Latin America and the Caribbean Demographic Observatory 2017

The Demographic Observatory 2015 contains selected indicators from the 2015 revision of estimates and projections for the populations analysed. The figures contained in this publication are a revision of those presented in the Observatory 2014 and include updates of the estimations and projections of national populations from 1950 to 2100, taking into account new information sources available for Chile and Guatemala. Future issues will incorporate new estimates and projections, also prepared using the component method, but by simple ages and calendar years.

Con este libro se pretende enriquecer la comprensión del cambio social en períodos de transición como la Edad Moderna y la crisis del Antiguo Régimen. Problemática que en buena parte de los textos aquí reunidos convierten el estudio de la movilidad social en su hilo conductor. Para ello, se ponen en práctica algunos de los recursos metodológicos propios de la nueva historia social que se han desarrollado a partir de la historia de la familia. Cuestiones como alianzas matrimoniales, estrategias hereditarias, genealogías sociales, trayectorias familiares e individuales, redes sociales...

En La cultura de la corrección de textos en el Renacimiento europeo, Anthony Grafton nos invita a entrar en los talleres de imprenta de los siglos XVI, XVII y XVIII, tras una investigación exhaustiva y con una narrativa amena, para conocer a los correctores de ese entonces, verdaderos hombres multitarea: enmendaban originales y pruebas, redactaban avisos, tablas de contenido, índices temáticos y otras ayudas para los lectores, e incluso traducían y actualizaban textos. A lo largo de estas páginas, describe los orígenes y la estructura de la profesión de estos personajes a la vez...

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