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Costa Rica has been largely recognized as a democratic and politically stable country in a region (Central America) characterized by instability, dictatorships, and social inequality. Several social and institutional problems have risen during the last decades, but the country still maintains good social and health indicators. Historical Dictionary of Costa Rica contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 1,000 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Costa Rica.
El Descubrimiento, la Conquista y la Colonización de América son los episodios históricos clave para la monarquía y la hegemonía hispánicas de los siglos XVI y XVII. Inauguran una etapa crucial de la historia universal, discutida y controvertida en los cánones de la modernidad, pero que como hecho real y consecuente ha servido para generar, con sus errores y con sus aciertos, el concepto de globalización sociocultural de los espacios geográficos de América y Europa, teniendo en España el punto de partida. Caballeros de conquista, la nueva obra de Miguel Romero Saiz, comienza desvelando los enigmas del propio Colón y se centra en los auténticos personajes de la Conquista, hombres...
Beginning with volume 41 (1979), the University of Texas Press became the publisher of the Handbook of Latin American Studies, 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...
Contains scholarly evaluations of books and book chapters as well as conference papers and articles published worldwide in the field of Latin American studies. Covers social sciences and the humanities in alternate years.