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Proyectos de vivienda social sustentable
La obra presenta los proyectos finalistas del 1er. Concurso Internacional para el Diseño Conceptual de Vivienda Social Sustentable, organizado por el ITESO y la Fundación Beckmann, que convocó a profesionales y estudiantes de arquitectura, ingeniería civil, diseño y áreas afines, para desarrollar viviendas funcionales en que se emplearan materiales reciclados derivados de la cadena productiva agave-tequila, como bagazo o fibra de agave, madera de barricas y vidrio de las botellas de desecho. (ITESO) (ITESO Universidad)
Concise Encyclopedia of Amish, Brethren, Hutterites, and Mennonites
Donald B. Kraybill has spent his career among Anabaptist groups, gaining an unparalleled understanding of these traditionally private people. Kraybill shares that deep knowledge in this succinct overview of the beliefs and cultural practices of Amish, Brethren, Hutterites, and Mennonites in North America. Found throughout Canada, Central America, Mexico, and the United States, these religious communities include more than 200 different groups with 800,000 members in 17 countries. Through 340 short entries, Kraybill offers readers information on a wide range of topics related to religious views and social practices. With thoughtful consideration of how these diverse communities are related, t...
Genealogía de la Familia Montealegre
El presente libro, "Genealogía de la familia MONTEALEGRE" es el Primer Tomo de tres, expone en sus páginas el origen del apellido, el lugar que dio origen al mismo, sus antepasados en España, Francia, Inglaterra, Italia, Alemania y Kiev. Entre esos antepasados, entre los más importantes, podemos mencionar al rey David, al Profeta Mahoma, a los Duques de Anjou y Aquitania, a los Plantegenet que son el origen de casi todas las monarquías europeas. Expone los antepasados del rey don Fernando III "el Santo" y su esposa Elizabeth Hohenstaufen, y sus descendientes, que a través de sus hijos don Alfonso X "el Sabio" y el Infante don Manuel, llegaron hasta América. De los descendientes del re...
Sins against Nature
In Sins against Nature Zeb Tortorici explores the prosecution of sex acts in colonial New Spain (present-day Mexico, Guatemala, the US Southwest, and the Philippines) to examine the multiple ways bodies and desires come to be textually recorded and archived. Drawing on the records from over three hundred criminal and Inquisition cases between 1530 and 1821, Tortorici shows how the secular and ecclesiastical courts deployed the term contra natura—against nature—to try those accused of sodomy, bestiality, masturbation, erotic religious visions, priestly solicitation of sex during confession, and other forms of "unnatural" sex. Archival traces of the visceral reactions of witnesses, the acc...
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Rascally Signs in Sacred Places
David Whisnant provides a comprehensive analysis of the dynamic relationship between culture, power, and policy in Nicaragua over the last 450 years. Spanning a broad spectrum of popular and traditional expressive forms — including literature, music, film, and broadcast media — the book explores the evolution of Nicaraguan culture, its manipulation for political purposes, and the opposition to cultural policy by a variety of marginalized social and regional groups. Within the historical narrative of cultural change over time, Whisnant skillfully discusses important case studies of Nicaraguan cultural politics: the consequences of the unauthorized removal of archaeological treasures from ...
Troilo. A Theory of Everything
Writing about Troilo over a century after his birth and nearly fifty years after his death implies a certainty: the artist, who performed with him, in all but a few cases, no longer exist. That vast absence compels us to seek Troilo where he never left: the music. “Troilo: Biography of Argentina” is a music book, but also a precise and rigorous painting of a mobilized, vigorous and encompassing country where culture –and tango– were in the spotlight. It might well be read as a text that uncovers the keys of growth and decline of Argentina
