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UNINA9910452688803321 |
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Autore |
Cupples Julie |
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Titolo |
Latin American development / / Julie Cupples |
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Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
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0-203-55486-8 |
1-299-46950-7 |
1-136-77536-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (297 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge perspectives on development |
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Electronic books. |
Latin America Social conditions 21st century |
Latin America Economic conditions 21st century |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Introduction: what / where is Latin America? -- A brief history of Latin America -- Economic development: the rise (and fall?) of neoliberalism -- Political transitions and transformations -- Latin America's environments: the struggle for sustainable development -- Identity politics: "race", gender and sexuality -- The politics of indigeneity -- Communicating Latin American development: media and popular culture -- Decolonizing Latin American development. |
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Latin America's diverse political and economic struggles and triumphs have captured the global imagination. The region has been a site of brutal dictators, revolutionary heroes, the Cold War struggle and as a place in which the global debt crisis has had some of its most lasting and devastating impacts. Latin America continues to undergo rapid transformation, demonstrating both inspirational change and frustrating continuities.This text provides a comprehensive introduction to Latin American development in the twenty-first century, emphasizing political, economic, social, cultural an |
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UNINA9910953909903321 |
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Autore |
Anderson Nels <1889-1986.> |
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Nels Anderson's World War I diary / / edited by Allan Kent Powell ; foreword by Charles S. Peterson |
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Salt Lake City : , : The University of Utah Press, , 2013 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (351 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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World War, 1914-1918 |
World War, 1914-1918 - Campaigns - Western Front |
World War, 1914-1918 - Participation, Mormon |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Camp Mills, New York, June 1918 -- Crossing the Atlantic, June 1918 -- England, June 1918 -- Arrival in France, June 1918 -- Training in Humberville, July 1918 -- Up to the front, August 1918 -- The St. Mihiel offensive, September 1918 -- The Meuse-Argonne offensive, October 1918 -- War's end, November 1918 -- Through Belgium and Luxembourg, November-December 1918 -- Germany, December 1918-March 1919 -- Back to France, March 1919 -- School in Montpellier, March-April 1919 -- Notes, April-August 1919. |
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Nels Anderson's World War I Diary provides a rare glimpse into the wartime experiences of one of the most well-respected sociologists of the twentieth century, the renowned author of The Hobo (1920) and Desert Saints: The Mormon Frontier in Utah (1942).Anderson, a keen observer of people, places, and events his entire life, joined the U.S. |
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