Historia de la vida cotidiana en México

High in the Inyo Mountains, between Owens Valley and Death Valley National Park, lies the ghost town of Cerro Gordo. Discovered in 1865, this silver town boomed to a population of 3,000 people in the hands of savvy entrepreneurs during the 1870s. As the silver played out and the town faded, a few hung on to the dream. By the early 1900s, Louis D. Gordon wandered up the Yellow Grade Road where freight wagons once traversed with silver and supplies and took a closer look at the zinc ore that had been tossed aside by early miners. The Fat Hill lived again, primarily as a small company town. By...

?Este es un libro que resume de un modo absolutamente didáctico y atrayente la historia de las más importantes ciudades de la Antigüedad. Aunque se concentra en la ciudad desde el punto de vista urbanístico y nos aporta una serie de datos políticos, geográficos, socioeconómicos y artísticos, sin olvidar leyendas y otras curiosidades que hacen muy amena su lectura, que de otro modo podría resultar algo ardua para el no iniciado.? (Web Anika entre libros) ?Esta vez nos encontramos con un ámbito temporal y geográfico más reducido, sin disminuir por ello la calidad de la obra. El...

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En el siglo XX el desplazamiento de las personas del área rural de Brasil hacia las ciudades provocó el nacimiento de las Favelas. El autor estudia la Favela desde un aspecto histórico, jurídico y legal, dando una nueva lectura al derecho sociopolítico y la historia urbana de estos lugares.