Interesting study of four hacienda owners in the region of Coatepec, Veracruz, in the late colonial period. Focuses on the acquisition of the properties, their administration, the manner of obtaining credit, and general management. This prosopography identifies two types of landowners: traditionalist and reformist, the latter being new arrivals influenced by the Enlightenment. Both types sought stability and security in their operations and relations with the indigenous people. Largely based on notarial archives –Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Realismo Magico, Vallenato Y Violencia Politica En El Caribe Colombiano By reading Caribbean novels and ethnographies I trace the conformation of a critical tradition which influences aesthetics and social thought, and makes public the relation between cultural myths and social inequalities. In contrast to Alejo Carpentiers image of the Caribbean as a sanctuary where intellectuals escape from western rationalism, Garcia…
La Biblia Envenenada The drama of a U.S. missionary family in Africa during a war of decolonization. At its center is Nathan Price, a self-righteous Baptist minister who establishes a mission in a village in 1959 Belgian Congo. The resulting clash of cultures is seen through the eyes of his wife and his…
Desarrollo De Habilidades En El Uso De Las Tecnologías De La Información… La presente obra está dirigida a estudiantes, docentes y público en general, que deseen conocer y adentrarse en el uso de las nuevas tecnologías de información y comunicación que actualmente se están empleando en un mundo cada vez más globalizado y digitalizado.
Croniñón Little Croniñón helps his clan hunt and kill a mammoth and at the same time learns to paint the walls of the cave he lives in.
No Juegues De Noche! It may seem to be an amusing game but behind the Ouija exists a frightening and not-so-amusing mystery.
Colección De Documentos Inéditos Para La Historia De Chile Desde El… Excerpt from Colección de Documentos Inéditos para la Historia de Chile Desde el Viaje de Magallanes Hasta la Batalla de Maipo, 1518-1818, Vol. 18: Valdivia y Sus Compañeros, XI E después de lo susodicho, en este dicho día, mes e' año dicho, yo, el dicho escribano, hice la dicha citación…
