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Burgos en 171 óperas

"Burgos en 171 óperas" del maestro Alejandro Yagüe, es un libro de consulta fruto de varios años de trabajo exhaustivo e investigación, que el autor dedicó a la búsqueda de óperas donde "lo burgalés" se muestra directamente. En él se realiza un estudio historiográfico de ...

Las relaciones hispanoturcas (1402-2017)

algunas consideraciones

Se trata de un interesante ensayo histórico-político, madurado a través de profundas investigaciones realizadas entre los años 2010-2016 en los Archivos y Bibliotecas de España, con la finalidad de destacar la evolución de la diplomacia hispano-turca marcada desde el siglo XV con nombramiento de Ruy ...

Formación profesional de las mujeres en las escuelas de la Matritense

un proyecto político-económico en la España Ilustrada

Este estudio aborda la creación y funcionamiento de las escuelas populares femeninas de la Sociedad Económica Matritense, durante el periodo en el que fueron regentadas por los socios, desde una perspectiva crítico-analítica al tiempo que las incardina en el marco político-económico en el que se ...

La estrategia española en la gestión del combustible nuclear usado

El nacimiento de la especie humana

El nacimiento de la especie humana, sus primeros pasos y su infancia constituyen un gran misterio, un enigma intrigante, un motivo continuo de curiosidad, de interés y de debate, pero también un argumento de incesantes polémicas ideológicas. En torno a los orígenes de la humanidad ...

La mente afirmativa

apuntes a partir de las ciencias cognitivas

Empatía y plasticidad, efectividad y sensorialidad inseparables del desarrollo de las facultades sentimentales, de la predisposición biológica al placer y a estar bien: de estas características humanas hablan las investigaciones experimentales más recientes de las ciencias cognitivas. Desmantelando factualmente las concepciones reduccionistas y el determinismo ...

Enfoque criminológico de las migraciones

Las constantes noticias de llegada de inmigrantes a la fortaleza europea suelen generar sentimientos de miedo e inseguridad. Es inevitable preguntarse si es peligroso permitir la entrada de inmigrantes y si la inmigración conlleva un aumento de la delincuencia. En este libro se responde a ...

Shareholder's rights and obligations

a global guide

This practical handbook provides an overview of the relevant legal issues concerning shareholders in some 25 of the most important business nations around the globe. It provides guidance to shareholders, directors, supervisory directors, general counsel and their attorneys to promote a better understanding of the ...

France's long reconstruction

in search of the modern republic

At the end of World War II, France’s greatest challenge was to repair a civil society torn asunder by Nazi occupation and total war. Recovery required the nation’s complete economic and social transformation. But just what form this "new France" should take remained ...

The demographics of innovation

why demographics is a key to the innovation race

As the population ages, which nation will rise to lead innovation in the future? Demographics of Innovation takes a deep, investigative look at the link between economic growth, innovation, vitality and entrepreneurship in an aging population, and provides smart strategy for the future. Written by ...

Finance in America

an unfinished story

The economic crisis of 2008 led to an unprecedented focus on the world of high finance-and revealed it to be far more arcane and influential than most people could ever have imagined. Any hope of avoiding future crises, it's clear, rest on understanding finance ...

Inequality

what can be done?

Inequality is one of our most urgent social problems. Curbed in the decades after World War II, it has recently returned with a vengeance. We all know the scale of the problem?talk about the 99% and the 1% is entrenched in public debate?but ...

Wall Streeters

the creators and corruptors of american finance

The 2008 financial collapse, the expansion of corporate and private wealth, the influence of money in politics—many of Wall Street's contemporary trends can be traced back to the work of fourteen critical figures who wrote, and occasionally broke, the rules of American finance ...

A straightforward guide to probate and the Law

A Straightforward Guide to Probate and the Law, Revised Edition, is a concise and informative guide to all the processes that underpin probate and the obtaining of probate. The book is designed exclusively for anyone who is either a family member or who is acting ...

The political power of global corporations

We have long been told that corporations rule the world, their interests seemingly taking precedence over states and their citizens. Yet, while states, civil society, and international organizations are well drawn in terms of their institutions, ideologies, and functions, the world's global corporations are ...

Unequal gains

american growth and inequality since 1700

Unequal Gains offers a radically new understanding of the economic evolution of the United States, providing a complete picture of the uneven progress of America from colonial times to today. While other economic historians base their accounts on American wealth, Peter Lindert and Jeffrey Williamson ...

Reputation

what it is and why it matters

Reputation touches almost everything, guiding our behavior and choices in countless ways. But it is also shrouded in mystery. Why is it so powerful when the criteria by which people and things are defined as good or bad often appear to be arbitrary? Why do ...

Measuring tomorrow

accounting for well-being, resilience, and sustainability in the Twenty-First Century

Never before in human history have we produced so much data, and this empirical revolution has shaped economic research and policy profoundly. But are we measuring, and thus managing, the right things-those that will help us solve the real social, economic, political, and environmental challenges ...

Clashing over commerce

a history of US Trade Policy

Should the United States be open to commerce with other countries, or should it protect domestic industries from foreign competition? This question has been the source of bitter political conflict throughout American history. Such conflict was inevitable, James Madison argued in The Federalist Papers, because ...

Theory and practice in policy analysis

including applications in science and technology

Many books instruct readers on how to use the tools of policy analysis. This book is different. Its primary focus is on helping readers to look critically at the strengths, limitations, and the underlying assumptions analysts make when they use standard tools or problem framings ...