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Pichilemu, por su inherente calidad turística, ha sido desde sus inicios como pueblo, la cuna de memorias, de los cientos, los miles que han pisado sus tierras. El presente libro expone una argumentada mirada al Pichilemu que conocemos hoy como una potencia turística, alguna vez un ilustre, luego decadente balneario de la élite.

"Siena: City of Secrets" is a charming, intimate portrait of this most secretive of cities, often overlooked by travelers to Italy. Part cultural history and intellectual memoir, part travelogue and guide book, Tylus writes with a novelist s flair, taking the reader on a quest of discovery through the well- and not-so-well-travelled roads and alleys of the ancient city. Today, Siena can appear on the surface standoffish, a bit static, and very old-fashioned, especially when compared to its larger, flashier cousins Roma and Firenze. But first impressions wear away as we learn from Tylus that...

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El argumento central del libro examina como varios grupos de la elite gubernamental han buscado construir mecanismos mas adecuados ante las exigencias de crecimiento y de modernizacion para contrarrestar el agotamiento del modelo de desarrollo intervencionista y populista, perceptible desde 1968. Este libro es la version castellana de "Mexique: une revolution silencieuse? elites gouvernementales et projet de modernisation, 1970-1995" publicado en Paris en 1999 por la editorial L'Harmattan. Su autora -Isabelle Rousseau- es profesora e investigadora en el Centro de Estudios Internacionales de...