“…Tracing the history of the Philippines from its pre-colonial era, through its Spanish and American occupations and up to the modern day, it unravels the complex politics, culture, peoples and economy of this rich and unique nation. …”

“…Territorial rivalry intensified in the 1840s when British, American, and French expeditions sailed south to chart further portions of the continent that had come to be called Antarctica. …”

“…Divided into 3 sections--Opinion Makers, Men of Letters, and Spiritual Leaders--the book will be of particular interest to students and others interested in Jewish studies, American intellectual history, as well as history of the 30s and 40s…”
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“…Pham offers a rare portal into a lost world as he chronicles Thong Van Pham's heartbreaks, triumphs, and bizarre reversals of fortune, whether as a South Vietnamese soldier pinned down by enemy fire, a prisoner of the North Vietnamese under brutal interrogation, or a refugee desperately trying to escape Vietnam after the last American helicopter has abandoned Saigon.--From publisher description…”

“…Instead, he examines early modern Spanish cultural production as an antecedent to contemporary postcolonial literature, especially Latin American fiction of the past half century.In order to construct his new context for reading Cervantes, Childers proceeds in three distinct phases. …”
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“…The book includes contributions from European and American experts, who offer their views on the audiovisual sector, journalism and cyberjournalism, corporate and institutional communication, and education. …”

“…Cada nueva creación, sin embargo, va de 0 a 1, es vertical e implica hacer algo que nadie ha hecho antes. Si coges una máquina de escribir y construyes cien, has hecho un progreso horizontal. …”

“…Reconstructing how weekly patterns insinuated themselves into the social practices and mental habits of Americans, Henkin argues that the week is more than just a regimen of rest days or breaks from work, but a dominant organizational principle of modern society. …”

“…William James, the radical modern philosopher and father of American psychology, found habit and will to be the secret of a good life. …”

“…He broke new ground in mapping the religious dimensions of human experience, from the great breakthroughs of the first millennium BCE to the paradoxes of American civic life. In three final essays, published here for the first time, Bellah grapples with the contradictions of modernity, and seven leading thinkers respond with profound, exhilarating new perspectives on our present predicament.Challenging Modernity critically assesses the modern project to shed light on the tensions between its transcendent aspirations and the perils we now face. …”

“…Epstein, the publisher of the first American edition."--Publisher information…”

“…As this work describes, this global perspective allows us to understand the importance and imprint of the courtly in America. Therefore, the aim is to analyze and understand the court and the courtly world from multiple perspectives. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…El Tratado breve de medicina ante la tradición médica europea -- 4. El Tratado breve de medicina en la tradición médica novohispana -- 5. …”

“…Woodstock was also where numerous facets of America during the turbulent Sixties coalesced, such as the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights and hippie movements. …”

“…El autor demuestra también que un factor esencial de las recientes intervenciones de Occidente en Afganistán, cuyos últimos ejemplos son los de la Unión Soviética y los Estados Unidos de América, ha sido el temor a la expansión de la revolución islámica…”

“…Por último, vale la pena destacar el diálogo entre Melucci y dos sociólogos latinoamericanos en el que se aclaran debates recientes sobre la discusión teórica general, acerca de los movimientos sociales y au adecuación a lo que ocurre en América Latina…”

“…José Rafael León (Polar price, correspondent of the Bernoulli society for Latino-America) is professor at University Central of Venezuela and Paul Doukhan is professor at ENSAE (SAMOS-CES Paris 1 and Cergy Pontoise) and associate editor of Stochastic Processes and their Applications. …”

“…Which has not only had effects in Europe but has greatly impacted in South America, on the borders between the Portuguese and Spanish colonial domains. …”

“…Joseph Smith claimed that some lost tribes of Israel had moved to Americas hundreds of years ago. All three people successfully founded new religious movements that have survived to this day. …”

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