You may have to Search all our reviewed books and magazines, click the sign up button below to create a free account.
A crise do subprime fez o mundo mergulhar em um período de recessão, no que muitos consideram o maior colapso desde a Grande Depressão. Entretanto, o Brasil não sofreu tais efeitos de maneira tão severa quanto outros países. Uma explicação básica é a de que isso se deu, em boa medida, pelas condições concorrenciais e regulatórias previamente existentes no país. Este livro busca demonstrar que, na verdade, vários dos fatores apontados como razão da solidez financeira brasileira podem, também, ser vistos como gargalos e deficiências históricos do setor bancário nacional. No trajeto da obra, passa-se brevemente por aspectos jurídicos e econômicos de teoria bancária, de descrição da crise financeira internacional e de análise do sistema financeiro nacional, até se chegar ao (esperado) destino do trabalho: aprimorar a compreensão da estrutura bancária brasileira.
None
includes special numbers
None
Using the categories of status, political power, and wealth, Robert W. Patch shows how Hispanic society in Mérida, Yucatán was stratified into upper, middle, and lower classes. Lacking any exportable resource except cotton textiles extracted from Maya people and exported to northern Mexico, the Hispanic community earned enough through those exports to import the material goods necessary to maintain a "Spanish" identity. The only productive economic activity of the Hispanic people was cattle ranching, and ownership of cattle was widespread, though some owned a lot more than others. Political participation was shared by the upper and middle classes, but a power elite dominated politics. Soci...
Presents a prosopography of Converso families and individuals who resided in Sevilla in the 15th-17th centuries. The list is arranged alphabetically and indicates when a family or person became a victim of the Inquisition. Vols. 1-2 contain a history of the Sevilla Inquisition and of the Conversos of the city, including a social and religious profile. Vol. 2 also lists 1,238 Conversos who were rehabilitated by the Inquisition after being tried, and 390 Conversos who fled from the city in the 15th century and were later allowed to return. Vol. 3 contains an introductory essay, "La sociedad conversa" (pp. 21-171), and the beginning of the listings of the families (A-D) which are continued in vols. 4-5.