Product Description: Between 1889 and 1919, Weetman Pearson became one of the world's most important engineering contractors, a pioneer in the international oil industry, and one of Britain's wealthiest men. At the center of his global business empire were his interests in Mexico...read more

Product Description: Paul Garner evalua un regimen que durante el siglo XX fue estudiado de manera distorsionada y consigue un retrato amplio y objetivo jamas escrito hasta ahora sobre una de las figuras mas controvertidas de la historia de Mexico.Apoyado por los metodos criticos de la historiografia contemporanea, el autor examina el Porfiriato desde su origen, caracter y evolucion, hasta finalmente ubicar el regimen de Diaz en su contexto, evitando la perspectiva sesgada de la historiografia posrevolucionaria oficial...read more

Product Description: Simultáneamente al movimiento constitucionalista emprendido para derribar a Victoriano Huerta, en varios estados de la República Mexicana se dieron movimientos locales conectados de diversas maneras con la Revolución. En el estado de Oaxaca el levantamiento asumió un fuerte carácter colectivo...read more

Product Description: Paul "Mousie" Garner's career as a stooge (a "fall guy" or "assistant" to the head clown) began in vaudeville, when he and his partner were firing off jokes and one-liners, as well as leaping over oil-drums. Another part of the act, which could run as often as five times a day, involved Garner's getting smashed over the head with breakable ukeleles...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Published in cooperation with the Accounting History Association of Japan, this volume brings together key essays presented at the World Congress on Accounting History held in Kyoto, Japan. Covering a wide range of topics, from 16th-century accounting practices in Spain to the development of the certified public accountants system in contemporary China, the volume illustrated the richness of the subject areas and research approaches being utilized in the field...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)