Amor y Desamor en la Corte

The history of Puerto Ricans in the so-called "Babel of Steel" dates back more than a century. Through hundreds of images of the "pioneers"-those Puerto Rican migrants who established themselves in New York City between the 1890s and the end of World War II-we capture a glimpse of their daily lives and of their individual and collective stories. This rich collection of images from the Archives of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College helps to examine the history of the Puerto Rican community at a time when it was spreading its roots in New York City's social, political,...

En los seis ensayos que integran este volumen, se da cuenta de las ideas y procesos que nos explican c mo llegaron al Constituyente de 1916-1917 temas como el proyecto agrario y sus nociones de justicia, el lugar de los extranjeros en el nuevo Estado o la cuesti n pol tico-constitucional del anhelo de un presidencialismo fuerte.

El autor, Doctor en Historia e investigador centrado en la Segunda República y la Guerra Civil española, con varias publicaciones exitosas sobre esta temática, obtuvo el XVI Premio de Historia Regional «Manuel Teira» Ciudad de Torrelavega con esta documentada obra en donde analiza los episodios más controvertidos de la Guerra Civil en nuestra región, acompañado con abundante material gráfico, en gran parte inédito.

The area of Amalthea, better known as Central College, was platted by Timothy Lee in 1816. Situated three miles southeast of Westerville, Central College was built along Big Walnut Creek. A college known as the Blendon Institute was formed in 1832. In 1842, the institute was given to the Presbyterian church to form the Central College of Ohio. However, due to financial struggles, the school--later known as Central College Academy--closed in 1894. The Ohio School for the Deaf Alumni Association purchased the defunct school property and created the Ohio Home for the Aged and Infirm Deaf; it was ...