Antártida

Antología preparada por Ma. Asunción Mateo. Creemos que la publicación de este libro es el mejor homenaje que hemos podido hacer a Rafael Alberti en su centenario.

Las historias seleccionadas en este libro describen cómo funcionó el sistema esclavista africano en Costa Rica, contado por sus propias víctimas. Hubo particularidades porque no fue igual la vida de los esclavos y sus amos en los ingenios azucareros de Cuba o en las plantaciones de algodón de Estados Unidos, que en Costa Rica donde el cacao ocupaba muy poca mano de obra, razón por la cual la esclavitud fue destinada fundamentalmente al trabajo doméstico.

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The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was created during 1940s. It's a key indicator of economic policy, and it's considered as rule to measure the significance of a country's economy, and it's a common base for other important indicators, such as fiscal deficit and the human development index (HDI). Diane Coyle reminds us that this instrument is not supposed to turn into a fetish; on the contrary, since it possesses a history that explains its consolidation, along with a structure and strategies that show the conception of economy from those who postulate it. Nonetheless, the GDP is currently one ...