Nuestra señora de la portería. Historia de la imagen, y de su fiel camarlengo Fr. Luís de San José

The latest entry in the 'Limina/Limites: Archaeologies, histories, islands and borders in the Mediterranean' series presents the study of the rural landscape of the eastern part of the island of Mallorca (Balearic Islands) during Late Antiquity, providing new data that improves our understanding of one of the least well-known periods of the island.

Magnates, bandoleers, politicians, drug traffickers, clerics, and public figures comprise this history of the Sicilian Mafia. More than being merely an amalgamation of stories about organized crime, this history of the Sicilian Mafia is dense with political and social analysis. Analyzing historical documents, this book investigates the criminal processes that originated in Italy and, through formal and informal alliances, have spread to the international community.

E n la presente obra, Manuel Martín Serrano desvela los cambios históricos que han traído los actuales usos de las mediaciones, al tiempo que describe los efectos culturales y antropológicos que las prácticas mediadoras están generando a escala universal, cuando la acción que transforma el mundo ya es inseparable de la información que lo reproduce. Desde su publicación, La mediación social ha inspirado a investigadores y teóricos en diversos campos y muchos lugares del mundo. La edición conmemorativa de este clásico contemporáneo de las ciencias sociales aparece cuando...

Excavation and restoration at the Governor's Palace and the Nunnery Quadrangle at Uxmal provide insights into the construction of these famous monuments and the nature of one of Mesoamerica's most magnificent early Postclassic cities. Complete text in English and Spanish.