Within the global Spanish empire of the early modern era, the signifier portugués carried an expansive variety of associations. It could mean, depending on the observer, being either Spanish or foreign, Catholic or Jewish, useful or deleterious, loyal or treasonous. In Strangers and Kinsmen, historian Brian Hamm argues that discursive debates about what it meant to be “Portuguese,” to which Spaniards and Portuguese alike contributed, opened a wide range of Lusitanian pote...

Las Vegas art broker and reformed rebel Jonah Devine hasn't necessarily had an easy life, but his luck is about to change—or so he thinks.Working the Strip's upper tier, Jonah's quickly getting a taste for the flashy lifestyle of a Vegas whale and is starting to forget that there is a very distinct line separating him from his high-end clients.Cassie, on the other hand, has no misconceptions about her place in life. A runaway teen, she just wants to survive from one day to ...

There has been growing attention paid to urban agriculture worldwide because of its role in making cities more environmentaly sustainable while also contributing to enhanced food access and social justice. This edited volume brings together current research and case studies concerning urban agriculture from both the Global North and the Global South. Its objective is to help bridge the long-standing divide between discussion of urban agriculture in the Global North and the Global South and...