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Empire of Contingency

How Portugal Entered the Indo-Persian World

By: Jorge Flores

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Empire of Contingency

How Portugal Entered the Indo-Persian World

By: Jorge Flores

Explores the information and communication practices of the Portuguese empire in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century India Empire of Contingency explores the information and communication practices of the Portuguese empire in late sixteenth- and seventeenth-century India—a period during which Portuguese imperial ambitions were struggling for survival, while the Mughal empire was at the height of its power and influence. Jorge Flores uncovers the tenuous but ingenious apparatuses of intelligence through which the Estado da Índia (the “State of the Indies,” the name given to the Portuguese political administrative unit in the region between the Cape of Good Hope and East Asia) endeavored to survive in a vast Indo-Persian world shaped by the influence and power of the Mughal empire. Detailing the complex relations that the officials of the Portuguese empire, particularly in Goa, the capital of the Estado da Índia, maintained with the Mughal empire as well as the sultanates of Ahmadnagar and Bijapur in the Deccan region—through information gathering, record-keeping, interpreting, and diplomatic correspondence—the book demonstrates how the Portuguese territories along the western coast of India were substantially incorporated into the vast Persianate cultural sphere spanning from Iran to Southeast Asia. The process of empire-building on the fringes of the Persianate world and the prolonged interaction with the Mughal empire, Ahmadnagar, and Bijapur, Flores argues, led to the irregular, non-linear, and incomplete assimilation of the Portuguese empire into Persianate India. Overturning teleological narratives that portray the workings of (European) empire as the unilateral imposition of power dynamics by a dominant, omniscient actor, Flores reveals how Portuguese imperial administrators were vulnerable participants in a network of relations involving multiple political powers—relations that required enormous bureaucratic and diplomatic effort to understand and successfully navigate. Showing how a European empire was drawn into the political practices and rituals of the Indo-Persian world, Flores decenters the lenses conventionally used to observe the Portuguese empire in Asia and helps us rethink its nature while questioning the boundaries of the Indo-Persian world.

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University of Pennsylvania Press

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1512826456

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The Film Industry in Argentina

An Illustrated Cultural History

By: Jorge Finkielman

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The Film Industry in Argentina

An Illustrated Cultural History

By: Jorge Finkielman

Argentina fell in love with movies as soon as they were first exhibited in 1896. Even before World War I, Argentina was one of the biggest film markets in the world and continues to be a major film market today. This history of the Argentine film industry--starting with the earliest film exhibitions in 1897--covers film music, broadcasting, the introduction of film with sound, the impact of the American film industry on the Argentine, the industrialization of Argentine film, Hollywood films in Spanish, the tango in film and local stars. Reference material includes filmographic information and reviews from numerous publications. Photographs offer a look at film stills, promotions, and the people involved in the industry, and an index provides quick access to names and titles.

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McFarland

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078648344X

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Philosophy and Literature in Latin America

A Critical Assessment of the Current Situation

By: Jorge J. E. Gracia

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Philosophy and Literature in Latin America

A Critical Assessment of the Current Situation

By: Jorge J. E. Gracia

Philosophy and Literature in Latin America presents a unique and original view of the current state of development in Latin America of two disciplines that are at the core of the humanities. Divided into two parts, each section explores the contributions of distinguished American and Latin American experts and authors. The section on literature includes the literary activities of Latin Americans working in the United States, an area in which very little research has been demonstrated and, for that reason, will add an interesting new dimension to the field of Latin American studies.

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SUNY Press

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0791400395

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Performing Cuba

(Re)writing Gender Identity and Exile Across Genres

By: Denis Jorge Berenschot

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Performing Cuba

(Re)writing Gender Identity and Exile Across Genres

By: Denis Jorge Berenschot

The Cuban Revolution has generated extraordinary literary achievements by writers both within Cuba and in exile. This book focuses on selected works by Edmundo Desnoes, Senel Paz and Elías Miguel Muñoz and the transformations of their texts from prose to film and theatre. Performing Cuba breaks new ground by clearly demonstrating how these multiple rewritings and additional authorial voices from the filmic and theatrical media rewrite the characters' gender performances in order to manipulate the texts' reading.

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Peter Lang

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0820474401

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Pioneers of Globalization

Why the Portuguese Surprised the World

By: Jorge Nascimento Rodrigues,Tessaleno C. Devezas

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Pioneers of Globalization

Why the Portuguese Surprised the World

By: Jorge Nascimento Rodrigues,Tessaleno C. Devezas

A 270-page time travel along the routes that led to the birth of Globalization, contributing robust evidence regarding the pioneering role of the Portuguese in this important chapter in the evolution of the world system. The Portuguese alone originated the maritime routes on a global scale and this feat will remain recorded in human history for the millennia to come. INNOVATION & STRATEGY IN MODERN HISTORY The world system’s telltale signature unveils the emergence of the first globalizing power Five main theses are defended in this book: • History is not a mere accumulation of past facts, the fruit of chance and uncertainty, and the Science of History is not a simplistic narrative of past ‘stories.’ • Globalization is an evolutionary and irreversible process, initially conceived in China around the 10th century, and born with the Portuguese Discoveries movement in the 15th and 16th centuries. • The Portuguese were pioneers in the process that led to the transition to a true global system of cultural and commercial exchange. • The application of systemic methodology to the analysis of History allows for the construction of viable future scenarios. • There is an inheritance from the Portuguese generations active during the apex period between the 15th and 16th centuries (the “Discoveries Matrix”), as well as a portfolio of acquired knowledge regarding this country’s capacity for resilience and its historical relationship to some of the emerging 21st century powers.

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Centro Atlantico

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9896150567

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Professor Borges: A Course on English Literature

By: Jorge Luis Borges

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Professor Borges: A Course on English Literature

By: Jorge Luis Borges

In English at last, Borges’s erudite and entertaining lectures on English literature from Beowulf to Oscar Wilde Writing for Harper’s Magazine, Edgardo Krebs describes Professor Borges:“A compilation of the twenty-five lectures Borges gave in 1966 at the University of Buenos Aires, where he taught English literature. Starting with the Vikings’ kennings and Beowulf and ending with Stevenson and Oscar Wilde, the book traverses a landscape of ‘precursors,’cross-cultural borrowings, and genres of expression, all connected by Borges into a vast interpretive web. This is the most surprising and useful of Borges’s works to have appeared posthumously.” Borges takes us on a startling, idiosyncratic, fresh, and highly opinionated tour of English literature, weaving together countless cultural traditions of the last three thousand years. Borges’s lectures — delivered extempore by a man of extraordinary erudition — bring the canon to remarkably vivid life. Now translated into English for the first time, these lectures are accompanied by extensive and informative notes by the Borges scholars Martín Arias and Martín Hadis.

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New Directions Publishing

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0811221172

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The Portuguese and the Straits of Melaka, 1575-1619

Power, Trade and Diplomacy

By: Paulo Jorge De Sousa Pinto

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The Portuguese and the Straits of Melaka, 1575-1619

Power, Trade and Diplomacy

By: Paulo Jorge De Sousa Pinto

Following the fall of the Melaka Sultanate to the Portuguese in 1511, the sultanates of Johor and Aceh emerged as major trading centers alongside Portuguese Melaka. Each power represented wider global interests. Aceh had links with Gujerat, the Ottoman Empire and the Levant. Johor was a center for Javanese merchants and others involved with the Eastern spice trade. Melaka was part of the Estado da India, Portugal's trading empire that extended from Japan to Mozambique. Throughout the sixteenth century, a peculiar balance among the three powers became an important character of the political and economical life in the Straits of Melaka. The arrival of the Dutch in the early seventeenth century upset the balance and led to the decline of Portuguese Melaka. Making extensive use of contemporary Portuguese sources, Paulo Pinto uses geopolitical approach to analyze the financial, political, economic and military institutions that underlay this triangular arrangement, a system that persisted because no one power could achieve an undisputed hegemony. He also considers the position of post-conquest Melaka in the Malay World, where it remained a symbolic center of Malay civilization and a model of Malay political authority despite changes associated with Portuguese rule. In the process provides information on the social, political and genealogical circumstances of the Johor and Aceh sultanates.

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9971695707

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Fashioning Spanish Cinema

Costume, Identity, and Stardom

By: Jorge Pérez

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Fashioning Spanish Cinema

Costume, Identity, and Stardom

By: Jorge Pérez

Costume design is a crucial, but frequently overlooked, aspect of film that fosters an appreciation of the diverse ways in which film and fashion enrich each other. These influential industries offer representations of ideas, values, and beliefs that shape and construct cultural identities. In Fashioning Spanish Cinema, Jorge Pérez analyses the use of clothing and fashion as costumes within Spanish cinema, paying particular attention to the significance of those costumes in relation to the visual styles and the narratives of the films. The author examines the links between costume analysis and other fields and theoretical frameworks such as fashion studies, the history of dress, celebrity studies, and gender and feminist studies. Fashioning Spanish Cinema looks at instances in which costumes are essential to shaping the public image of stars, such as Conchita Montenegro, Sara Montiel, Victoria Abril, and Penélope Cruz. Focusing on examples in which costumes have discursive autonomy, it explores how costumes engage with broader issues of identity and, relatedly, how costumes impact everyday practices and fashion trends beyond cinema. Drawing on case studies from multiple periods, films by contemporary directors and genres, and red-carpet events such as the Oscars and Goya Awards, Fashioning Spanish Cinema contributes a pivotal Spanish perspective to expanding interdisciplinary work on the intersections between film and fashion.

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1487539746

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Lisbon

By: Emília Ferreira,Jorge Cabello

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Lisbon

By: Emília Ferreira,Jorge Cabello

Discover the rich history and culture of some of the world's most influential historical places with these highly illustrated books, packed with information and enlightening descriptions

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Casa Editrice Bonechi

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888029394X

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Confessional Cinema

Religion, Film, and Modernity in Spain’s Development Years, 1960–1975

By: Jorge Perez

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Confessional Cinema

Religion, Film, and Modernity in Spain’s Development Years, 1960–1975

By: Jorge Perez

In Confessional Cinema, Jorge Pérez analyzes how cinema engaged the shifting role of religion during the last fifteen years of Francisco Franco’s dictatorship. Pérez interrogates the assumption that after 1957, when the Franco regime recast itself in a secular and modernizing fashion, religion vanished from the cultural field. Instead, Spanish cinema addressed the transformation within Spanish Catholicism following Vatican II and Spain’s modernization processes. Confessional Cinema offers the first analysis of a neglected body of Spanish films, "nun films," which focus on the active role of religious women in the transformation of Spanish Catholicism. Pérez argues that commercial films, despite being less aesthetically accomplished, delved more than oppositional, art-house films into the fluctuating zeitgeist of the development years regarding the transformations within Spanish Catholicism. Confessional Cinema offers a provocative and original analysis of the significance of religion not from a theological point of view, but rather as a socio-political force and cultural determinant in the Spanish public sphere of this period, known as desarrollismo (development years) from 1960-1975.

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University of Toronto Press

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1487512457

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Puritan Conquistadors

Iberianizing the Atlantic, 1550-1700

By: Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra

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Puritan Conquistadors

Iberianizing the Atlantic, 1550-1700

By: Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra

The book demonstrates that a wider Pan-American perspective can upset the most cherished national narratives of the United States, for it maintains that the Puritan colonization of New England was as much a chivalric, crusading act of Reconquista (against the Devil) as was the Spanish conquest.

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Stanford University Press

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0804742804

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Variaciones Shakespeare

By: Jorge Luis Pérez Armijos

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Variaciones Shakespeare

By: Jorge Luis Pérez Armijos

Los 154 sonetos de William Shakespeare traducidos al castellano. Esta versi?n incluye los sonetos en ingl's como editados por Thomas Tyler en 1890. La traducci?n est? hecha en diez s?labas m?tricas asonantadas.

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Lulu.com

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0244601224

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Unwanted Neighbours

The Mughals, the Portuguese,and Their Frontier Zones

By: Jorge Flores

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Unwanted Neighbours

The Mughals, the Portuguese,and Their Frontier Zones

By: Jorge Flores

In December 1572 the Mughal emperor Akbar arrived in the port city of Khambayat. Having been raised in distant Kabul, Akbar, in his thirty years, had never been to the ocean. Presumably anxious with the news about the Mughal military campaign in Gujarat, several Portuguese merchants in Khambayat rushed to Akbar’s presence. This encounter marked the beginning of a long, complex, and unequal relationship between a continental Muslim empire that was expanding into south India, often looking back to Central Asia, and a European Christian maritime empire whose rulers considered themselves ‘kings of the sea’. By the middle of the seventeenth century, these two empires faced each other across thousands of kilometres from Sind to Bijapur, with a supplementary eastern arm in faraway Bengal. Focusing on borderland management, imperial projects, and cross-cultural circulation, this volume delves into the ways in which, between c. 1570 and c. 1640, the Portuguese understood and dealt with their undesirably close neighbours—the Mughals.

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Oxford University Press

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0199093687

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ReFocus: The Films of Pedro Costa

Producing and Consuming Contemporary Art Cinema

By: Barradas Jorge Nuno Barradas Jorge

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ReFocus: The Films of Pedro Costa

Producing and Consuming Contemporary Art Cinema

By: Barradas Jorge Nuno Barradas Jorge

This is the first English-language study of internationally acclaimed Portuguese filmmaker Pedro Costa, examining the cultural, production and exhibition contexts of his feature films, shorts and video installations. It situates Costa's filmmaking within the contexts of Portuguese, European and global art film, looking into his working practices alongside the impact of digital video, forms of collaborative authorship, and the intricate dialogue between modes of production and aesthetics. Considering the exhibition, circulation and reception of Costa's creative output in settings such as film festivals, the art gallery circuit and the home video market, ReFocus: The Films of Pedro Costa provides an essential critical analysis of this major filmmaker - as well as of the multifaceted production and consumption practices that surround contemporary art cinema.

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Edinburgh University Press

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1474444563

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The Archaeology of the Jesuit Missions in Ethiopia (1557–1632)

By: Victor M. Fernández,Jorge De Torres,Andreu Martínez d'Alòs-Moner,Carlos Cañete

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The Archaeology of the Jesuit Missions in Ethiopia (1557–1632)

By: Victor M. Fernández,Jorge De Torres,Andreu Martínez d'Alòs-Moner,Carlos Cañete

One of the earliest and most ambitious projects carried out by the Society of Jesus was the mission to the Christian kingdom of Ethiopia, which ran from 1557 to 1632. In about 1621, crucial figures in the Ethiopian Solomonid monarchy, including King Susenyos, were converted to Catholicism and up to 1632 imposing missionary churches, residences, and royal structures were built. This book studies for the first time in a comprehensive manner the missionary architecture built by the joint work of Jesuit padres, Ethiopian and Indian masons, and royal Ethiopian patrons. The work gives ample archaeological, architectonic, and historical descriptions of the ten extant sites known to date and includes hypotheses on hitherto unexplored or lesser known structures.

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BRILL

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9004324690

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9789004324695

Race and Ethnicity in Latin America

By: Jorge I Dominguez

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Race and Ethnicity in Latin America

By: Jorge I Dominguez

First Published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Routledge

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1135564906

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Expert Knowledge-based Inspection Systems

Inspection, Diagnosis, and Repair of the Building Envelope

By: Jorge de Brito,Clara Pereira,José D. Silvestre,Inês Flores-Colen

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Expert Knowledge-based Inspection Systems

Inspection, Diagnosis, and Repair of the Building Envelope

By: Jorge de Brito,Clara Pereira,José D. Silvestre,Inês Flores-Colen

This book provides a novel approach to building pathology in current buildings. Drawing on the available literature, hands-on experience and fieldwork inspections, it presents a systematic perspective on the pathology of the building envelope. The book addresses natural stone claddings, adhesive ceramic tiling, renders, painted surfaces, External Thermal Insulation Composite Systems (ETICS), architectural concrete surfaces, windows and doors framing, and claddings for pitched and flat roofs. In addition to highlighting selected materials and construction elements, the book proposes a global classification system for defects and their probable causes, together with in situ diagnosis methods and repair techniques. It also identifies the relationships between defects and causes, diagnosis methods and repair techniques, and the interdependence between different defects, presenting these relations in the form of correlation matrices. Support files with detailed information and an inspection form are also provided. Selected case studies are presented to illustrate the value of a guidance system in fieldwork. Given its scope, the book offers a valuable guide, particularly for researchers, building inspectors, civil engineers, architects and maintenance planners.

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Springer Nature

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3030424464

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Probabilistic Approaches to Robotic Perception

By: João Filipe Ferreira,Jorge Miranda Dias

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Probabilistic Approaches to Robotic Perception

By: João Filipe Ferreira,Jorge Miranda Dias

This book tries to address the following questions: How should the uncertainty and incompleteness inherent to sensing the environment be represented and modelled in a way that will increase the autonomy of a robot? How should a robotic system perceive, infer, decide and act efficiently? These are two of the challenging questions robotics community and robotic researchers have been facing. The development of robotic domain by the 1980s spurred the convergence of automation to autonomy, and the field of robotics has consequently converged towards the field of artificial intelligence (AI). Since the end of that decade, the general public’s imagination has been stimulated by high expectations on autonomy, where AI and robotics try to solve difficult cognitive problems through algorithms developed from either philosophical and anthropological conjectures or incomplete notions of cognitive reasoning. Many of these developments do not unveil even a few of the processes through which biological organisms solve these same problems with little energy and computing resources. The tangible results of this research tendency were many robotic devices demonstrating good performance, but only under well-defined and constrained environments. The adaptability to different and more complex scenarios was very limited. In this book, the application of Bayesian models and approaches are described in order to develop artificial cognitive systems that carry out complex tasks in real world environments, spurring the design of autonomous, intelligent and adaptive artificial systems, inherently dealing with uncertainty and the “irreducible incompleteness of models”.

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3319020064

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Recycled Aggregate in Concrete

Use of Industrial, Construction and Demolition Waste

By: Jorge de Brito,Nabajyoti Saikia

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Recycled Aggregate in Concrete

Use of Industrial, Construction and Demolition Waste

By: Jorge de Brito,Nabajyoti Saikia

Concrete is the most used man-made material in the world since its invention. The widespread use of this material has led to continuous developments such as ultra-high strength concrete and self-compacting concrete. Recycled Aggregate in Concrete: Use of Industrial, Construction and Demolition Waste focuses on the recent development which the use of various types of recycled waste materials as aggregate in the production of various types of concrete. By drawing together information and data from various fields and sources, Recycled Aggregate in Concrete: Use of Industrial, Construction and Demolition Waste provides full coverage of this subject. Divided into two parts, a compilation of varied literature data related to the use of various types of industrial waste as aggregates in concrete is followed by a discussion of the use of construction and demolition waste as aggregate in concrete. The properties of the aggregates and their effect on various concrete properties are presented, and the quantitative procedure to estimate the properties of concrete containing construction and demolition waste as aggregates is explained. Current codes and practices developed in various countries to use construction and demolition waste as aggregates in concrete and issues related to the sustainability of cement and concrete production are also discussed. The comprehensive information presented in Recycled Aggregate in Concrete: Use of Industrial, Construction and Demolition Waste will be helpful to graduate students, researchers and concrete technologists. The collected data will also be an essential reference for practicing engineers who face problems concerning the use of these materials in concrete production.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1447145402

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Libertad Sobre Ruedas

By: Jorge Ortiz

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Libertad Sobre Ruedas

By: Jorge Ortiz

As empec con esta aventura a la que he llamado Libertad sobre Ruedas y a la que he dedicado gran parte de mi tiempo, dinero y esfuerzo. Quiz para muchas personas esto sea lo cotidiano o carezca de elementos necesarios para compartirse, pero pienso que la vida de cada quien es una novela qu contar. Esta parte de mi vida representa para m un sinnmero de experiencias que, por mi forma de pensar, deseo compartirles a mi familia, a mis amigos y quien se d el tiempo de aprender y gozar de una lectura amena. Ojal dicha lectura, en su momento, tenga la capacidad de transportarnos a esos maravillosos lugares de nuestro Mxico, que tuve la oportunidad de conocer en mis travesas.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1493154893

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Mexican American Baseball in El Paso

By: Richard A. Santillan, Eric Enders, Pete G. Flores, Donavan Lopez, and Jorge Iber

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Mexican American Baseball in El Paso

By: Richard A. Santillan, Eric Enders, Pete G. Flores, Donavan Lopez, and Jorge Iber

Mexican American Baseball in El Paso chronicles the vibrant and colorful history of baseball in the El Paso-Juárez border region. For more than a century, baseball along the border has served as a means of bringing together people of all backgrounds, races, and nationalities, from the fly-by-night teams of the Pancho Villa era to the fabled semiprofessional clubs of the Lower Valley League. For the area's Mexican and Mexican American citizens, storied teams like the Juárez Indios, Fabens Merchants, 1949 Bowie Bears, and El Paso Diablos served as both community rallying points and signposts of cultural identity. From the legendary semiprofessional players of decades past to the most recent major leaguers, this book presents the photographic history of baseball in America's largest border community.

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1467126608

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21st Century Democracy Promotion in the Americas

Standing up for the Polity

By: Jorge Heine,Brigitte Weiffen

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21st Century Democracy Promotion in the Americas

Standing up for the Polity

By: Jorge Heine,Brigitte Weiffen

This volume examines the promotion and defense of democracy in the Americas. Taking the Inter-American Democratic Charter (IADC) of 2001 as a baseline, it charts the evolution of the issue over the past decade. Although it considers historical antecedents, the main focus of the book is on key instances of promotion and defense of democracy in the Western hemisphere since the adoption of the IADC. It analyzes democratic norms, norm enforcement mechanisms and how they work in practice. Special attention is paid to the 2009 Honduras coup, the issues raised by it and the debates that surrounded it, as this was the first instance in which a member state was suspended in accordance with the IADC. Three central themes guide the analysis: the nature of challenges to democracy in Latin America; the role of regional organizations as democracy promoters; and the transformation of Inter-American relations. The book unveils the key achievements and limitations of the OAS in the field and will be of great interest to students and scholars of democratization, US-Latin American relations, international relations of Latin-America and international organizations.

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Routledge

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1317626206

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Villages Of Mourning

By: Jorge Campos Aguiñiga

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Villages Of Mourning

By: Jorge Campos Aguiñiga

A journey of a child born into a world of turmoil and violence who must assume adult responsibilities, deprived of his youth and innocence in the midst of a political battle for control of the village that is his home—hiding in cellars and moving from place to place, eventually forcing the family to abandon the village in order to survive. He travels and escapes to cities where he receives his first formal education, struggles with illiteracy, learns the turbulent history of his country and that the political forces that destroy the village are also ravishing the entire nation. Seeking peace, solace, and opportunities for a better future, the family emigrates to the United States.

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1662405146

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Job-Boj

By: Jorge Guzman

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Job-Boj

By: Jorge Guzman

Written in alternating voices, Jorge Guzman's JOB BOJ is a captivating novel that explores the progression from melancholy to happiness, or vice versa. The delicate interplay between a light-hearted narrator and a brooding, introspective one draws the reader in to question identity. Are they the same man? Two different periods from the same life? Or are they two separate people? The reader is left to judge. While the novel is a superb masterclass in structure and innovation, JOB BOJ is a "rich and absorbing entertainment.

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1628972114

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Prologue to Revolution

Cuba, 1898-1958

By: Jorge Ibarra

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Prologue to Revolution

Cuba, 1898-1958

By: Jorge Ibarra

Traces economic development, social dynamics, and political processes in Cuba from the end of Spanish colonial rule to the 1959 revolution. Focusing especially on class structures, gender roles, race relations, and political change, the author describes the social and economic circumstances in which most Cubans lived before 1959, and he explores the complex and compelling relationship between North American capital investment and the formation and deformation of Cuba's national institutions. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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1555877923

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The Belly Fat Cure Sugar & Carb Counter REVISED

By: Jorge Cruise

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The Belly Fat Cure Sugar & Carb Counter REVISED

By: Jorge Cruise

Based on the revolutionary #1 New York Times bestseller that is changing the way America eats, this is the only supermarket guide that exposes the true cause of belly fat and disease: hidden sugar! Transforming your health, energy, and waistline is as easy as 1, 2, 3: 1. Unlock the secret to fat loss that food conglomerates don’t want you to know. 2. Follow the one simple menu that tells you exactly what to eat to melt up to 9 pounds this week. 3. Discover thousands of "Belly Good" items that make shedding pounds each week a snap. With a bonus dining-out section featuring menu items from some of your favorite restaurants, this comprehensive guide will help you look and feel your best in no time at all!

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Hay House, Inc

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1401940811

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9781401940812

World Class Worldwide

Transforming Research Universities in Asia and Latin America

By: Philip G. Altbach,Jorge Balán

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World Class Worldwide

Transforming Research Universities in Asia and Latin America

By: Philip G. Altbach,Jorge Balán

Nations with strong research universities are better able to compete in the international marketplace of ideas and innovation. Any country—especially in the developing world—striving to participate in the global knowledge economy must recognize the power of such institutions to transform society. In World Class Worldwide, analysts from developing and middle-income countries in Asia and Latin America explore their countries’ specific challenges in providing “world class” higher education. Philip G. Altbach, Jorge Balán, and their contributors combine current scholarship and practical experience in presenting a comprehensive discussion of the significant issues facing research universities in Mexico, China, India, and elsewhere. They address the special challenges of establishing and maintaining these institutions; the role of information technology; how research universities train leaders and foster scientific innovation; and the extent to which the private sector can and should be involved in funding and development.

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JHU Press

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0801896223

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Voces de Protesta

By: Jorge Ramírez

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Voces de Protesta

By: Jorge Ramírez

A collection of essays and poems focusing on the imbalances between rich and poor and the awful lot of Third World poor.

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Palibrio

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1617642886

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Ecological Niches and Geographic Distributions

By: A. Townsend Peterson,Jorge Soberón,Richard G. Pearson,Robert P. Anderson,Enrique Martínez-Meyer,Miguel Nakamura,Miguel B. Araújo

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Ecological Niches and Geographic Distributions

By: A. Townsend Peterson,Jorge Soberón,Richard G. Pearson,Robert P. Anderson,Enrique Martínez-Meyer,Miguel Nakamura,Miguel B. Araújo

This book provides a first synthetic view of an emerging area of ecology and biogeography, linking individual- and population-level processes to geographic distributions and biodiversity patterns. Problems in evolutionary ecology, macroecology, and biogeography are illuminated by this integrative view. The book focuses on correlative approaches known as ecological niche modeling, species distribution modeling, or habitat suitability modeling, which use associations between known occurrences of species and environmental variables to identify environmental conditions under which populations can be maintained. The spatial distribution of environments suitable for the species can then be estimated: a potential distribution for the species. This approach has broad applicability to ecology, evolution, biogeography, and conservation biology, as well as to understanding the geographic potential of invasive species and infectious diseases, and the biological implications of climate change. The authors lay out conceptual foundations and general principles for understanding and interpreting species distributions with respect to geography and environment. Focus is on development of niche models. While serving as a guide for students and researchers, the book also provides a theoretical framework to support future progress in the field.

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Princeton University Press

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1400840678

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9781400840670

Companero

The Life and Death of Che Guevara

By: Jorge G. Castañeda

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Companero

The Life and Death of Che Guevara

By: Jorge G. Castañeda

By the time he was killed in the jungles of Bolivia, where his body was displayed like a deposed Christ, Ernesto "Che" Guevara had become a synonym for revolution everywhere from Cuba to the barricades of Paris. This extraordinary biography peels aside the veil of the Guevara legend to reveal the charismatic, restless man behind it. Drawing on archival materials from three continents and on interviews with Guevara's family and associates, Castaneda follows Che from his childhood in the Argentine middle class through the years of pilgrimage that turned him into a committed revolutionary. He examines Guevara's complex relationship with Fidel Castro, and analyzes the flaws of character that compelled him to leave Cuba and expend his energies, and ultimately his life, in quixotic adventures in the Congo and Bolivia. A masterpiece of scholarship, Companero is the definitive portrait of a figure who continues to fascinate and inspire the world over.

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Vintage

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0307555291

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9780307555298

Manana Forever?

Mexico and the Mexicans

By: Jorge G. Castañeda

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Manana Forever?

Mexico and the Mexicans

By: Jorge G. Castañeda

In this shrewd and fascinating book, the renowned scholar and former foreign minister Jorge Castañeda sheds much light on the puzzling paradoxes of politics and culture of modern Mexico. Here’s a nation of 110 million that has an ambivalent and complicated relationship with the United States yet is host to more American expatriates than any country in the world. Its people tend to resent foreigners yet have made the nation a hugely popular tourist destination. Mexican individualism and individual ties to the land reflect a desire to conserve the past and slow the route to uncertain modernity. Castañeda examines the future possibilities for Mexico as it becomes more diverse in its regional identities, socially more homogenous, its character and culture the instruments of change rather than sources of stagnation, its political system more open and democratic. Mañana Forever? is a compelling portrait of a nation at a crossroads.

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Vintage

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0375703942

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9780375703942

Raymundo

By: Esteban Jorge Sebastiani Pozú

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Raymundo

By: Esteban Jorge Sebastiani Pozú

Un joven de raza afro-americana, indigente. Semi-dormia en la banca de un parque, fue testigo de una venta de droga y descubierto por los individuos. Luego de ser atrapado y golpeado. Se involucra en la mafia llegando a ser "el papa de los papas" y ser el hombre invisible y mas buscado del mundo.

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1463320019

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Sustainable Construction Materials

Recycled Aggregates

By: Ravindra K. Dhir OBE,Jorge de Brito,Rui V. Silva,Chao Qun Lye

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Sustainable Construction Materials

Recycled Aggregates

By: Ravindra K. Dhir OBE,Jorge de Brito,Rui V. Silva,Chao Qun Lye

Sustainable Construction Materials: Recycled Aggregate focuses on the massive systematic need that is necessary to encourage the uptake of recycled and secondary materials (RSM) in the construction industry. This book is the fifth and the last of the series on sustainable construction materials and like the previous four, it is also different to the norm. Its uniqueness lies in using the newly developed, Analytical Systemisation Method, in building the data-matrix sourced from 1413 publications, contributed by 2213 authors from 965 institutions in 67 countries, from 1977 to 2018, on the subject of recycled aggregate as a construction material, and systematically analysing, evaluating and modelling this information for use of the material as an aggregate concrete and mortar, geotechnics and road pavement applications. Environmental issues, case studies and standards are also discussed. The work establishes what is already known and can be used to further progress the use of sustainable construction materials. It can also help to avoid repetitive research and save valuable resources. The book is structured in an incisive and easy to digest manner and is particularly suited for researchers, academics, design engineers, specifiers, contractors, and government bodies dealing with construction works. - Provides an exhaustive and comprehensively organized list of globally-based published literature spanning 5000 references - Offers an analysis, evaluation, repackaging and modeling of existing knowledge that encourages more responsible use of waste materials - Provides a wealth of knowledge for use in many sectors relating to the construction profession, including academia, research, practice and adoption of RSM

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Woodhead Publishing

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0081009917

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9780081009918

The Art of Maya and the Three

By: Jorge Gutierrez

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The Art of Maya and the Three

By: Jorge Gutierrez

A vibrant, oversized hardcover showcasing the concept and production art from the beautiful Netflix series by visionary animator and filmmaker, Jorge R. Gutierrez. Meet Maya, the eagle-warrior princess and all the dazzling characters that breathe life into lush and detailed landscapes magically inspired by Mesoamerican, Incan, and Caribbean cultures. Behold the original vision for the series taken from early sketches to final animated wonders, with detailed storyboards, color scripts, and in-depth, bilingual (English and Spanish) commentary. Welcome to the vivid world of Maya and the Three! Bilingual Captions in English and Spanish.

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Dark Horse Comics

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1506725961

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9781506725963

Ethics In Tissue Establishments

By: Jorge Morales Pedraza

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Ethics In Tissue Establishments

By: Jorge Morales Pedraza

At present, the international community cannot be assured that the quality and, in particular the safety of tissues for transplants, is properly guaranteed in all countries and regions. Shortcomings of international and regional ethical rules and standards in the field of tissue banking, the lack of national ethical rules and standards in force in several countries, the lack of proper regulatory oversight and overall lack of harmonisation of existing ethical rules and standards, contribute to the problem.This book addresses the issues by promoting the adoption of an ethical policy and the use of a model code of ethics and a model code of practice as a reference for the tissue banking community, government agencies and policy-makers worldwide. This will facilitate the use of tissue processed in one country in any other country that needs it with the additional assurance of quality and safety that is lacking presently.

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World Scientific

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981461677X

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