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Change And Continuity In Paraguayan History - 1811, 1911, 2011, Robert Andrew Nickson Dec 2010

Change And Continuity In Paraguayan History - 1811, 1911, 2011, Robert Andrew Nickson

Robert Andrew Nickson

This concluding chapter of a book to celebrate the bicentenary of Paraguay in 2011 briefly traces the dramatic changes to the country - in territorial dimension, demography, landscape and social indicators - over the 200 years since independence in 1811. In contrast, it then highlights the continuity of dependence on primary production for insertion in the global economy as well as the cultural resilience of the Guaraní language as the key marker of national identity.


El Choque De Ignorancias- Samuel Huntington, Hasan Turk Mar 2010

El Choque De Ignorancias- Samuel Huntington, Hasan Turk

Hasan Turk Mg.

No abstract provided.


Histórias De "Movimentos": Embarcações E População Portuguesas Na Amazônia Joanina, Antonio Otaviano Vieira Junior, Daniel S. Barroso Jan 2010

Histórias De "Movimentos": Embarcações E População Portuguesas Na Amazônia Joanina, Antonio Otaviano Vieira Junior, Daniel S. Barroso

Daniel S. Barroso

No abstract provided.


El Regimen De Stroessner (1954-1989), Robert Andrew Nickson Jan 2010

El Regimen De Stroessner (1954-1989), Robert Andrew Nickson

Robert Andrew Nickson

Este capítulo describe las tres etapas principales del régimen de Stroessner: fase de consolidación (1954-1967); fase de expansión (1968-1981); y fase de descomposición (1982-1989), y las circunstancias de su caída. Posteriormente abarca los tres pilares del régimen: el Partido Colorado, las Fuerzas Armadas y el mismo Stroessner en su calidad de Jefe de Estado, Comandante en Jefe de las Fuerzas Armadas y Presidente Honorario del Partido Colorado. Se analiza cinco mecanismos cruciales que le permitieron mantenerse en el poder durante tanto tiempo: una fachada democrática, un sistema de represión eficaz, la corrupción institucionalizada, el uso de la ideología nacionalista, y …


Cartógrafos Y Clérigos Misiones Geodésicas Y Religiosas En El Conocimiento Geográfico Del Ecuador (Siglos Xviii-Xx), Ernesto Capello Jan 2010

Cartógrafos Y Clérigos Misiones Geodésicas Y Religiosas En El Conocimiento Geográfico Del Ecuador (Siglos Xviii-Xx), Ernesto Capello

Ernesto B. Capello

No abstract provided.


Book Review Of Herencias Secretas: Masonería, Política Y Sociedad En México, David Merchant Dec 2009

Book Review Of Herencias Secretas: Masonería, Política Y Sociedad En México, David Merchant

David Merchant

Book Review of Herencias Secretas: Masonería, política y sociedad en México by Guillermo De Los Reyes.


Revealing Iberian Woodcraft: Conserved Wooden Artefacts From South-East Spain, Pablo Rosser Dec 2009

Revealing Iberian Woodcraft: Conserved Wooden Artefacts From South-East Spain, Pablo Rosser

pablo rosser

Yolanda Carrion & Pablo Rosser Six wells at Tossal de les Basses in Spain captured a large assemblage of Iberian woodworking debris. The authors’ analysis distinguishes a wide variety of boxes, handles, staves, pegs and joinery made in different and appropriate types of wood, some – like cypress – imported from some distance away. We have here a glimpse of a sophisticated and little known industry of the fourth century BC.