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Handbook of Latin American Studies
Beginning with volume 41 (1979), the University of Texas Press became the publisher of the Handbook of Latin American Stuides, the most comprehensive annual bibliography in the field. Compiled by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress and annotated by a corps of more than 130 specialists in various disciplines, the Handbook alternates from year to year between social sciences and humanities. The Handbook annotates works on Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean and the Guianas, Spanish South America, and Brazil, as well as materials covering Latin America as a whole. Most of the subsections are preceded by introductory essays that serve as biannual evaluations of the literature and...
Jan van Eyck and Portugal's 'Illustrious Generation'
This book investigates Jan Van Eyck's patronage by the Crown of Portugal and his role as diplomat-painter for the Duchy of Burgundy following his first voyage to Lisbon in 1428-1429, when he painted two portraits of Infanta Isabella, who became the third wife of Philip the Good in 1430. New portrait identifications are provided for the Ghent Altarpiece (1432) and its iconographical prototype, the lost Fountain of Life. These altarpieces are analysed with regard to King Joao I's conquest of Ceuta, achieved by his sons, who were hailed as an "illustrious generation." Strong family ties between the dynastic houses of Avis and Lancaster explain Lusitania's sustained fascination with Arthurian lo...
Ibss: Political Science: 1991
IBSS is the essential tool for librarians, university departments, research institutions and any public or private institution whose work requires access to up-to-date and comprehensive knowledge of the social sciences.
O poder local em tempo de globalização: uma história e um futuro
Reúnem-se neste volume os contributos de diversos especialistas – historiadores, sociólogos e personalidades políticas – expressamente convidados a refletir, em reunião científica, sobre as implicações do fenómeno da globalização na vida e no exercício do Poder, no seio das comunidades locais. Caracterizando-se por uma extraordinária intensificação das interações económicas, sociais, políticas e culturais, derivada da revolução nas tecnologias da informação e da comunicação, pela quase eliminação das fronteiras, no que respeita à produção, à finança e à mobilidade de pessoas, e pelo acentuar das desigualdades sociais, a globalização traz também consigo ...
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