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Este libro constituye la primera historia general de China escrita originalmente en español por una experta...Los aspectos económicos, sociales y culturales de cada uno de los periodos dinásticos se presentan y analizan a partir de una ingeniosa heterodoxia conceptual que permite centrar el asunto sin caer en el pragmatismo anecdótico ni en un exceso de especulación teórica que pudiera desviar el libro de su objetivo central: hacer accesible al público de habla española, en forma profesional y acuciosa, una historia caracterizada por su pasmosa continuidad a través de los siglos.

China --- History. --- Asian history

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This absorbing narrative follows the craft community of French chocolatiers--members of a tiny group experiencing intensive international competition--as they struggle to ensure the survival of their businesses. Susan J. Terrio moves easily among ethnography, history, theory, and vignette, telling a story that challenges conventional views of craft work, associational forms, and training models in late capitalism.

Chocolate-- History. --- Chocolate --- Chocolate industry --- History. --- History

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Ethnology --- History.

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This book comprises a national study of the explosives industry and provides a framework for identification of its industrial archaeology and social history. It ranges from gunpowder manufacture in the late Middle Ages through to 20th-century explosives.

Gunpowder --- History.

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During the twentieth century, medicine has been radically transformed and powerfully transformative. In 1900, western medicine was important to philanthropy and public health, but it was marginal to the state, the industrial economy and the welfare of most individuals. It is now central to these aspects of life. Our prospects seem increasingly dependent on the progress of bio-medical sciences and genetic technologies which promise to reshape future generations. The editors of Medicine in the Twentieth Century have commissioned over forty authoritative essays, written by historical.

Medicine --- History