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In 11 essays, the contributors examine the connections between environmental change and other major topics of early modern world history: population growth, commercialization, imperialism, industrialization, the fossil fuel revolution, and more.
"The one source that sets reference collections on Latin American studies apart from all other geographic areas of the world.... The Handbook has provided scholars interested in Latin America with a bibliographical source of a quality unavailable to scholars in most other branches of area studies." —Latin American Research Review 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 140 specialists in various disciplines, the Handbook alternates from year to year b...
"The one source that sets reference collections on Latin American studies apart from all other geographic areas of the world.... The Handbook has provided scholars interested in Latin America with a bibliographical source of a quality unavailable to scholars in most other branches of area studies." —Latin American Research Review 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 b...
"The one source that sets reference collections on Latin American studies apart from all other geographic areas of the world.... The Handbook has provided scholars interested in Latin America with a bibliographical source of a quality unavailable to scholars in most other branches of area studies." —Latin American Research Review 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 b...
Ao mesmo tempo que os problemas ambientais vão aumentando e se agravando, a produção legislativa ambiental, nas esferas internacional e nacional, também aumenta, o que coloca em xeque a efetividade da proteção ambiental desempenhada pelo direito, permitindo questionar a forma do paradigma normativista-kelseniano em lidar com a questão ambiental dentro do capitalismo. O objetivo da presente pesquisa consiste em investigar os limites jurídicos da concretização da agroecologia no modo de produção capitalista, a partir do método do materialismo histórico, busca-se investigar o cerne da questão ambiental em seu âmago, e não a partir de espectros que supostamente tentam proteger o...
Latinoamerica se viste con traje nuevo y de multiples colores porque cada color representa un actor que decidio asumir el rol, y el riesgo, de ser sujeto social. Los sujetos se asoman a las distintas ventanas de los conflictos sujeto para resolver problemas y emplazar a los gobiernos y adversarios para definir sus conductas, exigirles el respeto y poner un alto a las expropiaciones y privatizaciones. Su acuerpamiento afecta a la politica y la baja a los espacios donde se recrea la vida cotidiana. Carga de contenido las casas, las calles, las esquinas, las plazas y los medios de comunicacion. Sin embargo la continuidad no es consistente y se fragmenta muchas veces, de ahi que hay muchas lucha...
La erupción del volcán Puyehue-Cordón Caulle en 2011 impactó en la Norpatagonia, afectando a la sociedad y su entorno natural. Este libro recupera la memoria de los habitantes y analiza estrategias de abordaje enfocadas en las actividades económicas, productivas y sociales, junto con estudios sobre el impacto en la naturaleza.
Entre el ensayo y el testimonio, esta obra del especialista Alfredo Torero abre nuevas luces sobre la vida y la obra de José María Arguedas, el más importante antropólogo y narrador andino. También puede ser mirada como un libro espejo sobre la vida y el pensamiento del autor, prueba de ello es el despliegue abierto de sus filias distancias y desafectos, intelectuales y políticos. Torero comenta críticamente los más recientes escritos de Henri Favre, John Murra y Mario Vargas Llosa sobre José María Arguedas, en la perspectiva de abrirse paso para decir lo suyo. La versión de Torero tiene que ver tanto con su familiaridad con el quechua y la cultura peruana como con su amistad con ...