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Seeds of Sustainability is a groundbreaking analysis of agricultural developmand transitions toward more sustainable managemin one region. An invaluable resource for researchers, policymakers, and students alike, it examines new approaches to make agricultural landscapes healthier for both the environmand...

“Di tutti i popoli americani, i Quichè del Guatemala ci hanno lasciato il più ricco retaggio mitologico. Il racconto della creazione, quale appare nel Popol Vuh,che può venire chiamato il libro nazionale dei Quichè, nella sua rude e strana eloquenza e nella sua originalità poetica, è una delle...

A través del análisis de la historia de vida de Cristóbal Acevedo Martínez, hijo de Aurelio Acevedo Robles —un importante personaje implicado en la guerra cristera—, la autora presenta algunas de las experiencias y consecuencias de la Cristiada, un hecho que aún vive en la memoria colectiva...

Insight Explore Guides: pocket-sized books to inspire your on-foot exploration of top international destinations. Experience the best of Cancun and the Yucatan with this indispensably practical Insight Explore Guide. From making sure you don't miss out on must-see attractions like Chichen Itza, to...

De bescheiden held vertelt de parallelle geschiedenis van twee mannen: de ordelijke en vriendelijke Felícito Yanaqué, een kleine ondernemer die wordt gechanteerd; en Ismael Carrera, een succesvolle zakenman, die op een verrassende manier wraak neemt op zijn twee luie zoons die hun vader liever dood...

A reevaluation of Édouard Glissant that centers on the catastrophe of the Middle Passage and creates deep, original theories of trauma and Caribbeanness   While philosophy has undertaken the work of accounting for Europe’s traumatic history, the field has not shown the same attention...

Responding to the pressures of current theoretical trends toward models of cultural globalization, the essays collected here bring a historical focus to literary studies. They suggest that only by exploring the particularities of regional historical cultures can the multiple meanings of American identities...

From the late 1940s to the early 1960s, Puerto Rico was swept by a wave of modernization, transforming the island from a predominantly rural society to an unquestionably urban one. A curious paradox ensued, however. While the island underwent rapid urbanization, and the rhetoric of economic development...

Carlo, giovane un po’ scontroso e solitario, dopo essersi lasciato con la ragazza, parte per una vacanza a Cuba. E’ l’autunno del 1997, da poche settimane sono stati inumati i resti mortali di Che Guevara a Santa Clara e Cuba stenta a uscire da una difficilissima crisi economica dovuta al crollo...

Partez à la découverte du Fabuleux nord du Costa Rica avec ce chapitre extrait du guide Ulysse Fabuleux Costa Rica. Accessible à cheval ou en tracteur, Rara Avis est une réserve naturelle privée qui fut créée par un jeune biologiste américain. Centre de recherche et de préservation de la...

La visite des magnifiques îles de Solentiname révèle un chapelet d’exquises perles vertes délicatement posées sur la douce mer intérieure qu’est le Lago de Nicaragua. De ce point, en descendant le Río San Juan, qui marque en grande partie la frontière avec le Costa Rica, vous jouirez d’un...

Le département de Masaya est le plus petit du pays, mais également le plus peuplé. Bien que quelques panneaux de signalisation routière indiquent au passage le nom des villages que vous traversez, il vous sera difficile de vous en rendre compte véritablement, en raison de la file incessante de...

Quince Duncan is one of the most significant yet understudied Black writers in the Americas. A third-generation Afro-Costa Rican of West Indian heritage, he is the first novelist of African descent to tell the story of Jamaican migration to Costa Rica. Duncan’s work has been growing in popularity...

"Come la maggior parte dei velisti, ho sempre avuto 'quel sogno nel cassetto', sorto a seguito delle numerose letture di mare all'epoca dei sogni giovanili. Dopo aver perso due occasioni in gioventù, a cinquantadue anni mi si presenta l'ultima ed eccomi ora a bordo di Freccia mentre osservo...