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Spontaneous Shelter
Using cross-national political, economic, and environmental comparisons as well as case studies from all parts of the world, this volume focuses on the increasing problem of providing shelter in underdeveloped countries, The innovative solutions that have been applied To The problem, And The prospects For The future.Spontaneous Shelterexamines the contemporary and emerging issues that face homeless people in the Third World and suggests policy actions that can be taken. Providing middle-class as well as poverty-level examples, and considering environmental issues, The contributors use case materials, photographs, and drawings to clarify the policy agenda for basic shelter provision. Author note:Carl V. Pattonis Dean of the School of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
Besieged Beachhead
On New Year’s Day 1959, Fidel Castro’s revolutionary movement overthrew the ruling regime in Cuba, bringing the Cold War to the United States’ doorstep and setting the island nation and its superpower neighbor on a collision course. The clash came in April 1961 on the southern coast of Cuba at the Bahía de Cochinos—the Bay of Pigs. In an hour-by-hour chronicle that is as even-handed as it is dramatic, J. J. Valdés gets to the heart of this Cold War battle, from the beaches and skies of Cuba to the corridors of power in Washington and Havana. Long entangled in Cuba’s economy and politics, the United States watched Castro’s revolution carefully and grew wary as Castro drew closer...
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Modern Architecture of Quito
Situated at the crossroads of the foreign and the vernacular, Quito-the capital of Ecuador, with its world-famous yet understudied built environment-stands as a testament to architectural in-betweenness. This book interweaves history and theory to explore how near and far influences have shaped its unique character. Case studies present diverse and unexpected episodes in the architectural history of this city, spanning the intricacies of its topography, the design of modernist houses and the appropriation of the motel typology. Together, they show how fluxes of different origins have created an architecture marked by diversity and interrelation. To theoretically frame these investigations, t...
La vera storia del 'Che'
'La purezza del Che e la sua morte tragica lasciano spalancate le porte del sogno" scrive Jean Cormier, che ha trascorso sette anni a indagare su questo personaggio leggendario, incontrando i suoi compagni di lotta, i membri della sua famiglia, i politici e gli intellettuali che lo affiancarono. Il risultato è questa appassionante biografia a cui hanno collaborato Hilda Guevara, figlia del Che, e Alberto Granado, amico d'infanzia che lo accompagnò nel suo viaggio giovanile in motocicletta attraverso il Sud America. Attraverso il racconto dei particolari della sua formazione e della sua lotta, Cormier anima quella icona di capo rivoluzionario carismatico che ha motivato un'intera generazione di giovani tra gli anni Sessanta e Settanta. Dalla nascita ai viaggi dell'adolescenza, a quelli giovanili nei Paesi sudamericani in cui si formò la sua coscienza politica, all'attività di medico, a quella di guerrigliero. Dalla sua dedizione totale alla causa dell'America Latina oppressa dal capitalismo americano fino al coinvolgimento personale nelle ingiustizie perpetrate verso gli oppressi di tutto il mondo.
The Evolution of the Cuban Military, 1492-1986
Historia militar de Cuba desde 1492 a 1986. Escrita en ingl s.
