Books by "J. Benito Fernández "
7 books found
Combining traditional documentary research with new analytical strategies, Robert J. Ferry creates a rich, three-dimensional picture of early Caracas. His reconstitution and interpretation of important genealogical histories provide a model for historical studies of Latin American and other societies. Ferry’s work partially eclipses previously accepted ideas about colonial Caracas. He shows how the society was dominated by a commercial-agricultural elite and demonstrates that women were responsible for arranging marriages and maintaining family lineages, that marriages among first cousins were very common, and that elite residence was matrifocal. The Colonial Elite of Early Caracas focuses on the salient features of the society and economy: agriculture, commerce, and labor. The first section treats the seventeenth-century transition from Indian encomienda labor to African slave labor. The society created by slavery and the cacao trade in the eighteenth century is the main subject of the second section of the book. Throughout, Ferry leads the reader to a deeper understanding of the elite planters of Caracas, who were wheat farmers in the seventeenth century and cacao hacienda owners in the eighteenth. Ferry also explores how some families suceeded in retaining wealth and local authority from one generation to the next. That success is momentarily halted in the 1730s and 1740s, and the revolt of Juan Francisco de León in 1749 is viewed as a crisis of both the colony’s elite and the smallholder, immigrant class to which León himself belonged. The response to León’s rebellion represents a major effort on the part of the Spanish crown to restructure royal authority in the colony, arguably the first of the Bourbon reforms in the American colonies. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1989.
Handbook of the American Frontier: Chronology, bibliography, index
by Joseph Norman Heard
1987 · Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Contains hundreds of sources, both primary and secondary, and seeks to foreground the perspective of heretofore largely ignored groups such as women and blacks, and frequently misrepresented cultures of native North Americans.
Fleisher & Ludwig's 5-Minute Pediatric Emergency Medicine Consult
by Robert J. Hoffman, Vincent J. Wang, Richard Scarfone, Sandip Godambe, Joshua Nagler
2019 · Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
The second edition of Fleisher & Ludwig’s 5-Minute Pediatric Emergency Medicine Consult helps anyone working in a busy emergency or urgent care setting diagnose, treat and manage over 500 diseases and common pediatric conditions. You’ll instantly find clear answers—summarized succinctly—on clinical orientation, differential diagnosis, medications, management, discharge criteria and more. Practice guidelines are evidence-based, and the book is formatted for quick reference, double-checking or a 5-minute refresher.
Macmillan published the first edition of this text in 1985. It is a detailed reference to world leaders, monarchs, presidents and their equivalents, executive leaders plus other positions with authority vested in them; heads of ruling communist parties, military junta heads and some leaders with no formal post, but who wield supreme authority. This text is a reference to leaders, past and present, of the countries of the world. The second edition updates the first and includes the far reaching political changes which have taken place in Eastern Europe and the emergence of new states. The scope of the book has been broadened to include more international organisations, more regional government leaders, more governments in exile and colonial governors of the twentieth century.
Commanche Land by J. Emmor Harston is a vivid historical account of the Comanche people and the vast territory they once dominated across the Southern Plains. Blending frontier history, ethnography, and personal observation, Harston's book offers readers a compelling portrait of the Comanche as warriors, horsemen, and a people whose culture and power profoundly shaped the history of the American West. Harston traces the rise of the Comanche from their emergence as master horsemen in the 18th century to their dominance of a region that stretched across Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico. He describes their fearsome reputation as raiders, their skill in warfare, and their ability to control trade and territory in ways that baffled both settlers and rival tribes. Yet the narrative also acknowledges their artistry, traditions, and resilience as a people who adapted brilliantly to the horse culture and maintained independence for longer than most Native nations. The book pays particular attention to the conflicts between the Comanche and U.S. expansion, chronicling the bloody clashes, treaties, and eventual decline of Comanche power in the late 19th century. Harston's writing combines the drama of frontier adventure with respect for the endurance and legacy of the Comanche people. Though written in the mid-20th century and reflecting the perspectives of its time, Commanche Land remains an important contribution to regional and Native American history. It captures both the grandeur of the land and the complexity of a people whose history cannot be separated from the story of the American frontier itself.
Harwood-Nuss' Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine
by Allan B. Wolfson, Robert L. Cloutier, Gregory W. Hendey, Louis J. Ling, Jeffrey J. Schaider, Carlo L. Rosen
2014 · Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Harwood-Nuss' Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine presents a clinically focused and evidence-based summary of emergency medicine. Chapters are templated to include the clinical presentation, differential diagnosis, evaluation, management and disposition, with highlighted critical interventions and common pitfalls. Management and disposition are especially critical in the emergency department, and their emphasis is unique to Harwood-Nuss. Often, a diagnosis can not be made, given the constraints of an ED evaluation; thus, effecive management of the patient, with or without a confirmed diagnosis, is key. Also distinct to Harwood-Nuss is the High-Risk Chief Complaints section, which covers the key presentations in the ED: chest pain, abdominal pain, shortness of breath, altered mental status. When patients present in the ED, they don't present with a known diagnosis; this chapter walks the physician through possible differential diagnoses and the evaluation and management of these patients so that they can be stabilized and treated quickly and effectively.