Etapas reivindicativas de la teoría nacional catalana

"Effective historical sociology of migration from Catalonia to the Americas - especially to Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Argentina - emphasizes importance of family networks. Impressive combination of archival research and broad reading of parallel migration studies; thoroughly footnoted"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

"Siena: City of Secrets" is a charming, intimate portrait of this most secretive of cities, often overlooked by travelers to Italy. Part cultural history and intellectual memoir, part travelogue and guide book, Tylus writes with a novelist s flair, taking the reader on a quest of discovery through the well- and not-so-well-travelled roads and alleys of the ancient city. Today, Siena can appear on the surface standoffish, a bit static, and very old-fashioned, especially when compared to its larger, flashier cousins Roma and Firenze. But first impressions wear away as we learn from Tylus that...

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El océano como paisaje: Pageant of the Pacific (Esplendor del Pacífico) es un estudio sobre los mapas murales que Miguel Covarrubias haría para la Golden Gate International Exhibition de 1939. Como señala la autora, Mónica Ramírez, el discurso oficial de este evento cultural y político afirmaba su propia creación como una forma de celebrar la novedosa tecnología utilizada en la construcción del emblemático puente. Desde una perspectiva mucho más amplia, se trataba sobre todo de situar a la ciudad de San Francisco como el centro de una expansión por parte de los Estados Unidos...