Opus Dei: A History (1928-2016), Volume One

by José Luis González Gullón, John F Coverdale

2022 · Scepter Publishers

For a century, Opus Dei has transmitted to the world a message of encounter with God in ordinary life. A first of its kind, this book is an extensive investigation of this institution and its founder, Josemarí a Escrivá . All documentation that exists and is preserved about Opus Dei and its founder, as well as numerous oral testimonies, have been accessed in order to leave no rock unturned in this historical reveal of one of the Church' s most fascinating modern lay and clerical organization.

Complex Methods in Approximation Theory

by Francisco Marcellán, Juan José Moreno-Balcázar, Juan J. Moreno Balcázar

1997 · Universidad Almería

This book provides an up-to-date account of research in Approximation Theory and Complex Analysis, areas which are the subject of recent exciting developments.The level of presentation should be suitable for anyone with a good knowledge of analysis, including scientists with a mathematical background. The volume contains both research papers and surveys, presented by specialists in the field. The areas discussed are: Orthogonal Polynomials (with respect to classical and Sobolev inner products), Approximation in Several Complex Variables, Korovkin-type Theorems, Potential Theory, Ratinal Approximation and Linear Ordinary Differential Equations.

The Cuban Tourism Industry

by Paolo Spadoni, José Luis Perelló Cabrera

2025 · Bloomsbury Publishing USA

This book by Paolo Spadoni and José Luis Perelló Cabrera examines the history of tourism in Cuba and the expansion and struggles of international tourism in Cuba in the post-Cold War era. The Cuban Tourism Industry: Evolution, Challenges, and Prospects begins with a historical review of the development of tourism as an important industry in pre-1959 Cuba and the subsequent decline in the first fifteen years of the revolution before a modest recovery in the second half of the 1970s and during the 1980s. Spadoni and Cabrera continue with a thorough analysis of the remarkable expansion of international tourism in Cuba in the post-Cold War era and in the era of improved relations with the United States that officially began in 2014, along with an assessment of the sector's economic impact and its main challenges. A critical assessment of the damaging effects on the Cuban tourism sector of stiffened U.S. sanctions imposed by the Trump administration, and largely maintained by the Biden administration, is also provided. This book examines tourism trends in Cuba and the Caribbean in the post-pandemic era and sheds additional light on Cuba's recent tourism performance to underscore key flaws of the Cuban tourism industry and suggest potential adjustments.

Puerto Rican Identity, Political Development, and Democracy in New York, 1960–1990

by José E. Cruz

2017 · Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Using Puerto Rican politics in New York City as a case study, particularly focusing on political elites, Puerto Rican Identity, Political Development, and Democracy in New York, 1960–1990 argues that ethnic identity is a positive force in political development. José E. Cruz suggests that in using ethnic identity to claim and exercise social and civil rights, to pursue representation, and to access resources and benefits, Puerto Ricans sustained and enriched liberal democracy in New York City. This book shows how in carrying out politics in this way, Puerto Rican political elites placed themselves out of the margins and into the mainstream of city politics as significant contributors to urban democracy.