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Автор: Mark WassermanНазвание: Pesos and Politics: Business, Elites, Foreigners, and Government in Mexico, 1854-1940ISBN: 9780804791540Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)Классификация:
ISBN-10: 0804791546
Обложка/Формат: Hardcover Страницы: 272 Вес: 0.52 кг. Дата издания: 15.04.2015 Язык: English Иллюстрации: 5 tables Размер: 229 x 152 x 20 Ключевые слова: History of the Americas,History: earliest times to present day, HISTORY / Latin America / Mexico Подзаголовок: Business, elites, foreigners, and government in mexico, 1854-1940Рейтинг: Поставляется из: Англии Описание: The relationship between business and politics is crucial to understanding Mexican history, and Pesos and Politics explores this relationship from the mid-nineteenth century dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz through the Mexican Revolution (1876–1940). Historian Mark Wasserman argues that throughout this era, over the course of successive regimes, there was an evolving enterprise system that had to balance the interests of the Mexican national elite, state and local governments, large foreign corporations, and individual foreign entrepreneurs. During and after the Revolution these groups were joined by organized labor and organized peasants. Contrary to past assessments, Wasserman argues that no one of these groups was ever powerful enough to dominate another. Because Mexican governments and elites committed themselves to economic models that relied on foreign investment and technology, they had to reach a balance that simultaneously attracted foreign entrepreneurs, but did not allow them to become too powerful or too privileged. Concentrating on the three most important sectors of the Mexican economy: mining, agriculture, and railroads, and employing a series of case studies of the careers of prominent Mexican business people and the operations of large U.S.-owned ranching and mining companies, Wasserman effectively demonstrates that Mexicans in fact controlled their economy from the 1880s through 1940; foreigners did not exploit the country; and, Mexicans established, sometimes shakily, sometimes unplanned, a system of relations between foreigners, elite and government (and later unions and peasant organizations) that maintained checks and balances on all parties. Дополнительное описание: 1Elites, Foreigners, and Government in Mexico, 1877–1940 |
| Автор: Tommy Wasserman, Greger Andersson, David Willgren
Название: Studies in Isaiah: History, Theology, and Reception
ISBN: 0567667170 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780567667175
Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic
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Цена: 20592.00 р.
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Описание: The Book of Isaiah is considered one of the greatest prophetic works in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. The complex history of the book's composition, over several time periods, can often perplex and enthrall. The editors to this volume encourage readers to engage deeply with the text in order to get a grasp of the traces and signs within it that can be seen to point to the book's process of composition and ongoing reinterpretation over time. The contributions discuss suggested segments of composition and levels of interpretation, both within the book of Isaiah and its history of reception. The book is divided into two sections: in the first part certain motifs that have come to Isaiah from a distant past are traced through to their origins. Arguments for a suggested 'Josianic edition' are carefully evaluated, and the relationship between the second part of Isaiah and the Book of Psalms is discussed, as are the motifs of election and the themes of Zion theology and the temple. The second part of the book focuses on the history of reception and looks at Paul's use of the book of Isaiah, and how the book is used, and perhaps misused in a contemporary setting in the growing churches in Africa. With a range of international specialists, including Hugh Williamson, Tommy Wasserman, and Knut Holter, this is an excellent resource for scholars seeking to understand Isaiah in a greater depth. |
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