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Latinas in the United States: A Historical Encyclopedia records the contribution of women of Latin American birth or heritage to the economic and cultural development of the United States. The encyclopedia, edited by Vicki L. Ruiz and Virginia Sánchez-Korrol, is the first comprehensive gathering of scholarship on Latinas. This encyclopedia will serve as an essential reference for decades to come. In more than 580 entries, the historical and cultural narratives of Latinas come to life. From mestizo settlement, pioneer life, and diasporic communities, the encyclopedia details the contributions of women as settlers, comadres, and landowners, as organizers and nuns. More than 200 scholars explo...
El noreste de México está habitado por un conjunto muy especial de mariposas que comprende formas mexicanas tropicales, desérticas y de altura, lo cual hace de esta zona un lugar privilegiado para la observación e investigación de este tipo de fauna. Con la Guía de mariposas de Nuevo León se aprende a observar, identificar y distinguir las diferentes familias y especies mediante las fichas y las ilustraciones que las acompañan. Además, se ofrece información acerca de cómo, cuándo y dónde hacer las observaciones y dan sugerencias para enriquecer un jardín urbano y aumentar el número de las especies que lo visitan.
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The experiment with neoliberal market-oriented economic policy in Latin America, popularly known as the Washington Consensus, has run its course. With left-wing and populist regimes now in power in many countries, there is much debate about what direction economic policy should be taking, and there are those who believe that state-led development might be worth trying again. Susan Gauss’s study of the process by which Mexico transformed from a largely agrarian society into an urban, industrialized one in the two decades following the end of the Revolution is especially timely and may have lessons to offer to policy makers today. The image of a strong, centralized corporatist state led by t...