África. Diccionario etnográfico. Tomo II

A Polish-born sociologist considered by many to be the most brilliant and original social thinkers of our time, explores the consquences of contemporary "liquid life"--a fluid, rapidly changing life during which the most overpowering worries are the fears of being caught napping, failing to catch up with fast moving events, overlooking the "use by" dates, being saddled with worthless possessions, missing the moment calling for a change of tack, and being left behind.

Desde una perspectiva cultural, y sin perder de vista la realidad vallisoletana, este trabajo constituye un compendio de estampas que evidencian una presencia cotidiana y continuada de la mujer en el espacio público que el siglo XIX, burgués por excelencia, moldea a su imagen y semejanza.

Nuevos aires de libertad recorren los países de Latinoamérica. En Guatemala, Chile, Venezuela, Colombia, Perú, Bolivia, Uruguay y Argentina se ha empezado a escribir una historia de aceptación y respeto por la diferencia y la necesidad de que esta tenga una representación política que ayude a crear una prometedora forma de ciudadanía, más inquisitiva, verdaderamente inclusiva y en la que taras como la discriminación terminen de abolirse.

While gangs and gang culture have been around for countless centuries, The Gang is one of the first academic studies of the phenomenon. Originally published in 1927, Frederic Milton Thrasher's magnum opus offers a profound and careful analysis of hundreds of gangs in Chicago in the early part of the twentieth century. With rich prose and an eye for detail, Thrasher looked specifically at the way in which urban geography shaped gangs and posited the thesis that neighborhoods in flux were more likely to produce gangs. Moreover, he traced gang culture back to feudal and medieval power systems...