Dignity and Defiance : Stories from Bolivia's Challenge to Globalization / / James Shultz, Melissa Draper |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2009] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (353 p.) |
Disciplina | 301 |
Soggetto topico |
Globalization - Economic aspects - Bolivia
Investments, Foreign - Bolivia |
Soggetto non controllato |
bolivia
bolivian history border crossing capitalism coca fields economics enron eyewitness accounts fighting back first person accounts former dictator global integration globalization humane development international influences international monetary fund neoliberalism oil companies oil spill political massacres politics rebellion shell social justice south america south american history world bank |
ISBN |
1-282-36078-7
9786612360787 0-520-94266-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Cochabamba Water Revolt and Its Aftermath -- Chapter 2. A River Turns Black -- Chapter 3. Oil and Gas: The Elusive Wealth beneath Their Feet -- Chapter 4. Lessons in Blood and Fire -- Chapter 5. Economic Strings -- Chapter 6. Coca: The Leaf at the Center of the War on Drugs -- Chapter 7. Workers, Leaders, and Mothers -- Chapter 8. And Those Who Left -- Conclusion -- Contributors -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780639403321 |
Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2009] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Edge of empire : Atlantic networks and revolution in Bourbon Rio de la Plata / / Fabricio Prado |
Autore | Prado Fabrício Pereira |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (260 p.) |
Disciplina | 382.09895 |
Soggetto topico | HISTORY / Latin America / South America |
Soggetto non controllato |
18th century
19th century south america argentina argentinian commerce atlantic trade banda oriental cisplatine province colonia do sacramento commerce in the south atlantic don manuel cipriano de melo economic history of argentina luso brazilians montevideo portuguese imperialism rio de la plata south america south american history spanish conquest in south america transatlantic trade transimperial trade uruguay war in the south atlantic |
ISBN | 0-520-96073-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. A Portuguese Town in Río de la Plata -- 2. Departing without Leaving: Luso-Brazilians under the Viceroyalty -- 3. Transimperial Cooperation: Commerce and War in the South Atlantic -- 4. The Making of Montevideo: Contraband, Reforms, and Authority -- 5. Changing Toponymy and the Emergence of the Banda Oriental -- 6. Traversing Empires: The Atlantic Life of Don Manuel Cipriano de Melo -- 7. Postponing the Revolution -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Archive Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797686403321 |
Prado Fabrício Pereira | ||
Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Edge of empire : Atlantic networks and revolution in Bourbon Rio de la Plata / / Fabricio Prado |
Autore | Prado Fabrício Pereira |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (260 p.) |
Disciplina | 382.09895 |
Soggetto topico | HISTORY / Latin America / South America |
Soggetto non controllato |
18th century
19th century south america argentina argentinian commerce atlantic trade banda oriental cisplatine province colonia do sacramento commerce in the south atlantic don manuel cipriano de melo economic history of argentina luso brazilians montevideo portuguese imperialism rio de la plata south america south american history spanish conquest in south america transatlantic trade transimperial trade uruguay war in the south atlantic |
ISBN | 0-520-96073-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. A Portuguese Town in Río de la Plata -- 2. Departing without Leaving: Luso-Brazilians under the Viceroyalty -- 3. Transimperial Cooperation: Commerce and War in the South Atlantic -- 4. The Making of Montevideo: Contraband, Reforms, and Authority -- 5. Changing Toponymy and the Emergence of the Banda Oriental -- 6. Traversing Empires: The Atlantic Life of Don Manuel Cipriano de Melo -- 7. Postponing the Revolution -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Archive Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819827503321 |
Prado Fabrício Pereira | ||
Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Under a watchful eye [[electronic resource] ] : self, power, and intimacy in Amazonia / / Harry Walker |
Autore | Walker Harry <1977-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (252 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.898 |
Collana | Ethnographic studies in subjectivity |
Soggetto topico |
Urarina Indians - Psychology
Urarina Indians - Social networks Urarina Indians - Social life and customs |
Soggetto non controllato |
amazonian culture
amazonian history amazonian studies anthropology archaeology biodiversity cultural science different cultures distractions for kids easy to read engaging ethnography home school history books home school science books human society learning while reading life in south america nonfiction books politics psychology social science south american culture south american history south american philosophies south american politics urarina |
ISBN |
1-283-61108-2
0-520-95421-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue: Learning to Stand-Leaned-Together -- 1. Spaces of Refuge -- 2. Vital Shields -- 3. Conceiving the Conjugal Body -- 4. Mutuality and Autonomy -- 5. Authority and Solidarity -- 6. Mastering Subjection -- Epilogue: An Accompanied Life -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785505203321 |
Walker Harry <1977-> | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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