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An Economic History of Portugal, 1143–2010

By: Leonor Freire Costa,Pedro Lains,Susana Münch Miranda

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An Economic History of Portugal, 1143–2010

By: Leonor Freire Costa,Pedro Lains,Susana Münch Miranda

A fascinating exploration of the evolution of the Portuguese economy over the course of eight centuries, from 1143 to 2010.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107035546

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Propagandists of the Book

Protestant Missions, Christian Literacy, and the Making of Brazilian Evangelicalism

By: Lecturer in Latin American Christianity Pedro Feitoza

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Protestant Missions, Christian Literacy, and the Making of Brazilian Evangelicalism

By: Lecturer in Latin American Christianity Pedro Feitoza

Pedro Feitoza traces the history of Protestantism in Brazil through an analysis of the production and circulation of evangelical texts. Examining a wide range of periodicals, tracts, correspondence, and other archival records and delving into the ideology of religious thinkers and evangelists of the time, Feitoza considers how Protestant veneration of the written word led to a complex infrastructure for the distribution of religious texts and the fostering of literacy in Brazil in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Oxford University Press

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0197761771

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9780197761779

The Golden Age of Brazil, 1695-1750

Growing Pains of a Colonial Society

By: C. R. Boxer,Sociedade de Estudos Históricos Dom Pedro Segundo, Rio de Janeiro,Wildavsky,Charles Ralph Boxer

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The Golden Age of Brazil, 1695-1750

Growing Pains of a Colonial Society

By: C. R. Boxer,Sociedade de Estudos Históricos Dom Pedro Segundo, Rio de Janeiro,Wildavsky,Charles Ralph Boxer

When Brazil's 'golden age' began, the Portuguese were securely established on the coast and immediate hinterland. European rivals - Spanish, French, Dutch - had been repelled, and expansion into the vast interior had begun. By the end of the 'golden age', bandleirantes, missionaries, miners, planters and ranchers had penetrated deep into the continent. In 1750, by the Treaty of Madrid, Spain recognized Brazil's new frontiers. The colony had come to occupy an area slightly greater than that of the ten Spanish colonies in South America put together. Despite conflicts, the fusion of Portuguese, Amerindian and African into a Brazilian entity had begun; and the explosive expansion of Brazil had laid the foundation for the independence that followed in 1822. Professor Boxer deals not only with the turbulent events of the 'golden age' but analyses the economic and administrative changes of the period. He examines the relationships of officials with colonists, of settlers with Indians, of colony with mother country. Professor Boxer's classic study of a critical period in the growth of Brazil (the world's fifth largest country) has long been out of print. It is here reissued with numerous illustrations.

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484

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Univ of California Press

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0520015509

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9780520015500

The Great American Biotic Interchange

A South American Perspective

By: Alberto Luis Cione,Germán Mariano Gasparini,Esteban Soibelzon,Leopoldo Héctor Soibelzon,Eduardo Pedro Tonni

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The Great American Biotic Interchange

A South American Perspective

By: Alberto Luis Cione,Germán Mariano Gasparini,Esteban Soibelzon,Leopoldo Héctor Soibelzon,Eduardo Pedro Tonni

South American ecosystems suffered one of the greatest biogeographical events, after the establishment of the Panamian land bridge, called the “Great American Biotic Interchange” (GABI). This refers to the exchange, in several phases, of land mammals between the Americas; this event started during the late Miocene with the appearance of the Holartic Procyonidae (Huayquerian Age) in South America and continues today. The major phases of mammalian dispersal occurred from the Latest Pliocene (Marplatan Age) to the Late Pleistocene (Lujanian Age). The most important and richest localities of Late Miocene-Holocene fossil vertebrates of South America are those of the Pampean region of Argentina. There are also several Late Miocene and Pliocene localities in western Argentina and Bolivia. Other important fossils have been collected in localities of Pleistocene age outside Argentina: Tarija (Bolivia), karstic caves of Lagoa Santa and the recently explored caves of Tocantins (Brasil), Talara (Perú), La Carolina (Ecuador), Muaco (Venezuela), and Cueva del Milodon (Chile), among others. The book discusses basic information for interpreting the GABI such as taxonomic composition (incorporating the latest revisions) at classical and new localities for each stage addressing climate, environments, and time boundaries for each stage. It includes the chronology and dynamics of the GABI, the integration of South American mammalian faunas through time, the Quaternary mammalian extinctions and the composition of recent mammalian fauna of the continent.

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106

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Springer

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9401797927

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9789401797924

Mining the Gap: Extracting Firms’ Inflation Expectations From Earnings Calls

By: Silvia Albrizio,Allan Dizioli,Pedro Vitale Simon

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Mining the Gap: Extracting Firms’ Inflation Expectations From Earnings Calls

By: Silvia Albrizio,Allan Dizioli,Pedro Vitale Simon

Using a novel approach involving natural language processing (NLP) algorithms, we construct a new cross-country index of firms' inflation expectations from earnings call transcripts. Our index has a high correlation with existing survey-based measures of firms' inflation expectations, it is robust to external validation tests and is built using a new method that outperforms other NLP algorithms. In an application of our index to United States, we uncover some facts related to firm's inflation expectations. We show that higher expected inflation translates into future inflation. Going into the firms level dimension of our index, we show departures from a rational framework in firms' inflation expectations and that firms' attention to the central enhances monetary policy effectiveness.

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International Monetary Fund

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9798400253522

The Fungal Kingdom

By: Joseph Heitman,Barbara J. Howlett,Pedro W. Crous,Eva H. Stukenbrock,Timothy Yong James,Neil A. R. Gow

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The Fungal Kingdom

By: Joseph Heitman,Barbara J. Howlett,Pedro W. Crous,Eva H. Stukenbrock,Timothy Yong James,Neil A. R. Gow

Fungi research and knowledge grew rapidly following recent advances in genetics and genomics. This book synthesizes new knowledge with existing information to stimulate new scientific questions and propel fungal scientists on to the next stages of research. This book is a comprehensive guide on fungi, environmental sensing, genetics, genomics, interactions with microbes, plants, insects, and humans, technological applications, and natural product development.

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1161

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John Wiley & Sons

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1555819583

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9781555819583

Lisbon rising

Urban social movements in the Portuguese Revolution, 1974–75

By: Pedro Ramos Pinto

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Lisbon rising

Urban social movements in the Portuguese Revolution, 1974–75

By: Pedro Ramos Pinto

Lisbon rising explores the role of a widespread urban social movement in the revolutionary process that accompanied Portugal’s transition from authoritarianism to democracy. It is the first in-depth study of the widest urban movement of the European post-war period, an event that shook the balance of Cold War politics by threatening the possibility of revolution in Western Europe. Using hitherto unknown sources produced by movement organisations themselves, it challenges long-established views of civil society in Southern Europe as weak, arguing that popular movements had an important and autonomous role in the process that led to democratisation, inviting us to rethink the history and theories of transitions in the region in ways that account for popular agency. Lisbon rising will be of interest not only to students of twentieth-century European history, but across disciplines to students of democratisation, social movements and citizenship in political science and sociology.

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384

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Manchester University Press

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1526103060

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9781526103062

Encounters with Jazz on Television in Cold War Era Portugal

1954–1974

By: Pedro Cravinho

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Encounters with Jazz on Television in Cold War Era Portugal

1954–1974

By: Pedro Cravinho

Encounters with Jazz on Television in Cold War Era Portugal: 1954–1974 explores the relationship between jazz and television by investigating the experiences of performers and producers in one of the last European colonial states (Portugal) during a period of political and social repression and global isolation. This new model of systemic analysis reveals a paradoxical interrelationship between state-controlled television and international media industries, highlighting the space where these two forces collide and locating television jazz production within an important cultural milieu with a lasting impact on Portuguese society. From the days of the first feasibility studies for a proposed public television service in 1954, to the military coup that overthrew the far-right Estado Novo regime in 1974, this book maps the institutionalization of jazz in Portugal as a social and musical practice, one that played a significant role in fostering cultural diversity. It looks at the musicians, repertoires, production processes, broadcasts, policies and strategies that fuelled the launch of Radiotelevisão Portuguesa (RTP) and the rise of television, an indispensable new medium that granted Portuguese people access to the wider world – a world curated by public television producers with individual cultural, political and aesthetic attitudes to influence the dissemination of jazz. In exploring the connections between these national and international jazz scenes, Encounters with Jazz on Television in Cold War Era Portugal: 1954–1974 addresses opportunities for in-depth comparison of the Portuguese experience with that of other countries, situating Cold War era Portuguese television jazz broadcasting as part of a bigger, still unwritten story.

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Routledge

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1000555666

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9781000555660

Properties and Management of Soils in the Tropics

By: Pedro A. Sanchez

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Properties and Management of Soils in the Tropics

By: Pedro A. Sanchez

The long-awaited second edition of this classic textbook expands on the first edition to include advances made in the last four decades, bringing the topic completely up to date. The book addresses critical issues such as whether humanity can feed itself, and whether it can do so in environmentally sound and sustainable ways. Written from agronomic, environmental, and ecological standpoints, the textbook employs a multidisciplinary approach, including policymaking and plant genetic improvements, as well as ecosystem services, climate change, biodiversity, sustainability and resilience. New chapters in this second edition focus on organic carbon in soil, soil biology, soils in relation to livestock production and forestry, and agroforestry. The new edition will again be the go-to textbook for courses on tropical soils, and a reference textbook for soil and agricultural scientists and development professionals working in the tropics.

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685

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Cambridge University Press

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1316812073

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9781316812075

A History of Public Banking in Portugal in the 19th and 20th Centuries

By: Pedro Lains

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A History of Public Banking in Portugal in the 19th and 20th Centuries

By: Pedro Lains

This book examines the history of what became one of Portugal’s largest banks, the Caixa Geral de Depósitos. The bank was founded in 1876 by the state to run public deposits, and evolved into a savings bank, catering for both public and private deposits. Its history goes beyond the history of banking, as it ties in with the role of the state in the banking sector and financial markets. The book weaves in and out of different political and international contexts, following the many changes of the Portuguese political regime and of its interactions with the national and international economy. The most important lesson from the study is that publicly owned institutions can compete successfully with the private sector when they simultaneously cater for the interests of policy makers as well as those of the public, in this case, the depositors. The history of the Caixa Geral de Depósitos therefore shows how the state of a peripheral economy is capable of successfully managing a large financial institution when the right set of incentives is in place. This work will be a valuable resource for researchers and students of financial and economic history at both the advanced undergraduate and postgraduate levels. It will also provide interesting insights for practitioners in the financial sector.

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0429758855

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9780429758850

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An Economic History of Portugal, 1143–2010

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The Golden Age of Brazil, 1695-1750

The Golden Age of Brazil, 1695-1750

The Great American Biotic Interchange

The Great American Biotic Interchange

Mining the Gap: Extracting Firms’ Inflation Expectations From Earnings Calls

Mining the Gap: Extracting Firms’ Inflation Expectations From Earnings Calls

The Fungal Kingdom

The Fungal Kingdom

Lisbon rising

Lisbon rising

Encounters with Jazz on Television in Cold War Era Portugal

Encounters with Jazz on Television in Cold War Era Portugal

Properties and Management of Soils in the Tropics

Properties and Management of Soils in the Tropics

A History of Public Banking in Portugal in the 19th and 20th Centuries

A History of Public Banking in Portugal in the 19th and 20th Centuries

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