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"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...
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 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.
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...
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.
Contains charts, some with new information, that first appeared in the author's 22 volume work, The Quintanas.
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.
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.
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.
El problema de las drogodependencias y las adicciones sigue presente en la sociedad española, a pesar de que se están poniendo medios preventivos para intentar amortiguarlo. En las últimas tres décadas venimos asistiendo a una serie de cambios de gran envergadura en este fenómeno. Frente a los anteriores estilos de consumo asociados a conductas de marginalidad, han surgido nuevos patrones de consumo y nuevos perfiles de consumidores. Hoy en día, nos encontramos con pautas de comportamiento totalmente integradas en colectivos de personas cada vez más jóvenes y de todos los sectores sociales. Este libro aborda los contenidos teóricos que se han considerado más relevantes para conceptualizar la prevención escolar de las adicciones, apoyado en la segunda parte por un trabajo de investigación aplicada a este contexto. Puede ser un instrumento muy valioso para poner en marcha programas de prevención por parte de los profesionales y al mismo tiempo servir de referencia, soporte y apoyo a la población en general, sobre las posibilidades de la prevención en el complejo campo de las adicciones.