó la recopilación), el listado central con la descripción de los accidentes (438 eventos y 962 víctimas), un análisis estadístico (con más de 35 gráficos y 30 tablas) y reflexiones finales (incluyendo elaboraciones acerca del riesgo, la seguridad, los rescates, las drogas y los ambientes de montaña de Chile).
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From the first amateur leagues of the 1860s to the exploits of Livan and Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez, here is the definitive history of baseball in Cuba. Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria expertly traces the arc of the game, intertwining its heroes and their stories with the politics, music, dance, and literature of the Cuban people. What emerges is more than a story of balls and strikes, but a richly detailed history of Cuba told from the unique cultural perch of the baseball diamond. Filling a void created by Cuba's rejection of bullfighting and Spanish hegemony, baseball quickly became a crucial stitch in the complex social fabric of the island. By the early 1940s Cuba had become major conduit...
Sixteenth-century humanist Juan Luis Vives sought to find ways to alleviate the sufferings of the poor of Bruges, dealing with problems and presenting solutions that sound remarkably familiar to twentieth-century urban ears.
A readable and erudite study of the cultural history of Spain and its people.