Converting Words

Converting Words
Author: William F. Hanks
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 485
Release: 2010-03-17
Genre: History
ISBN: 0520944917

This pathbreaking synthesis of history, anthropology, and linguistics gives an unprecedented view of the first two hundred years of the Spanish colonization of the Yucatec Maya. Drawing on an extraordinary range and depth of sources, William F. Hanks documents for the first time the crucial role played by language in cultural conquest: how colonial Mayan emerged in the age of the cross, how it was taken up by native writers to become the language of indigenous literature, and how it ultimately became the language of rebellion against the system that produced it. Converting Words includes original analyses of the linguistic practices of both missionaries and Mayas-as found in bilingual dictionaries, grammars, catechisms, land documents, native chronicles, petitions, and the forbidden Maya Books of Chilam Balam. Lucidly written and vividly detailed, this important work presents a new approach to the study of religious and cultural conversion that will illuminate the history of Latin America and beyond, and will be essential reading across disciplinary boundaries.

Money Laundering Law and Regulation

Money Laundering Law and Regulation
Author: Robin Booth
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 514
Release: 2011-03-03
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0199543038

This title provides a practical, comprehensive guide to domestic anti-money laundering law and regulation, increasingly seen as key weapons in the fight against serious and organised crime.

LISS 2021

LISS 2021
Author: Xianliang Shi
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 803
Release: 2022-01-28
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9811686564

This book aims to provide new research methods, theories and applications from various areas of management and engineering. In detail, the included scientific papers analyze and describe communication processes in the fields of logistics, informatics, service sciences and other related areas. The variety of the papers delivers added value for both scholars and practitioners. Information and communication technologies have been providing an effective network infrastructure and development platform for logistics and service operations. To meet the needs of consumers and to promote core competences, many institutions and firms have been developing new types of services. This proceeding focus on “AI and data driven technical and management innovation in logistics, informatics and services.” In detail, the included scientific papers analyze the latest fundamental advances in the state of the art and practice of logistics, informatics, service operations and service science. This book is the documentation of the conference “11th International Conference on Logistics, Informatics and Service Sciences,” which took place at the Shandong University. Due to the impact of COVID-19, LISS 2021 took place online as a virtual conference.