Enigmas de la Historia

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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...

Durante siglos, China fue un coloso dormido. Pobre y asolada por conflictos de todo tipo, a mediados del Siglo XX alcanzó una relativa estabilidad política bajo el partido comunista, pero subsistían males ancestrales como el hambre, la insalubridad de algunos sectores y notorios niveles de desigualdad. Tras la muerte del dirigente chino Mao Tse Tung, China comenzó a abrirse al mundo, permitió el ingreso de inversiones extranjeras y enderezó su política hacia un capitalismo sui generis. Este libro trata de desterrar toda visión prejuiciosa o simplista del fenómeno, e invita a...

Obra que puede considerarse como la última de una trilogía sobre el México borbónico, de carácter más general que sus dos antecesores. Con objeto de mostrar la conmoción causada por el ataque de los Borbones a la Iglesia mexicana, el autor incluye capítulos basados en los cronistas mendicantes de Michoacán, en los que se observa la dinámica del catolicismo barroco en la Nueva España de los primeros decenios del siglo XVIII.