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Technocrats and the Politics of Drought and Development in Twentieth-Century Brazil
Eve E. Buckley’s study of twentieth-century Brazil examines the nation’s hard social realities through the history of science, focusing on the use of technology and engineering as vexed instruments of reform and economic development. Nowhere was the tension between technocratic optimism and entrenched inequality more evident than in the drought-ridden Northeast sertão, plagued by chronic poverty, recurrent famine, and mass migrations. Buckley reveals how the physicians, engineers, agronomists, and mid-level technocrats working for federal agencies to combat drought were pressured by politicians to seek out a technological magic bullet that would both end poverty and obviate the need for land redistribution to redress long-standing injustices.
Zwischen Dynastie und Staatsräson
In der Person des Botschafters kristallisieren sich die Außenbeziehungen der europäischen Staaten der Frühen Neuzeit wie in einem Brennglas. Sie waren nicht nur Sprachrohr, sondern gleichsam Abbild ihres Souveräns. Darüber hinaus standen sie in einem Spannungsfeld vielfältiger Loyalitätsbeziehungen: Interessen der Hofparteien, Botschafterkollegen, heimischer Netzwerke und insbesondere der Familie galt es sorgsam auszutarieren. Franz Christoph Khevenhüller (1588–1650) und Iñigo Vélez de Guevara y Tassis, V. Graf von Oñate (1566–1644) kamen im Jahr 1617 als Vertreter des Kaisers und des spanischen Königs an ihre neuen Einsatzorte in Madrid und Wien. Von Beginn an wird deutlich,...
The Marqués, the Divas, and the Castrati
In this book, author Louise K. Stein analyzes early modern opera as appreciated and produced by Gaspar de Haro y Guzmán (1629-87), Marqués de Heliche and del Carpio and a distinguished patron of the arts in Madrid, Rome, and Naples. It also reveals his lasting legacy in the Americas during a crucial period for the growth and development of opera and the history of singing.
