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Si bien el positivismo es anterior al advenimiento del gomecismo y persigue, en esencia, metas diferentes, se adhiere de manera prácticamente indisoluble a la causa del gobierno y llega a convertirse en uno de sus principales instrumentos de legitimación. Así pues, la mixtura entre las ideas positivistas...

Este trabajo postula que el proceso de racionalización en el Puerto Rico del siglo XIX era mucho más fluido y se movía en gradaciones bastante más complejas. Así, reflexiona sobre la categoría de "raza" en diálogo con un amplio corpus documental formado por juicios de disenso, legitimaciones,...

Es difícil saber cómo interfiere la distancia cuando uno se lanza a contar a siete mil kilómetros el relato de la tierra que lo vio nacer y en la que se crió. Juan Carlos Chirinos lo ha hecho, pensando en quienes desde fuera de Venezuela asistimos inquietos a un drama que no debería estar ocurriendo....

Discover black sand beaches on the Pacific coast, a lake crowned by volcanoes and an ancient civilization that came to an abrupt end, leaving its history hidden within the ruins of jungle-clad temples. Travel from beautiful colonial cities and sleepy villages, to deserted beaches and lush rainforests;...

Costa Rica is an eco-travel paradise! From pristine beaches and jungle waterfalls to high-altitude coffee farms, Costa Rica: The Complete Guide puts the best of Costa Rica at your fingertips. Over 130 five-star reviews for previous editions! Blending detailed travel tips with beautiful...

This book examines postmodern parody in Latin American literature as the intersection between ideology construction and deconstruction. Parody’s chief task is to deconstruct and criticize the ideologies behind previous texts. During this process, new ideologies are inevitably constructed. However,...

Nicaragua's ethereal beauty and anarchic charms make travelling in the country an intense adventure. From the tempestuous spine of volcanoes that run down towards vast Lake Nicaragua, to the sultry rhythms of Caribbean life on the Corn Islands, Footprint's Handbook will ensure you get the most from...

The World Health Organization is currently promoting a policy of replacing traditional or lay midwives in countries around the world. As part of an effort to record the knowledge of local midwives before it is lost, Midwives and Mothers explores birth, illness, death, and survival on a Guatemalan sugar...

Explores political possibilities for defining the common outside the bounds of citizenship and conventional liberal identity categories.

This pamphlet describes the critical role of Army officers who defied the odds and saw this immense project through to completion. They included Col. William C. Gorgas, who supervised the medical effort that saved countless lives and made it possible for the labor force to do its job; Col. George...

In this critical study of the thought of Augusto Cesar Sandino and his followers, Donald C. Hodges has discovered a coherent ideological thread and political program, which he succeeds in tracing to Mexican and Spanish sources. Sandino's strong religious inclination in combination with his anarchosyndicalist...

Previous works on the Cuban Missile Crisis (1962) have approached the topic from the point of view of the U.S. and its allies, while Cuban experiences have still not been sufficiently discussed. This book presents new aspects which have seldom – or never – been offered before, giving a detailed...

Estudio cuyo objetivo es abordar la religión de los antiguos mayas desde una perspectiva histórica en su proceso evolutivo, el cual abarca los periodos clásico y posclásico y abordar hasta qué punto la religión maya se vio simultáneamente afectada por el declive de la civilización clásica y por la infiltración de rasgos culturales del Altiplano mexicano.

Trabajo que ofrece al lector un panorama general de los procesos políticos y socioeconómicos que destacan en la historia de Belice, desde la fundación del asentamiento de cortadores de árboles a principios del siglo XVII, con sus formas de gobierno y organización, su transformación en colonia...