Gathering a group of internationally renowned scholars, this volume presents cutting-edge research on the complex processes of identity formation in the transatlantic world of the Hispanic Baroque. Identities in the Hispanic world are deeply intertwined with sociological concepts such as class and estate, with geography and religion (i.e. the mixing of Spanish Catholics with converted Jews, Muslims, Dutch and German Protestants), and with issues related to the ethnic diversity of the world's first transatlantic empire and its various miscegenations. Contributors to this volume offer the reader diverse vantage points on the challenging problem of how identities in the Hispanic world may be analyzed and interpreted. A number of contributors relate earlier processes and formations to Neo-Baroque and postmodern conceptualisations of identity. Given the strong interest in identity and identity-formation within contemporary cultural studies, the book will be of interest to a broad group of readers from the fields of law, geography, history, anthropology and literature.

The Jesuit Juan de Mariana (1535-1624) is one of the most misunderstood authors in the history of political thought. His treatise De rege et regis institutione libri tres (1599) is dedicated to Philip III of Spain. It was to present the principles of statecraft by which the young king was to abide. Yet soon after its publication, Catholic and Calvinist politiques in France started branding Mariana a regicide. De rege was said to empower the private individual to kill a legitimate king. Its 'pernicious doctrines' were blamed for the murder of Henry IV in 1610, and it was burned at the order of the parlement of Paris. Modern historians have tended to build on this interpretation and consider De rege a stepping stone towards modern pluralist and democratic thought. Nothing could be further from the truth. The notion of Mariana as an uncompromising theorist of resistance is in fact based on the distorted reading of a few select sentences from the first book of the treatise. This study offers a radical departure from the old view of Mariana as an early modern constitutionalist thinker and advocate of regicide. Thorough analysis of the text as a whole reveals him to be a shrewd and creative operator of political language as well as a champion of the church and bishops of Castile. The argument as a whole is informed by a Catholic-Augustinian view of human nature. Mariana's bleak, at times downright cynical view of man imparts focus and coherence to a text that challenges well established terminological boundaries and political discourses. In the first instance, his deeply pessimistic appraisal of human virtue justifies his disregard of positive law. He is thus able to mould diverse elements extracted from Roman and canon law, scholastic theology and humanist literature into a deliberately equivocal discourse of reason of state. Finally, this secular interpretation of the world of politics is cleverly yoked to a thoroughly clerical agenda of reform. In fact, reason of state is made to propagate an episcopal monarchy. De rege is exceptional in that it strings together a curious scholastic theory of the origins of society, a conservative ideology of absolute monarchy and a breathtakingly radical vision of theocratic renewal of Spanish government and society. Juan de Mariana and Early Modern Political Thought elucidates the differentiated nature of political debate in Habsburg Spain. It confirms the complexity of Spanish political life in the later sixteenth and early seventeenth century. Complementing recent work on Catholic political thought, the European reception of Machiavelli, and Spanish Habsburg government, this study offers a more complete and holistic picture of early modern Spanish political culture.

This book discusses the topic of the HLA antigen system. Chapters discuss topics such as; animal studies, the possible mechanisms of HLA and disease associations, statistical and genetic considerations, the clinical use of HLA typing, as well as the current status of HLA and disease associations.

Im Mittelpunkt von Jan Gussows Studie steht die zieloptimale Verknupfung der Pauschalvergutungen mit Elementen der Vergutung von Prozessqualitat und Prozessintegration. Eine wichtige Rolle spielt dabei die erfolgsorientierte Vergutung auf Basis von Kennzahlen. Der Autor schlagt vor, auch das Bewertungsverfahren so aufzubauen, dass die Methodik dem Management die notwendigen Informationen an die Hand gibt, um die Organisation des Patientenbehandlungsprozesses effizient steuern zu konnen."

In sexually reproducing organisms, germ cells give rise to gametes and serve as the link between generations. A key event during germ cell development is the decision to leave mitosis and enter meiosis, leading to the formation of mature eggs and sperm. Germ cell development involves unique gene expression programs and the establishment of epigenetic marks that ensure success during fertilization and embryo development. Written and edited by experts in the field, this collection from Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology reviews the biology of germ cells in metazoans. The contributors describe the undifferentiated state of germline stem cells, the triggers for meiotic entry, and the transcriptional and post transcriptional controls during spermatogenesis and oogenesis that lead to the formation of mature gametes. The expression of sex linked genes and the establishment of genomic imprinting in the germline are also covered. This volume, which includes discussions of gamete recognition proteins, egg activation, and genetic reprogramming following nuclear transfer, is an indispensable reference for cell, molecular, and developmental biologists and anyone wishing to understand the implications of germ cell biology for reproductive technologies.

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfangen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind. Der Verlag stellt mit diesem Archiv Quellen fur die historische wie auch die disziplingeschichtliche Forschung zur Verfugung, die jeweils im historischen Kontext betrachtet werden mussen. Dieser Titel erschien in der Zeit vor 1945 und wird daher in seiner zeittypischen politisch-ideologischen Ausrichtung vom Verlag nicht beworben.

Un novela imaginaria llena de pasion y encantos, donde jovenes apasionados por su amor, luchaban para proteger su amor del racismo y la desigualdad de sus padres, Santa Elena de Nazaret era un pequeno pueblo fuera de la ciudad compartido por familias ricas, humildes y familias negras. leyda mareny, la tercera hija de uno de los hombres mas rico del pueblo, se enamora de un joven mulato empleado de la finca de su padre, pedro mareny su amor fue una conexion del alma algo que ellos no podian explicarselo al verse sintieron un fuego interno, que los quemaba, sentian una sensacion que nunca antes habian sentido, leyda mareny y Robert Ruiz, luchaba par no aceptar este amor, Robert Ruiz sabia que el padre de leyda mareny, era racista y orgulloso el sabia que le traeria problemas si se acercaba a ella, pero su amor fue mas fuerte que su resistencia. Dedicada a todas las parejas interraciales del mundo que han luchado para estar juntos,

Un novela imaginaria llena de pasion y encantos, donde jovenes apasionados por su amor, luchaban para proteger su amor del racismo y la desigualdad de sus padres, Santa Elena de Nazaret era un pequeno pueblo fuera de la ciudad compartido por familias ricas, humildes y familias negras. leyda mareny, la tercera hija de uno de los hombres mas rico del pueblo, se enamora de un joven mulato empleado de la finca de su padre, pedro mareny su amor fue una conexion del alma algo que ellos no podian explicarselo al verse sintieron un fuego interno, que los quemaba, sentian una sensacion que nunca antes habian sentido, leyda mareny y Robert Ruiz, luchaba par no aceptar este amor, Robert Ruiz sabia que el padre de leyda mareny, era racista y orgulloso el sabia que le traeria problemas si se acercaba a ella, pero su amor fue mas fuerte que su resistencia. Dedicada a todas las parejas interraciales del mundo que han luchado para estar juntos,