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Understanding Institutionalized Collective Remittances

The Mexican Tres por Uno Program in Zacatecas

By: Carlos Gustavo Villela

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Understanding Institutionalized Collective Remittances

The Mexican Tres por Uno Program in Zacatecas

By: Carlos Gustavo Villela

This book considers the activities of migrant organizations in the face of state diaspora engagement policies in their members' countries of origin. The case study is the Programa Tres por Uno para los Migrantes in the Mexican state of Zacatecas. The research uses events - understood as festivities and work meetings - as lenses. They offer a door to access the actors' reality and furthermore serve as an object of analysis themselves. The study combines analysis of biographical interviews at the microlevel with that of organizations' work meetings at the mesolevel and the analysis of the staging in public events as way to access the macrolevel. The work concludes that institutionalizing collective remittances enhances the capital- skills (cultural capital), relations (social capital) and economic resources (economic capital)- generated by lives and practices taking place in a transnational way. The work proposes the term diasporic capital. Diasporic capital creates the identity of and nurtures the belonging to a distinct class. As a result, migrant organizations participating in the Tres por Uno Program are given legitimacy to speak in the name of all the nationals living abroad and their leaders to claim a higher social status. Carlos Villela obtained a PhD in International Development Studies (Summa Cum Laude) and a MA in Development Management by the Institute of Development Research and Development Policy at the Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany. He also holds a Magister Administrationis from the University of the Western Cape in South Africa and a BA in Business Management from the Universidad Tecnológica Centroamericana in Honduras. Dr. Villela has worked for governmental organizations and international cooperation organizations in Honduras, Germany and Myanmar.

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Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH

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3832537031

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The Death of Artemio Cruz

A Novel

By: Carlos Fuentes

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The Death of Artemio Cruz

A Novel

By: Carlos Fuentes

Immerse yourself in the extraordinary life of Artemio Cruz, a powerful newspaper magnate and land baron, as he navigates the blurred boundaries between dreams, memories, and reality. On his deathbed, Cruz's thoughts flit among pivotal moments crafted by renowned author Carlos Fuentes, offering glimpses into a world of magical realism. Author Carlos Fuentes manipulates the ensuing kaleidoscope of images with dazzling inventiveness, layering memory upon memory, from Cruz's heroic campaigns during the Mexican Revolution, through his relentless climb from poverty to wealth, to his uneasy death. Perhaps Fuentes's masterpiece, The Death of Artemio Cruz is a haunting voyage into the soul of modern Mexico.

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Macmillan + ORM

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1466840021

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Hispanic Scholarship Guide

State Specific

By: Michael C. Magaletta & Carlos Magalett

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Hispanic Scholarship Guide

State Specific

By: Michael C. Magaletta & Carlos Magalett

This guide facilitates the search for scholarships available to Hispanic young men and women looking to enter or while in college. This volume is a compilation of all National Scholarships, and it’s divided into two sections to help you find the right scholarship for you; those that require the prospective recipient to have legal status in this country, and those scholarships for which legal status is not required.

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1456836048

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Bullying in Youth Sports Training

New perspectives and practical strategies

By: Miguel Nery,Carlos Neto,António Rosado,Peter K. Smith

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Bullying in Youth Sports Training

New perspectives and practical strategies

By: Miguel Nery,Carlos Neto,António Rosado,Peter K. Smith

Based on an extensive national research project with global relevance, this pioneering volume draws on unique data on bullying in youth sports training collected from both athletes and coaches using a variety of methodological approaches. Nery, Neto, Rosado and Smith use this research to establish a baseline of the prevalence of bullying among young male athletes, offering evidence-based strategies for prevention and providing a solid theoretical basis for the development of anti-bullying intervention programs. Bullying in Youth Sports Training explores how often bullying occurs, how long it lasts, where and when bullying takes place, the coping strategies used by victims, and the individual roles of victims, bystanders and bullies. It provides new insights into theories of youth sport bullying and highlights the particular characteristics specific to bullying in sport. The backgrounds of bullies and victims are also explored, as well as the consequences and practical implications of sustained bullying. The book provides both theoretical and practical approaches to bullying in youth sport training, providing anti-bullying guidelines based on the results of the research. The book is essential reading for scholars and students in child development and sport sciences as well as sports coaches and professionals in mental health, education and social work.

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Routledge

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1351589857

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My Olympic Moment: Reflections on the Beijing Olympics

By: Roberto Carlos Alvarez-Galloso

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My Olympic Moment: Reflections on the Beijing Olympics

By: Roberto Carlos Alvarez-Galloso

These are my personal reflections on the Beijing Olympics in 2008.

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Lulu.com

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Juan Bautista de Anza

The King's Governor in New Mexico

By: Carlos R. Herrera

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Juan Bautista de Anza

The King's Governor in New Mexico

By: Carlos R. Herrera

Although Anza is best known for his travels to California as a young man, this book, the first comprehensive biography of Anza, shows his greater historical importance as a soldier and administrator in the history of North America.

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University of Oklahoma Press

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0806149639

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Ulysses Guatemala

By: Denis Faubert,Carlos Soldevila

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Ulysses Guatemala

By: Denis Faubert,Carlos Soldevila

Gerald M. Phillips draws on his twenty-five-year, five-thousand-client experience with the Pennsylvania State University Reticence Program to present a new theory of modification of “inept” communication behavior. That experience has convinced Phillips that communication is arbitrary and rulebound rather than a process of inspiration. He demonstrates that communication problems can be described as errors that can be detected and classified in order to fit a remediation pattern. Regardless of the source of error, the remedy is to train the individual to avoid or eliminate errors—thus, orderly procedure will result in competent performance. Inept communicators must be made aware of the obligations and constraints imposed by deep structures that require us to achieve a degree of formal order in our language, without which our discourse becomes incomprehensible.

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Hunter Publishing, Inc

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2894641753

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Health Issues in the Latino Community

By: Marilyn Aguirre-Molina,Carlos W. Molina,Ruth Enid Zambrana

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Health Issues in the Latino Community

By: Marilyn Aguirre-Molina,Carlos W. Molina,Ruth Enid Zambrana

Sweeping in scope, Health Issues in the Latino Community identifies and offers an in-depth examination of the most critical health issues that affect Latino's health and health care within the United States. This resource offers a comprehensive approach that informs and promotes the advancement of the practice, program planning, research, and public policy to improve health care of all Latino citizens.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0787960276

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The Many Deaths of Danny Rosales and Other Plays

By: Carlos Morton

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The Many Deaths of Danny Rosales and Other Plays

By: Carlos Morton

This is Carlos MortonÍs first collection of plays, the fruit of a ten-year journey that took him from the turmoil of agit-prop theatre to a fellowship with the National Repertory Theatre and advanced academic degrees in drama. The works included here have been produced before audiences, which have varied from San Diego Park pedestrians to Harvard University faculty and students. In his lighter works, Morton has proven himself to be the master of the incongruous, the prince of satire and the poet laureate of the unexpected and comic in daily speech. His serious plays, like The Many Deaths of Danny Rosales, confront audiences with gripping appeals for justice. Whether as a humorist or a tragedian, one note characterizes MortonÍs works: unfettered, expansive imagination.

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Arte Publico Press

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1611922178

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Constancia and Other Stories for Virgins

By: Carlos Fuentes

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Constancia and Other Stories for Virgins

By: Carlos Fuentes

Collecting new short fiction by the master Latin American writer, this assortment of tales includes stories of mannequin-swiping youths and a bullfighter at the time of Goya.

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Macmillan

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0374128863

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The Conquest on Trial

Carvajal's Complaint of the Indians in the Court of Death

By: Micael de Carvajal,Carlos A. Jáuregui

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The Conquest on Trial

Carvajal's Complaint of the Indians in the Court of Death

By: Micael de Carvajal,Carlos A. Jáuregui

The first English translation of Michael de Carvajal's Spanish play Complaint of the Indians in the Court of Death, originally published in 1557. Translated by Carlos Jâauregui and Mark Smith-Soto. An annotated bilingual edition, with an introduction that discusses the origins and ideological significance of the play"--Provided by publisher.

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Penn State Press

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0271025131

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Sacramento Street Whys

By: Carlos Alcalá

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Sacramento Street Whys

By: Carlos Alcalá

Highlights over 400 of the Sacramento and Yolo County region's notable -and not so notable- streets. Includes corresponding coorindinates for Thomas Guides of Sacramento and Solano Counties, Solano County and Yolo Counties.

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Big Tomato Press

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0979123313

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Broadcasting the Civil War in El Salvador

A Memoir of Guerrilla Radio

By: Carlos Henriquez Consalvi

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Broadcasting the Civil War in El Salvador

A Memoir of Guerrilla Radio

By: Carlos Henriquez Consalvi

During the 1980s war in El Salvador, Radio Venceremos was the main news outlet for the Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN), the guerrilla organization that challenged the government. The broadcast provided a vital link between combatants in the mountains and the outside world, as well as an alternative to mainstream media reporting. In this first-person account, "Santiago," the legend behind Radio Venceremos, tells the story of the early years of that conflict, a rebellion of poor peasants against the Salvadoran government and its benefactor, the United States. Originally published as La Terquedad del Izote, this memoir also addresses the broader story of a nationwide rebellion and its international context, particularly the intensifying Cold War and heavy U.S. involvement in it under President Reagan. By the war's end in 1992, more than 75,000 were dead and 350,000 wounded—in a country the size of Massachusetts. Although outnumbered and outfinanced, the rebels fought the Salvadoran Army to a draw and brought enough bargaining power to the negotiating table to achieve some of their key objectives, including democratic reforms and an overhaul of the security forces. Broadcasting the Civil War in El Salvador is a riveting account from the rebels' point of view that lends immediacy to the Salvadoran conflict. It should appeal to all who are interested in historic memory and human rights, U.S. policy toward Central America, and the role the media can play in wartime.

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University of Texas Press

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0292782535

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Endothelium and Cardiovascular Diseases

Vascular Biology and Clinical Syndromes

By: Protasio L. Da Luz,Peter Libby,Francisco Rafael Martins Laurindo,Antonio Carlos Palandri Chagas

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Endothelium and Cardiovascular Diseases

Vascular Biology and Clinical Syndromes

By: Protasio L. Da Luz,Peter Libby,Francisco Rafael Martins Laurindo,Antonio Carlos Palandri Chagas

Endothelium and Cardiovascular Diseases: Vascular Biology and Clinical Syndromes provides an in-depth examination of the role of endothelium and endothelial dysfunction in normal vascular function, and in a broad spectrum of clinical syndromes, from atherosclerosis, to cognitive disturbances and eclampsia. The endothelium is a major participant in the pathophysiology of diseases, such as atherosclerosis, diabetes and hypertension, and these entities are responsible for the largest part of cardiovascular mortality and morbidly. Over the last decade major new discoveries and concepts involving the endothelium have come to light. This important reference collects this data in an easy to reference resource. Written by known experts, and covering all aspects of endothelial function in health and disease, this reference represents an assembly of recent knowledge that is essential to both basic investigators and clinicians. - Provides a complete overview of endothelial function in health and diseases, along with an assessment of new information - Includes coverage of groundbreaking areas, including the artificial LDL particle, the development of a new anti-erectile dysfunction agent, a vaccine for atherosclerosis, coronary calcification associated with red wine, and the interplay of endoplasmic reticulum/oxidative stress - Explores the genetic features of endothelium and the interaction between basic knowledge and clinical syndromes

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Academic Press

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0128125519

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Latinos and American Law

Landmark Supreme Court Cases

By: Carlos R. Soltero

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Latinos and American Law

Landmark Supreme Court Cases

By: Carlos R. Soltero

To achieve justice and equal protection under the law, Latinos have turned to the U.S. court system to assert and defend their rights. Some of these cases have reached the United States Supreme Court, whose rulings over more than a century have both expanded and restricted the legal rights of Latinos, creating a complex terrain of power relations between the U.S. government and the country's now-largest ethnic minority. To map this legal landscape, Latinos and American Law examines fourteen landmark Supreme Court cases that have significantly affected Latino rights, from Botiller v. Dominguez in 1889 to Alexander v. Sandoval in 2001. Carlos Soltero organizes his study chronologically, looking at one or more decisions handed down by the Fuller Court (1888-1910), the Taft Court (1921-1930), the Warren Court (1953-1969), the Burger Court (1969-1986), and the Rehnquist Court (1986-2005). For each case, he opens with historical and legal background on the issues involved and then thoroughly discusses the opinion(s) rendered by the justices. He also offers an analysis of each decision's significance, as well as subsequent developments that have affected its impact. Through these case studies, Soltero demonstrates that in dealing with Latinos over issues such as education, the administration of criminal justice, voting rights, employment, and immigration, the Supreme Court has more often mirrored, rather than led, the attitudes and politics of the larger U.S. society.

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University of Texas Press

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0292777868

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The Xavante in Transition

Health, Ecology, and Bioanthropology in Central Brazil

By: Carlos E. A. Coimbra,Nancy M. Flowers,Francisco M. Salzano,Ricardo V. Santos

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The Xavante in Transition

Health, Ecology, and Bioanthropology in Central Brazil

By: Carlos E. A. Coimbra,Nancy M. Flowers,Francisco M. Salzano,Ricardo V. Santos

DIVIlluminates the experience of a small-scale culture with large-scale change /div

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University of Michigan Press

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0472030035

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Applying International and European Anti-Discrimination Law to the Housing Context

By: Juan Carlos Benito Sanchez

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Applying International and European Anti-Discrimination Law to the Housing Context

By: Juan Carlos Benito Sanchez

This is the first study of anti-discrimination law as it applies to housing law in Europe. It offers an important perspective in a field dominated by employment law studies, while drawing on concepts significant in that field as well. Legislative discussion looks at EU law, the European Convention on Human Rights, the European Social Charter and related case law. The book goes further to examine United Nations human rights instruments and related practice of UN committees. This unique focus allows for a fuller understanding of anti-discrimination law's implications, potential, and challenges.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1509975284

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Learning to Salsa

New Steps in U.S.-Cuba Relations

By: Vicki Huddleston,Carlos Pascual

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Learning to Salsa

New Steps in U.S.-Cuba Relations

By: Vicki Huddleston,Carlos Pascual

Today the United States has little leverage to promote change in Cuba. Indeed, Cuba enjoys normal relations with virtually every country in the world, and American attempts to isolate the Cuban government have served only to elevate its symbolic predicament as an "underdog" in the international arena. A new policy of engagement toward Cuba is long overdue. —From the Introduction As longtime U.S. diplomats Vicki Huddleston and Carlos Pascual make painfully clear in their introduction, the United States is long overdue in rethinking its policy toward Cuba. This is a propitious time for such an undertaking—the combination of change within Cuba and in the Cuban American community creates the most significant opening for a reassessment of U.S. policy since Fidel Castro took control in 1959. To that end, Huddleston and Pascual convened opinion leaders in the Cuban American community, leading scholars, and international diplomats from diverse backgrounds and political orientations to seek common ground on U.S. policy toward Cuba. This pithy yet authoritative analysis is the result. In the quest for ideas that would support the emergence of a peaceful, prosperous, and democratic Cuba—one in which the Cuban people shape their political and economic future—the authors conducted a series of simulations to identify the critical factors that the U.S. government should consider as it reformulates its Cuba policies. The advisers' wide-ranging expertise was applied to a series of hypothetical scenarios in which participants tested how different U.S. policy responses would affect a political transition in Cuba. By modeling and analyzing the decisionmaking processes of the various strategic actors and stakeholders, the simulations identified factors that might influence the success or failure of specific policy options. They then projected how key actors such as the Cuban hierarchy, civil society, and the international and Cuban American communities

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0815704321

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Sacerdotes para siempre

By: Carlos Miguel Buela

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Sacerdotes para siempre

By: Carlos Miguel Buela

«Reflexiones sobre el sacerdocio bajo sus aspectos teológicos, filosóficos, pastorales, morales y litúrgicos, podría ser un subtítulo de la erudita obra: SACERDOTES PARA SIEMPRE del Padre CARLOS MIGUEL BUELA, Fundador del “Instituto del Verbo Encarnado” para misioneros ad Gentes y de las “Servidoras del Señor y de la Virgen de Matará”. Y con decir esto, ya tenemos sobrada presentación para acreditar al autor, como experto en vocaciones sacerdotales y religiosas. Al respetable volumen de la obra, con más de 800 páginas, se agrega la fluidez y calidad de su escritura, constituyendo un arsenal de citas de textos escogidos de la Biblia, los Santos Padres, Mensajes Pontificios y Documentos Conciliares, especialmente de Trento y Vaticano II, síntesis este último Concilio Pastoral, de toda la doctrina católica, compendiada a su vez en el Catecismo de la Iglesia Católica» (Pbro. Victorino Ortego. Tomado del prólogo del libro).

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IVE Press

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1933871849

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Walkable Cities

Revitalization, Vibrancy, and Sustainable Consumption

By: Carlos J. L. Balsas

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Walkable Cities

Revitalization, Vibrancy, and Sustainable Consumption

By: Carlos J. L. Balsas

Examines how cities of various sizes on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean are making walkability improvements a part of their overall urban revitalization strategy. Walkable precincts have become an important component of urban revitalization on both sides of the Atlantic. In Walkable Cities, Carlos J. L. Balsas examines a range of city scales and geographic settings on three continents, focusing on the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal), Latin America (Brazil and Mexico), and the United States (Phoenix and New York City). He explains how this “pedestrianization of Main Street” approach to central locations (downtowns and midtowns) has contributed to strengthening various urban functions, such as urban vitality, pedestrian and bicyclist safety, tourism, and more. However, it has also put pressure on less affluent, peripheral, and fragile areas due to higher levels of consumption and waste generation. Balsas calls attention to the need to base urban revitalization interventions on more spatially and socially just interventions coupled with sustainable consumption practices that do not necessarily entail high growth levels, but instead aim to improve the quality of city life. “The notion of commercial urbanism is both novel and engaging, since much of the vibrancy of cities comes from commerce, consumption, and entertainment. The idea itself is a major contribution of the book.” — Tridib Kumar Banerjee, University of Southern California

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SUNY Press

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1438476272

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The Inkwell

By: Carlos Tellechea

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The Inkwell

By: Carlos Tellechea

Evaristo Bergnes arrives in Cuba in the mid nineteenth century. He marries a Cuban woman, Ines Duran, and with her they have eight children. Their descendants collide with the Cuban revolutionary movement, which forever changed their lives.

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Gatekeeper Press

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1662937733

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Psychiatric Rehabilitation

By: Carlos W. Pratt,Kenneth J. Gill,Nora M. Barrett,Melissa M. Roberts

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Psychiatric Rehabilitation

By: Carlos W. Pratt,Kenneth J. Gill,Nora M. Barrett,Melissa M. Roberts

The third edition of Psychiatric Rehabilitation, discusses interventions to help individuals with mental illness improve the quality of their life, achieve goals, and increase opportunities for community integration so they can lead full and productive lives. This person centered approach emphasizes strengths, skill development, and the attainment of valued social roles. The third edition has been fully updated with new coverage indicating how to address medical problems while treating for mental illness, wellness and recovery, evidence based practices, and directions for future research. Retaining the easy to read, engaging style, each chapter includes key terms with definitions, case studies, profiles of leaders in the field, special issues relating to treatment and ethics, and class exercises. Providing a comprehensive overview of this growing field, the book is suitable as an undergraduate or graduate textbook, as well as a reference for practitioners and academic researchers. Special Features: - Provides new coverage on comorbid medical disorders, evidence based practices, wellness and recovery, and direction for future research - Identifies controversial issues relating to treatment and ethics - Supplies case study examples to illustrate chapter points - Highlights key terms with definitions and key topics - Offers focus questions and class exercises as a teaching tool - New coverage of DSM-V diagnosis, evidence-based treatment, and daily living skills training - Retains case studies, boxed controversial issues, glossary

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0123870089

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Pio Pico

The Last Governor of Mexican California

By: Carlos Manuel Salomon

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Pio Pico

The Last Governor of Mexican California

By: Carlos Manuel Salomon

Two-time governor of Alta, California and prominent businessman after the U.S. annexation, Pío de Jesus Pico was a politically savvy Californio who thrived in both the Mexican and the American periods. This is the first biography of Pico, whose life vibrantly illustrates the opportunities and risks faced by Mexican Americans in those transitional years. Carlos Manuel Salomon breathes life into the story of Pico, who—despite his mestizo-black heritage—became one of the wealthiest men in California thanks to real estate holdings and who was the last major Californio political figure with economic clout. Salomon traces Pico’s complicated political rise during the Mexican era, leading a revolt against the governor in 1831 that swept him into that office. During his second governorship in 1845 Pico fought in vain to save California from the invading forces of the United States. Pico faced complex legal and financial problems under the American regime. Salomon argues that it was Pico’s legal struggles with political rivals and land-hungry swindlers that ultimately resulted in the loss of Pico’s entire fortune. Yet as the most litigious Californio of his time, he consistently demonstrated his refusal to become a victim. Pico is an important transitional figure whose name still resonates in many Southern California locales. His story offers a new view of California history that anticipates a new perspective on the multicultural fabric of the state.

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University of Oklahoma Press

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0806183462

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Red Moon

By: Eduardo Risso,Carlos Trillo

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Red Moon

By: Eduardo Risso,Carlos Trillo

When Moon's village is attacked and her father arrested, she embarks on an adventure to find the power to save him and bring joy back to the people of Burien. With the help of an invisible friend, Moon and her pal Antolin the acrobat will sail the high seas, befriend fairies, and fight volatile monsters. On their journey, they'll gather the strength to confront the vast army controlling the citizens of her home and bring peace to the land. Red Moon collects four adventurous tales chronicling the heroics of Moon and Antolin!

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Dark Horse Comics

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1621159167

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The Ultimate Success Formula

The Unstoppable System to Achieve Happiness, Wealth and Freedom

By: Carlos Marin

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The Ultimate Success Formula

The Unstoppable System to Achieve Happiness, Wealth and Freedom

By: Carlos Marin

The “Ultimate Success Formula” is a systematic approach to getting everything you want in life using proven principles. Carlos Marin uses his unique business experience applying these principles to build massive marketing networks while helping thousands of people become financially free as a powerful launch pad to empower many more millions around the world to be free and live their dreams. The “Ultimate Success Formula” provides the solutions people are searching for today to give purposeful meaning to their lives and achieve the success we all deserve.

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1614482829

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Innovative Experiences in Access to Finance

Market-Friendly Roles for the Visible Hand?

By: Augusto de la Torre,Juan Carlos Gozzi,Sergio L. Schmukler

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Innovative Experiences in Access to Finance

Market-Friendly Roles for the Visible Hand?

By: Augusto de la Torre,Juan Carlos Gozzi,Sergio L. Schmukler

Interest in access to finance and awareness of its importance have increased significantly since the early 2000s. Growing evidence suggests that lack of access to credit prevents many households and firms from financing high-return investment projects, which has an adverse effect on growth and poverty alleviation. Despite the increasing awareness of the importance of access to finance among both researchers and policymakers, there are still some major gaps in our understanding of the main drivers of access, as well as about the impact of different policies in this area. This book aims to fill some of these gaps by discussing recent innovative experiences in broadening access to credit in Latin America. These experiences are consistent with an emerging new view that, while recognizing the central role of the public sector in improving the contractual and informational environment for financial markets, also contends that there might be room for well-designed, restricted interventions in collaboration with the private sector to foster the development of financial markets and broaden access to them. In particular, the book analyzes, among other things, some interesting experiences from Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Mexico that use different instruments to broaden access to credit in a sustainable way, such as structured finance, factoring, credit guarantees, and correspondent banking. Most of these experiences have led to financial innovation by developing new financial products and coordinating different players in the financial and real sectors to overcome barriers to access to credit. The book provides a first systematic analysis of these innovative experiences, including an analytical framework to understand problems of access to finance and a discussion of the effects and optimal design of public interventions. Finally, the book discusses some open policy questions about the role of the private and public sectors (including state†?owned banks) in broadening access to finance in a sustainable and market-friendly manner.

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World Bank Publications

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0821376896

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Democracy in Latin America, 1760–1900

Civic Selfhood and Public Life in Mexico and Peru

By: Carlos A. Forment

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Democracy in Latin America, 1760–1900

Civic Selfhood and Public Life in Mexico and Peru

By: Carlos A. Forment

Carlos Forment's aim in this highly ambitious work is to write the book that Tocqueville would have written had he traveled to Latin America instead of the United States. Drawing on an astonishing level of research, Forment pored over countless newspapers, partisan pamphlets, tabloids, journals, private letters, and travelogues to show in this study how citizens of Latin America established strong democratic traditions in their countries through the practice of democracy in their everyday lives. This first volume of Democracy in Latin America considers the development of democratic life in Mexico and Peru from independence to the late 1890s. Forment traces the emergence of hundreds of political, economic, and civic associations run by citizens in both nations and shows how these organizations became models of and for democracy in the face of dictatorship and immense economic hardship. His is the first book to show the presence in Latin America of civic democracy, something that gave men and women in that region an alternative to market- and state-centered forms of life. In looking beneath institutions of government to uncover local and civil organizations in public life, Forment ultimately uncovers a tradition of edification and inculcation that shaped democratic practices in Latin America profoundly. This tradition, he reveals, was stronger in Mexico than in Peru, but its basic outlines were similar in both nations and included a unique form of what Forment calls Civic Catholicism in order to distinguish itself from civic republicanism, the dominant political model throughout the rest of the Western world.

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022611290X

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La medicina del nuevo siglo

Evidencias, narrativa, redes sociales y desencuentro médico-paciente

By: Carlos Tajer

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La medicina del nuevo siglo

Evidencias, narrativa, redes sociales y desencuentro médico-paciente

By: Carlos Tajer

Los médicos tenemos conciencia de la verdadera revolución que se opera en la base científica de nuestra práctica, acompañada del acceso a nuevos recursos terapéuticos y de diagnóstico inimaginables poco tiempo atrás. Pero desde la mirada de los pacientes, la medicina se ha deshumanizado: los médicos escuchan poco, arrogantes de su saber o apurados por sus compromisos (algo muy lejos del modelo nostálgico del médico de la familia). El origen de ese malestar es complejo, y la posibilidad de saltar de la queja a una reflexión que nos permita avanzar hacia una medicina mejor parece muy difícil de lograr. Este libro intenta explorar algunos caminos de debate sobre el complicado panorama de la medicina del nuevo siglo, mediante capítulos agrupados en tres temas de interés: “La Medicina Basada en Evidencias”, “El encuentro entre pacientes y médicos”, y “Las nuevas miradas a la medicina del siglo XXI”.

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Libros del Zorzal

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9875992860

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Progress in Artificial Intelligence

12th Portuguese Conference on Artificial Intelligence, EPIA 2005, Covilha, Portugal, December 5-8, 2005, Proceedings

By: Carlos Bento

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Progress in Artificial Intelligence

12th Portuguese Conference on Artificial Intelligence, EPIA 2005, Covilha, Portugal, December 5-8, 2005, Proceedings

By: Carlos Bento

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th Portuguese Conference on Artificial Intelligence, EPIA 2005, held in Covilhã, Portugal in December 2005 as nine integrated workshops. The 58 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 167 submissions. In accordance with the nine constituting workshops, the papers are organized in topical sections on general artificial intelligence (GAIW 2005), affective computing (AC 2005), artificial life and evolutionary algorithms (ALEA 2005), building and applying ontologies for the semantic Web (BAOSW 2005), computational methods in bioinformatics (CMB 2005), extracting knowledge from databases and warehouses (EKDB&W 2005), intelligent robotics (IROBOT 2005), multi-agent systems: theory and applications (MASTA 2005), and text mining and applications (TEMA 2005).

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3540307370

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Opening the Doors to Hollywood

How to Sell Your Idea, Story, Screenplay, Manuscript

By: Carlos De Abreu,Howard J. Smith

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Opening the Doors to Hollywood

How to Sell Your Idea, Story, Screenplay, Manuscript

By: Carlos De Abreu,Howard J. Smith

Finally! A step-by-step guide to the keys that unlock the doors to Hollywood. Opening the Doors to Hollywood has all the information you'll ever need in order to tap into the $500 million spent yearly in Hollywood on acquiring and developing projects. Discover how to: Find a story Rewrite it Option it Package it Pitch it Write it Sell it to film and television companies Complete with a reference section that includes guilds/unions, libraries, sample contracts, seminars and workshops, trade publications, and writers' organizations, Opening the Doors to Hollywood is invaluable to any writer.

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Crown

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0307558843

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U.S. Monetary Policy Normalization and Global Interest Rates

By: Carlos Caceres,Mr.Yan Carriere-Swallow,Ishak Demir,Bertrand Gruss

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U.S. Monetary Policy Normalization and Global Interest Rates

By: Carlos Caceres,Mr.Yan Carriere-Swallow,Ishak Demir,Bertrand Gruss

As the Federal Reserve continues to normalize its monetary policy, this paper studies the impact of U.S. interest rates on rates in other countries. We find a modest but nontrivial pass-through from U.S. to domestic short-term interest rates on average. We show that, to a large extent, this comovement reflects synchronized business cycles. However, there is important heterogeneity across countries, and we find evidence of limited monetary autonomy in some cases. The co-movement of longer term interest rates is larger and more pervasive. We distinguish between U.S. interest rate movements that surprise markets versus those that are anticipated, and find that most countries receive greater spillovers from the former. We also distinguish between movements in the U.S. term premium and the expected path of risk-free rates, concluding that countries respond differently to these shocks. Finally, we explore the determinants of monetary autonomy and find strong evidence for the role of exchange rate flexibility, capital account openness, but also for other factors, such as dollarization of financial system liabilities, and the credibility of fiscal and monetary policy.

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International Monetary Fund

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1475543069

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A Tale of Two Sectors

Why is Misallocation Higher in Services than in Manufacturing?

By: Daniel A Dias,Christine J. Richmond,Carlos Robalo Marques

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A Tale of Two Sectors

Why is Misallocation Higher in Services than in Manufacturing?

By: Daniel A Dias,Christine J. Richmond,Carlos Robalo Marques

Recent empirical studies document that the level of resource misallocation in the service sector is significantly higher than in the manufacturing sector. We quantify the importance of this difference and study its sources. Conservative estimates for Portugal (2008) show that closing this gap, by reducing misallocation in the service sector to manufacturing levels, would boost aggregate gross output by around 12 percent and aggregate value added by around 31 percent. Differences in the effect and size of productivity shocks explain most of the gap in misallocation between manufacturing and services, while the remainder is explained by differences in firm productivity and age distribution. We interpret these results as stemming mainly from higher output price rigidity, greater labor adjustment costs and more informality in the service sector.

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147555379X

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