La historia del Vaupés desde esta orilla

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...

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In this historical study, Lara Medina examines the early development and continuing influence of Las Hermanas, a feminist organization established in 1971 to counter the patriarchy and Eurocentrism of the U.S. Catholic Church. Medina weaves archival research and oral interviews into a cohesive narrative that highlights the keen ethnic and political awareness among the movement's leaders and participants. Medina also illuminates the strides made by Las Hermanas in undermining and reorienting the male-dominated structure of both the Catholic ministry and the Chicano civil rights movement. By...

Durant l'inici de l'època contemporània el capitalisme agrari es va desenvolupar en terres valencianes de manera peculiar. En les zones d'agricultura més dinàmica una massa important de llauradors desposseïts va accedir al cultiu a través de l'arrendament de terres i es van desenvolupar unes complexes relacions entre els amos de la terra i els seus colons. s'hi entremesclaven les variacions del mercat, les pràctiques quotidianes i diverses formes de conflicte i de cooperació. En aquesta obra, guardonada amb el Premi Senyera d'Investigacions Històriques 2005 de l'Ajuntament de...