Los procesos de erosión costera

Ask Americans to think of a famous architect and the person they are most likely to name is Frank Lloyd Wright. Wright's work, his reputation, and his long and colorful career have made him an icon of modern American architecture. But despite his status as America's most celebrated architect, his influence throughout an active practice spanning the years 1896 to 1959 is so wide and complex that it has been difficult to grasp fully. The essays in this book look not at the United States, the context usually associated with Wright, but at countries around the globe. Anthony Alofsin has assembled ...

Aquí están reunidos varios ensayos que intentan abrir una línea de investigación de la ganadería en Colombia y la producción cárnica, desde perspectivas históricas, económicas, políticas, culturales y ambientales. Se enfoca en el periodo que va desde 1900 hasta 1950 y hace énfasis en un aspecto que se suele pasar por alto: las dinámicas del consumo.

This number of the monographic series is dedicated to restoration specialist, architect and watercolor painter Villa Chávez (b. Mexico). This extensive study of Villa Chávez life and architecture is divided in 2 parts: the first reviews his academic career and his professional practice in Guadalajara and Colima. A second part reviews in detail his restoration projects, his architecture, his open space interventions and his pictorial production (watercolors and drawings). Amongst other academic contributions Villa Chávez founded the School of Architecture in the University of Colima and was ...

El presente libro resulta de la compilación de diez artículos elaborados por un equipo de investigación que viene trabajando junto a "otros actores anónimos", hace más de un lustro, revalorizando esa "otredad". Representa, en algún sentido, un marco teórico a partir de posicionamientos, tanto ideológicos como axiológicos, que el grupo de autores y los "otros" han ido adoptando en sus recorridos tanto investigativos como de la vida cotidiana generando, madura y comprometidamente, un sólido camino hacia abordajes epistemológicos alternativos junto a sus correlatos metodológicos, tal ...