El Arte de Construir En Los Paises Espuestos a Temblores de Tierra

The late Puerto Rican activist and author provides a definitive history of the Puerto Rican immigrants in New York City, focusing on the contributions of the Hispanic community to labor, political organizing, suffrage, and civic participation in the early twentieth century. (History)

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De part et d'autre de l'Atlantique, deux mondes longtemps unis sous l'autorité d'une même couronne, qu'elle soit espagnole ou portugaise, ont fini par se séparer au début du xixesiècle. Les Indes occidentales sont alors devenues l'Amérique latine mais les héritages préhispaniques et coloniaux n'ont pas cessé d'influencer les paysages urbains, les sociétés rurales et les mentalités collectives du monde latino-américain. Réunies pour rendre hommage au professeur Jean-Pierre Berthe, les quarante-six contributions présentées ici veulent donner de ce vaste ensemble, hétérogène...

Springfield Township, Montgomery County, adjoins the city of Philadelphia on its northern border. The township's six-plus square miles, originally established as "Penn's Manor of Springfield," was a gift from William Penn to his wife, Gulielma Maria Springett, c. 1681. This historic township was home to a major stagecoach line and its associated taverns and inns, considerable activity during the Revolutionary War, summertime residences of Philadelphia's wealthy, and subsequent post-World War II development as a burgeoning community just over the Philadelphia border. Springfield Township's...