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Desde los primeros rastros de los que tenemos conocimiento, individuos y sociedades se han relacionado de manera disímil. La lucha por espacios de poder ha sido una constante que ha llevado al conflicto, la negociación y la resistencia. La presente obra recoge aportaciones de sólidos especialistas que abordan el tema desde distintas perspectivas, cronologías y espacios. El poder ha articulado y/o quebrado redes familiares, políticas, económicas y culturales. En la historia de América el componente étnico ha añadido un elemento distorsionador en esas dinámicas de sometimiento y resistencia. Desde diferentes enfoques y en diferentes tiempos, los trabajos de esta publicación entran e...
Women’s reproduction, including conception, pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and other physical acts of motherhood (as well as the rejection of those roles), played a critical role in the evolution and management of Cuba’s population. While existing scholarship has approached Cuba’s demographic history through the lens of migration, both forced and voluntary, Race and Reproduction in Cuba challenges this male-normative perspective by centering women in the first book-length history of reproduction in Cuba. Bonnie A. Lucero traces women’s reproductive lives, as well as key medical, legal, and institutional interventions influencing them, over four centuries. Her study begins in t...
Since late 2001 more than fifty percent of the babies born in California have been Latino. When these babies reach adulthood, they will, by sheer force of numbers, influence the course of the Golden State. This essential study, based on decades of data, paints a vivid and energetic portrait of Latino society in California by providing a wealth of details about work ethic, family strengths, business establishments, and the surprisingly robust health profile that yields an average life expectancy for Latinos five years longer than that of the general population. Spanning one hundred years, this complex, fascinating analysis suggests that the future of Latinos in California will be neither comp...
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