Tecnologías prehispánicas de la obsidiana

This excellent history of Peru proposes and proves an entirely new thesis on its nineteenth century: the changes in its economy that might have led to a better future were undone by taxes and other demands at the national, provincial and local levels. The failure of Peru owes a good deal to wartime taxes and local tax farming of the countryside. Professor Christine Hunefeldt does for the mundane issue of taxation what she has already done for Peruvian slavery and women’s rights; she writes a new history based on the evolution of a tax structure that changed for the worse over time. This is...

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La ciencia hace conjeturas, experimenta, observa e incluso últimamente nos advierte que si el observador está presente, el resultado de la observación es diferente. Es decir, nosotros somos creadores de la realidad, y según esta capacidad de crear la realidad, el destino interactúa con nosotros y nosotros con él. Antes no existían ciertos conceptos como son los de Matrix, el propio concepto de conspiración tal y como los conocemos, pero hoy en día ha entrado en juego otro tipo de observadores, los llamamos buscadores. Gracias a estos conceptos, desde hace tiempo sabemos observar,...

In many cultures, leprosy elicits fear, stigma, and misunderstanding. Historically, people affected by leprosy were banished or isolated from the rest of society. Although the worldwide incidence of leprosy has declined markedly over the past quarter century with the advent of new multidrug therapies, developing nations are still encountering a high number of cases. In An Uncertain Cure, Cassandra White goes deep into the shantytowns of Rio de Janeiro to give a riveting account of the contemporary leprosy experience among poor and working class Brazilians. In this ethnographic treatment of...