“…Bien que son écriture soit « autre », intrépide et inclassable, elle trouve pleinement sa place au sein de la génération d'auteurs hispano-américains de ces quinze dernières années, que l'ouvrage Palabra de América, publié en 2004 par Seix Barral, a voulu révéler à l'issue de la Première Rencontre des écrivains latino-américains de Séville au mois de juin 2003. …”

“…The volume examines a wide range of revolutions in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, covering examples from South-America, Africa, Asia, and Western and Eastern Europe. …”

“…Al mismo tiempo, utiliza el análisis del comercio exterior como una vía para adentrarse en algunos de los debates más relevantes acerca de los modelos de desarrollo, las políticas públicas y el balance histórico de la experiencia que México compartió con América Latina y que se conoce como la primera era exportadora del mundo contemporáneo…”

“…Synthesizing a range of textual artifacts with accounts (both real and imagined) of foods harvested, dishes prepared, and meals consumed, An Archive of Taste reveals how a focus on eating allows us to rethink the nature and significance of aesthetics in early America, as well as of its archive. Lauren F. Klein considers eating and early American aesthetics together, reframing the philosophical work of food and its meaning for the people who prepare, serve, and consume it. …”

“…Looking at Dewey, James, Peirce, Rorty, Corrington, and other thinkers, Ward demonstrates that religious themes have deeply influenced the development of American philosophy.This innovative reading of the American philosophical tradition will be welcomed not only by philosophers, but also by historians and other students of America's religious, intellectual, and cultural legacy…”

“…O livro também oferece uma análise sobre as publicações acadêmicas produzidas na América Latina em relação ao desenvolvimento urbano…”

“…Another case in point would be the tensions between competing conceptions of nationhood experienced in America, between the "melting pot" and a genuinely multicultural society, and between the various linguistic, social, religious and ideological identities…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Presentación / Eliza Linhares Borges y Víctor Mínguez -- Los últimos reyes atlánticos: ocasos imperiales e iconografías de Fernando VII, George III y João VI / Víctor Mínguez -- La virgen libertadora: una visión particular de la iconografía mercedaria en América Latina / Vicent Zuriaga -- Repertorios de imágenes y construcciones de identidades nacionales en el Cono Sur (1870-1920) / Maria Lígia Prado -- La nueva imagen de México a través de la litografía / Ester Pérez Salas -- En tiempos de Don Porfirio Díaz el placer visual viajaba entre Europa y México / Alba H. …”

“…In a comparative study of research and writig from America, Britain and the Caribbean Young, Female and Black re-examines our present understanding of what is meant by educat…”

“…Out to see America and satisfy his travel bug, W. T. Pfefferle resigned from his position as director of the writing program at Johns Hopkins University and hit the road to interview sixty-two poets about the significance of place in their work. …”

“…In 1777 Normand MacLeod, a British army officer, assumed the post of town major of Detroit, then a British colony on the frontier of late eighteenth-century America. Although it was not in the forefront of action in the American Revolution, the fort at Detroit had an important role because its strategic location made it a point of interest to military leaders on both sides. …”

“…"This edited volume gathers eight cases of industrial materials development, broadly conceived, from North America, Europe and Asia over the last 200 years. …”

“…Radical and dogmatic interpretations of Islam have gained ground in recent years in many Muslim societies via extensive Islamist networks spanning the Muslim world and the Muslim diaspora communities of North America and Europe. Although a majority throughout the Muslim world, moderates have not developed similar networks to amplify their message and to provide protection from violence and intimidation. …”

“…Com base em 15 anos de pesquisa na Bahia, no Rio, no Suriname e na Holanda, Livio Sansone indaga sobre as formas específicas que "raça" e etnicidade assumem no Brasil e no resto da América Latina. Ele compara as concepções latino-americanas de "raça" com as concepções dominantes nas ciências sociais, centradas em contextos determinados por identidades branco-negro claramente definidas, formuladas na base da situação dos Estados Unidos e da Europa do Noroeste. …”

“…He shows how Jewish demands for justice were hampered not only by America's changing attitude toward West Germany as a postwar European power but also by the distraction of anti-communist hysteria in this country.In evaluating the impact of Jewish pressure on American public opinion and on the West German government, Shafir discusses the rationales and strategies of Jewish communal and religious groups, legislators, and intellectuals, as well as the rise of Holocaust consciousness and the roles of Israel and surviving German Jewish communities. …”

“…This volume includes research investigating CRCs from North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia to explore the dynamics of CRCs, including but not limited to resource allocation, structure, level of sponsorship, organization and membership, management and operations, objectives and goals, and in doing so identifies both differences and similarities across institutional and national contexts. …”

“…The Politics of Cultural Differences is the first book to develop and carefully test a general theory of cultural politics in the United States, one that offers a compelling new perspective on America's changing political order and political conflict in the post-New Deal period (1960-1996). …”

“…Written by one of America's leading political thinkers, this is a book about the good, the bad, and the ugly of identity politics.Amy Gutmann rises above the raging polemics that often characterize discussions of identity groups and offers a fair-minded assessment of the role they play in democracies. …”

“…With conceptual rigor set in fluid prose, Barber opposes the shared view of America's Right and Left: that the federal constitutional duties of public officials are limited to respecting negative liberties and maintaining processes of democratic choice. …”