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  • The Tonadilla in Performance "Lyric Comedy in Enlightenment Spain"

    The Tonadilla in Performance "Lyric Comedy in Enlightenment Spain"

    Le Guin, Elisabeth

    California U.P. (2013)

    valoración

    • EAN: 9780520276307
    • Páginas: 408
    • Fecha de edición: 2013

    pvp.66,25 €

    Disponible entre 11 y 20 dias

    The tonadilla, a satiric musical skit popular on the public stages of Madrid during the late Enlightenment, has played a significant role in the history of music in Spain. This book, the first major study ...

  • The World in Depression

    The World in Depression

    Kindleberger, Charles P.

    California U.P. (2013)

    valoración

    • EAN: 9780520275850
    • Páginas: 344
    • Fecha de edición: 2013

    pvp.26,95 €

    Disponible entre 11 y 20 dias

    In this magisterial account of the Great Depression, MIT economist Charles Kindleberger emphasizes three factors that continue to shape global financial markets: panic, the power of contagion, and importance of hegemony. Reissued on its fortieth ...

  • Myth "Its Meaning and Functions in Ancient and Other Cultures"

    Myth "Its Meaning and Functions in Ancient and Other Cultures"
     Its Meaning and Functions in Ancient and Other Cultures

    Kirk, G.S.

    California U.P. (1992)

    valoración

    • EAN: 9780520023895
    • Páginas: 311
    • Fecha de edición: 1992

    pvp.47,90 €

    Disponible entre 11 y 20 dias

  • The Real State of America Atlas

    The Real State of America Atlas

    Enloe, Cynthia Seager, Joni

    California U.P. (2011)

    valoración

    • EAN: 9780520269484
    • Páginas: 128
    • Fecha de edición: 2011

    pvp.19,95 €

    Disponible entre 11 y 20 dias

    America is the land of the free, the beacon of democracy, and the leader of the world. It is the land of opportunity and a nation of homeowners. Or is it? Packed with maps, graphics, ...

  • The Prince and the Law, 1200-1600 "Sovereignty and Rights in the Western Legal Tradition"

    The Prince and the Law, 1200-1600 "Sovereignty and Rights in the Western Legal Tradition"
     Sovereignty and Rights in the Western Legal Tradition

    Pennington, Kenneth

    California U.P. (1993)

    valoración

    • EAN: 9780520079953
    • Páginas: 350
    • Fecha de edición: 1993

    pvp.59,95 €

    Disponible entre 11 y 20 dias

    The power of the prince versus the rights of his subjects is one of the basic struggles in the history of law and government. In this masterful history of monarchy, conceptions of law, and due ...

  • Spectacular Realities "Early Mass Culture in Fin-de-Siecle Paris"

    Spectacular Realities "Early Mass Culture in Fin-de-Siecle Paris"
     Early Mass Culture in Fin-de-Siecle Paris

    Schwartz, Vanessa R.

    California U.P. (1999)

    valoración

    • EAN: 9780520221680
    • Páginas: 343
    • Fecha de edición: 1999

    pvp.24,70 €

    Disponible entre 11 y 20 dias

    During the second half of the nineteenth century, Paris emerged as the entertainment capital of the world. The sparkling redesigned city fostered a culture of energetic crowd-pleasing and multi-sensory amusements that would apprehend and represent ...

  • The Googlization of Everything "(And Why We Should Worry)"

    The Googlization of Everything "(And Why We Should Worry)"
     (And Why We Should Worry)

    Vaidhyanathan, Siva

    California U.P. (2011)

    valoración

    • EAN: 9780520258822
    • Páginas: 265
    • Fecha de edición: 2011

    pvp.27,60 €

    Disponible entre 11 y 20 dias

    What is the nature of the transaction between Google's computer algorithms and its millions of human users? Are we heading down a path toward a more enlightened age, or are we approaching a dystopia of ...

  • How The Cows Turn Mad

    How The Cows Turn Mad

    Schwartz, Maxime

    California U.P. (2004)

    valoración

    • EAN: 9780520243378
    • Páginas: 256
    • Fecha de edición: 2004

    pvp.18,85 €

    Disponible entre 11 y 20 dias

    Originally published to much acclaim in France, this scientific thriller, updated with a foreword by best-selling author Marion Nestle, tells of the hunt for the cause of an enigmatic class of fatal brain infections, of ...

  • Bounded Rationality And Politics

    Bounded Rationality And Politics

    Bendor, Jonathan

    California U.P. (2010)

    valoración

    • EAN: 9780520259478
    • Páginas: 248
    • Fecha de edición: 2010

    pvp.24,70 €

    Disponible entre 11 y 20 dias

    In "Bounded Rationality and Politics", Jonathan Bendor considers two schools of behavioral economics - the first guided by Tversky and Kahneman's work on heuristics and biases, which focuses on the mistakes people make in judgment ...

  • The Coming Famine "The Global Food Crisis And What We Can Do To Avoid It"

    The Coming Famine "The Global Food Crisis And What We Can Do To Avoid It"
     The Global Food Crisis And What We Can Do To Avoid It

    Cribb, Julian

    California U.P. (2010)

    valoración

    • EAN: 9780520260719
    • Páginas: 264
    • Fecha de edición: 2010

    pvp.24,70 €

    Disponible entre 11 y 20 dias

    In "The Coming Famine", Julian Cribb lays out a vivid picture of impending planetary crisis - a global food shortage that threatens to hit by mid-century - that would dwarf any in our previous experience. ...

  • Markets And States In Tropical Africa: The Political Basis Of Agricultural Policies

    Markets And States In Tropical Africa: The Political Basis Of Agricultural Policies

    Bates, Robert H.

    California U.P. (2005)

    valoración

    • EAN: 9780520244931
    • Páginas: 195
    • Fecha de edición: 2005

    pvp.24,70 €

    Disponible entre 11 y 20 dias

    Most Africans live in rural areas and derive their incomes from farming; but because African governments follow policies that are adverse to most farmers' interests, these countries fail to produce enough food to feed their ...

  • The Three Faces Of Chinese Power "Might, Money, And Minds"

    The Three Faces Of Chinese Power "Might, Money, And Minds"
     Might, Money, And Minds

    Lampton, David M.

    California U.P. (2008)

    valoración

    • EAN: 9780520254428
    • Páginas: 384
    • Fecha de edición: 2008

    pvp.23,25 €

    Disponible entre 11 y 20 dias

    Clear, comprehensive, and well-balanced, this unique assessment takes the measure of what is arguably the most important geopolitical change in today's world: the growth of China's power. In the only book on the subject to ...

  • The Economy Of The Greek Cities "From The Archaic Period To The Early Roman Empire"

    The Economy Of The Greek Cities "From The Archaic Period To The Early Roman Empire"
     From The Archaic Period To The Early Roman Empire

    Migeotte, Leopold

    California U.P. (2009)

    valoración

    • EAN: 9780520253667
    • Páginas: 216
    • Fecha de edición: 2009

    pvp.20,30 €

    Disponible entre 11 y 20 dias

    "The Economy of the Greek Cities" offers readers a clear and concise overview of ancient Greek economies from the archaic to the Roman period. Leopold Migeotte approaches Greek economic activities from the perspective of the ...

  • Ordinary Economies In Japan

    Ordinary Economies In Japan

    Tetsuo Najita

    California U.P. (2009)

    valoración

    • EAN: 9780520260382
    • Páginas: 282
    • Fecha de edición: 2009

    pvp.50,50 €

    Disponible entre 11 y 20 dias

    Tetsuo Najita explores a powerful theme in the economic thought and practice of ordinary citizens in late Tokugawa and early modern Japan. He examines commoners' writings on the virtues of commerce, the reconstruction of villages, ...

  • Earth Under Fire "How Global Warming Is Changing The World"

    Earth Under Fire "How Global Warming Is Changing The World"
     How Global Warming Is Changing The World

    Braasch, Gary

    California U.P. (2009)

    valoración

    • EAN: 9780520260252
    • Páginas: 304
    • Fecha de edición: 2009

    pvp.24,70 €

    Disponible entre 11 y 20 dias

    More than a warning, Earth under Fire is the most complete illustrated guide to the effects of climate change now available. It offers an upbeat and intelligent account of how we can lessen the effects ...

  • The Environment And World History

    The Environment And World History

    Burke, Edmun

    California U.P. (2009)

    valoración

    • EAN: 9780520256880
    • Páginas: 384
    • Fecha de edición: 2009

    pvp.24,70 €

    Disponible entre 11 y 20 dias

    Since around 1500 C.E., humans have shaped the global environment in ways that were previously unimaginable. Bringing together leading environmental historians and world historians, this book offers an overview of global environmental history throughout this ...

  • The State Of China Atlas "Mapping The World'S Fastest-Growing Economy"

    The State Of China Atlas "Mapping The World'S Fastest-Growing Economy"
     Mapping The World'S Fastest-Growing Economy

    Benewick, Robert

    California U.P. (2009)

    valoración

    • EAN: 9780520256101
    • Páginas: 128
    • Fecha de edición: 2009

    pvp.20,30 €

    Disponible entre 11 y 20 dias

    This magnificently produced atlas provides a unique visual survey of the profound economic, political, and social changes taking place in China, as well as their implications for the world at large.

    China has ...

  • Falling Behind: How Rising Inequality Harms The Middle Class.

    Falling Behind: How Rising Inequality Harms The Middle Class.

    Frank, Robert H.

    California U.P. (2007)

    valoración

    • EAN: 9780520252523
    • Páginas: 148
    • Fecha de edición: 2007

    pvp.23,60 €

    Disponible entre 11 y 20 dias

    Although middle-income families don´t earn much mor than they did several decades ago, they are buying bigger cars, houses and appliances. To pay for them, they spend more than than they earn and carry record ...

  • Global Outlaws: Crime, Money, And Power In The Contemporary World.

    Global Outlaws: Crime, Money, And Power In The Contemporary World.

    Nordstrom, Carlolyn

    California U.P. (2007)

    valoración

    • EAN: 9780520250963
    • Páginas: 234
    • Fecha de edición: 2007

    pvp.26,00 €

    Disponible entre 11 y 20 dias

    Carolyn Nordstrom explores the pathways of global crime in this stunning work of anthropology that has the power to change the way we think about the world. To write this book, she spent three years ...

  • Brewing Justice: Fair Trade Coffee, Sustainability, And Survival.

    Brewing Justice: Fair Trade Coffee, Sustainability, And Survival.

    Jaffee, Daniel

    California U.P. (2007)

    valoración

    • EAN: 9780520249592
    • Páginas: 331
    • Fecha de edición: 2007

    pvp.26,00 €

    Disponible entre 11 y 20 dias

    Fair trade is a fast-growing alternative market intended to bring better prices and greater social justice to small farmers around the world. But is it working? This vivid study of coffee farmers in Mexico offers ...