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The Motions Beneath

Indigenous Migrants on the Urban Frontier of New Spain

By: Laurent Corbeil

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The Motions Beneath

Indigenous Migrants on the Urban Frontier of New Spain

By: Laurent Corbeil

As Mexico entered the last decade of the sixteenth century, immigration became an important phenomenon in the mining town of San Luis Potosí. New silver mines sparked the need for labor in a region previously lacking a settled population. Drawn by new jobs, thousands of men, women, and children poured into the valley between 1591 and 1630, coming from more than 130 communities across northern Mesoamerica. The Motions Beneath is a social history of the encounter of these thousands of indigenous peoples representing ten linguistic groups. Using baptism and marriage records, Laurent Corbeil creates a demographic image of the town’s population. He studies two generations of highly mobile individuals, revealing their agency and subjectivity when facing colonial structures of exploitation on a daily basis. Corbeil’s study depicts the variety of paths on which indigenous peoples migrated north to build this diverse urban society. Breaking new ground by bridging stories of migration, labor relations, sexuality, legal culture, and identity construction, Corbeil challenges the assumption that urban indigenous communities were organized along ethnic lines. He posits instead that indigenous peoples developed extensive networks and organized themselves according to labor, trade, and social connections.

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University of Arizona Press

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0816539057

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9780816539055

Taking Aviation to New Heights

A Biography of Pierre Jeanniot

By: Jacqueline Cardinal,Laurent Lapierre

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Taking Aviation to New Heights

A Biography of Pierre Jeanniot

By: Jacqueline Cardinal,Laurent Lapierre

To chart the inspiring journey of Pierre Jeanniot is to trace the remarkable development of the air transport industry. In his youth, Jeanniot survived the bombing of Rome, the occupation of France, and was a witness to the Resistance in the Jura Mountains. In 1963, after the Sainte-Thérèse air tragedy and the threat of finding himself jobless, Jeanniot was inspired to create the famous Black Box, which has since become a pillar of aviation security. Under his direction, Air Canada chose the Airbus rather than the Boeing to renew its fleet, in the midst of a highly visible political crisis. Against all odds, Jeanniot also orchestrated the successful privatization of the airline. His visionary speech at Amman, delivered when he was at the helm of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), laid out modern aviation’s most urgent priorities regarding accident prevention, protection of the environment, and technological progress. A master of logistics, he successfully negotiated the impasse in the skies following the September 11 terrorist attacks and handled the many complications that came in their wake. Pierre Jeanniot’s influence has been felt far beyond the aviation world. His longstanding desire to facilitate access to higher learning led him to participate actively in the founding of the Université du Québec. A skilled diplomat, he also helped to resolve political problems in Iran, Libya, North Korea, and the Middle East. Taking Aviation to New Heights is the story of a great leader who has left an indelible mark on his milieu. He has truly piloted aviation to new heights. - This book is published in English

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542

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University of Ottawa Press

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0776630482

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9780776630489

MRI Contrast Agents

From Molecules to Particles

By: Sophie Laurent,Céline Henoumont,Dimitri Stanicki,Sébastien Boutry,Estelle Lipani,Sarah Belaid,Robert N. Muller,Luce Vander Elst

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MRI Contrast Agents

From Molecules to Particles

By: Sophie Laurent,Céline Henoumont,Dimitri Stanicki,Sébastien Boutry,Estelle Lipani,Sarah Belaid,Robert N. Muller,Luce Vander Elst

This book describes the multiple aspects of (i) preparation of the magnetic core, (ii) the stabilization with different coatings, (iii) the physico-chemical characterization and (iv) the vectorization to obtain specific nanosystems. Several bio-applications are also presented in this book. In the early days of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), paramagnetic ions were proposed as contrast agents to enhance the diagnostic quality of MR images. Since then, academic and industrial efforts have been devoted to the development of new and more efficient molecular, supramolecular and nanoparticular systems. Old concepts and theories, like paramagnetic relaxation, were revisited and exploited, leading to new scientific tracks. With their high relaxivity payload, the superparamagnetic nanoparticles are very appealing in the context of molecular imaging but challenges are still numerous: absence of toxicity, specificity, ability to cross the biological barriers, etc.

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128

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Springer

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9811025290

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9789811025297

Cycling in France

By: Carole Saint-Laurent

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Cycling in France

By: Carole Saint-Laurent

Cycling guide to France.

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384

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Hunter Publishing, Inc

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2894643489

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9782894643488

The Motions Beneath

Indigenous Migrants on the Urban Frontier of New Spain

By: Laurent Corbeil

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Indigenous Migrants on the Urban Frontier of New Spain

By: Laurent Corbeil

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University of Arizona Press

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Contrecoups

Malik Oussekine

By: Jeanne Puchol,Laurent-Frédéric Bollée

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Malik Oussekine

By: Jeanne Puchol,Laurent-Frédéric Bollée

Paris, le 6 décembre 1986. Suite une manifestation estudiantine contre le projet de réforme universitaire du ministre délégué Alain Devaquet une tragique bavure policière entraîne la mort de Malik Oussekine, jeune étudiant de 22 ans. A la suite de cette tragédie, Devaquet présente sa démission. 30 ans après Jeanne Puchol et Laurent-Frédéric Bollée ravivent notre attention sur cet événement très médiatisé, qui aujourd'hui encore trouve des retentissements dans une France en proie à de nombreux troubles sociaux.

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2203092211

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