Collection of essays on the history of Mexico City by well-known historians includes such topics as urban design, the city council, the Church, and educational institutions. For general, rather than specialized, readership –Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Receptions Of Antiquity This volume presents a series of papers which cover the general theme of the reception of antiquity, a topic which has in recent years become a discipline in itself, or what some might call a cross-discipline. Indeed the Nachleben of the (culture of) classical antiquity, and of antiquity as a…
Adiós, Shanghai In the midst of World War II, the open city of Shanghai was one of the few places in the world where Jews trying to escape Nazi Germany could find refuge. Elisabeth and Theodore Weissberg, world-famous musicians, Hilde Braun, a promising actress, rabbi Leo Levin and his wife Esther, pickpocket…
Actas Compilation of presentations from the Fourth International Congress of Comparative History. Although the case for comparative history is unclear, this mixed bag of essays has some interesting readings, mostly on the history of northern Mexico. Sections on colonial literary texts and the praxis of contemporary primary schools in northern Mexico…
The American Vision Put the work of a Pulitzer prize-winning author in your students hands every day The American Vision boasts an exceptional author team with specialized expertise in colonial, Civil War, 20th-century, and Civil Rights history. The full panorama of American history comes alive through their vivid and accurate retelling, and the…
An Introduction To Spanish For Health Care Workers Now in its fourth edition, this widely used textbook is designed for students or professionals in medical fields who have little or no formal background in Spanish. Using online videos, readings, exercises, and activities such as role play and improvisation, it introduces the grammar structures and specialized medical vocabulary and…
Teología De La Revelación God has broken his silence and revealed in Chirst his design for humanity, an unprecedented design of entering into a communion of life with them. This is what revelation is all about, revelation as a decisive event in the life of faith and as the foundation of any theological research.…
