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Story of a Death Foretold

The Coup Against Salvador Allende, September 11, 1973

By: Oscar Guardiola-Rivera

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Story of a Death Foretold

The Coup Against Salvador Allende, September 11, 1973

By: Oscar Guardiola-Rivera

On the fortieth anniversary of revolution and rebellion in Chile, a searching history of the rise and fall of the world's first and only democratically elected Marxist president. On September 11, 1973, President Salvador Allende of Chile was deposed in a violent coup led by General Augusto Pinochet. The coup had been in the works for months, even years. Shortly after giving a farewell speech to his people, Allende died of gunshot wounds-whether inflicted by his own hand or an assassin's remains uncertain. Pinochet ruled Chile for a quarter century, but the short rise and bloody fall of Allende is still the subject of fierce historical debate. In a world in the throes of the Cold War, the seeming backwater of Chile became the host of a very hot conflict-with Henry Kissinger and the Western establishment aligned with Pinochet's insurgents against a socialist coalition of students, workers, Pablo Neruda, and folk singers, led by the brilliant ideologue Allende. Revolution and counterrevolution played out in graphic detail, moving the small South American nation to the center of the world stage in the dramatic autumn of 1973. Now the rising young scholar Oscar Guardiola-Rivera gives us a tour de force account of a historical crossroads, tracing the destiny of democracy, and the paths of power, money, and violence that still shadow Latin America and its relations with the United States.

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The People of the River

Nature and Identity in Black Amazonia, 1835–1945

By: Oscar de la Torre

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The People of the River

Nature and Identity in Black Amazonia, 1835–1945

By: Oscar de la Torre

In this history of the black peasants of Amazonia, Oscar de la Torre focuses on the experience of African-descended people navigating the transition from slavery to freedom. He draws on social and environmental history to connect them intimately to the natural landscape and to Indigenous peoples. Relying on this world as a repository for traditions, discourses, and strategies that they retrieved especially in moments of conflict, Afro-Brazilians fought for autonomous communities and developed a vibrant ethnic identity that supported their struggles over labor, land, and citizenship. Prior to abolition, enslaved and escaped blacks found in the tropical forest a source for tools, weapons, and trade--but it was also a cultural storehouse within which they shaped their stories and records of confrontations with slaveowners and state authorities. After abolition, the black peasants' knowledge of local environments continued to be key to their aspirations, allowing them to maintain relationships with powerful patrons and to participate in the protest cycle that led Getulio Vargas to the presidency of Brazil in 1930. In commonly referring to themselves by such names as "sons of the river," black Amazonians melded their agro-ecological traditions with their emergent identity as political stakeholders.

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UNC Press Books

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1469643251

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Commercial Insurgencies in the Networked Era

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia

By: Oscar Palma

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Commercial Insurgencies in the Networked Era

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia

By: Oscar Palma

This book examines the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) as a commercial insurgency through the network-complex paradigm of insurgency. Countering traditional perspectives of the group, it proposes new and comprehensive explanations for the FARC’s presence in Latin America. Existing narratives have portrayed the FARC as a terrorist, narco-terrorist, or criminal organization – a narrative popularized by the government offensive conducted by the Colombian state during the last couple of decades. In contrast, this book goes beyond simplistic perspectives of the FARC and instead studies the group in relation to the network-complex paradigm of insurgency. It explains the organization as a ‘commercial insurgency’ with three dimensions – political, criminal, and military – and understands the Colombian insurgency not as a monolith, but as a system of individuals with diversified interests ranging from the highly indoctrinated to the profit-motivated. This examination allows for an analysis of some of the insurgency’s most unexplored characteristics: an interest in urbanizing its actions and the increased ‘invisibility’ of combatants, the significance of its political institutions, and the construction of its transnational networks. The volume also discusses the future of FARC in post-conflict Colombia, not only within the country but as an actor in the region. This work will be of much interest to students of insurgencies, military studies, Latin American studies, criminology, security studies, and IR.

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Routledge

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1351175084

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Frei Betto

The Political-Pastoral Work of a Dominican Friar in Brazil and Beyond

By: Americo Oscar Guichard Freire,Evanize Martins Sydow

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Frei Betto

The Political-Pastoral Work of a Dominican Friar in Brazil and Beyond

By: Americo Oscar Guichard Freire,Evanize Martins Sydow

The Biography includes a Preface by Cuban Commander Fidel Castro Frei Bettos roles as a revolutionary Christian, popular educator, social movement articulator, and journalist/writer provide insight into the political and religious history not only of Brazil, but of Cuba and former socialist countries of Eastern Europe. His lifepath is one of engagement with the revolutionary struggle against the Brazilian military dictatorship in favor of social transformation. His arrest in 1969 for coordinating the safe departure of political militants from Brazil, and his concern to eliminate hunger and suffering from the poorer classes, were strong credentials as he promoted dialogue between political bodies, the religious establishment and the population at large. Strongly influenced by the propositions of Liberation Theology, a defining thread of its activities was to seek an understanding, an accommodation, between Christianity and socialism. Friar Betto maintained close relations with former Brazilian President Lula da Silva and Fidel Castro and the Cuban revolutionary government, and wrote about how the internal dynamics of the Cuban religious universe could be applied to other countries and to different political circumstances. His writings on socialist countries, especially Paradise Lost, are aimed at promoting understanding on several levels: between the Church and the communists; between the military and politicians; between religious leaders and the people. Frei Bettos biography is an invitation to understand five decades of a personal pursuit of revolutionary ideals through the prism of religious tolerance and the pursuit of socialism. The Portuguese edition was a finalist in the biography section of Jabuti the prestigious national literary prize granted by the Brazilian Book Chamber (CBL).

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Liverpool University Press

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1802071318

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Unexpected Prosperity

How Spain Escaped the Middle Income Trap

By: Oscar Calvo-Gonzalez

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Unexpected Prosperity

How Spain Escaped the Middle Income Trap

By: Oscar Calvo-Gonzalez

Unexpected Propserity explains how Spain managed to avoid the middle income trap. With an original interpretation of the economic rise of Spain, Calvo-Gonzalez addresses questions about the political economy of reform, the role of industrial and public policy, and the enduring legacy of political violence and conflict.

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Oxford University Press

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0198853971

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Spirit Outside the Gate

Decolonial Pneumatologies of the American Global South

By: Oscar García-Johnson

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Spirit Outside the Gate

Decolonial Pneumatologies of the American Global South

By: Oscar García-Johnson

Oscar García-Johnson explores a new grammar for the study of theology and mission in global Christianity, especially in Latin America. Moving to recover important elements in ancestral traditions of the Americas, he discerns pneumatological continuity between the pre-Columbian and post-Columbian communities. With an interdisciplinary, narrative approach, this work offers a constructive theology of mission for the church in global contexts.

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083087254X

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Beyond the Binary

Securing Peace and Promoting Justice after Conflict

By: Sánchez, Nelson Camilo,Uprimny, Rodrigo,Varney, Howard,Schwarz, Michael,Rincón-Covelli, Tatiana,Nash, Claudio,Van Ho, Tara,Parra, Oscar

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Beyond the Binary

Securing Peace and Promoting Justice after Conflict

By: Sánchez, Nelson Camilo,Uprimny, Rodrigo,Varney, Howard,Schwarz, Michael,Rincón-Covelli, Tatiana,Nash, Claudio,Van Ho, Tara,Parra, Oscar

The main objective of Beyond the Binary is to place on record the need to formulate answers to the question of the role that criminal action and punishment should play in negotiated political transitions from war to peace. Discussions on the meaning and scope of concepts such as justice, accountability, and victim satisfaction continue to be fervent topics in specialized circles of what is now known as “the transitional justice field,” and in societies suffering from mass violence. Instead of solving the practical and theoretical dilemmas of these interpretative disputes, the experience and knowledge accumulated over the more than three decades that this field has been in existence have served only to deepen the debates and to adapt more of these discussions to new and constantly-changing scenarios and contexts. The main objective of Beyond the Binary is to place on record the need to formulate answers to the question of the role that criminal action and punishment should play in negotiated political transitions from war to peace. There are two reasons for our making this observation. On one hand, given the institutional, legal, and political challenges facing societies that nowadays attempt to take this step, there is a need for the issue to be analyzed. On the other hand, the conclusion reached from an initial analysis is that the academic and practical discussion seems to be trapped into a polarizing discussion between those who defend a legal interpretation of the duty to investigate, prosecute, and punish, which appears to threaten the possibility of achieving negotiated transitions, and those who, in order to prevent that risk, deny or resent the existence or consolidation of such a principle. The central purpose of this book is to initiate a conversation on how to resolve difficult dilemmas. We appreciate that some of the proposals may come across as controversial, but what we are looking for is, precisely, to open up the possibility of thinking in innovative ways about how to confront these challenges. Una discusión similar se da en el libro Justicia para la paz: Crímenes atroces, derecho a la justicia y paz negociada, en español.

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Djusticia

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9585441578

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Handbook on Craniofacial Superimposition

The MEPROCS Project

By: Sergio Damas,Oscar Cordón,Oscar Ibáñez

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Handbook on Craniofacial Superimposition

The MEPROCS Project

By: Sergio Damas,Oscar Cordón,Oscar Ibáñez

This open access handbook presents a trustable craniofacial superimposition methodological framework. It includes detailed technical and practical overviews, and discussions about the latest tools and open problems, covering the educational, technical, ethical, and security aspects of this forensic identification technique. The book will be of particular interest to researchers and practitioners in forensic anthropology and forensic ID, and also researchers in computational intelligence. It is the final result of a European project, New Methodologies and Protocols of Forensic Identification by Craniofacial Superimposition (MEPROCS). The project collaborators who contributed to this handbook are: S. Damas, O. Ibáñez, M.I. Huete, T. Kahana, C. Wilkinson, E. Ferguson, C. Erolin, C. Cattaneo, P.T. Jayaprakash, R. Jankauskas, F. Cavalli, K. Imaizumi, R. Vicente, D. Navega, E. Cunha, A.H. Ross, E. Veselovskaya, A. Abramov, P. Lestón, F. Molinero, E. Ruiz, F. Navarro, J. Cardoso, F. Viegas, D. Humpire, R. Hardiman, J. Clement, A. Valsecchi, B.R. Campomanes-Alvarez, C. Campomanes-Alvarez, A.S. Çağdır, T. Briers, M. Steyn, M. Viniero, D.N. Vieira, and O. Cordón.

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331911137X

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Mexican-Origin People in the United States

A Topical History

By: Oscar J. Martínez

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Mexican-Origin People in the United States

A Topical History

By: Oscar J. Martínez

The history of the United States in the twentieth century is inextricably entwined with that of people of Mexican origin. The twenty million Mexicans and Mexican Americans living in the U.S. today are predominantly a product of post-1900 growth, and their numbers give them an increasingly meaningful voice in the political process. Oscar J. Martínez here recounts the struggle of a people who have scraped and grappled to make a place for themselves in the American mainstream. Focusing on social, economic, and political change during the twentieth century—particularly in the American West—Martínez provides a survey of long-term trends among Mexican Americans and shows that many of the difficult conditions they have experienced have changed decidedly for the better. Organized thematically, the book addresses population dynamics, immigration, interaction with the mainstream, assimilation into the labor force, and growth of the Mexican American middle class. Martínez then examines the various forms by which people of Mexican descent have expressed themselves politically: becoming involved in community organizations, participating as voters, and standing for elective office. Finally he summarizes salient historical points and offers reflections on issues of future significance. Where appropriate, he considers the unique circumstances that distinguish the experiences of Mexican Americans from those of other ethnic groups. By the year 2000, significant numbers of people of Mexican origin had penetrated the middle class and had achieved unprecedented levels of power and influence in American society; at the same time, many problems remain unsolved, and the masses face new challenges created by the increasingly globalized U.S. economy. This concise overview of Mexican-origin people puts these successes and challenges in perspective and defines their contribution to the shaping of modern America.

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University of Arizona Press

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0816546754

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Bio-Inspired Strategies for Modeling and Detection in Diabetes Mellitus Treatment

By: Alma Y Alanis,Oscar D Sánchez,Alonso Vaca Gonzalez,Marco Perez Cisneros

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Bio-Inspired Strategies for Modeling and Detection in Diabetes Mellitus Treatment

By: Alma Y Alanis,Oscar D Sánchez,Alonso Vaca Gonzalez,Marco Perez Cisneros

Bio-Inspired Strategies for Modeling and Detection in Diabetes Mellitus Treatment focuses on bio-inspired techniques such as modelling to generate control algorithms for the treatment of diabetes mellitus. The book addresses the identification of diabetes mellitus using a high-order recurrent neural network trained by the extended Kalman filter. The authors also describe the use of metaheuristic algorithms for the parametric identification of compartmental models of diabetes mellitus widely used in research works such as the Sorensen model and the Dallaman model. In addition, the book addresses the modelling of time series for the prediction of risk scenarios such as hyperglycaemia and hypoglycaemia using deep neural networks. The detection of diabetes mellitus in early stages or when current diagnostic techniques cannot detect glucose intolerance or prediabetes is proposed, carried out by means of deep neural networks in force in the literature. Readers will find leading-edge research in diabetes identification based on discrete high-order neural networks trained with the extended Kalman filter; parametric identification of compartmental models used to describe diabetes mellitus; modelling of data obtained by continuous glucose monitoring sensors for the prediction of risk scenarios such as hyperglycaemia and hypoglycaemia; and screening for glucose intolerance using glucose tolerance test data and deep neural networks. Application of the proposed approaches is illustrated via simulation and real-time implementations for modelling, prediction, and classification. Addresses the online identification of diabetes mellitus using a high-order recurrent neural network trained online by an extended Kalman filter. Covers parametric identification of compartmental models used to describe diabetes mellitus. Provides modeling of data obtained by continuous glucose-monitoring sensors for the prediction of risk scenarios such as hyperglycaemia and hypoglycaemia.

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Elsevier

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0443223408

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Treating Adolescents with Substance Use Disorders

By: Oscar G. Bukstein

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Treating Adolescents with Substance Use Disorders

By: Oscar G. Bukstein

From a leading addiction specialist, this highly practical book explores what works in treating adolescents. Oscar G. Bukstein answers the clinician's vital question: "What do I do now?" He describes best practices for enhancing youths' motivation for change, teaching a variety of recovery skills, and implementing parent management training and parent–adolescent problem solving. The book covers ways to foster a prosocial peer network and to address mental health problems that co-occur with substance use disorders (SUDs). Clinicians can combine the strategies into an integrated approach or pick and choose depending on the needs of individual clients. Reproducible handouts and worksheets can be downloaded and printed in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size.

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Guilford Publications

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1462537863

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General Type-2 Fuzzy Logic in Dynamic Parameter Adaptation for the Harmony Search Algorithm

By: Fevrier Valdez,Cinthia Peraza,Oscar Castillo

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General Type-2 Fuzzy Logic in Dynamic Parameter Adaptation for the Harmony Search Algorithm

By: Fevrier Valdez,Cinthia Peraza,Oscar Castillo

This book focuses on the fields of fuzzy logic and metaheuristic algorithms, particularly the harmony search algorithm and fuzzy control. There are currently several types of metaheuristics used to solve a range of real-world of problems, and these metaheuristics contain parameters that are usually fixed throughout the iterations. However, a number of techniques are also available that dynamically adjust the parameters of an algorithm, such as probabilistic fuzzy logic. This book proposes a method of addressing the problem of parameter adaptation in the original harmony search algorithm using type-1, interval type-2 and generalized type-2 fuzzy logic. The authors applied this methodology to the resolution of problems of classical benchmark mathematical functions, CEC 2015, CEC2017 functions and to the optimization of various fuzzy logic control cases, and tested the method using six benchmark control problems – four of the Mamdani type: the problem of filling a water tank, the problem of controlling the temperature of a shower, the problem of controlling the trajectory of an autonomous mobile robot and the problem of controlling the speed of an engine; and two of the Sugeno type: the problem of controlling the balance of a bar and ball, and the problem of controlling control the balance of an inverted pendulum. When the interval type-2 fuzzy logic system is used to model the behavior of the systems, the results show better stabilization because the uncertainty analysis is better. As such, the authors conclude that the proposed method, based on fuzzy systems, fuzzy controllers and the harmony search optimization algorithm, improves the behavior of complex control plants.

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Springer Nature

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303043950X

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Cysticercosis of the Human Nervous System

By: Oscar H. Del Brutto,Héctor H. García

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Cysticercosis of the Human Nervous System

By: Oscar H. Del Brutto,Héctor H. García

Neurocysticercosis (neural infection by larvae of Taenia solium) occurs when humans become intermediate hosts of the tapeworm Taenia solium after ingesting its eggs. The disease is now the most common helminthic infection of the nervous system in humans, and its prevalence has risen significantly even in countries where it was formerly considered exotic. The introduction of modern neuroimaging and serologic techniques has improved the diagnosis of neurocysticercosis; furthermore, the development of potent cysticidal drugs has changed the prognosis of most affected patients. Nevertheless, much remains to be learned about this parasitic disease. This book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date review of the various aspects of cysticercosis of the nervous system that will be of interest to all who are involved in the care of patients with this disease. Epidemiology, neuropathology, immunopathogenesis, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and management are all thoroughly discussed based on current evidence and practice.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3642390226

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Metaphors in the Narrative of Ephesians 2:11-22

Motion towards Maximal Proximity and Higher Status

By: Oscar Jiménez

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Metaphors in the Narrative of Ephesians 2:11-22

Motion towards Maximal Proximity and Higher Status

By: Oscar Jiménez

This linguistically informed study of Ephesians 2:11-22 in its original language and historical context will aid readers’ understanding of Ephesians. This book develops a fully articulated methodology to approach metaphors and narrative patterns in the New Testament epistles.

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BRILL

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9004505733

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9789004505735

The London System in 12 Practical Lessons

Strategic Concepts, Typical Plans and Tactical Themes

By: Oscar de Prado

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The London System in 12 Practical Lessons

Strategic Concepts, Typical Plans and Tactical Themes

By: Oscar de Prado

Oscar de Prado has revisted the London Chess Opening, after the enourmous success of The Agile London System, the book he co-authored in 2016. His new book has a more practical approach. De Prado avoids long and complicated variations and concentrates on explaining straightforward plans, clear-cut strategies and standard manoeuvres.

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New In Chess

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9056919660

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9789056919665

Gran Libro de Los Mejores Cuentos: Volumen 3

By: Leopoldo Lugones,Oscar Wilde,Ricardo Güiraldes,Roberto Arlt,Roberto Payró,Rubén Darío,Soledad Acosta de Samper,Teodoro Baró,Vicente Blasco Ibáñez,Washington Irving

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Gran Libro de Los Mejores Cuentos: Volumen 3

By: Leopoldo Lugones,Oscar Wilde,Ricardo Güiraldes,Roberto Arlt,Roberto Payró,Rubén Darío,Soledad Acosta de Samper,Teodoro Baró,Vicente Blasco Ibáñez,Washington Irving

Este libro contiene 70 cuentos de 10 autores clásicos, premiados y notables. Los cuentos fueron cuidadosamente seleccionados por el crítico August Nemo, en una colección que encantará a los amantes de la literatura. Para lo mejor de la literatura mundial, asegúrese de consultar los otros libros de Tacet Books. Este libro contiene: - Leopoldo Lugones:El Vaso de Alabastro. Los Ojos de la Reina. El Secreto de Don Juan. Juramento. Sorpresa. Un buen queso. Águeda. - Oscar Wilde:El fantasma de Canterville. El retrato del Sr. W. H. El príncipe feliz. El crimen de lord Arthur Saville. El amigo fiel. El gigante egoísta. El modelo millonario. - Ricardo Güiraldes:Compasión. Al rescoldo. Facundo. Nocturno. Don Juan Manuel. El Capitán Funes. Venganza. - Roberto Arlt:Accidentado paseo a Moka. El cazador de orquídeas. El jorobadito. La factoría de Farjalla Bill Alí. La cadena del ancla. La ola de perfume verde. Los hombres fieras. - Rubén Darío:La muerte de la emperatriz de China. El rubí. El caso de la señorita Amelia. Palomas blancas y garzas morenas. El velo de la reina Mab. El rey burgués. El fardo. - Soledad Acosta de Samper:Dolores. La parla del Valle. Ilusión y Realidad. Luz y Sombra. Mi Madrina. Un Crimen. Manielita. - Teodoro Baró:Antonieta. Don Narices. El Gorrión. El Viento. El Zapatero Remendón. La Muñeca. Los Rosales. - Vicente Blasco Ibáñez:Dimoni. El Establo de Eva. El Milagro de San Antonio. El Parásito del Tren. La Barca Abandonada. La Apuesta del Esparrelló. Golpe Doble. - Washington Irving:El diablo y Tomás Walker. La leyenda de Sleepy Hollow. Las puertas del infierno. La aventura del negro pescador. Rip Van Winkle. Wolfert Webber o los sueños dorados. El viaje (Cuentos de la Alhambra).

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8577776158

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What if Latin America Ruled the World?

How the South Will Take the North Through the 21st Century

By: Oscar Guardiola-Rivera

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What if Latin America Ruled the World?

How the South Will Take the North Through the 21st Century

By: Oscar Guardiola-Rivera

For too many of us, Latin America exists "below the fold," an echo barely heard beyond the roar of U.S. economics, politics, and culture; the source of little more than dance steps, mesmerizing soccer, spicy food, and questionable politics. But Latin America has been a vital part of the global community since the seventeenth century, when the Spanish silver peso became the world's first global currency instrument. Today it is home to six hundred million people and some of the fastest-growing economies on the planet. Latin America may not outshine or outspend the United States on the world stage anytime soon, but its voices will be heard. Its consumers, resources, and emigrants are already affecting us; they will be even bigger factors in our future. What if Latin America Ruled the World? deftly braids together the histories of North and South America from the exploits of Hernán Cortés to the political showmanship of Hugo Chávezand Evo Morales. Scholar Oscar Guardiola-Rivera is an ideal guide for a searching portrait of the Latin America that we rarely hear about.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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160819356X

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Sugar and Railroads

A Cuban History, 1837-1959

By: Oscar Zanetti,Alejandro Garcia

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Sugar and Railroads

A Cuban History, 1837-1959

By: Oscar Zanetti,Alejandro Garcia

Though Cuba was among the first countries in the world to utilize rail transport, the history of its railroads has been little studied. This English translation of the prize-winning Caminos para el azucar traces the story of railroads in Cuba from their introduction in the nineteenth century through the 1959 Revolution. More broadly, the book uses the development of the Cuban rail transport system to provide a fascinating perspective on Cuban history, particularly the story of its predominant agro-industry, sugar. While railroads facilitated the sugar industry's rapid growth after 1837, the authors argue, sugar interests determined where railroads would be built and who would benefit from them. Zanetti and Garcia explore the implications of this symbiotic relationship for the technological development of the railroads, the economic evolution of Cuba, and the lives of the railroad workers. As this work shows, the economic benefits that accompanied the rise of railroads in Europe and the United States were not repeated in Cuba. Sugar and Railroads provides a poignant demonstration of the fact that technological progress alone is far from sufficient for development.

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Univ of North Carolina Press

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0807866431

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