This book examines how Mexican artisans and diverse actors participate in translations of aesthetics, politics, and history through the field of craft.

What are the political economic conditions that have given rise to increasing numbers of social environmental conflicts in Mexico? Why do these conflicts arise in some local and regional contexts and not in others? How are social environmental movements constructed and sustained? And what are the alternatives? These are the questions that this book seeks to address. It is organized into three parts. The first provides a panoramic view of social environmental conflicts in Mexico and of alternatives that are being constructed from below in rural areas. It also provides an analysis of the recent reforms to open the country’s energy sector to private and foreign investment. The second is comprised of local-level case studies of conflict (and no conflict) in diverse geographic locations and cultural settings, particularly in relation to the construction of wind farms, hydraulic infrastructure, industrial water pollution, and groundwater overdraft. The third explores alternatives from below in the form of community-based ecotourism and traditional mezcal production. A concluding chapter engages comparative and global analysis.

A pocket-sized comprehensive field-guide for the neotropical avifaunas. It features texts, maps and illustrations for various birds recorded in Colombia, including offshore islands. Every species is illustrated and various non-pelagic species are mapped.

Esta obra es un experimento de mezcla de novela e historia. Su inicio es la vida y enseñanzas del evangelista Santo Tomás hasta que murió mártir en lo que hoy es la ciudad de India Madrás. En un salto de dos milenios se pasa a la novela histórica que se detiene en la actualidad del mundo, de la mano de un rico aventurero indio, Harsha y un periodista italiano, Giuseppe. Con los dos recorreremos lo que está pasando en los países pioneros del momento actual, haciendo ver los riesgos con que se enfrenta la Humanidad. A continuación se pone la fotografía y la vida y libros del autor, Enrique Larroque, sin olvidar sumar a la relación de libros el publicado con el título “El año de la oscuridad” en el año 2009 por X-LIBRIS.