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by José Ramón Cossío Díaz, Raúl M. Mejía Garza, Laura Patricia Rojas Zamudio
Language: Spanish
Release Date: May 14, 2012
Language: Spanish
Release Date: May 14, 2012
El análisis que la Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación realizó en la consulta Varios 912/2010, en cumplimiento a la sentencia de la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CoIDH) que condenó al Estado mexicano en el llamado "caso Radilla" marca una serie de cambios trascendentes...
Latin American Perspectives on Globalization
Ethics, Politics, and Alternative Visions
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2002
From the most prominent thinkers in Latin American philosophy, literature, politics, and social science comes a challenge to conventional theories of globalization. The contributors to this volume imagine a discourse in which revolution is defined not as a temporalized march of progress or takeover...
by Edward L. Dreyer, David C. Wright, Peter Lorge
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2012
Gaining an understanding of China's long and sometimes bloody history can help to shed light on China's ascent to global power. Many of China's imperial dynasties were established as the result of battle, from the chariot warfare of ancient times to the battles of the Guomindang (KMT) and Communist...
Out of Many, One People
The Historical Archaeology of Colonial Jamaica
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2011
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As a source of colonial wealth and a crucible for global culture, Jamaica has had a profound impact on the formation of the modern world system. From the island's economic and military importance to the colonial empires it has...
by Jason T. Eberl, George A. Dunn, George A. Dunn
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2017
As a director, writer, and producer, Christopher Nolan has substantially impacted contemporary cinema through avant garde films, such as Following and Memento, and his contribution to wider pop culture with his Dark Knight trilogy. His latest film, Interstellar, delivered the same visual qualities...
North America
The Historical Geography of a Changing Continent
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2001
This classic text retains the superb scholarship of the first edition in a thoroughly revised and accessibly written new edition. With both new and updated essays by distinguished American and Canadian authors, the book provides a comprehensive historical overview of the formation and growth of North...
Political Pioneer of the Press
Ida B. Wells-Barnett and Her Transnational Crusade for Social Justice
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2018
Known most prominently as a daring anti-lynching crusader, Ida B. Wells-Barnett (1862-1931) worked tirelessly throughout her life as a political advocate for the rights of women, minorities, and members of the working class. Despite her significance, until the 1970s Wells-Barnett’s life, career,...
Civic Education in the Twenty-First Century
A Multidimensional Inquiry
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2015
Imagine an America where politicians, governmental institutions, schools, new technologies, and interest groups work together to promote informed, engaged citizens. Civic Education in the Twenty-First Century brings together scholars from various disciplines to show how such a United States is possible...
The Search for Mabila
The Decisive Battle between Hernando de Soto and Chief Tascalusa
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2009
One of the most profound events in sixteenth-century North America was a ferocious battle between the Spanish army of Hernando de Soto and a larger force of Indian warriors under the leadership of a feared chieftain named Tascalusa. The site of this battle was a small fortified border town within...
Studies in Culture Contact
Interaction, Culture Change, and Archaeology
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2015
People have long been fascinated about times in human history when different cultures and societies first came into contact with each other, how they reacted to that contact, and why it sometimes occurred peacefully and at other times was violent or catastrophic.
Studies in Culture Contact:...
The Value-Driven Eye Care Game
A Player's Survival Guide
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2013
With the establishment of optometry as the primary eye care profession, and significant reforms under way in health care, the opportunity exists now to add value to an independent eye care practice for both the doctor and the patient. The favorable geographic distribution of optometrists in rural...
by Franklin A. Díaz Lárez
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2018
A book that its intention is to help the reader to comprehend the needs, the reasons, and the "whys" of the human conduct. With the finality of using these phenomenons to his or her favor to obtain huge amounts of money.
The "ideaseller" is a person who dedicates himself to study...
by Franklin A. Díaz Lárez
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2019
This is the narration of the journey of a desperate man, who is in search of solutions to his multiple economic problems.
After a long process of self-critical reflection, he decides to leave his job to create his own company. And he succeeds, not without first overcoming dozens of obstacles,...
by Antonio Segura Serrano, Diego Javier Liñán Nogueras, Caterina García Segura
Language: Spanish
Release Date: May 29, 2014
Language: Spanish
Release Date: May 29, 2014
Las crisis políticas y económicas: Nuevos escenarios internacionales es una obra que recoge las reflexiones que fueron objeto de un interesante Seminario que, bajo el mismo título, se desarrolló en la primavera de 2013 en la Universidad de Granada. El libro, como el Seminario que le dio vida,...