Dissertation

As a community-based organization in the mountains of south-central Puerto Rico, Casa Pueblo implements alternatives to extractive capitalism that do not rely on governments or distant non-profits. In this book, Alexis Massol González, Casa Pueblo's founder, reflects on its extraordinary forty-year history of experiments with community self-governance. Massol-González received the prestigious Goldman Prize (popularly known as the Green Nobel) for the organization's initiatives to protect the environment, affirm cultural and human values, and create sustainable economic alternatives. This...

Who has not heard of Cuba? Its beaches, music, food, the beautiful women... and even Fidel Castro? But how many of you know about the misery and repression in which the people of Cuba live? How far does the violation of the civil rights of the people of Cuba go? It's hard to put so many bad things together in a small book. I'll show you some of the most relevant and the simplest things you never think about because you always had it when you need it and when you want it.

El imperio bizantino aún suele contemplarse como la historia de una decadencia, a pesar de que su vida se prolongará durante casi 1.200 años. Sin embargo, este libro breve pero exhaustivo demuestra que Bizancio sufrió un singular ciclo de crisis y posteriores florecimientos durante los cuales su historia política, militar, económica, social y cultural tomó con frecuencia cursos dispares. Las causas de tales oscilaciones se hallarían tanto en la dinámica subyacente como en decisiones tomadas por personalidades específicas, entre ellas numerosos emperadores del período. El autor...

El libro reúne un total de 32 textos de exposiciones realizadas por famosos teóricos y críticos del arte contemporáneo internacional, en el período 1980-1995. Incluye además un prólogo general y datos biográficos de los autores.