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La ciudad portuaria atlántica en la historia

siglos XVI-XIX

El inicio de la Era de los Descubrimientos desplaza a la fachada atlántica europea desde una posición hasta entonces marginal al centro de la economía-mundo. Para los puertos y ciudades situados a lo largo de la costa atlántica, desde el Báltico hasta el Golfo de ...

La imagen social de la mujer en las series de ficción

¿Cómo son los personajes femeninos de Sexo en Nueva York, Aída o Close? Éste es el punto de partida del libro #La imagen social de la mujer en las series de ficción#, que recorre los títulos más relevantes, protagonizados por mujeres, a partir de los ...

Del pacto internacional de derechos económicos, sociales y culturales a los objetivos del milenio

seminario permanente de Derechos Humanos Antonio Marzal. XII sesión

INDICE: - El pacto internacional de derechos económicos, sociales y culturales. Su vinculación con el pacto internacional de derechos civiles y políticos. / julio Añoveros Trias de Bes 1ª Ponencia - La adopción de los pactos por España. Los antecedentes. El contexto / Marcelino Oreja 2ª Ponencia - Los objetivos ...

Los "paseados" con Lorca

el maestro cojo y los dos banderilleros

El libro, es una biografía de las tres personas que fueron fusiladas junto al poeta en 1936 durante la Guerra Civil española: el maestro de escuela Dióscoro Galindo, y los banderilleros Francisco Galadí y Joaquín A. Cabezas. También dedica un capítulo a la polémica desatada ...

La Gran Muralla

China contra el mundo (1000 a.C.-2000 d.C.)

Impresionante monumento de la identidad china y de su grandeza cultural a lo largo de más de 2.000 años, la Gran Muralla también representa la desolación de la frontera, el sufrimiento de quienes la construyeron y la represión de quienes vivieron intramuros. Una historia ...

Wikinomics

how mass collaboration changes everything

Wikinomics challenges our most deeply rooted assumptions about business and will prove indispensable to anyone who wants to understand competitiveness in the twenty-first century. Based on a $9 million research project led by author Don Tapscott, Wikinomics shows how masses of people can participate in ...

Post-broadcast democracy

how media choice increases inequality in pilitical involvent and polarizes

The media environment is changing. Today in the United States, the average viewer can choose from hundreds of channels, including several twenty-four hour news channels. News is on cell phones, on iPods, and online; it has become a ubiquitous and unavoidable reality in modern society ...

The language of liberal constitutionalism

This book explores two basic questions regarding constitutional theory. First, in view of a commitment to democratic self-rule and widespread disagreement on questions of value, how is the creation of a legitimate constitutional regime possible? Second, what must be true about a constitution if the ...

The geography of finance

corporate governance in the global marketplace

The Geography of Finance tackles crucial issues regarding the emerging global market for corporate governance. The authors describe and explain the transformation of European corporate governance in the light of the imperatives driving global financial markets, using an innovative analytical framework. The authors chart the ...

Economic development

a regional, institutional, and historical approach

This innovative textbook provides an introduction to economic development in both an historical and contemporary, comparative, and systems framework. The text takes a regional approach, with the theory developed within regional contexts. This leads to the second innovative aspect, an emphasis on institutional structures unique ...

Keynes and his battles

This fascinating book is the first to bring together and examine all aspects of the life and work of one of the most influential thinkers of the last century, John Maynard Keynes, whose theses are still hotly debated. It combines, in an accessible, unique and ...

Academic entrepreneurship in Europe

This book contributes to our understanding of the process of spin-off creation and development in environments outside the high-tech clusters of the US. It explores the process of spin-off creation and development in several European countries selected to reflect the diversity of the institutional environment ...

Money, distribution, and economic policy

alternatives to orthodox macroeconomics

"Money, Distribution and Economic Policy" takes issue with the inappropriate treatment of money, effective demand and distribution issues in modern mainstream macroeconomics. It presents contributions which are critical of modern orthodoxy and which explore alternative approaches to macroeconomics and economic policy analysis. The contributors explore ...

OECD factbook 2007

economic, enviromental and social statics

OECD Factbook 2007 is the third edition of a comprehensive and dynamic statistical annual from the OECD. More than 100 indicators cover a wide range of areas: economy, agriculture, education, energy, environment, foreign aid, health and quality of life, industry, information and communications, population/labour ...

Competitive cities in the global economy

Snipers, shills, and sharks

eBay and human behavior

Every day on eBay, millions of people buy and sell a vast array of goods, from rare collectibles and antiques to used cars and celebrity memorabilia. The internet auction site is remarkably easy to use, which accounts in part for its huge popularity. But how ...

In gold we trust

social capital and economic change in the italian jewelry towns

"In Gold We Trust" is a historical and sociological account of how, by the late 1960s, three small Italian towns had come to lead the world in the production of gold jewelry - even though they had virtually no jewelry industry less than a century before ...

Nongovernmental politics

This book talks about the past, present, and future prospects of nongovernmental politics - political activism that withdraws from traditional government but not from the politics associated with governing. To be involved in politics without aspiring to govern, without seeking to be governed by the best ...

Degrees that matter

climate change and the university

This book explains how members of college and university communities can take action on climate change: strategies, projects, and lessons in how to motivate complex organizations to make changes. Universities and colleges are in a unique position to take a leadership role on global warming ...

Inventing english

a portable history of language

Why is there such a striking difference between English spelling and English pronunciation? How did our seemingly relatively simple grammar rules develop? What are the origins of regional dialect, literary language, and everyday speech, and what do they have to do with you? Seth Lerer ...