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Palaces for a New Spain Nobility: Between Creole Identity and Academicism

open access: yesSociology Lens, Volume 38, Issue 1, Page 75-86, March 2025.
ABSTRACT Mexico City and Havana had a significant number of noble palaces during the eighteenth century. Until now, the dearth of historical documentation on their construction has hampered any approximation, requiring other methodologies. Here, it is intended to establish how a new visual code was defined, consistent both with their local style and ...
Pedro Luengo
wiley   +1 more source

“Pre-columbian moulages”. Huacos, mummies and photographs in the controversy over precolumbian diseases, 1894-1910 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
By the late nineteenth century an international controversy arose referred to the probable existence of certain diseases such as leprosy, syphilis and lupus in pre-Columbian America.
Farro, Máximo Ezequiel, Podgorny, Irina
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The far side of capitalism: Institutions and trade financing in Manila during the long eighteenth century

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, Volume 78, Issue 4, Page 1068-1087, November 2025.
Abstract Sustained long‐distance trade in the early modern era necessitated institutional mechanisms capable of solving three interrelated challenges: the need to mobilize an unprecedented volume of capital and to lock it in for long periods of time, ways of mitigating the principal–agent problem across continents, and methods to internalize and ...
Juan José Rivas Moreno
wiley   +1 more source

Archivo Histórico Nacional, Madrid. Fondo Inquisición [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
En este trabajo intentaremos dar cuenta de la documentación producida por la Inquisición americana, en el marco de su política represiva llevada adelante entre los siglos XVI y XIX, que se encuentra albergada en el Archivo Histórico Nacional de Madrid.
Vassallo, Jaqueline Rossely
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Rural Revolution in Bolivia: Landlord Stubbornness, Colonial Intellectuals, and Rural Jacobins (1952–1953)

open access: yesSociology 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
wiley   +1 more source

Materialismo y ateísmo en Galicia, 1790-1815 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
In the present work we draw a small route with regard to the (about) manifestations or expressions of atheism and materialism, popular and cultured (enlightened), by the end of XVIII century and the two following decades of the XIX century, in deeph, as ...
González Fernández, Martín
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Biopiracy and beauty brands? patent trends of cosmetics and skin care companies

open access: yesThe 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
wiley   +1 more source

Estudios de biodeterioro en acervo documental [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
En este trabajo se presentan los estudios que se llevan a cabo en el Laboratorio de Biodeterioro de Materiales de INIFTA, sobre la contaminación microbiana del ambiente y el biodeterioro de materiales almacenados en diferentes archivos: Archivo Histórico
Battistoni, Patricia   +4 more
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Exploring soil erosion in the lake basins of Michoacán, Mexico: From sediment cores to conservation policies

open access: yesJournal 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
wiley   +1 more source

El colmillo de Sarmiento : recortes para una autobiografía de Florentino Ameghino [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Fil: Podgorny, Irina. Archivo Histórico. Museo de La Plata.
Podgorny, Irina
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