El Tabaco: Su Cultivo, Producción Y Comercio...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

Al llarg de les pàgines d'aquest llibre, l'autor demostra efectivament com és possible, mitjançant l'anàlisi i interpretació dels continguts de les obres que escull de la producció cinematogràfica xilena al llarg de prop de mig segle, conèixer alguns dels problemes claus de la història d'aquest país des de la dècada dels seixanta fins als nostres dies, les diferències i antagonismes que l'han travessat i les petjades que els seus conflictes han deixat en la subjectivitat dels xilens i les xilenes. D'aquesta manera, Alcàzar ha donat vida a una esplèndida història de Xile a...

La Orden de Calatrava, cumplidos los 850 años de su existencia en 2008, fue la primera orden religiosomilitar creada en España y una de las primeras en Europa, para defender la cristiandad frente al empuje bélico del islam. Fue fundada en la ciudad-fortaleza de Calatrava en el siglo XII (en 1158), después de que los templarios no se vieran con coraje suficiente para defenderla frente a los ataques musulmanes. El abad Raimundo de Fitero (Navarra) y Diego Velázquez, monje de su monasterio que había sido guerrero en su juventud, se ofrecen voluntarios a Sancho III para hacerse cargo de la...

Fidel Castro, uno dei politici più influenti dell’ultimo secolo, ha attirato l’attenzione del mondo intero sin dai tempi della rivoluzione cubana. Gli ideali di libertà e la fiera opposizione agli Stati Uniti hanno sempre contraddistinto la sua linea d’azione. Politico lungimirante ma anche assolutista, Castro ha messo Cuba al centro di notevoli discussioni: l’avvento del comunismo, la crisi dei missili e l’embargo sono solo alcuni degli aspetti che hanno reso celebre il suo governo. Certamente è stato non solo il leader più longevo della storia, ma anche colui che ha...