Sixty glorious years of independence of India mark several milestones and immense contributions from great men and women who have become part of its history.
More than fifty years after most Canadian women received the right to vote, very few women were elected as members of Parliament and none came from Quebec.
Edward III may be known for his restoration of English kingly authority after the disastrous and mysterious fall of his father, Edward II, and eventual demise of his mother, Queen Isabella.
Este libro es la crónica de un viaje hacia el exterior: desde Uruguay hasta la India, pasando por Alemania, por Guatemala y por otras regiones del mundo.
Women have healed since the beginning of time, but accessing a formal degree in medicine was impossible for them in Britain until the late 19th century.
Women have healed since the beginning of time, but accessing a formal degree in medicine was impossible for them in Britain until the late 19th century.
A pesar de los muchos logros de los movimientos feministas y de que, en general, la legislación resguarda los derechos de las mujeres, día a día somos testigos de cuánto camino nos queda por recorrer en cuestiones de género.
Combining rich personal accounts from twelve veteran anthropologists with reflexive analyses of the state of anthropology today, this book is a treatise on theory and method offering fresh insights into the production of anthropological knowledge, from the creation of key concepts to major paradigm shifts.
A unique, in-depth view of Victorian London during the record-breaking summer of 1858, when residents both famous and now-forgotten endured “The Great Stink” together While 1858 in London may have been noteworthy for its broiling summer months and the related stench of the sewage-filled Thames River, the year is otherwise little remembered.
"Es mi misión y mi objetivo en la vida abogar por la autonomía económica de las mujeres, el acceso a las finanzas, la internacionalización, el federalismo, la disolución de las distintas brechas que nos emergen.
Chemical science has made major advances in the last few decades and has gradually transformed in to a highly multidisciplinary subject that is exciting academically and at the same time beneficial to human kind.
In Love in a Dark Time, Colm Toibin looks at the life and work of some of the greatest and most influential artists of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
'A blast' - Ian Rankin'A lively celebration of 1980s action stars' - The Times'Hugely entertaining' - Edgar WrightNow with BONUS MATERIAL, from the editor of Empire magazine this is the behind-the-scenes story of the golden age of the action movie, the stars who ruled 80s and 90s Hollywood and the beloved films - from Die Hard to The Terminator - that made them famous.
For the last four hundred years, women have played a part far in excess of their numerical representation in the history of astronomical research and discovery.
While scores of books have been published about the atomic bombings that helped end World War II, little has been written about the personal lives and relationship of the three men that led the raids.
El ícono estadounidense Benjamin Franklin es conocido por muchas cosas: publicó el famoso Poor Richard's Almanack, ayudó a fundar la mundialmente famosa Universidad de Pensilvania y fue el primer Director General de Correos de los Estados Unidos.
El latido de la cantante es el tercer libro de una trilogía que Selva Dipasquale y Tamara Domenech componen con entrevistas, poemas, dibujos y, ahora, sonidos.
Si bien la tarea de dirigir una tesis es una actividad reconocida en el ámbito universitario, los directores hablan poco acerca de sus maneras de hacer.
Chemical science has made major advances in the last few decades and has gradually transformed in to a highly multidisciplinary subject that is exciting academically and at the same time beneficial to human kind.
"Amores inmigrantes sintetiza las anécdotas y los paisajes de vidas extraordinarias y sensibles, de hombres y mujeres que generaron nuestras raíces culturales, familiares y religiosas.
Las grandes tormentas ideológicas han empezado con las ideas, recuerda Isaiah Berlin, y los grandes hechos históricos del siglo xx son un reflejo de ello.
Algunes de les dones que es posen en valor en aquest recull són: Hildegard von Bingen (segle XII), la primera persona en descriure el plaer sexual femení; Josephine Cochreane (segle XVIII), la persona que va idear el primer rentavaixelles, o Josefina Castellví, la primera dona espanyola (juntament amb Marta Estrada) a anar a l'Antàrtida.
