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A compilation of pen names used by writers of Spanish America from the earliest colonial times until the present. Those readers wishing to verify a pseudonym for an author, and those wishing to find more detail regarding the author's use of a particular pseudonym will find 20,000 Spanish American Pseudonyms an invaluable reference tool for beginning their research.
Qué era y cómo era la Colombia de hace cien años. Hasta el final de la Primera Guerra Mundial Colombia era un país inmerso todavía en los avatares del siglo xix, sus guerras intestinas, su atraso precapitalista, y tímidas conexiones con el resto del mundo. No se había recuperado de la trágica pérdida de Panamá. Los años 20 del siglo xx marcan el despegue acelarado de la modernidad en Colombia y su entrada plena en el contexto globalizador del capitalismo. Este libro presenta con detalle el panorama político, el alumbramiento de una clase proletaria y el agitado clima de sus luchas reivindicativas, la explosión urbanizadora, el desarrollo arquitectónico y urbanístico del perío...
The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music is a ten-volume reference work, organized geographically by continent to represent the musics of the world in nine volumes. The tenth volume houses reference tools and descriptive information about the encyclopedia’s structure, criteria for inclusion and other information specific to the field of ethnomusicology. An award-winning reference, its contributions are from top researchers around the world who were active in fieldwork and from key institutions with programs in ethnomusicology. GEWM has become a familiar acronym, and it remains highly revered for its scholarship, uncontested in being the sole encompassing reference work with a broad survey of world music. More than 9,000 pages, with musical illustrations, photographs and drawings, it is accompanied by 300+ audio examples.