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"Revolución" es un concepto fundamental en la experiencia política moderna y contemporánea. Si bien hoy en día parece haber perdido la potencia política que tuvo durante los últimos dos siglos, lo cierto es que sin este concepto tendríamos dificultades para poder expresar y entender experiencias, expectativas, estados de cosas y procesos sociales significativos tanto del pasado como del presente. Sin embargo, esto no siempre fue así. Como todo concepto, revolución también tiene una historia cuya comprensión requiere atender a la vez a sus aspectos lingüísticos y sociopolíticos....

Ese libro nos presenta, apoyado en fuentes inglesas, a los diversos protagonistas britanicos en la Nueva Espana durante el primer siglo de colonizacion. Fuente fundamental de este analisis fueron las cronicas del geografo ingles Richard Hakluyt, quien durante el periodo isabelino recogio y difundio gran cantidad de testimonios viajeros, particularmente ingleses, fomentando las empresas de exploracion ultramarina sobre tierras remotas, desconocidas y extranas, como aquellas de la Nueva Espana.

Is it possible to create an enjoyable and mysterious history of literature? Every author—novelist, philosopher, poet, or essayist—has any enigma to offer or reveal, either about their lives or about their works. For instance, do we know exactly where Cervantes was born? Are we sure that Conan Doyle was not a murderer? Why did Comte decide to create his own religion? Did Jose Cadalso exhume his girlfriend's corpse? Was Corneille Moiré's ghostwriter? Was Berbiguier harassed by imps? Maybe Jules Verne did belong to a secret society. Have any works been inspired by dreams—or by insanity?...