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Although few people know its history, Philadelphia is the third-largest Puerto Rican community in the United States. Thousands have made el viaje, or the journey, from Puerto Rico to Philadelphia, beginning before 1898 and continuing today. Puerto Ricans came as political exiles, merchants, and workers and built vibrant everyday lives and community organizations. By the 1970s, the Puerto Rican community was strong and diverse. El Viaje is a photographic journey of Puerto Ricans in Philadelphia, and it refers to a popular local radio program.

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...

John Chadwick ofrece un panorama de la Grecia micenica que articula la informacion procedente de los testimonios documentales con la vision que proporcionan las fuentes arqueologicas. La obra estudia la geografia, la poblacion, la estructura social, el sistema administrativo, las concepciones religiosas, las formas de produccion en la agricultura, la situacion de la artesania, la industria, el comercio y las tecnicas militares en el mundo micenico, para concluir con un analisis de las circunstancias que determinaron su decadencia y extincion.

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