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Sociology Lens, Volume 38, Issue 3, Page 212-224, September 2025.ABSTRACT This article examines the peasant revolution that took place in Bolivia between November 1952 and November 1953 and seeks to explain why the peasantry took a revolutionary path. While existing explanations have emphasized the exploitative nature of the hacienda and the influence of external political actors, this article argues that the ...
Arián Laguna Quiroga
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Biopiracy and beauty brands? patent trends of cosmetics and skin care companies
The Journal of World Intellectual Property, Volume 28, Issue 2, Page 640-664, July 2025.Abstract Concerns about the fairness and equity of ‘biodiscovery’ research endure despite the creation of legal frameworks designed to regulate access and benefit sharing involving genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge. While some industries that engage in biodiscovery have been the subject of sustained scrutiny, others have received ...
David J. Jefferson, Daniel F. Robinson
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Journal of Quaternary Science, Volume 40, Issue 4, Page 671-683, May 2025.ABSTRACT Understanding soil erosion, its history and links to potential drivers such as land use (particularly agriculture and deforestation), different cultural perspectives and climate change are crucial for the development of effective management and conservation strategies.
Jahzeel Aguilera Lara, SARAH E. Metcalfe
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Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Volume 47, Issue 4, Page 383-404, December 2024.Abstract The establishment of a Royal Naval Dockyard in Ferrol (Spain) favoured engagement in international activities and hence the development of useful connections with other European cities and towns. This article examines trade links between Scotland and Spain through the port of Ferrol during the 1770s, with particular emphasis on the British ...
Mónica Amenedo‐Costa
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The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, Volume 29, Issue 4, Page 352-363, December 2024.Abstract This paper explores selective aspects of the historical processes of organization of the kichwa peasantry in the Andes of Ecuador. Based on the analysis of two representative cases of confrontation between peasants and landowners over access to land in the province of Chimborazo, it discusses the relevance of the concept of “gamonalismo” as ...
Víctor Bretón
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Rent–wage inequality in Mexico City, 1770–1930
The Economic History Review, Volume 77, Issue 3, Page 1035-1056, August 2024.Abstract This article traces trends of income inequality in Mexico City from 1770 to 1930 by measuring the gaps between urban real estate rents and unskilled wages. The article presents the first long‐term series of real estate values and rental income for Mexico.
Amílcar E. Challú +2 more
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Mexico's Dirty War: A Reassessment
Bulletin of Latin American Research, Volume 43, Issue 3, Page 211-224, June 2024.Recent scholarship has found that Mexico's dirty war was rooted in existing, but also limited, violent practices established during the 1940s and 1950s. During the 1960s, these limits began to disappear. But it was not until the early 1970s when the state had sufficient capacity to launch counterinsurgency tactics throughout the nation.
Alex Aviña, Benjamin T. Smith
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Inspectoría General de la Policía Nacional, 1975-1985
, 2011 1. Violación de los derechos humanos -- Guatemala -- Historia -- Siglo XX -- Archivo, 2. Archivo Histórico de la Policía Nacional (Guatemala) -- Historia -- Siglo XX, 3. Inspectoría General de la Policía Nacional -- Estructura -- Guatemala, 4.
Guatemala. Policía Nacional. Archivo Histórico
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Geoarchaeology, Volume 39, Issue 3, Page 320-334, May/June 2024.Abstract The Archaeological Site of Panama Viejo (Panama) comprises a protected area of 28 km2 within present‐day Panama City, on America's Pacific coast. In 1519, the Spaniards founded the city of Panama Viejo to secure a natural port in an area inhabited by indigenous peoples since at least the eighth century CE.
Miriam Martos +2 more
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Dirección General de la Policía Nacional, 1975-1985
, 2010 1. Violación de los derechos humanos -- Guatemala -- Historia -- Siglo XX -- Archivo, 2. Archivo Histórico de la Policía Nacional (Guatemala) -- Historia -- Siglo XX, 3.
Guatemala. Policía Nacional. Archivo Histórico
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