Haciendas y estancias en América Latina

Una de las cosas más importantes de este libro es que propone una estructura abierta de trabajo, un mecanismo de análisis que admite la investigación colectiva o individual, la aplicación académica o la pura especulación intelectual. En efecto, se trata de una serie de ensayos –o pequeñas reflexiones– que insinúan todo un territorio posible de exploración futura; un grupo de ""páginas"" en las que se examina un término o un concepto, manteniendo siempre la posibilidad de establecer múltiples conexiones entre ellos, o de aislar, segregar o clasificar los ensayos según la...

Winner of the 2020 SAMLA Studies Book Award — Edited Collection Cities both near and far communicate in a variety of ways. Travel between, through, and among urban centers initiates contact, and cities themselves are sites of ever-changing cultural and historical encounters. Predictable and surprising challenges and opportunities arise when city borders are crossed, voices meet, and artistic traditions find their counterparts. Using the Latin word for “translation,” translatio, or “to carry across,” as a point of departure, Avenues of Translation explores how translation...

Profusely illustrated, this historical work focuses on the planning and construction of the Plaza Mayor in Madrid, Spain, during the second half of the 16th century—when Madrid went from being a mercantile town to the capital of the Hapsburg Empire. Including a detailed analysis of archived documents, architectural plans, and drawings, this study chronicles this monument's architectural and urban development, explains the symbolism associated with it, and reveals how it came to be a model for other European constructions. Profusamente ilustrada, esta obra histórica enfoca el planeamiento y ...