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The Basques of New York
Generations of Basques in New York have vibrantly exercised their culture, language, values, and traditions, transmitting to their children a robust sense of ethnic identity. In today's world of globalization it is often assumed that particular communities are disappearing as a consequence of the factors of homogenization. However, the Basques have proved this false. Depicting Basque mutual aid societies, language courses, musical and dance troupes, cuisine classes, community activities, sport, political involvement, and ties to homeland institutions are just a few of the ingredients which mix to compose the chapters of this work. Readers will learn about the history and reasons why Basques ...
The Dictator's Seduction
The dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo, who ruled the Dominican Republic from 1930 until his assassination in 1961, was one of the longest and bloodiest in Latin American history. The Dictator’s Seduction is a cultural history of the Trujillo regime as it was experienced in the capital city of Santo Domingo. Focusing on everyday forms of state domination, Lauren Derby describes how the regime infiltrated civil society by fashioning a “vernacular politics” based on popular idioms of masculinity and fantasies of race and class mobility. Derby argues that the most pernicious aspect of the dictatorship was how it appropriated quotidian practices such as gossip and gift exchange, leaving almos...
Radio Moscú. Eusebio Cimorra, 1939-1977
Radio Moscú salió al aire el 29 de octubre de 1929. Era propiedad del gobierno de la Unión Soviética. Con vocación de emisora internacional, su primera emisión fue en alemán, luego se realizó en francés, en inglés hasta que, en 1932, Luis Cecchini, inició la emisión en español con la frase Aquí Radio Moscú. Tras la caída de la Segunda República Española, varios exiliados españoles llegaron a la Unión Soviética y algunos fueron destinados a trabajar en Radio Moscú como locutores, redactores o periodistas; entre ellos estaba Eusebio Cimorra. Eusebio Gutiérrez Cimorra (1908-2007) pasó a la historia como La voz que venía del frío". Periodista y escritor, desde muy joven...
The Autobiography of St. Anthony Mary Claret
Bares the soul of a saint and reveals the methods which were so successful for him in converting others. From age 5 he was haunted by the thought of the souls about to fall into Hell. This insight fueled his powerful drive to save as many souls as he could.
