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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...

Este libro rastrea los diferentes escritos de Jeremy Bentham que llegaron a Colombia después de la Independencia, con el ánimo de establecer el pensamiento benthamista que fue leído por los neogranadinos. Así, se sigue la pista de Bentham a lo largo de la década de 1820, para definir hasta qué punto su filosofía moral influyó la sociedad colombiana. Para ubicar su producción literaria e intelectual y sus motivaciones, se interpreta la relación de los textos de Bentham con los lectores neogranadinos, mediante un examen de las diferentes versiones que surgieron antes de llegar a...

Of contents: Vol. 1. General introductions ; The festivals for Henri III in Cracow, Venice, Orléans and Rouen ; Festivals in Genoa in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries ; Festivals in Poland-Lithuania from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century ; Festivals in the Netherlands -- Vol. 2. Festivals of the Protestant Union ; Festivals commemorating the defeat of Protestantism in La Rochelle ; Festivals in Scandinavia ; The New World : seventeenth-century festivals in the viceroyalties of Mexico and Peru.

An interesting trip in the time This book explains the intricacies of the Mayan Calendar with many pictures.