Manual para el Trabajo Social Comunitario

Conceptos y términos económicos para adolescentes y jóvenes adultos ¿Cuál fue el origen de las monedas? ¿Qué pasaría si de repente un banco decidiera producir más dinero? Economía para mentes inquietas resuelve todas estas dudas y muchas otras: desde conceptos como el funcionamiento de los mercados y las leyes de la oferta y la demanda a aspectos más cotidianos como las divisas, el control del gasto o el ahorro. Hasta los conceptos más oscuros son fáciles de entender, gracias a un texto cercano, magníficas ilustraciones y esquemas visuales. Economía para mentes inquietas es...

The United States grew rapidly from the time of the Louisiana Purchase to the building of the Transcontinental Railroad. All of this expansion came at the expense of Native American populations that had either lived in the region for centuries or been forced there from ancestral homes in the East. Tribes memorably fought on their own and together in an doomed effort to retain the land and a lifestyle that had long sustained their families. This book outlines some of the major conflicts of the Westward Expansion, and of the treaties and were signed, and often broken, by representatives of the...

We often don´t stop to think about the origin of certain foods, but many of the foods we consume today only reached us as a result of great discoveries and the subsequent international commerce between east and west. This book brings us closer to the complex relations between different cultures and shows us the importance of ocean voyages in the development of international commerce.

Whether you call your January 6th celebration El Dia de los Reyes or the Feast of the Epiphany, you're celebrating a day dedicated to the three kings. Sometimes called the three wise men or the magi, these figures are part of the Christmas story and often appear in nativity scenes during this time of year. In some places, they're more important than Santa Claus. In this volume, readers discover the history of the three kings' story as well as how they are celebrated in cultures around the world today.