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Habitar la tierra

medio ambiente, humanismo, ciudad

Múltiples son los intensos del hombre moderno por apropiarse, a través de la ciencia y la tecnología, del medio ambiente que lo hospeda, pretendiendo sojuzgarlo al mismo tiempo desde una supuesto centro de control y supervisión constituido por el "ser humano".

Goya en tiempos de guerra

Este catálogo recoge la magna exposición sobre Goya celebrada en el Museo Nacional del Prado entre abril y julio de 2008 con motivo del 200 aniversario del 2 de mayo de 1808 y el inicio de la Guerra de la Independencia y con la idea ...

El arte de la ilustración

una guía sobre los mejores ilustradores del mundo

André Breton y los datos fundamentales del Surrealismo

Una verdadera vanguardia no se reduce a una mera forma de expresión, sino que instaura una actitud y una mirada nuevas. A partir de André Breton, el surrealismo supuso un acto de rebelión del subconsciente humano contra el corsé de la ortodoxia racionalista. Como actitud ...

Delitos contra el patrimonio histórico

sustracción de la cosa propia a su utilidad cultural

La catalogación de un bien como objeto de interés cultural impone deberes y obligaciones para su titular. El artículo 289 del Código Penal castiga al propietario que sustrae el bien a su utilidad cultural. En esta obra se realiza un completo análisis desde el punto ...

Antonio Machado

entre la literatura y el periodismo

Machado, con sus colaboraciones en revistas y periódicos, consigue una de las cotas estilísticas más sublimes en prosa para que puedan ser imitadas por los que se forman en las Facultades de Ciencias de la Información. El poeta sentía admiración por la prensa, y también ...

Napoleon's cursed war

popular resistance in the Spanish Peninsular War, 1808-1814

In this definitive account of the popular struggle in the Peninsular War (1807-14), Napoleon's six-year war against Spain, Ronald Fraser examines what led to the emperor's devastating defeat against the popular opposition - the guerrillas - and their British and Portuguese allies. As well as ...

Encyclopedia of new religious movements

New Religious Movements (NRMs) can involve vast numbers of followers and in many cases are radically changing the way people understand and practice religion and spirituality. Moreover, many are having a profound impact on the form and content of mainstream religion. "The Encyclopedia of New ...

Introducing japanese religion

"Introducing Japanese Religion" is the ideal resource for students who are beginning their studies of the religious traditions of Japan. It offers students a living picture of traditional and contemporary Japanese culture, and a rich understanding of the history and practice of religions in Japan ...

New heritage

new media and cultural heritage

The use of new media in the service of cultural heritage is a fast growing field, known variously as virtual or digital heritage. "New Heritage", under this denomination, broadens the definition of the field to address the complexity of cultural heritage such as the related ...

A philosophical enquiry into the sublime and beauiful

This title is edited with an introduction and notes by James T. Boulton. 'One of the greatest essays ever written on art' - "Guardian". Edmund Burke's "A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful" is one of the most ...

The rise of Israel

a history of a revolutionary State

The state of Israel is one of the most controversial countries in the world. Yet, its unique creation and rise to power in 1948 has not been adequately explained either by its friends (mainstream Zionists) nor by its detractors (Arabists and post-Zionists). Using a variety ...

The Routledge historical atlas of Jerusalem

Particle technology is a term used to refer to the science and technology relating to the handling and processing of particles and powders. The production of particulate materials, with controlled properties tailored to subsequent processing and applications, is of major interest to a wide range ...

Hilos de esplendor

tapices del Barroco

La exposición 'Hilos de Esplendor. Tapices del Barroco', organizada conjuntamente por el Metropolitan Museum of Art de Nueva York y el Patrimonio Nacional, ofrece una selección de casi una treintena de tapices realizados por distintos talleres en Europa desde finales del siglo XVI a principios ...

España y Alemania. Historia de las relaciones culturales en el siglo XX

(Revista Ayer, Nº 69, año 2008)

La relevancia de las relaciones culturales hispano-alemanas en el siglo xx es innegable, pero su análisis presenta aún muchas lagunas. ¿Cómo explicar la persistente atracción de destacados intelectuales y científicos españoles de orientación diversa por una cultura difícil aunque sólo atendamos a la barrera lingüística ...

Introduction to time series analysis and forecasting

This book offers an accessible introduction to the most current thinking in and practicality of forecasting techniques in the context of time-oriented data. Analyzing time-oriented data and forecasting are among the most important problems that analysts face across many fields, ranging from finance and economics ...

A history of money

from ancient times to the present day

This is a straight-forward, readable account, written with the minimum of jargon, of the central importance of money in the ordinary business of the life of different peoples throughout the ages from ancient times to the present day. The revised and updated paperback edition published ...

Institutional change and economic development

This wide-ranging volume demonstrates that there is no simple formula for successful institutional development. Through numerous examples, the book makes clear that development can only be achieved through deliberate imitation of successful foreign institutions combined with local innovations.

Climate Change 2007

impacts, adaptation and vulnerability

The Climate Change 2007 volumes of the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) provide the most comprehensive and balanced assessment of climate change available. This IPCC Working Group II volume provides a completely up-to-date scientific assessment of the impacts of ...

International political economy

an intellectual history

The field of international political economy gained prominence in the early 1970s - when the Arab oil embargo and other crises ended the postwar era of virtually unhindered economic growth in the United States and Europe - and today is an essential part of both political science ...