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An astonishing story that puts a human face on the ongoing debate about immigration reform in the United States, now updated with a new Epilogue and Afterword, photos of Enrique and his family, an author interview, and more—the definitive edition of a classic of contemporary America Based on the Los Angeles Times newspaper series that won two Pulitzer Prizes, one for feature writing and another for feature photography, this page-turner about the power of family is a popular text in classrooms and a touchstone for communities across the country to engage in meaningful discussions about this essential American subject. Enrique’s Journey recounts the unforgettable quest of a Honduran boy lo...
Derechos reproductivos: reflexiones interdisciplinarias, producto del grupo de investigación del Programa Universitario de Bioética "Género, Bioética y Justicia reproductiva", presenta la visión interdisciplinaria de 30 expertos que reúnen su experiencia en 22 capítulos que conjuntan una invaluable obra de consulta para quienes están interesados en un tema tan vigente como la inconstitucionalidad de la protección a la vida desde la concepción. Desde sus diferentes especialidades, los autores de la obra presentan en cuatro capítulos la relación de la Bioética, los derechos reproductivos y los derechos sexuales; el aborto desde el enfoque jurídico, el aborto desde las ciencias so...
El seminario Figuras del Discurso ha pensado diversos debates contemporáneos sobre la exclusión, la marginación y los argumentos que los sostienen. Este último año nos dimos a la tarea de pensar tres figuras clave de distintos argumentos filosóficos, políticos y sociales: el duelo, la violencia y el olvido. Como elementos determinantes sobre el discurso en los ejercicios de la memoria (o de las memorias), estas tres figuras se os presentan como repetitivas en los distintos procesos históricos, artísticos y culturales que tienen que ver con el ejercicio hegemónico del poder. Sin duda, estas formas retóricas -así como su problemática expuesta en el presente libro- son elementos re...
"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...
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“This collection, because of its exceptional theoretical coherence and sophistication, is qualitatively superior to the most frequently consulted anthologies on Latin American women’s history and literature . . . [and] represents a new, more theoretically rigorous stage in the feminist debate on Latin American women.”—Elizabeth Garrels, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
This engaging and clearly written textbook/reference provides a must-have introduction to the rapidly emerging interdisciplinary field of data science. It focuses on the principles fundamental to becoming a good data scientist and the key skills needed to build systems for collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data. The Data Science Design Manual is a source of practical insights that highlights what really matters in analyzing data, and provides an intuitive understanding of how these core concepts can be used. The book does not emphasize any particular programming language or suite of data-analysis tools, focusing instead on high-level discussion of important design principles. This easy...