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La ampliacion de la frontera agricola en el Sur del Cesar se situa dentro de los periodos 1850-1930 y 1930-1960 correspondiente a las colonizaciones dadas en Colombia. Los factores que incentivaron el proceso fueron el crecimiento demografico, los efectos de la economia exportadora, la presencia de empresas petroleras y del Estado, el impacto de la construccion del cable aereo Gamarra-Ocana, la carretera en el mismo sentido a finales de la decada del 40, la ampliacion del ferrocarril hasta Santa Marta, la extraccion de maderas y la Violencia del 48. El libro tiene tres capitulos: poblamiento...

On the 60th anniversary of the onset of the Cuban Revolution, this penetrating photographic exploration of Castro's rise to power is filled with images both iconic and rare. During the six long years in which Fidel Castro, his brother Raul, and Che Guevara led the struggle to overthrow dictator Fulgencio Batista, journalists and photojournalists such as Carlo Maria Gutierrez, Andrew St. George, Dickey Chapelle, Burt Glinn, Lester Cole, Osvaldo Salas, Alberto Diaz, and Luis Peirce were granted extraordinary access to the inside workings of the revolution. Accompanied by a fascinating essay...

The U.S. economy reigned supreme in the 20th century, becoming the largest most productive, and most competitive in the world; amazing new technologies were invented and commercialised; the workforce became the most educated in the world; and incomes soared while a large middle class emerged and thrived. As the 21st century approached, however, alarms began to sound about the U.S. economy's ability to remain in this pre-eminent position. Incomes stagnated and job growth slowed. Other countries became better educated and our manufacturing sector lost ground to foreign competitors. Observers...