Rosa E Ficek
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 76398 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Rosa E Ficek |
| PRENOMES | Rosa E |
| SOBRENOME | Ficek |
| ASSINATURA | FICEK R E |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Puerto Rico at Cayey |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 3 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 38 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 3 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2016 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2019 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Cattle, Capital, Colonization
This article considers the long-lasting ecological and social impacts of cattle introduced to the New World by Spanish colonists. First, it shows how cattle aided European expansions by occupying spaces inhospitable to colonization and destroying indigenous landscapes. It then turns to the role of cattle in modern projects of state-making and economic development centered on industrialization. Finally, it moves into eastern Panama in the 1970s an…
Infrastructure and Colonial Difference in Puerto Rico after Hurricane María
Hurricane María wiped out the infrastructures that helped sustain modern life in Puerto Rico. As communities, organizations, and the government responded to the disaster, the politics of infrastructure took on a central and urgent role in debates about colonialism, debt, life, and death. This paper describes everyday life in the days and weeks that followed María, focusing on the strategies people used to obtain essential services such as power a…
Imperial routes, national networks and regional projects in the Pan-American Highway, 1884–1977
This article discusses the planning and construction of the Pan-American Highway by focusing on interactions among engineers, government officials, manufacturers, auto enthusiasts, and road promoters from the United States and Latin America. It considers how the Pan-American Highway was made by projects to extend U.S. influence in Latin America but also by Latin American nationalist and regionalist projects that put forward alternative ideas abou…
Cattle, Capital, Colonization
This article considers the long-lasting ecological and social impacts of cattle introduced to the New World by Spanish colonists. First, it shows how cattle aided European expansions by occupying spaces inhospitable to colonization and destroying indigenous landscapes. It then turns to the role of cattle in modern projects of state-making and economic development centered on industrialization. Finally, it moves into eastern Panama in the 1970s an…
Infrastructure and Colonial Difference in Puerto Rico after Hurricane María
Hurricane María wiped out the infrastructures that helped sustain modern life in Puerto Rico. As communities, organizations, and the government responded to the disaster, the politics of infrastructure took on a central and urgent role in debates about colonialism, debt, life, and death. This paper describes everyday life in the days and weeks that followed María, focusing on the strategies people used to obtain essential services such as power a…
Imperial routes, national networks and regional projects in the Pan-American Highway, 1884–1977
This article discusses the planning and construction of the Pan-American Highway by focusing on interactions among engineers, government officials, manufacturers, auto enthusiasts, and road promoters from the United States and Latin America. It considers how the Pan-American Highway was made by projects to extend U.S. influence in Latin America but also by Latin American nationalist and regionalist projects that put forward alternative ideas abou…
Imperial routes, national networks and regional projects in the Pan-American Highway, 1884–1977
This article discusses the planning and construction of the Pan-American Highway by focusing on interactions among engineers, government officials, manufacturers, auto enthusiasts, and road promoters from the United States and Latin America. It considers how the Pan-American Highway was made by projects to extend U.S. influence in Latin America but also by Latin American nationalist and regionalist projects that put forward alternative ideas abou…
Infrastructure and Colonial Difference in Puerto Rico after Hurricane María
Hurricane María wiped out the infrastructures that helped sustain modern life in Puerto Rico. As communities, organizations, and the government responded to the disaster, the politics of infrastructure took on a central and urgent role in debates about colonialism, debt, life, and death. This paper describes everyday life in the days and weeks that followed María, focusing on the strategies people used to obtain essential services such as power a…
Cattle, Capital, Colonization
This article considers the long-lasting ecological and social impacts of cattle introduced to the New World by Spanish colonists. First, it shows how cattle aided European expansions by occupying spaces inhospitable to colonization and destroying indigenous landscapes. It then turns to the role of cattle in modern projects of state-making and economic development centered on industrialization. Finally, it moves into eastern Panama in the 1970s an…
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