“…Articles are thematically organized in three parts: 1) studies of pre-history and contact history, 2) ethnomedicine, and 3) impact of socioeconomic processes on health/sickness profiles"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.…”

“…Of special interest are Roberto Campos Navarro's paper on curanderismo and Rosa Aurora Espinosa Gómez's case study of expressions of power in Apaseo el Alto, Guanajuato, during late 1970s"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.…”

“…The final section addresses efforts of private and public sectors to counteract poverty"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.…”

“…Volume would have been greatly improved had the selections been translated into Spanish"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.…”

“…Peter, the University Library and the Latin manuscripts from Michaelbeuern Monastery…”

“…Since ancient Greek-Latin and Judeo-Christian antiquity and also in a constant return to these two traditions the people of Europe have created a great treasure trove of poems. …”

“…. ; Readership: Institutes, scholars, students, academic libraries interested in Early Modern and Modern History, Postcolonial Studies, Latin American Studies, European Studies, History of Science, History of Medicine; Knowledge History; Social History; Rural History; Environmental Studies…”

“…India, Indonesia, Mexico and South Africa), each priority region (Africa, Latin America and Southeast Asia), and globally…”

“…We devise an empirical analysis that uses two alternative specifications based on limited dependent variable analysis. The results place Latin America as the emerging region where firms have the greatest problems derived from the lack of adequate skills, well ahead of emerging Asia and Europe, but also of sub-Saharan Africa. …”

“…This annual publication provides major official insurance statistics for all OECD countries, selected economies in Asia, Africa and for the first time countries belonging to the Association of Latin American Insurance Supervisors (ASSAL). It includes information on the diverse activities of the industry and on international insurance market trends. …”

“…Our main findings are (1) regional employment is positively correlated to port throughput, while the number of passengers is not; (2) the impact of port throughput on employment might depend on the institutional characteristics of each port, with private ports having the largest impact on regional employment of the host region if compared with those operating under different governance models (“Hanseatic”, “Latin”); (3) there is a higher impact of port throughput when liquid bulk is not considered; and (4) the main results are confirmed when service and manufacturing employment rather than total employment are considered…”

“…The five background studies; a comparison study comparing East Asia and Latin America and four country case studies (Chile, Ecuador, the Philippines and Thailand), which were conducted as a part of this project, form the basis for the analysis, supplemented by existing literature. …”

“…It also has the broadest possible geographical coverage as it explores emerging business practices in Africa, TNCs from Latin America and the emergence of new geographies such as Vietnam, Indonesia and Turkey. …”