The articles in this book, the majority of which were originally presented at the Southern Regional Demographic Group meeting in 1976, deal with fertility, mortality, migration, and the factors that influence these components.
Supporting his conclusions with profuse statistical evidence, Robert L. Martin traces the economic development of six major towns in central West Texas, all with over 10,000 residents in 1960: Lamesa, Snyder, Sweetwater, Big Spring, Midland, and Odessa.
Originally published in 1974, this is a collection of original essays by distinguished scholars proposing original concepts and methods for analyzing crucial problems in Latin American history.
This book explores all the important aspects of patronage—a topic crucial to the study of literature and art from Homer to the present day.
The first detailed treatment in English of the use of ships in the Spanish conquest of Mexico.
These essays analyze the development of the political theory of treason from its beginning in Roman Law to its transformation in the Germanic custom of the early Middle Ages.
The first comprehensive analysis of South American telenovelas and Mexican narco-dramas and their role in shaping popular culture throughout the Americas and beyond.