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Building a Nation

The Case of Echeverria

By: Juan Carlos Mercado

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Building a Nation

The Case of Echeverria

By: Juan Carlos Mercado

This book is the only one of its kind on the market. It deals with one of the most brilliant yet least known Latin American authors, Esteban EcheverrÌa. EcheverrÌa was the author of La Cautiva (The Captive), El Matadero (The Slaughterhouse), and Dogma Socialista (Socialist Dogma) which formed the base of the constitution of the Republic of Argentina. In Building A Nation, Juan Carlos Mercado recovers the figure of EcheverrÌa through an analysis centralized in his work as a poet, thinker, and politician--all as one unit. The study takes into account the many sources, including European ones, that EcheverrÌa used in order to formulate a literary and political national project. Readers of this work will acquire a thorough understanding of the significance of EcheverrÌa's influence--from the introduction of European Romanticism into Argentine Literature; to the initiation of a critical and realistic narrative style never yet seen before in Argentina; to the founding of a liberal-humanist tendency which went on to acquire definitive political shape for the country.

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0761801146

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9780761801146

Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance in the Environment

By: Carlos F. Amabile-Cuevas

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Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance in the Environment

By: Carlos F. Amabile-Cuevas

The presence of antibiotics, antibiotic resistance genes, and antibiotic resistant bacteria in the environment is a cause of growing worldwide concern, as it reveals the extensive impact of antibiotic abuse and other human-related pressures upon microbes. The field of detecting and measuring resistance in the environment has rapidly evolved to a systematic search of organisms and genes. This book will review the available evidence and hypotheses on where antibiotic resistance is coming from and for how long it has been there. Further, it will discuss involved maintenance pressures, resistance spread, traits and laboratory and in-silico strategies to further investigate antibiotic resistance.

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CRC Press

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1317394100

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9781317394105

The Burden of Modernity

The Rhetoric of Cultural Discourse in Spanish America

By: Carlos J. Alonso

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The Burden of Modernity

The Rhetoric of Cultural Discourse in Spanish America

By: Carlos J. Alonso

This book offers a provocative interpretation of cultural discourse in Spanish America. Alonso argues that Spanish American cultural production constituted itself through commitment to what he calls the "narrative of futurity," that is, the uncompromising adoption of modernity. This commitment fueled a rhetorical crisis that followed the embracing of discourses regarded as "modern" in historical and economic circumstance that are themselves the negation of modernity. Through fresh readings of texts by Sarmiento, Mansilla, Quiroga, Vargos Llosa, Garcia Marquez, and others, Alonso tracks this textual dynamic in works from the nineteenth century to the present.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0195118634

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Reconstructing Criminality in Latin America

By: Carlos Aguirre,Robert Buffington

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Reconstructing Criminality in Latin America

By: Carlos Aguirre,Robert Buffington

The only reader currently available on criminality in Latin America, Reconstructing Criminality in Latin America reconstructs the way in which different Latin American societies have viewed, described, defined, and reacted to criminal behavior. Crime in Latin America is explored in terms of gender, race, class, and criminological theory. The highly readable essays in this book explore how Catholic notions of sin, natural law, the "divine" rights of absolutist monarchs, liberal rights of "man," positivism, and social Darwinism received a sympathetic, even enthusiastic, endorsement from policy makers throughout Latin America. Reconstructing Criminality in Latin America also shows how new methodologies have given scholars deeper insight into the significance of crime in Latin American societies. The selections testify that the insights of scholars like Eric Hobsbawm and Michel Foucault are the foundations of modern histories of crime in Latin America. This book is ideal for criminal justice, sociology, and Latin American social history courses.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0842026215

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The Buried Mirror

Reflections on Spain and the New World

By: Carlos Fuentes

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The Buried Mirror

Reflections on Spain and the New World

By: Carlos Fuentes

An exploration of Spanish culture in Spain and the Americas traces the social, political, and economic forces that created that culture.

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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0395924995

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9780395924990

Dictatorship and the Electoral Vote

Francoism and the Portuguese New State Regime in Comparative Perspective, 1945-1975

By: Carlos Domper Lasus

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Dictatorship and the Electoral Vote

Francoism and the Portuguese New State Regime in Comparative Perspective, 1945-1975

By: Carlos Domper Lasus

Why do dictatorships have elections? Dictatorship and the Electoral Vote analyses the role of elections in two dictatorships that were born in the Era of Fascism but survived up to the 1970s: the Portuguese New State and Francoism. A comparative study of the electoral vote held by both dictatorships is revealing at many organizational and structural levels. The multiple political interactions involved in elections worldwide have been subject to social science scrutiny but rarely encompass historical context. The analysis of the electoral vote held by Iberian dictatorships is uniquely placed to link the two. The issues to hand include: drawing of electoral rolls; evolution of the number of people allowed to vote; candidate selection processes; propaganda methods; impact on the institutional structure of the regime; the socio-political biographies of the candidates; the electoral turnout and final tally; relationship between the central and peripheral authorities of the state; and the viewpoint of regime authorities on the holding of elections. Comparative analysis of all these issues enables a better understanding of the political nature of these dictatorships as well as a comprehensive explanation of the historical roots and evolution of the elections these dictatorship held since 1945. Based on primary archival documents, some of them never previously accessed, the book offers a detailed explanation of how these dictatorships used elections to consolidate their political authority and provides a historical approach that allows placing both countries in the framework of European electoral history and in the history of the political evolution of Iberian dictatorships between the Axis defeat and their breakdown in the mid-seventies.

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Liverpool University Press

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1782846425

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An Open Secret

By: Carlos Gamerro

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An Open Secret

By: Carlos Gamerro

Darío Ezcurra is one of the thousands of Argentinians unlucky enough to be 'disappeared' by the military government - murdered by the local chief of police with the complicity of his friends and neighbours. Twenty years later, Fefe returns to the town where Darío met his fate and attempts to discover how the community let such a crime happen. Lies, excuses and evasion ensue - desperate attempts to deny the guilty secret of which the whole community, even Fefe himself, is afraid.

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Pushkin Press

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1908968346

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Caught between the Lines

Captives, Frontiers, and National Identity in Argentine Literature and Art

By: Carlos Riobó

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Caught between the Lines

Captives, Frontiers, and National Identity in Argentine Literature and Art

By: Carlos Riobó

Caught between the Lines examines how the figure of the captive and the notion of borders have been used in Argentine literature and painting to reflect competing notions of national identity from the nineteenth to the twenty-first centuries. Challenging the conventional approach to the nineteenth-century trope of “civilization versus barbary,” which was intended to criticize the social and ethnic divisions within Argentina in order to create a homogenous society, Carlos Riobó traces the various versions of colonial captivity legends. He argues convincingly that the historical conditions of the colonial period created an ethnic hybridity—a mestizo or culturally mixed identity—that went against the state compulsion for a racially pure identity. This mestizaje was signified not only in Argentina’s literature but also in its art, and Riobó thus analyzes colonial paintings as well as texts. Caught between the Lines focuses on borders and mestizaje (both biological and cultural) as they relate to captives: specifically, how captives have been used to create a national image of Argentina that relies on a logic of separation to justify concepts of national purity and to deny transculturation.

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U of Nebraska Press

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1496213882

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The Great Latin American Novel

By: Carlos Fuentes

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The Great Latin American Novel

By: Carlos Fuentes

One of the late Carlos Fuentes's final projects, this compendium of his criticism traces the evolution of the Latin American novel from the discovery of America to the present day. Combining historical perspective with personal and often opinionated interpretation, Fuentes gives us a tour from Machado de Assis to Borges and beyond. A landmark analysis, as well as a scintillating and often wry commentary on a great author's peers and influences, this book is as much a contribution to Latin American literature as it is a chronicle of that literature's greatest achievements.

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Deep Vellum Publishing

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1628971916

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The Adventures of a Cello

Revised Edition, with a New Epilogue

By: Carlos Prieto

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The Adventures of a Cello

Revised Edition, with a New Epilogue

By: Carlos Prieto

A delightful biography of a celebrated Stradivarius cello and an inviting overview of cello music and its preeminent composers and performers by world-famous concert cellist Carlos Prieto.

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University of Texas Press

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1477317864

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The Lakes of the Basin of Mexico

Dynamics of a Lacustrine System and the Evolution of a Civilization

By: Carlos E. Cordova

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The Lakes of the Basin of Mexico

Dynamics of a Lacustrine System and the Evolution of a Civilization

By: Carlos E. Cordova

This book is a review of research on the prehistoric and historic evolution of the Basin of Mexico’s lacustrine systems. Based on this review, the book presents a model of long and short-term natural lacustrine dynamics as the basis for understanding the processes of human adaptation and transformation of the aquatic ecosystems of the Basin of Mexico. Although only remains of the former lakes exist, the book stresses the importance of the knowledge of the former natural and cultural history of the lakes. In this sense, the book addresses the misconceptions and misinterpretations of the lakes that still exist in the literature and the media and that do not reflect the real nature of the lakes in the past. Therefore, the book attempts to not only feed into the local knowledge of the lakes, but also contribute to the worldwide knowledge of lacustrine dynamics and human populations that lived in and around them. The book should be of interest to geographers, geologists, archaeologists, natural historians and environmental scientists, civil engineers, city planners and those involved in the management of natural resources.

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Springer Nature

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3031127331

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Nation and State in Latin America

Political Language During Independence

By: Jose Carlos Chiaramonte

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Nation and State in Latin America

Political Language During Independence

By: Jose Carlos Chiaramonte

No one in Latin American historiography has paid more attention to questions related to the emergence of nations than Jose Carlos Chiaramonte. Reflecting on eighteenth- and nineteenth-century uses of the concept of nation in Europe and the Americas, Chiaramonte argues that historical questions related to the term "nation" derive from its changing meaning in different contexts. The historian would be better advised to focus on the development of forms of state organization, and the emergence of national states, rather than the "nation" as a cultural community prior to independence.Nation and State in Latin America begins by examining the effects on historians of the ideological and methodological prejudice spread by contemporary nationalism on the historical studies of Latin America. Chiaramonte analyzes uses of concepts such as "nation" and "state" in both Europe and the Americas. Chiaramonte considers the prominence of sovereign "pueblos" (cities and townships) and their role during independence. He argues the non-existence of nationalities in the period and proves that feelings of collective identity at that time amounted mainly to local affections.He concludes with an analysis of major trends in federalism and the law of nature and nations, crucial to understanding the political concepts of the age of birth of modern Latin American nations. This book covers the whole of Latin America, making use of comparative viewpoints. The different national intonations of the concept of sovereignty and the nuances of the federal and confederate forms of the state are examined in detail.

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Routledge

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1351503790

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9781351503792

Concise Encyclopaedia of World History

By: Carlos Ramirez-Faria

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Concise Encyclopaedia of World History

By: Carlos Ramirez-Faria

The Concise Encyclopedia Of World History Offers The Global Reading Public, Students, And Professors A Handy, Complete, And Accurate Guide To All Political Formations Since The Beginning Of History. It Reaches Into Pre-History Through The Inclusion Of The Important Families Of Languages Spoken Today. It Also Tracks Ethnic Groups, Especially Nomadic, Which Have Been Influential In The Creation Of Civilizations And States. The Entries On Existing Independent States Include Up-To-Date Political Facts And Statistics. They Mention Each Country S World Heritage Sites. To Complement The Individual Entries In This Encyclopedia, There Is An Extensive, Commentated World-Historical Chronology. A Special Feature In This Work Is The Inclusion Of Individual Political Chronologies For Ancient Civilizations And Important Countries And Regions The World Over. To Round Out This Easy-To-Consult And Thoroughly Researched Work, There Is A Cross-Referenced Index Especially Designed For Provinces, Cities, And Other Entities Which Have No Entries Of Their Own But Appear In The Entries, Sometimes Prominently, As, For Example, Abu Dhabi In The United Arab Emirates Or Amritsar In India.

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Atlantic Publishers & Dist

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8126907754

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9788126907755

Theology of the People

The Pastoral and Theological Roots of Pope Francis

By: Scannone, Juan Carlos, SJ

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Theology of the People

The Pastoral and Theological Roots of Pope Francis

By: Scannone, Juan Carlos, SJ

Theology of the People presents and studies the influence of liberation theology on Jorge Mario Bergoglio,Scannone's former teacher, who lived with him for many years and who is cited in Pope Francis’s first encyclical, Laudato Sí'.

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Paulist Press

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1587688700

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9781587688706

Urban Planning in Lusophone African Countries

By: Carlos Nunes Silva

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Urban Planning in Lusophone African Countries

By: Carlos Nunes Silva

Urban planning on the five Lusophone African countries - Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, and Sao Tome and Príncipe - has so far been relatively overlooked in planning literature. Bringing together a team of leading scholars, this book fills the gap by providing an in-depth analysis of key issues in the history of urban planning and discussing the key challenges confronting contemporary urban planning in these countries. The book argues that urban planning is a non-neutral and non-value free kind of public action and, therefore, ideology, planning theories, urban models and the ideological role urban planning has played are some of the key issues addressed. For that reason, the practice of Urban Planning is also seen as the outcome of a complex interrelationship between structure and agency, with the role of key planers being examined in some of the chapters. The findings and insights presented by the contributing authors confirm previous research on urban planning in the colonial and postcolonial periods in Lusophone African countries and at the same time break fresh ground and offer additional insights as new evidence has been collected from archives and in fieldwork carried out by a new generation of researchers. In addition, it outlines possible directions for future research.

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1317003616

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Guide to the Perfect Latin American Idiot

By: Plinio Apuleyo Mendoza,Carlos Alberto Montaner,Alvaro Vargas Llosa

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Guide to the Perfect Latin American Idiot

By: Plinio Apuleyo Mendoza,Carlos Alberto Montaner,Alvaro Vargas Llosa

By opening the ever-escalating debate regarding Latin America's "underdeveloped" status and cloaking the seriousness of the situation with wit and humor, the Guide to the Perfect Latin American Idiot reached number one status on the nonfiction bestseller lists in many countries in Latin America. It reveals the connection between economic success and cultural values—attitudes toward work, education, health care and community—and the consequence of the Latin American people retaining or evolving these values.

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Madison Books

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1461662788

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Radical Evil on Trial

By: Carlos Santiago Nino

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Radical Evil on Trial

By: Carlos Santiago Nino

Does an emergent democracy have an obligation to prosecute its former dictators for crimes against humanity—for what Arendt and Kant called "radical evil"? What impact will such prosecutions have on the future of democracy? In this book, Carlos Santiago Nino offers a provocative first-hand analysis of developments in Argentina during the 1980s, when a brutal military dictatorship gave way to a democratic government. Nino played a key role in guiding the transition to democracy and in shaping the human rights policies of President Ra�l Alfons�n after the fall of the military junta in 1983. The centerpiece of Alfons�n's human rights program was the trial held in a federal court in Buenos Aires in 1985, which resulted in the convictions of five of the leading members of the junta that ruled the country from 1976 to 1983. Placing the Argentine experience in the context of the war crimes trials at Nuremberg, Tokyo, and elsewhere, Nino examines the broader questions raised by human rights trials. He considers their political repercussions and their potential for strengthening the new democratic government. He explains why prosecutions for human rights violations should be grounded on a theory of the criminal law that emphasizes the preventive rather than retributive functions of punishment. Nino rejects the obligation to punish perpetrators of radical evil and argues instead for a more forward-looking duty—to safeguard democracy. This, he believes, is what ultimately justified the Argentine trials and should be the focus of any international action.

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Yale University Press

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0300077289

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9780300077285

Thrombolysis in Pulmonary Embolism

By: Carlos Jerjes-Sánchez

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Thrombolysis in Pulmonary Embolism

By: Carlos Jerjes-Sánchez

This book provides an up-to-date review of the use of thrombolytic therapy in the treatment of acute pulmonary embolism. It discusses the mechanisms of thrombosis; pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of the most commonly used fibrinolytics; evidence-based results from multicenter control trials in which thrombolytic treatment was administered; criteria by which pulmonary embolism patients requiring thrombolysis are identified; and the use of thrombolytic therapy in special situations such as in in-transit thrombus and pregnancy. Focusing on peripheral intravenous thrombolysis, which can performed safely and effectively in emergency departments, hospital wards, and intensive critical care units in tertiary and community hospitals, Thrombolysis in Pulmonary Embolism is a valuable resource for cardiologists, pulmonologists, and internists.

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Springer

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331919707X

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Sangre de campeón EN PIE DE GUERRA

En pie de guerra contra las drogas.

By: CARLOS CUAUHTÉMOC SÁNCHEZ

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Sangre de campeón EN PIE DE GUERRA

En pie de guerra contra las drogas.

By: CARLOS CUAUHTÉMOC SÁNCHEZ

Las drogas están por todos lados. Cada vez hay más variedad y presentaciones; también los vendedores son más creativos para enganchar a los jóvenes. Este libro es una fuente de información indispensable. El lector se “beberá” sus páginas con avidez. De principio a fin quedará atrapado con la historia de los personajes e impactado por los efectos que causan drogas actuales como GHB, rohipnol, éxtasis, PCP, efedrina, ketamina, crack, LSD, cannabis y muchas otras, incluyendo el alcohol. LA DROGA es el principal enemigo social, pero lo es más la ignorancia y la creencia de que lo sabemos todo al respecto. Ha llegado el momento de informarnos, de entender que estamos en guerra y no podemos darnos el lujo de descuidarnos. Seguramente nunca antes has tenido en las manos un libro sobre las drogas tan interesante y útil como éste. Aprovéchalo y compártelo.

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Ediciones Selectas Diamante SA de CV

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6077627550

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9786077627555

The Californios: The Heroic Deed Of The Sonoran Basques

By: Carlos Peralta Dávila

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The Californios: The Heroic Deed Of The Sonoran Basques

By: Carlos Peralta Dávila

This historical novel is the work of Carlos Peralta Dávila, a lawyer from Hermosillo and a dear friend of over 40 years. The Californios tells the story of a character born in 1759 in Tubac, Arizona, who was part of colonial Sonora. Luis María Peralta Valenzuela was a decorated military man known for his loyalty, discipline, integrity, and bravery. He was part of the famous 'Spanish leather dragons' and joined Captain Juan Bautista de Anza Jr. on the second expedition to Alta California at the age of 17. Peralta played a key role in founding San Francisco and other progressive cities around the Bay. The story presents a significant moment in the history of Spain, Mexico, and the United States, which is worth being known by the new generations of the three countries. The plot achieves an excellent balance between fiction and history, alternating adventure, romance, politics, and armed conflicts. It particularly focuses on what is known today as 'the Golden State,' although it also touches on diverse locations around the world. This combination keeps the reader engaged from the first page to the last. Historian José Rómulo Félix Gastélum Sociedad Sonorense de Historia, A.C., Hermosillo, Sonora.

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Ibukku LLC

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1685746837

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Mientras respire

Una novela de suspenso adictiva que le quitará el aliento

By: CARLOS CUAUHTÉMOC SÁNCHEZ,ROMINA BAYO

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Mientras respire

Una novela de suspenso adictiva que le quitará el aliento

By: CARLOS CUAUHTÉMOC SÁNCHEZ,ROMINA BAYO

¿Qué sucede cuando tres mujeres, abatidas por la traición y la soledad, deciden suicidarse juntas? Ellas han sido lastimadas “en nombre del amor”. Ya no pueden seguir luchando. Traman un complejo plan para acabar con sus vidas. Cuando comprenden que aún tienen posibilidades de sobrevivir, ya es demasiado tarde. MIENTRAS RESPIRE es una novela vertiginosa, estremecedora, cruda, imposible de soltar; cargada de emociones intensas; escrita desde las profundidades del alma. Con ritmo sorpresivo y estilo impecable. Conlleva también un mensaje implícito para evitar el abuso psicológico, la violencia sexual y el maltrato emocional. ¡No puede dejar de leerla!

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6077627623

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La prisión y las instituciones punitivas en la investigación histórica

The Prison and the Punitive Institutions at the Historical Research

By: Pedro Oliver Olmo,Jesús Carlos Urda Lozano

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La prisión y las instituciones punitivas en la investigación histórica

The Prison and the Punitive Institutions at the Historical Research

By: Pedro Oliver Olmo,Jesús Carlos Urda Lozano

La Historia Social de las Instituciones Punitivas está necesitada en España de encuentro y debate, de confrontación y colaboración entre investigadores e investigadoras. Solo así logrará hacerse visible e inteligible como tendencia historiográfica y sobre todo como apuesta teórico-metodológica, porque de hecho ya es más que creíble como práctica historiográfica. Aquí, en este libro, junto a los logros también se perfilan las carencias y los retos más acuciantes. Lejos de buscar una autonomía extemporánea, la Historia Social de las Instituciones Punitivas quiere buscar su propia viabilidad a base de intersecciones y buenas mezclas. Esos objetivos se planteaba el Grupo de Estudio sobre la Historia de la Prisión y las Instituciones Punitivas (GEHPIP) ―un equipo interuniversitario y con sede en la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM)― al organizar lo que de forma homónima decidió titular I Congreso Internacional sobre Historia de la Prisión y las Instituciones Punitivas, celebrado en Ciudad Real entre el 10 y el 12 de abril de 2013. El libro electrónico que aquí se presenta es una buena muestra de lo que allí se comunicó y discutió. Social History of Punitive Institutions in Spain needs meetings and discussions, comparison and collaboration between researchers. Only then it will become visible and intelligible as a historiographical trend and, above all, as a theoretical-methodological hope, because in fact, now it is more than conceivable as a historiographical practice. Here in this book are outlined, along with the achievements, the shortcomings and the most pressing challenges. Far from seeking an extemporaneous autonomy, Social History of Punitive Institutions wants to try to find its own feasibility based on intersections and good mixings. Those objectives were considered by the Study Group about History of Prison and Punitive Institutions (Grupo de Estudio sobre la Historia de la Prisión y las Instituciones Punitivas, GEHPIP) –an interuniversity team and with central office at Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM)– when organising what it decided to name in an homonymous way 1st International Congress on History of Prison and Punitive Institutions (I Congreso Internacional sobre Historia de la Prisión y las Instituciones Punitivas), held in Ciudad Real (Spain) from 10 to 12 April 2013. The electronic book here presented is a good example of what it was told and discussed there.

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8490440875

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9788490440872

Literary Culture and U.S. Imperialism

From the Revolution to World War II

By: John Carlos Rowe

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Literary Culture and U.S. Imperialism

From the Revolution to World War II

By: John Carlos Rowe

John Carlos Rowe, considered one of the most eminent and progressive critics of American literature, has in recent years become instrumental in shaping the path of American studies. His latest book examines literary responses to U.S. imperialism from the late eighteenth century to the 1940s. Interpreting texts by Charles Brockden Brown, Poe, Melville, John Rollin Ridge, Twain, Henry Adams, Stephen Crane, W. E. B Du Bois, John Neihardt, Nick Black Elk, and Zora Neale Hurston, Rowe argues that U.S. literature has a long tradition of responding critically or contributing to our imperialist ventures. Following in the critical footsteps of Richard Slotkin and Edward Said, Literary Culture and U.S. Imperialism is particularly innovative in taking account of the public and cultural response to imperialism. In this sense it could not be more relevant to what is happening in the scholarship, and should be vital reading for scholars and students of American literature and culture.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0195131509

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9780195131505

Like Leaven in the Dough

Protestant Social Thought in Latin America, 1920–1950

By: Carlos Mondragón

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Like Leaven in the Dough

Protestant Social Thought in Latin America, 1920–1950

By: Carlos Mondragón

In Like Leaven in the Dough: Protestant Social Thought in Latin America, 1920-1950, Carlos Mondragón, offers an introduction to the ideas of notable Protestant writers in Latin America during the first half of the twentieth century. Despite their national and denominational differences, Mondragón argues that Protestant intellectuals developed a coherent set of ideas about freedom of religion and thought, economic justice, militarism, and national identity. This was a period when Protestants comprised a very small proportion of Latin America's total population; their very marginality compelled them to think creatively about their identity and place in Latin American society. Accused of embracing a foreign faith, these Protestants struggled to define national identities that had room for religious diversity and liberty of conscience. Marginalized and persecuted themselves, Latin America's Protestants articulated a liberating message decades before the appearance of Catholic Liberation Theology.

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1611470579

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