Esmeraldas; Cuentos Mundanos. [por] Fray Mocho Jose S. Alvarez

Antes de la Revolución de 1789, Francia conoció dos siglos convulsos. Este largo periodo de transformaciones tiene como hilo conductor el salón literario, donde la mujer es la figura central y la conversación, el eje civilizador. Benedetta Craveri hace en este libro, tan riguroso y sugerente como ameno y erudito, un periplo literario apasionante, repleto de voces, de anécdotas de la más variada índole, de dichos memorables, de retratos, de descripciones de ambientes y lugares, y reconstruye de este modo un mundo en el que términos como sociabilidad, ingenio o gracia expresan un ideal...

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En esta obra se compilan 13 trabajos que tratan distintos aspectos acerca de la importancia de las conchas marinas rojizas en la América antigua, las cuales fueron muy apreciadas por las culturas que poblaron el continente antes de la llegada de los invasores europeos; en la región Andina se les llamó mullu, y tapachtli entre los antiguos nahuas, designaciones que abarcaron varias especies de moluscos, pero sin duda las más relevantes fueron las del género Spondylus.

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...