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Maize
This book examines one of the thorniest problems of ancient American archaeology: the origins and domestication of maize. Using a variety of scientific techniques, Duccio Bonavia explores the development of maize, its adaptation to varying climates and its fundamental role in ancient American cultures. An appendix (by Alexander Grobman) provides the first-ever comprehensive compilation of maize genetic data, correlating this data with the archaeological evidence presented throughout the book. This book provides a unique interpretation of questions of dating and evolution, supported by extensive data, following the spread of maize from South to North America and eventually to Europe and beyond.
American Law Reports
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Vita di Gabriel García Márquez
Gerald Martin ci offre in questa appassionata biografia un grande ritratto ricco di dettagli del maestro del "realismo magico". La narrazione inizia al "tempo del colera", quando Aracataca non era ancora Macondo e un bambino muoveva i suoi primi passi fra bauli che rigurgitano libri, indigeni dai mille segreti e donne vestite di una mussolina così leggera che le iguane vi restano impigliate nel deporre le uova. Martin ci racconta le tante "male ore" e il terrore del buio, l'odore di mandorle amare e le burrasche di "foglie morte", illuminando e precisando ciascuna delle molte facce di Gabo. A questa storia della vita e delle opere di Márquez l'autore ha lavorato per diciassette anni con una passione narrativa che sorprende a ogni passo il lettore per la vivezza, lo humour, il calore e il colore della scrittura. Il risultato è un'opera straordinaria per ricchezza e qualità delle informazioni, una biografia che Gabo sulle prime ha solo "tollerato" («Perché mai scrivere una biografia? Le biografie sono per i morti»), ma che alla fine ha riconosciuto come "ufficiale".
Resisting Extortion
New ethnographic data leads to insights into the widespread yet understudied phenomenon of criminal extortion in Latin America.
Elgar Encyclopedia of Ecological Economics
With diverse contributions from over 100 authors around the globe, this comprehensive Encyclopedia summarises the developments of ecological economics from the fundamental contributions to the more recent methodological debates in the field. It provides an expansive list of topics including sustainable development, the limits to growth, agroecology, implications of thermodynamic laws for economics, integrated ecologic-economic modelling, valuation of natural resources and services, and renewable and non-renewable resources management. This title contains one or more Open Access chapters.
Las Hermanas
In this historical study, Lara Medina examines the early development and continuing influence of Las Hermanas, a feminist organization established in 1971 to counter the patriarchy and Eurocentrism of the U.S. Catholic Church. Medina weaves archival research and oral interviews into a cohesive narrative that highlights the keen ethnic and political awareness among the movement's leaders and participants. Medina also illuminates the strides made by Las Hermanas in undermining and reorienting the male-dominated structure of both the Catholic ministry and the Chicano civil rights movement. By showing how the group has engaged such issues as moral authority, sexuality, and domestic abuse through its religiously informed efforts in grassroots community organizing and education, Medina showcases the crucial role played by Las Hermanas in the articulation of a spiritually and politically grounded Latina/Chicana identity.
Puerto Rico
A panoramic history of Puerto Rico from pre-Columbian times to today Puerto Rico is a Spanish-speaking territory of the United States with a history shaped by conquest and resistance. For centuries, Puerto Ricans have crafted and negotiated complex ideas about nationhood. Jorell Meléndez-Badillo provides a new history of Puerto Rico that gives voice to the archipelago’s people while offering a lens through which to understand the political, economic, and social challenges confronting them today. In this masterful work of scholarship, Meléndez-Badillo sheds light on the vibrant cultures of the archipelago in the centuries before the arrival of Columbus and captures the full sweep of Puert...
Latin Equities
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