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Karl Polanyi

the limits of the market

Karl Polanyi's "The Great Transformation" is generally acclaimed as being among the most influential works of economic history in the twentieth century, and remains as vital in the current historical conjuncture as it was in his own. In its critique of nineteenth-century 'market fundamentalism ...

The Children's Crusade

Medieval History modern mythistory

Aroused by crusade processions, French and German peasant youths set out on a quest to find the True Cross and reclaim Jerusalem. Heading south over the Alps and into Italy, their trek was long and arduous. Onlookers watched their march to the sea in amazement ...

International encyclopedia of hospitality management

Ed. Abraham Pizam. "The International Encyclopedia of Hospitality Management" is the definitive reference work for any individual studying or working in the hospitality industry. This new edition updates and significantly revises 25 per cent of the entries and has an additional 20 new entries. New ...

Founding a company

handbook of legal forms in Europe

Eds. Michael J. Munkert, Stephan Stubner, Torsten Wulf. The book "Founding a Company - Handbook of Legal Forms in Europe" provides an easily accessible overview of the most important information any entrepreneur or manager needs when deciding for a legal form of the business. This makes ...

Leonardo's Legacy

how Da Vinci reimagined the world

By the international best-selling author of "The Science of Happiness" and "The Secret Pulse of Time", this is a fresh exploration of Da Vinci's real 'code'-science. Revered today as, perhaps, the greatest of Renaissance painters, Leonardo da Vinci was a scientist at heart ...

Terrorism and the ethics of waar

Most people strongly condemn terrorism; yet they often fail to say how terrorist acts differ from other acts of violence such as the killing of civilians in war. Stephen Nathanson argues that we cannot have morally credible views about terrorism if we focus on terrorism ...

Snith!

a history of the modern intelligence informer

This is a vivid account of how some citizens actively assist state surveillance by 'informing' on others, such as during the Cold War and the current campaign against terrorism. With "Snitch!", Steve Hewitt provides a thorough study of human informers, i.e., people who secretly ...

Philosophy of Religion

an introduction

This is a comprehensive textbook for students coming to philosophy of religion for the first time. "Philosophy of Religion: An Introduction" is a comprehensive textbook for students coming to philosophy of religion for the first time. It sets traditional arguments such as the problem of ...

Building social business

the new kind of capitalism that serves humanity's most pressing needs

Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus looks more deeply into the concept of social business, an alternative to unfettered capitalism that channels the best energies of capitalism while addressing pressing human needs, by showing how the theory and practice of this idea is growing in the business ...

La resistencia hispana contra Roma

Cuando en el año 208 a.C., las primeras tropas romanas pusieron pie en la Península Ibérica, concretamente en la antigua colonia griega de Emporion, rebautizada como Emporiae (hoy Ampurias, Gerona), para combatir contra los cartagineses en la recién iniciada Segunda Guerra Púnica, comenzaba un ...

Los himnos de Hölderlin "Germania" y "El Rin"

Trad. Ana Carolina Merino Riofrío. Han transcurrido exactamente veintiún años desde la publicación en alemán del tomo 39 de las Obras completas de Heidegger, Los himnos de Hölderlin #Germania# y #El Rin#, que ahora presentamos al lector de habla castellana. Impartido durante el semestre de ...

Historia de Córdoba en el Califato Omeya

el desarrollo y expansión de Córdoba en la etapa de explendor político y cultural de Al-Ándalus

El linaje de los Omeyas ejerció el poder califal, primero en Oriente, con capital en Damasco, y luego en Al Ándalus, estableciendo su capital en Córdoba. Durante su dominación tuvieron lugar las últimas grandes campañas de expansión del imperio islámico. Emprendieron la tarea de organizar ...

El próspero negocio de la piratería en África

Desde las costas de Somalia hasta las de Guinea y delta del Níger, la piratería se ha convertido en uno de los principales desafíos para la seguridad internacional. Este fenómeno, hoy noticia en todos los diarios e informativos, y que es objeto a veces de ...

Picasso y la escultura africana

los orígenes de Las Señoritas de Avignon

Esta exposición presenta el Cuaderno nº 7 de dibujos de Pablo Picasso preparatorios de Las señoritas de Avignon, junto a una veintena de piezas de arte africano antiguo cedidas generosamente por la Colección Tribal Ready, próximas por semejanza formal y procedencia étnica a las que ...

Topicario

manual del perfecto trepador

Versos originales

(antología poética)

Versos originales facilita al lector una completa muestra antológica, desde la pureza inicial, de la creatividad de Manuel Altolaguirre, considerado ya una de las figuras señeras en el mundo de la literatura contemporánea.

Felipe II y las flores

Edición y prólogo de José Esteban. Felipe II y las Flores. Dejándose los ojos en los amarillentos legajos del Archivo de Palacio, el investigador Agustín G. de Amezúa y Mayo fue descubriendo una faceta inédita en la vida de un rey que solía vestir de ...

Grupos, movimientos, tendencias del arte contemporáneo desde 1945

Este diccionario, realizado con la colaboración de numerosos especialistas (historiadores, críticos de arte, artistas, profesores), reúne una extensa y profusa información sobre las numerosas corrientes que atravesaron el arte desde 1945 hasta nuestros días. Concebido como una herramienta crítica, pretende ayudar al lector a comprender ...

Central Banking in the Twentieth Century

Central banks are powerful but poorly understood organisations. In 1900 the Bank of Japan was the only central bank to exist outside Europe but over the past century central banking has proliferated. John Singleton here explains how central banks and the profession of central banking ...

Monetary theory policy from Hume and Smith to Wicksell

money, credit, and the economy

This book provides a comprehensive survey of the major developments in monetary theory and policy from David Hume and Adam Smith to Walter Bagehot and Knut Wicksell. In particular, it seeks to explain why it took so long for a theory of central banking to ...