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Social Sciences
"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...
Governance and Society in Colonial Mexico
This book is a richly detailed examination of social interaction in the city of Chihuahua, a major silver mining center of colonial Mexico. Founded at the beginning of the eighteenth century, the city attracted people from all over New Spain, all summoned "by the voices of the mines of Chihuahua." These included aspiring miners and merchants, mestizo and mulato workers and drifters, Tarahumara Indians indigenous to the area, Yaquis from Sonora, and Apaches from New Mexico. Several hundred Spaniards, principally from Northern Spain, also arrived, hoping to make their fortunes in the New World.
The Statesman's Yearbook 2008
The 2008 edition of The Statesman's Yearbook contains information and analysis on every country in the world, including biographical profiles of current leaders, government histories, economic overviews and maps. Every copy comes with a single-user licence giving access to the full text online, updated regularly and fully searchable.
Region, Race, and Class in the Making of Colombia
This pioneering translation of Alfonso Múnera’s seminal work El fracaso de la nación presents a new interpretation and innovative perspective on canonical Colombian history and the failure of the Colombian nation to English-speaking readers. Mainstream historiography depicts Colombian independence as the achievement of European-descendent elites only, downplaying the role and importance of regional subaltern classes. Múnera’s well-researched account challenges theoretical, political, and cultural interventions and shows that these subaltern groups were pivotal to achieving independence from Spain. It was their organizing and pressing for freedom from colonial domination that ultimatel...
Hyperborder
Roving vigilantes, fear-mongering politicians, hysterical pundits, and the looming shadow of a seven hundred-mile-long fence: the US–Mexican border is one of the most complex and dynamic areas on the planet today. Hyperborder provides the most nuanced portrait yet of this dynamic region. Author Fernando Romero presents a multidisciplinary perspective informed by interviews with numerous academics, researchers, and organizations. Provocatively designed in the style of other kinetic large-scale studies like Rem Koolhaas's Content and Bruce Mau’s Massive Change, Hyperborder is an exhaustively researched report from the front lines of the border debate.
Trees, Branches and Leaves of Don Juan de Onate, 1598-1998
Contains charts, some with new information, that first appeared in the author's 22 volume work, The Quintanas.
Joaquín Sorolla Family
Joaquín Sorolla (born in Valencia 1863 - died in Cercedilla 1923) is one of the most successful Spanish painters ever. He was a genius in capturing the essence of the scene he was painting. He was a master of light. Joaquín Sorolla loved his wife and his family. He painted them all the time. He lived in the time when photography was being invented and commercialized. Sorolla created a virtual family album with his wonderful paintings. He invited us to see and share his happiness. Sorolla was not shy about his family as many of his contemporaries were. He sold many paintings that showed his family, especially his daughter María was a favorite with the public, and Sorolla jokingly called María the breadwinner of the family. He wanted us to share his view of the ideal family as he shared his view of a great and united Spain. Sorolla painted dogs and a cat as pets, as part of the family, superbly catching their soul and character.
The Spanish Archives of New Mexico
In 1914 Twitchell published in two volumes, "The Spanish Archives of New Mexico," the first calendar and guide to the documents from the Spanish colonial period. The bulk of the records accentuate the amazingly dynamic nature of land grant and settlement policies.
Manual de estudios sobre cocaína y drogas de síntesis
En la actualidad, hablar de cocaína y drogas sintéticas significa abordar los dos grupos de estimulantes más significativos para la sociedad de nuestros días. Empezaron a ser un tímido problema en la década de los ochenta, para instaurarse como hegemónicas en los primeros años del nuevo siglo. Hoy, todos tos recursos apuntan hacia el abordaje de estas drogas, que llegan a aglutinar un alto porcentaje de los que visitan centros de tratamiento, pero muchos piensan que solamente es la punta del iceberg. Esta compilación de estudios intenta aproximarse a la vanguardia de lo que representan la cocaína y las drogas de síntesis, con el objetivo de cubrir las expectativas de los que trabajan en ta prevención y el tratamiento de estas sustancias, así como servir de instrumento para todas aquellos que quieran introducirse en este intrincado campo de salud.
Medios de comunicación, publicidad y adicciones
Los medios de comunicación albergan un gran poder de influencia social. Transmiten por distintos canales mensajes que generan opinión, creencias y comportamientos en los receptores. Se sostienen en una peculiar simbiosis con la publicidad, que hace que muchos medios sobrevivan a su costa y tengan que equilibrar los contenidos publicitarios con los idearios propios del medio. La repercusión de los contenidos de los mensajes en el ámbito de las adicciones se hace patente, cel conseguir que la sociedad se haga eco de este problema pero bajo el prisma de quien lo comunica, con el riesgo de que la información suministrada no sea preventiva y, en muchos casos, se oriente hacia una apología del consumo. Este manual pretende dar una visión global, pero exhaustiva, desde distintos puntos de vista, acerca de cómo influyen los mass media y la publicidad en la complicada problemática de las drogas y las adicciones en general, haciendo mayor énfasis en las sustancias legales, pero sin desestimar las ilegales. Una obra imprescindible para estudiantes, educadores y profesionales. Una herramienta útil de consulta para familias y todo tipo de público.
