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The Chinese in Cuba, 1847-Now

By: Mauro García Triana,Pedro Eng Herrera

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The Chinese in Cuba, 1847-Now

By: Mauro García Triana,Pedro Eng Herrera

This book deals with Chinese immigrants' role in the struggle for Cuban liberation and in Cuba's twentieth-century revolutionary social movement; the history of the Chinese economy in Cuba; and the Chinese contribution to Cuban music, painting, food, sport, and language. The centerpiece of the book is a translation of a study by Mauro Garc'a Triana and Pedro Eng Herrera on the history of the Chinese presence in Cuba. Over many years, Garc'a and Eng have collaborated closely on scholarly research on the Chinese contribution to Cuban life and politics, although their work is not widely known. Both are well equipped for such an enterprise: Eng as a Cuban of Chinese descent and a participant in the ethnic-Chinese revolutionary movement in Cuba, starting in the 1950s; Garc'a as a participant in the struggle against Batista and Cuban Ambassador to China during the period of the Cultural Revolution. The study is supplemented by an extensive collection of archival photographs and of paintings on Cuban-Chinese themes by Pedro Eng, who is not just a chronicler of the community but a well-known worker-artist who paints in a style described by commentators as 'naive.' The volume has three appendices: excerpts from the Cuba Commission's 1877 report on Chinese emigration to Cuba; the rebel leader Gonzalo de Quesada y Ar-stegui's pamphlet 'The Chinese and Cuban Independence,' translated from his book Mi primera ofrenda (My first offering), first published in 1892; and the chapter on 'Coolie Life in Cuba' from Duvon Clough Corbitt's Study of the Chinese in Cuba, 1847-1947 (Wilmore 1971).

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Lexington Books

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0739133454

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The Rhetoric of the Abstract in English and Spanish Scientific Discourse

A Cross-cultural Genre-analytic Approach

By: Pedro Martín-Martín

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The Rhetoric of the Abstract in English and Spanish Scientific Discourse

A Cross-cultural Genre-analytic Approach

By: Pedro Martín-Martín

Scientific discourse is increasingly internationalised, as a result of the great influence that the discourse conventions of the international English-speaking academic community exert on scientific communication worldwide. Contrastive rhetoric studies, however, have shown that the particular configuration of different discourse communities may have an influence on the construction of genres. This book explores rhetorical preferences in the research article abstract genre. The main focus of the study is an investigation of the extent to which there is cross-linguistic variation in terms of the rhetorical strategies used by writers in abstracts to foreground their main knowledge claims and present themselves as qualified discourse community members. From a quantitative and qualitative perspective, the author compares the rhetorical structure and other socio-pragmatic features of abstracts written in English for international scientific journals with those written in Spanish for Spanish journals in the experimental social sciences, and more specifically in the disciplines of phonetics and psychology. In the interpretation of results, the author mainly draws on socio-cultural and contextual factors to account for cross-cultural rhetorical variation.

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Peter Lang

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3039106384

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The Discovery and Conquest of Peru

By: Pedro de Cieza de Leon

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The Discovery and Conquest of Peru

By: Pedro de Cieza de Leon

Dazzled by the sight of the vast treasure of gold and silver being unloaded at Seville’s docks in 1537, a teenaged Pedro de Cieza de León vowed to join the Spanish effort in the New World, become an explorer, and write what would become the earliest historical account of the conquest of Peru. Available for the first time in English, this history of Peru is based largely on interviews with Cieza’s conquistador compatriates, as well as with Indian informants knowledgeable of the Incan past. Alexandra Parma Cook and Noble David Cook present this recently discovered third book of a four-part chronicle that provides the most thorough and definitive record of the birth of modern Andean America. It describes with unparalleled detail the exploration of the Pacific coast of South America led by Francisco Pizarro and Diego de Almagro, the imprisonment and death of the Inca Atahualpa, the Indian resistance, and the ultimate Spanish domination. Students and scholars of Latin American history and conquest narratives will welcome the publication of this volume.

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Duke University Press

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0822382504

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9780822382508

History of the Incas

By: Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa

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History of the Incas

By: Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa

Primary source of information on pre-Conquest Incan history, traditions and chronology. Full details of ceremonies, festivals, and religious beliefs, origin of the Incas, arrival of the Spaniards, much more. 2 maps. Bibliography.

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Courier Corporation

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0486147053

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The Chinese in Cuba, 1847-Now

By: Mauro García Triana,Pedro Eng Herrera

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The Chinese in Cuba, 1847-Now

By: Mauro García Triana,Pedro Eng Herrera

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Lexington Books

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Night+Day Mexico City

By: Pedro Romero

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Night+Day Mexico City

By: Pedro Romero

For discerning travelers, Night+Day Mexico City emphasizes the details that make the difference: the right hotel rooms to request, the best seat at restaurants, bars and clubs, and the prime time to be there, with equal billing for both nighttime and daytime activities. With signature sections include the 99 Best of the city, three unique Perfect Plan itineraries, the Cheat Sheet of essentials, Black Book index, Leaving Town recommendations and maps, Night+Day Mexico City is the essential guide for today's urbane traveler.

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ASDavis Media Group

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0977624560

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Wait No More

Citizens, Red Tape, and Digital Government

By: Benjamin Roseth,Angela Reyes,Pedro Farias,Miguel Porrúa,Harold Villalba,Sebastián Acevedo,Norma Peña,Elsa Estevez,Sebastián Linares Lejarraga,Pablo Fillotrani

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Citizens, Red Tape, and Digital Government

By: Benjamin Roseth,Angela Reyes,Pedro Farias,Miguel Porrúa,Harold Villalba,Sebastián Acevedo,Norma Peña,Elsa Estevez,Sebastián Linares Lejarraga,Pablo Fillotrani

This book is about the smallest unit of public policy: the government transaction. Government transactionsrequesting a birth certificate, registering a property, or opening a business, for exampleare the way that citizens and companies connect with the government. Efficient transactions enhance the business climate, citizen perception of government, and access to crucial public programs and services. In Latin America and the Caribbean, however, government transactions are often headaches. Public institutions rarely coordinate with each other, still rely on paper, and are more concerned about fulfilling bureaucratic requirements than meeting citizens needs. Wait No More empirically confirms a reality known anecdotally but previously unquantified and offers a path to escape the bureaucratic maze.

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Inter-American Development Bank

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159782335X

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The travels of Pedro de Cieza de Léon

Part 1

By: Pedro de Cieza de Leon

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The travels of Pedro de Cieza de Léon

Part 1

By: Pedro de Cieza de Leon

Reproduction of the original: The travels of Pedro de Cieza de Léon by Pedro de Cieza de Leon

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3734042461

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9783734042461

History of the Incas and the Execution of the Inca Tupac Amaru

By: Pedro Sarmiento De Gamboa

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History of the Incas and the Execution of the Inca Tupac Amaru

By: Pedro Sarmiento De Gamboa

Spanish explorer and historian PEDRO SARMIENTO DE GAMBOA (1532-1592) spent more than twenty years in Peru. During that time he collected what was, at the time of its writing in 1572, the most accurate history of Incan civilization. De Gamboa personally interviewed many Incas around Cuzco in order to hear the songs and stories of their ancestors. This history was not gathered without an ulterior motive, however. De Gamboa aimed to show that the Inca were cruel tyrants who had usurped the land they were living on when the Spaniards found them. By showing that the Inca deserved the treatment they got from the Spanish crown, De Gamboa hoped to save his country's reputation on the world stage. Scholars and amateur historians will find here fascinating Incan mythology as well as thorough explanations of Incan society. This replica of a 1907 British edition also includes The Execution of the Inca Tupac Amaru, by the 16th-century Spaniard CAPTAIN BALTASAR DE OCAMPO.

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442

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Cosimo, Inc.

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1602069077

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9781602069077

The Museums of Contemporary Art

Notion and Development

By: Jesús Pedro Lorente

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The Museums of Contemporary Art

Notion and Development

By: Jesús Pedro Lorente

Rev. and expanded ed. of: Cathedrals of urban modernity, 1998.

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

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1409405869

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9781409405863

Data-Driven Computational Neuroscience

Machine Learning and Statistical Models

By: Concha Bielza,Pedro Larrañaga

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Data-Driven Computational Neuroscience

Machine Learning and Statistical Models

By: Concha Bielza,Pedro Larrañaga

Data-driven computational neuroscience facilitates the transformation of data into insights into the structure and functions of the brain. This introduction for researchers and graduate students is the first in-depth, comprehensive treatment of statistical and machine learning methods for neuroscience. The methods are demonstrated through case studies of real problems to empower readers to build their own solutions. The book covers a wide variety of methods, including supervised classification with non-probabilistic models (nearest-neighbors, classification trees, rule induction, artificial neural networks and support vector machines) and probabilistic models (discriminant analysis, logistic regression and Bayesian network classifiers), meta-classifiers, multi-dimensional classifiers and feature subset selection methods. Other parts of the book are devoted to association discovery with probabilistic graphical models (Bayesian networks and Markov networks) and spatial statistics with point processes (complete spatial randomness and cluster, regular and Gibbs processes). Cellular, structural, functional, medical and behavioral neuroscience levels are considered.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108639046

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9781108639040

Trends and Factors in Japan's Long-Term Care Insurance System

Japan's 10-year Experience

By: Pedro Olivares-Tirado,Nanako Tamiya

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Trends and Factors in Japan's Long-Term Care Insurance System

Japan's 10-year Experience

By: Pedro Olivares-Tirado,Nanako Tamiya

Ageing population poses a set of complex policy and dilemmas for social security systems, intensifying the concerns about rising expenditures in health care and long-term care for elderly. In this context, ageing societies has many valuable lessons to learn by studying Japan's experience dealing with its hyper-aged society and particularly from its strategies to ensure the financial sustainability of the Long-Term Care Insurance (LTCI) system. Based on an exhaustive literature review, and the results from six original researches on long-term care expenditures in Japan (LTCE) conducted during a doctoral program, the book provides a comprehensive view in analyzing trends and factors associated with increasing expenditures in the Long-Term Care Insurance system in Japan. The book address relevant topics such as; the main socio-demographic changes experienced by the Japanese society during the last three decades, predictors of the LTCE, measuring efficiency in nursing homes, the impact of the LTCI 2005-reform to contain expenditures, cost-effectiveness of the in-home and community based services and institutional LTCE in the last year of life. The book end with a discussion on futures challenges and strategies oriented to contribute with the sustainability of LTCI system in Japan.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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9400778759

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9789400778757

Building Effective Governments

Achievements and Challenges for Results-Based Public Management in Latin America and the Caribbean

By: Marianela Armijo,Juan Pablo Cuesta,Osvaldo Néstor Feinstein,Roberto García López,Mauricio García Moreno,Jorge Kaufmann,Marcos Pedro Makón,Carlos Pimenta,Mario Sanginés,Héctor Sanín Ángel,Carlos Santiso,Francisco Javier Urra,Marco Varea

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Building Effective Governments

Achievements and Challenges for Results-Based Public Management in Latin America and the Caribbean

Improving public services, using State resources efficiently, and managing State agencies effectively have been ongoing concerns of Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) governments since the beginning of this century. Government officials are now paying closer attention to the results obtained by their administrations. Citizens are now demanding not only universality but also quality in the services that the State provides (e.g., education, healthcare, and legal services). To meet this growing demand for public sector effectiveness, governments have formulated new laws, created or modified institutions, and implemented innovative management methodologies and instruments.Based on data gathered in 24 countries, this book analyzes the current situation, the progress made, and the challenges still facing the governments of the region in their efforts to achieve more effective public administrations.

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Inter-American Development Bank

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1597822337

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9781597822336

Fonología instrumental

patrones fónicos y variación

By: Pedro Martín Butragueño

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Fonología instrumental

patrones fónicos y variación

By: Pedro Martín Butragueño

El hilo conductor de este libro tiene que ver con las complejas relaciones entre fon tica y fonolog a, entendida la primera como un conjunto de herramientas y de resultados de primera mano, sean stos de ndole ac stica, sobre todo, pero tambi n articulatoria y perceptiva, todo ello al servicio de las generalizaciones que caracterizan a la segunda. La decena y media de trabajos que re ne el volumen, tienen el prop sito de combinar la investigaci n de reconocidos especialistas extranjeros con la producci n investigadora del contexto mexicano, todo ello enhebrado a la luz de los temas m s trabajados en el entorno del Laboratorio de Estudios F nicos.

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El Colegio de Mexico AC

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9681213327

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9789681213329

Sobre el pergamino y láminas de Granada

By: Pedro de Valencia,Grace Magnier

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Sobre el pergamino y láminas de Granada

By: Pedro de Valencia,Grace Magnier

Pedro de Valencia, cronista real de Felipe III, escribió una crítica sobre el pergamino y libros plúmbeos de Granada a instancias del Inquisidor General, Bernardo de Sandoval y Rojas. El papa Paulo V llevaba tiempo solicitando más información sobre estos textos polémicos que se presentaban como un suplemento recién descubierto a los Hechos de los Apóstoles. El pergamino de 1588 pretendía ser una profecía escatológica de San Juan Evangelista mientras que los libros plúmbeos (1595-1599), eran aparentemente textos de la época de los apóstoles inscritos sobre discos de plomo. El libro más importante, el Libro de la verdad del Evangelio, había sido escrito por la Virgen María ella misma. Valencia consideraba que los textos eran una burda superchería. ¿Quién o quiénes los escribió? ¿Por qué se escribieron en árabe textos que pretendían ser de la era apostólica? ¿Y para qué finalidad? Esta edición de la crítica de Valencia la contextualiza históricamente: las tensiones entre el gobierno y los 'nuevos convertidos de moros', que culminó en la expulsión masiva de 1609. Este libro contiene la edición de Sobre el pergamino y láminas de Granada y notas sobre el texto, así como una introducción en inglés.

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Peter Lang

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3039107100

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Book's by Pedro Eng Herrera

The Chinese in Cuba, 1847-Now

The Chinese in Cuba, 1847-Now

The Rhetoric of the Abstract in English and Spanish Scientific Discourse

The Rhetoric of the Abstract in English and Spanish Scientific Discourse

The Discovery and Conquest of Peru

The Discovery and Conquest of Peru

History of the Incas

History of the Incas

The Chinese in Cuba, 1847-Now

The Chinese in Cuba, 1847-Now

Night+Day Mexico City

Night+Day Mexico City

Wait No More

Wait No More

The travels of Pedro de Cieza de Léon

The travels of Pedro de Cieza de Léon

History of the Incas and the Execution of the Inca Tupac Amaru

History of the Incas and the Execution of the Inca Tupac Amaru

The Museums of Contemporary Art

The Museums of Contemporary Art

Data-Driven Computational Neuroscience

Data-Driven Computational Neuroscience

Trends and Factors in Japan's Long-Term Care Insurance System

Trends and Factors in Japan's Long-Term Care Insurance System

Building Effective Governments

Building Effective Governments

Fonología instrumental

Fonología instrumental

Sobre el pergamino y láminas de Granada

Sobre el pergamino y láminas de Granada

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