1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910452688803321

Autore

Cupples Julie

Titolo

Latin American development / / Julie Cupples

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

0-203-55486-8

1-299-46950-7

1-136-77536-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 p.)

Collana

Routledge perspectives on development

Disciplina

306.098

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Latin America Social conditions 21st century

Latin America Economic conditions 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910953909903321

Autore

Anderson Nels <1889-1986.>

Titolo

Nels Anderson's World War I diary / / edited by Allan Kent Powell ; foreword by Charles S. Peterson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Salt Lake City : , : The University of Utah Press, , 2013

ISBN

1-60781-256-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (351 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PowellAllan Kent

Disciplina

940.4/1273092

B

Soggetti

World War, 1914-1918

World War, 1914-1918 - Campaigns - Western Front

World War, 1914-1918 - Participation, Mormon

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.