La cancelación de la vía oligárquica de la gran irrigación en México: Sinaloa (1908-1936)

El objetivo de este trabajo es mostrar las posibilidades que ofrece la documentación conservada en el Archivo Histórico del Agua para aproximarse a la cuestión de la creciente implicación del Estado mexicano en el proceso de modernización agraria, a través de la política de fomento a la irrigación, durante la primera parte del siglo XX. Para alcanzar esta meta partimos de la caracterización del modelo agroexportador implementado en México entre 1877 y 1930. Después sintetizamos la evolución del sector agropecuario en el estado de Sinaloa durante ese mismo periodo. Seguidamente, se enfatizan las expectativas iniciales que tuvo la oligarquía sobre la gran irrigación en Sinaloa a partir del estudio, fundamentalmente macroeconómico, de las tres empresas que suscribieron un contrato de subvención con el gobierno federal a fines del Porfiriato. Y, por último, a partir del seguimiento de estos mismos casos, se hacen claros los motivos que nos permiten entender la progresiva pérdida de legitimidad, tras el período revolucionario de 1910, de ese modelo modernizador del agro "desde arriba" con apoyo público hasta su quiebra final.

La cancelación de la vía oligárquica de la gran irrigación en México: Sinaloa (1908-1936)

El objetivo de este trabajo es mostrar las posibilidades que ofrece la documentación conservada en el Archivo Histórico del Agua para aproximarse a la cuestión de la creciente implicación del Estado mexicano en el proceso de modernización agraria, a través de la política de fomento a la irrigación, durante la primera parte del siglo XX. Para alcanzar esta meta partimos de la caracterización del modelo agroexportador implementado en México entre 1877 y 1930. Después sintetizamos la evolución del sector agropecuario en el estado de Sinaloa durante ese mismo periodo. Seguidamente, se enfatizan las expectativas iniciales que tuvo la oligarquía sobre la gran irrigación en Sinaloa a partir del estudio, fundamentalmente macroeconómico, de las tres empresas que suscribieron un contrato de subvención con el gobierno federal a fines del Porfiriato. Y, por último, a partir del seguimiento de estos mismos casos, se hacen claros los motivos que nos permiten entender la progresiva pérdida de legitimidad, tras el período revolucionario de 1910, de ese modelo modernizador del agro "desde arriba" con apoyo público hasta su quiebra final.

Student poem composed by Joseph Story, 1796

Four-page handwritten poem composed in English by Joseph Story as a Harvard undergraduate. The verso of the last page is inscribed "Story's 1796." The poem contains classical allusions and is titled with the quote: "Aut Caeusar, aut nullus." The poem begins, "In elder climes, ere science' mystic page / Gave light unfolded to a barbarous age..." The poem ends with verse about George Washington. The text includes edits and struck-through words.

Forest nursery practice in the Lake States.

Mode of access: Internet.

Detailed exhibits of the physical property and intangible values of the South Chicago City Railway Company as of February 1, A.D. 1908; accompanying the valuation report submitted to the Committee on Local Transportation of the Chicago City Council,

"March, 1908."

Report of the Oregon Conservation commission to the governor, November 1908 [November, 1909, November, 1910, November, 1912]

Mode of access: Internet.

Handbuch der Architektur. Unter Mitwirkung von Fachgenossen hrsg. von ... Joseph Durm ... Hermann Ende ... Eduard Schmitt ... und ... Heinrich Wagner.

Each volume has both general and special t.-p. Imprint varies.

Health insurance and related proposals for financing personal health services; a digest of major legislation and proposals for federal action, 1935-1957,

Mode of access: Internet.

Konjunktur und Geldmarkt, 1902-1908 : eine Untersuchung der Wechselwirkung beider in Deutschland /

Includes bibliographical references.

Joseph M. Olbrich; das Warenhaus Tietz in Düsseldorf.

Mode of access: Internet.

An Anglo-Saxon dictionary, based on the manuscript collections of the late Joseph Bosworth ...

Issued in 3 parts, 1908-21.

Data compilation on the biological response to ocean acidification: environmental and experimental context of data sets and related literature

The exponential growth of studies on the biological response to ocean acidification over the last few decades has generated a large amount of data. To facilitate data comparison, a data compilation hosted at the data publisher PANGAEA was initiated in 2008 and is updated on a regular basis (doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.149999). By January 2015, a total of 581 data sets (over 4 000 000 data points) from 539 papers had been archived. Here we present the developments of this data compilation five years since its first description by Nisumaa et al. (2010). Most of study sites from which data archived are still in the Northern Hemisphere and the number of archived data from studies from the Southern Hemisphere and polar oceans are still relatively low. Data from 60 studies that investigated the response of a mix of organisms or natural communities were all added after 2010, indicating a welcomed shift from the study of individual organisms to communities and ecosystems. The initial imbalance of considerably more data archived on calcification and primary production than on other processes has improved. There is also a clear tendency towards more data archived from multifactorial studies after 2010. For easier and more effective access to ocean acidification data, the ocean acidification community is strongly encouraged to contribute to the data archiving effort, and help develop standard vocabularies describing the variables and define best practices for archiving ocean acidification data.

El Congreso por la Libertad de la Cultura y su apoyo a la disidencia intelectual durante el franquismo

El artículo reconstruye los principales aspectos de la labor del Congreso por la Libertad de la Cultura entre la oposición antifranquista del interior. Se describen las circunstancias políticas que motivaron la fundación del Comité Español (1959-1977), así como las principales características de esa célula intelectual antifranquista. El artículo indaga en los objetivos ideológicos y políticos de la actividad del Congreso por la Libertad de la Cultura entre las elites intelectuales y culturales disidentes durante el tardofranquismo. Nos concentramos especialmente en el capítulo que atañe a la ayuda directa dispensada por el Congreso por la Libertad de la Cultura a los intelectuales y artistas españoles mediante la concesión de becas de libros y bolsas de viaje a través del Comité d’Ecrivains et d’Editeurs pour une Entraide Européenne. Reconstruimos asimismo los nombres de los principales beneficiarios españoles de esas ayudas, así como la principal problemática vinculada al desarrollo del programa. El análisis histórico se apoya en documentos procedentes de diversos archivos nacionales e internacionales.

Joseph A. Schumpeter, capitalism, socialism, and democracy

This is a review of "Capitalism, socialism, and democracy", by Joseph A. Schumpeter, New York, Harper Perennial, 1942 (first Harper Colophon edition published 1975). "The public mind has by now so thoroughly grown out of humor with it as to make condemnation of capitalism and all its works a foregone conclusion – almost a requirement of the etiquette of discussion. Whatever his political preference, every writer or speaker hastens to conform to this code and to emphasize his critical attitude, his freedom from ‘complacency’, his belief in the inadequacies of capitalist achievement, his aversion to capitalist and his sympathy with anti-capitalist interests. Any other attitude is voted not only foolish but anti-social and is looked upon as an indication of immoral servitude." We might easily mistake this for a voice weary of contemplating the implications for neo-liberal nostrums of our current global financial crisis were it not for the rather formal, slightly arch, style and the gender exclusive language. It was in fact penned in the depths of World War II by Harvard economist Joseph Schumpeter, who fell off the map only to re-emerge from the 1970s as oil shocks and stagflation in the west presaged the decline of the Keynesian settlement, as east Asian newly industrialising economies were modelling on his insistence that entrepreneurialism, access to credit and trade were the pillars of economic growth, and as innovation became more of a watchword for post-industrial economies in general. The second coming was perhaps affirmed when his work was dubbed by Forbes in 1983 – on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the birth of both men – as of greater explanatory import than Keynes’. (And what of our present resurgent Keynesian moment?)...

Australia's disabling income support system : tracing the history of the Australian disability income support system 1908 to 2007 : disablism, citizenship and the basic income proposal

The present study examined the historical basis of the Australian disability income support system from 1908 to 2007. Although designed as a safety net for people with a disability, the disability income support system within Australia has been highly targeted. The original eligibility criteria of "permanently incapacitated for work", medical criteria and later "partially capacitated for work" potentially contained ideological inferences that permeated across the time period. This represents an important area for study given the potential consequence for disability income support to marginalise people with a disability. Social policy and disability policy theorists, including Saunders (2007, Social Policy Research Centre [SPRC]) and Gibilisco (2003) have provided valuable insight into some of the effects of disability policy and poverty. Yet while these theorists argued for some form of income support they did not propose a specific form of income security for further exploration. Few studies have undertaken a comprehensive review of the history of disability income support within the Australian context. This thesis sought to redress these gaps by examining disability income support policy within Australia. The research design consisted of an in-depth critical historical-comparative policy analysis methodology. The use of critical historical-comparative policy analysis allowed the researcher to trace the construction of disability within the Australian disability income support policy across four major historical epochs. A framework was developed specifically to guide analysis of the data. The critical discourse analysis method helped to understand the underlying ideological dimensions that led to the predominance of one particular approach over another. Given this, the research purpose of the study centred on: i. Tracing the history of the Australian disability income support system. ii. Examining the historical patterns and ideological assumptions over time. iii. Exploring the historical patterns and ideological assumptions underpinning an alternative model (Basic Income) and the extent to which each model promotes the social citizenship of people with a disability. The research commitment to a social-relational ontology and the quest for social change centred on the idea that "there has to be a better way" in the provision of disability income support. This theme of searching for an alternative reality in disability income support policy resonated throughout the thesis. This thesis found that the Australian disability income support system is disabling in nature and generates categories of disability on the basis of ableness. From the study, ableness became a condition for citizenship. This study acknowledged that, in reality, income support provision reflects only one aspect of the disabling nature of society which requires redressing. Although there are inherent tensions in any redistributive strategy, the Basic Income model potentially provides an alternative to the Australian disability income support system, given its grounding in social citizenship. The thesis findings have implications for academics, policy-makers and practitioners in terms of developing better ways to understand disability constructs in disability income support policy. The thesis also makes a contribution in terms of promoting income support policies based on the rights of all people, not just a few.