Автор: Acosta, Jose? de, Название: Natural and moral history of the Indies / ISBN: 0822328453 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780822328452 Издательство: Wiley EDC Рейтинг: Цена: 4803.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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The Natural and Moral History of the Indies, the classic work of New World history originally published by José de Acosta in 1590, is now available in the first new English translation to appear in several hundred years. A Spanish Jesuit, Acosta produced this account by drawing on his own observations as a missionary in Peru and Mexico, as well as from the writings of other missionaries, naturalists, and soldiers who explored the region during the sixteenth century. One of the first comprehensive investigations of the New World, Acosta’s study is strikingly broad in scope. He describes the region’s natural resources, flora and fauna, and terrain. He also writes in detail about the Amerindians and their religious and political practices. A significant contribution to Renaissance Europe's thinking about the New World, Acosta's Natural and Moral History of the Indies reveals an effort to incorporate new information into a Christian, Renaissance worldview. He attempted to confirm for his European readers that a "new" continent did indeed exist and that human beings could and did live in equatorial climates. A keen observer and prescient thinker, Acosta hypothesized that Latin America's indigenous peoples migrated to the region from Asia, an idea put forth more than a century before Europeans learned of the Bering Strait. Acosta's work established a hierarchical classification of Amerindian peoples and thus contributed to what today is understood as the colonial difference in Renaissance European thinking.
Автор: Acosta Название: The Natural and Moral History of the Indies ISBN: 1108011519 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108011518 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 5386.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available early accounts of exploration. This is a translation of the first detailed account of the geography and indigenous culture of South America, by Joseph de Acosta (1540-1600). Volume 1 describes the animals, plants and climate of South America.
Thresholds of Illiteracy reevaluates Latin American theories and narratives of cultural resistance by advancing the concept of “illiteracy” as a new critical approach to understanding scenes or moments of social antagonism. “Illiteracy,” Acosta claims, can offer us a way of talking about what cannot be subsumed within prevailing modes of reading, such as the opposition between writing and orality, that have frequently been deployed to distinguish between modern and archaic peoples and societies. This book is organized as a series of literary and cultural analyses of internationally recognized postcolonial narratives. It tackles a series of the most important political/aesthetic issues in Latin America that have arisen over the past thirty years or so, including indigenism, testimonio, the Zapatista movement in Chiapas, and migration to the United States via the U.S.–Mexican border. Through a critical examination of the “illiterate” effects and contradictions at work in these resistant narratives, the book goes beyond current theories of culture and politics to reveal radically unpredictable forms of antagonism that advance the possibility for an ever more democratic model of cultural analysis.
Thresholds of Illiteracy reevaluates Latin American theories and narratives of cultural resistance by advancing the concept of “illiteracy” as a new critical approach to understanding scenes or moments of social antagonism. “Illiteracy,” Acosta claims, can offer us a way of talking about what cannot be subsumed within prevailing modes of reading, such as the opposition between writing and orality, that have frequently been deployed to distinguish between modern and archaic peoples and societies. This book is organized as a series of literary and cultural analyses of internationally recognized postcolonial narratives. It tackles a series of the most important political/aesthetic issues in Latin America that have arisen over the past thirty years or so, including indigenism, testimonio, the Zapatista movement in Chiapas, and migration to the United States via the U.S.–Mexican border. Through a critical examination of the “illiterate” effects and contradictions at work in these resistant narratives, the book goes beyond current theories of culture and politics to reveal radically unpredictable forms of antagonism that advance the possibility for an ever more democratic model of cultural analysis.
Автор: Karlsson Hеkan, Diez Acosta Tomбs Название: The Policy of the Ford Administration Toward Cuba: Carrot and Stick ISBN: 1032203986 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781032203980 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 22202.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book presents aspects of the Cuba policy during Gerald R. Ford`s administration (August 9, 1974 to January 20, 1977), and the oscillations between carrot and stick that was its hallmark. The book`s Cuban perspective complements the knowledge of the U.S.-Cuban relationship during the mid-1970s.
Автор: Karlsson, Hakan (University of Gothenburg, Sweden) Diez Acosta, Tomas (Instituto de Historia de Cuba, Cuba) Название: Nixon Administration and Cuba ISBN: 0367754746 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367754747 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 6123.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book examines the Cuba policy adopted by the Richard M. Nixon administration, 1969-1974, and its combination of paths of continuity and rupture. The book`s Cuban perspective complements and enriches the knowledge of the U.S.-Cuban relationship during the late 1960s and the early 1970s.
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Описание: China`s Citizenship Challenge is a valuable contribution into the field of labour movement studies, framing labour NGOs` activism as centred on contestation of migrant workers` citizenship in China. It shows that while NGOs` activism revolves around the broad areas of civic organising, labour and urban space, it ultimately rests upon engagement with the wider citizenship regime in China. -- .
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