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In this comparative-historical analysis of Spanish America, Mahoney offers a new theory of colonialism and postcolonial development. He explores why certain kinds of societies are subject to certain kinds of colonialism and why these forms of colonialism give rise to countries with differing levels of economic prosperity and social well-being. Mahoney contends that differences in the extent of colonialism are best explained by the potentially evolving fit between the institutions of the colonizing nation and those of the colonized society. Moreover, he shows how institutions forged under colonialism bring countries to relative levels of development that may prove remarkably enduring in the postcolonial period. The argument is sure to stir discussion and debate, both among experts on Spanish America who believe that development is not tightly bound by the colonial past, and among scholars of colonialism who suggest that the institutional identity of the colonizing nation is of little consequence.
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The two-volume set LNCS 12765-12766 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the thematic area Human Interface and the Management of Information, HIMI 2021, which was held as part of HCI International 2021 and took place virtually during July 24-29, 2021. The total of 1276 papers and 241 posters included in the 39 HCII 2021 proceedings volumes was carefully reviewed and selected from 5222 submissions. The papers included in the HCII-HIMI volume set were organized in topical sections as follows: Part I: Information presentation; visualization and decision making support; information in VR and multimodal user interfaces; Part II: Learning in information-rich environments; supporting work, collaboration and design; intelligent information environments.
THE ASSIGNMENT When Brina Louise Grant, recent graduate of Cyclops (their equivalent of West Point), accepted a one way mission from her 25th century world into the wild west of their mid 1800’s, she had no idea it would take her on a journey far and beyond what her wildest imagination could concoct. With a mystical entity by her side, Brina’s assignment is to follow the assassin Jesse Loame to the past, tracking him down with orders to kill. Brina’s story takes her through a time of personal wonderment, awe, appreciation, and growth. A time of dedication to her cause, an inner conflict to stay true, to survive it all, and to win. In the midst of it all, she traverses through times of gun slingers, outlaws, deviates, hired guns, cowboys, town folk, country folk, spiritual beings, ancestors, peace officers and horses. Those indigenous to the region, chiseled from the core of their own western frontier, struggle to survive. Others not of that time period are on their own quest. They have their own agenda, their own assignments. Orders to kill. To kill Brina Louise Grant before she gets to Jesse.
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