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This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1993.
This text explores the natural history of Texas and more than 2900 springs in 183 Texas counties. It also includes an in-depth discussion of the general characteristics of springs - their physical and prehistoric settings, their historical significance, and their associated flora and fauna.
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[In this book, the author's] analysis of the effects and causes of capitalist underdevelopment in Latin America present [an] account of ... Latin American history. [The author] shows how foreign companies reaped huge profits through their operations in Latin America. He explains the politics of the Latin American bourgeoisies and their subservience to foreign powers, and how they interacted to create increasingly unequal capitalist societies in Latin America.-Back cover.
Simultáneamente asociado a los avatares políticos, sociales y tecnológicos, el perfil de los productores del cine español dista de ser uniforme. Tipologías muy distintas han coincidido a lo largo de una historia en la que, desde sus inicios, se han unido en la lucha contra una colonización extranjera, a veces paradójicamente propiciada por los propios interesados, que obliga a debatirse en unos márgenes de cuota de mercado cada vez más estrechos. Su actividad se desarrolla en un mercado abiertamente hostil, por parte de unos exhibidores que viven del cine norteamericano o en el que si la distribución ha prestado ayudas puntuales ha sido por intereses particulares. También dependen...
Based on archival research, this study of Pancho Villa aims to separate myth from history. It looks at Villa's early life as an outlaw and his emergence as a national leader, and at the special considerations that transformed the state of Chihuahua into a leading centre of revolution.