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The Pearl of the East
This book analyzes the economic impact of the early development of railways in different Asian countries, linking the inlands with port cities and with a global network of connections. This is looked at in the context of the rise of imperialism in the last decades of the 19th century and the redistribution of spheres of influence in Asia. The book considers the increase of exports of plantation economies in the context of the global market and the importance of China, and the struggle between the great powers for the economic penetration in the Chinese empire. Its comparative approach provides an original contribution to global economic history and will be valuable reading for students and researchers of economic history, transport economics, and Asian history more broadly.
Vender en Asia Oriental
La globalización y la proximidad de los mercados internacionales han propiciado el crecimiento económico de los países de Asia oriental y de sus mercados de consumo. Se han propuesto numerosas fórmulas para acceder a estos mercados, pero a menudo van destinadas a multinacionales con una gran dotación de recursos, y no suelen ser válidas para pequeñas y medianas empresas, que no disponen ni de los medios, ni del personal, ni de la información sobre los mercados de destino que tienen a su disposición las grandes empresas. Este libro intenta dar respuesta a las dudas que surgen al encarar la venta, la expansión comercial y la negociación en estos mercados, y lo hace analizando la cultura de los negocios de China, Japón y Corea del Sur, así como de los principales países del sudeste asiático. Va destinado principalmente a aquellos empresarios, directivos y técnicos interesados en acceder a los mercados de Asia oriental, así como a los estudiantes de empresa y comercio internacional, con una narración cercana y accesible.
How the Spanish Empire Was Built
The untold story of the engineering behind the empire, showing how imperial Spain built upon existing infrastructure and hierarchies of the Inca, Aztec, and more, to further its growth. Sixteenth-century Spain was small, poor, disunited, and sparsely populated. Yet the Spaniards and their allies built the largest empire the world had ever seen. How did they achieve this? Felipe Fernández-Armesto and Manuel Lucena Giraldo argue that Spain’s engineers were critical to this venture. The Spanish invested in infrastructure to the advantage of local power brokers, enhancing the abilities of incumbent elites to grow wealthy on trade, and widening the arc of Spanish influence. Bringing to life stories of engineers, prospectors, soldiers, and priests, the authors paint a vivid portrait of Spanish America in the age of conquest. This is a dazzling new history of the Spanish Empire, and a new understanding of empire itself, as a venture marked as much by collaboration as oppression.
A History of Modern Indonesia
Although Indonesia has the fourth largest population in the world, its history is still relatively unknown. Adrian Vickers takes the reader on a journey across the social and political landscape of modern Indonesia, starting with the country's origins under the Dutch in the early twentieth-century, and the subsequent anti-colonial revolution which led to independence in 1949. Thereafter the spotlight is on the 1950s, a crucial period in the formation of Indonesia as a new nation, followed by the Sukarno years, and the anti-Communist massacres of the 1960s when General Suharto took over as president. The concluding chapters chart the fall of Suharto's New Order after thirty two years in power...
Burma's Economy in the Twentieth Century
An incomparable introduction to Burma's political and economic history written by one of the premier economic historians of Southeast Asia.
Un imperio de ingenieros
Una nueva historia del Imperio español. Existe una figura ambigua, a medio camino entre lo militar y lo civil, que no se terminó de definir hasta hace poco: el ingeniero. Este libro es una exploración fascinante de su papel central en la forja del Imperio español. También es una celebración de la curiosidad humana, del ingenio y de la sorprendente capacidad de adaptación de unos profesionales que no se limitaron a trasladar los postulados europeos, sino que se empaparon de los nuevos espacios hallados en ultramar y los admiraron. La formación de un imperio requiere una reestructuración del paisaje con fines administrativos así como la vinculación de comunidades dispares en una sol...
Shattered Pictures of Places and Cities in George Santayana's Autobiography
Shattered Pictures of Places and Cities se adentra por las páginas autobiográficas, filosóficas y narrativas más relevantes de George Santayana discurriendo por sus viajes y geografías físicas en paralelo a sus viajes y geografías morales. Es un intento de ir más allá de la reflexión entorno a los orígenes biográficos del filósofo; de ahí que se recupere una indagación sobre su habitar el lenguaje y el arte. Santayana reconsidera los fundamentos del arte de la memoria clásica en su autobiografía, para formular una nueva propuesta estética donde el arte y la vida se funden y se confunden, estimulándose recíprocamente. Hila una filosofía del viaje y del lugar, donde se privilegia una noción del habitar que ilumina nuestra condición de nómadas -en la vida y en el pensamiento-, y nuestra trágica estable inestabilidad en este mundo.
The Dissolution of Mind
This book presents an original thesis about the notion of sensory experience and of the mind’s architecture, which is grounded in current trends in cognitive science and philosophy of mind. Presented in the form of a dialogue, the book explores some of the psychological and philosophical consequences that the author derives from his proposal.
Integralism, Altruism and Reconstruction
Integralism, Altruism and Reconstruction: Essays in Honor of Pitirim A. Sorokin presenta el sociòleg de nacionalitat russa Pitirim A. Sorokin (1889-1968) des de la perspectiva del pensament sociològic contemporani. Els nou autors que participen en aquest llibre, originaris de diverses universitats nord-americanes i espanyoles, reflexionen sobre els períodes brillants i obscurs de la trajectòria acadèmica de Sorokin. Després d'haver experimentat una vida política molt activa a Rússia, Sorokin emigrà als Estats Units durant els anys 30, on esdevingué una figura acadèmica de gran prestigi. Arribà a ser director del departament de sociologia de la Universitat de Harvard de 1930 a 194...
New Library Buildings in Europe
This book brings together information about the latest academic library building projects from across Europe. New attractive buildings and huge renovation projects are presented in this documentation which continues the tradition established by Professor Elmar Mittler (formerly Director of the State and University Library Göttingen), who was the first chairman of the LIBER Architecture Group. The publication of this book coincides with the 15th LIBER Architecture Group Seminar which will take place in Madrid in April 2010. In addition to hearing about the latest developments in planning and design and offering visits to new library buildings, the Seminar provides an occasion to debate ideas and meet colleagues from institutions across Europe. I hope that the projects in this book will provide ideas for your own work and that they will also stimulate your interest in new library architecture and the creative use of space.
