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This book examines the cultural relations between the Spanish and Austrian Habsburg monarchies in the seventeenth century and explores the central role of transnational aristocratic networks in cultural transfer processes between Spain and Central Europe. It tells the story of Central European aristocrats who embraced new foreign fashions, commodities, and practices to demonstrate their wealth and superior social position, thereby contributing significantly to the emergence of a cosmopolitan aristocratic Baroque culture. It shows that a new type of aristocrat emerged during this period: the cultured and educated aristocratic connoisseur, who knew how to use cultural imports and practices for...
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Merriam Press World War 2 History Series. A History of the 316th Troop Carrier Group, 1942-1945. Complete history utilizing the author's personal recollections and those of his comrades along with extensive archival research. Encompasses Headquarters, 36th, 37th, 44th and 45th Squadrons, the Group was part of the 52nd Troop Carrier Wing, Ninth Air Force, participating in the airborne/glider operations in Sicily, Italy, Normandy, Holland and Germany. 91 photos, 30 maps, 13 appendices, 428 footnotes, bibliography, index.
Die "Urgeschichte und Römerzeit in der Steiermark" handelt von Jahrtausenden – und manchmal Jahrzehntausenden – der Interaktion von Mensch und Natur in der heutigen Steiermark. Das von Bernhard Hebert herausgegebene Buch ist Ergebnis einer mehrjährigen Teamarbeit: Fachleute vor allem der jüngeren Forscher/innengeneration haben alle greifbaren Erkenntnisse der Archäologie und ihrer Nachbarwissenschaften zusammengetragen und ausgewertet. So ist eine vielfach neue Sicht auf die ersten Jahr(zehn)tausende der Steiermark entstanden, die in der vorliegenden zweiten Auflage erweitert und nochmals aktualisiert wurde. An die archäologischen Quellen werden grundlegende Fragen gestellt: Welche Innovationen gab es wann? Welche Ressourcen wurden genutzt? Wie waren Besiedelung, Bevölkerung und Gesellschaftsstruktur? Zusätzlich vorgestellt sind die bedeutendsten Fundstellen und Funde, auch in Plan und Bild.
At the beginning of the twentieth century, Venezuela had one of the poorest economies in Latin America, but by 1970 it had become the richest country in the region and one of the twenty richest countries in the world, ahead of countries such as Greece, Israel, and Spain. Between 1978 and 2001, however, Venezuela’s economy went sharply in reverse, with non-oil GDP declining by almost 19 percent and oil GDP by an astonishing 65 percent. What accounts for this drastic turnabout? The editors of Venezuela Before Chávez, who each played a policymaking role in the country’s economy during the past two decades, have brought together a group of economists and political scientists to examine syst...
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