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Natural Experiments of History
In eight case studies by leading scholars in history, archaeology, business, economics, geography, and political science, the authors showcase the “natural experiment” or “comparative method”—well-known in any science concerned with the past—on the discipline of human history. That means, according to the editors, “comparing, preferably quantitatively and aided by statistical analyses, different systems that are similar in many respects, but that differ with respect to the factors whose influence one wishes to study.” The case studies in the book support two overall conclusions about the study of human history: First, historical comparisons have the potential for yielding insights that cannot be extracted from a single case study alone. Second, insofar as is possible, when one proposes a conclusion, one may be able to strengthen one’s conclusion by gathering quantitative evidence (or at least ranking one’s outcomes from big to small), and then by testing the conclusion’s validity statistically.
The Decline of Latin American Economies
Latin America’s economic performance is mediocre at best, despite abundant natural resources and flourishing neighbors to the north. The perplexing question of how some of the wealthiest nations in the world in the nineteenth century are now the most crisis-prone has long puzzled economists and historians. The Decline of Latin American Economies examines the reality behind the struggling economies of Argentina, Chile, and Mexico. A distinguished panel of experts argues here that slow growth, rampant protectionism, and rising inflation plagued Latin America for years, where corrupt institutions and political unrest undermined the financial outlook of already besieged economies. Tracing Latin America’s growth and decline through two centuries, this volume illustrates how a once-prosperous continent now lags behind. Of interest to scholars and policymakers alike, it offers new insight into the relationship between political systems and economic development.
El Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas y la historia académica.
Este libro rastrea y analiza el quehacer del Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas de la UJED, a lo largo de las cuatro décadas que van desde su creación a la actualidad (1979-2019). El propósito es hacer un balance de lo producido en cuarenta años por el conjunto de académicos que, desde la Institución, han contribuido al desarrollo del conocimiento histórico del norte mexicano. Concentra la información que fue posible acopiar por la vía de la entrevista, de la investigación, de los recuerdos y del análisis de la producción de los investigadores que han transitado por el Instituto en sus cuarenta años de existencia, y constituye un valioso documento por ser una especie de mirada íntima a la vida y obra de los investigadores del IIH.
Son of Vengeance
Since the early 1800s, the violent exploits of “El Indio” Rafael through the settlements of northern New Spain have become the stuff of myth and legend. For some, the fabled Apache was a hero, an indigenous Robin Hood who fought oppressive Spaniards to help the dispossessed and downtrodden. For others, he was little more than a merciless killer. In Son of Vengeance, Bradley Folsom sets out to find the real Rafael—to extract the true story from the scant historical record and superabundance of speculation. What he uncovers is that many of the legends about Rafael were true: he was both daring and one of the most prolific serial killers in North American history. Rafael was born into an ...
The Power and the Money
Facing financial chaos, Porfirio Diaz’s strategy in the 1880s was to create a bank with a legal monopoly over lending to the government and to enforce elites’ property rights in order to get their support. This book shows how Mexican leaders, even after the Mexican Revolution, failed to alter these basic economic and political policies, resulting in a continuing high level of financial and industrial concentration.
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Perspectiva de géneros
Esta obra es la compilación de trece cuadernos que integran la serie editorial titulada Género(s): textos cortos y sin referencias bibliográficas sobre las preocupaciones, temores y problemas que acompañan la cotidianidad de las y los jóvenes. La intención es generar herramientas útiles para afrontar el entorno familiar, los novios(as), la depre, el trabajo, el acoso, la escuela, la calle, la soledad, las redes, el miedo, la vergüenza. Busca esclarecer sus dudas y atenuar sus temores, así como alentar sus anhelos y la búsqueda de respuestas propias.
The World of Learning 2001
First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Problemas, conceptos, actores y autores
Este volumen perfila dos características: por un lado ofrece resultados de investigación y alienta la discusión sobre nociones y conceptos que fueron funcionales en diversos proyectos colectivos; por otro, incluye apartados que convendría considerarlos de divulgación debido a la manera de tratar el material. El primer capítulo está dedicado al análisis de nociones instrumentadas a estudiar las más dinámicas áreas agrícolas del norte de México. El segundo combinó una exhaustiva investigación con la aplicación de algunas de esas nociones al describir y explicar la trayectoria de una poderosa familia (los Sada), componente fundamental del tejido empresarial y productivo construido desde 1870 en la industrial Monterrey.
