In the wake of the financial crisis in 2008, historians have turned with renewed urgency to understanding the economic dimension of historical change. In this collection, nine scholars present original research into the historical development of money and credit during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and explore the social and cultural significance of financial phenomena from a global perspective. Together with an introduction by the editors, chapters emphasize themes of creditworthiness and access to credit, the role of the state in the loan market, modernization, colonialism, and global connections between markets. The first section of the volume, "Creditworthiness and Credit Risks," examines microfinancial markets in South India and Sri Lanka, Brazil, and the United States, in which access to credit depended largely on reputation, while larger investors showed a strong interest in policing economic behavior and encouraging thrift among market participants. The second section, "The Loan Market and the State," concerns attempts by national governments to regulate the lending activities of merchants and banks for social ends, from the liberal regime of nineteenth-century Switzerland to the far more statist policies of post-revolutionary Mexico, and U.S. legislation that strove to eliminate discrimination in lending. The third section, "Money, Commercial Exchange, and Global Connections," focuses on colonial and semicolonial societies in the Philippines, China, and Zimbabwe, where currency reform and the development of organized financial markets engendered conflict over competing models of economic development, often pitting the colony against the metropole. This volume offers a cultural history by considering money and credit as social relations, and explores how such relations were constructed and articulated by contemporaries. Chapters employ a variety of methodologies, including analyses of popular literature and the viewpoints of experts and professionals, investigations of policy measures and emerging social practices, and interpretations of quantitative data.

Dime-a-dozen ideas for reforming education seem to be everywhere these days; few actually transform the everyday experience of the 50-million-plus students who are regularly subjected to traditional lecturing, note-taking, and rote learning - often with dismal results. Enter Deeper Learning, 'a fast read [that] will interest educators who want to produce self-motivated, passionate learners' (Library Journal) by education strategist Monica R. Martinez and sociologist Dennis McGrath.

This book contains a selection of papers from the 2021 International Conference on Software Process Improvement (CIMPS'21), held between the 20th and 22th of October in Torreon Coahuila, Mexico as virtual venue. The CIMPS'21 is a global forum for researchers and practitioners that present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, results, experiences and concerns in the several perspectives of Software Engineering with clear relationship but not limited to software processes, Security in Information and Communication Technology and Big Data Field. The main topics covered are: Organizational Models, Standards and Methodologies, Software Process Improvement, Knowledge Management, Software Systems, Applications and Tools, Information and Communication Technologies and Processes in non-software domains (Mining, automotive, aerospace, business, health care, manufacturing, etc.) with a demonstrated relationship to Software Engineering Challenges.

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"Por Amor" es un proyecto intimo con los mejores poemas de la autora publicados a lo largo de estos anos en su Blog. Dentro de el se muestra la fascinacion por la vida y lo que le da sentido al amor, esto es, el lenguaje que manejan las personas que tienen la capacidad de percibir la belleza del mundo que nos rodea. Es un reto por comprender nuestra propia naturaleza y al mismo tiempo, es una mirada al pasado, ya que dentro tambien se encuentra el recopilatorio "An-verso." Dos momentos diferentes que dan sentido a su Titulo, ya que ambos fueron escritos desde la felicidad de sentirse amado y tambien desde el dolor de sentirse perdido.

(Del lat. visibilitas, atis). 1. f. Cualidad de visible. 2. f. Mayor o menor distancia a que, segun las condiciones atmosfericas, pueden reconocerse o verse los objetos. Donde la palabra no es suficiente esta el delito de la vida que abre paso a una dolorosa verguenza y culpa. Para escribir este libro han sido necesarios unos cuantos milenios de represion Puede que este libro no haga a nadie libre pero te descubrira a ti mismo hurgando en el interior de algunos sentimientos reencontrados. Estas preparado?

"Tomates verdes crudos" es un conjunto de narraciones de distinto genero que fueron disenadas para el portal Universo Gay durante el ano 2012, con el objetivo de abordar a traves del relato, la reflexion y el realismo mas cruento, la visibilidad del colectivo LGTB dentro de la sociedad del momento. Entre sus paginas encontraras vestigios de un mundo de fantasia y ensayo que ahonda en los destinos, corazones y mentes de esas voces que todavia siguen buscando su sitio.

Esta es la envolvente historia de luces y sombras de un amor no solicitado y arrollador que toma las riendas vitales de una mujer normal y corriente levantando a su paso todas las emociones y sentimientos reprimidos desde la mas tierna infancia. Su relato se convierte en el eco devastador de una experiencia tan dolorosa y perturbadora como es el amor y los secretos que el contiene.