The Textbook of Total Quality in Healthcare or State and Society in Spanish America During the Age of Revolution

The Textbook of Total Quality in Healthcare

Author: A F F Al Assaf

The Textbook of TQ in Healthcare is the first true text prepared by healthcare professionals for healthcare professionals. It provides a discussion of the tools, techniques, and principles of TQ. It is an excellent reference for students and professionals in medicine, nursing, allied health services, pharmacy, and healthcare administration.

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Introduces and explicates the principles of Total Quality Management as used in business and industry, addressing their use in the health care fields. Published by St. Lucie Press, 100 E. Linton Blvd., Suite 403B, Delray Beach, FL 33483. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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State and Society in Spanish America During the Age of Revolution

Author: Victor M Uribe Uran

State and Society in Spanish America during the Age of Revolution calls into question the orthodox split of Latin American history into colonial and modern, arguing that this split obscures significant economic, social, and even political continuities from 1780 to 1850. The book covers an unconventional period-1750 to 1850-and looks at the continuities over this longer, more comprehensive timespan. The essays discuss late colonial and postcolonial developments in gender, racial, class, and cultural relations across Latin America and in specific regions, including Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, and Chile. By bridging these two eras and looking at the Age of Democratic Revolution as a whole, the book allows readers to see the coming of Latin America's struggle for independence from Spain and Portugal and the changes after independence. Written by established Latin American scholars as well as up-and-coming historians, these essays are published in this volume for the first time. This book is ideal for courses on Latin American history, including colonial history, national history, and the Age of Revolution.

Table of Contents:

	Introduction - Beating a Dead Horse?
1	Latin America Was Behind: The Economic Background of Independence	3
2	"Dutch Disease" and Other (Dis)Continuities in Latin American History, 1780-1850	31
3	The Changing Meaning of Honor, Status, and Class: The Letrados and Bureaucrats of New Granada in the Late Colonial and Early Postcolonial Period	59
4	Doing Business in the Age of Revolution: The Major Import-Export Merchants of Chile	89
5	Marriage and Family Relations in Mexico during the Transition from Colony to Nation	121
6	Gender Ideology, Race, and Female-Headed Households in Urban Mexico, 1750-1850	149
7	Patriotic Footwork: Social Dance and the Watershed of Independence in Buenos Aires	173
8	Constructing the City, Constructing the State: Architecture and Political Transition in Urban Argentina, 1810-1860	193
	Conclusion - Was There an Age of Revolution in Spanish America?	219
	Index	247
	About the Contributors	259