Miradas recientes a la historia mexiquense

El enigmático Carlos V, emperador de Europa y el Nuevo Mundo, es la fi gura central en torno a la que gira el monumental estudio de la gran historia del Imperio español que Hugh Thomas comenzó a narrar con gran éxito en su obra El imperio español. Este volumen comienza en 1522 con el regreso de los restos de la expedición de Magallanes y termina con la muerte de Carlos V en 1558. Entre esos años, los españoles conquistan Guatemala, Yucatán, Colombia, Venezuela, Perú y Chile, y controlan ambos lados del poderoso Río de la Plata. Con su habitual estilo colorido y detallista, Thomas...

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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...

A traves de las historias de estos destacados generales cubanos Nestor Lopez Cuba, Enrique Carreras, Jose Ramon Fernandez y Harry Villegas, que cuentan con casi medio siglo de actividad revolucionaria, vemos la dinamica de clases que ha definido toda nuestra epoca. Se nos permite comprender como el pueblo de Cuba, al luchar por la construccion de una nueva sociedad, ha mantenido a raya a Washington por mas de 40 anos. Prefacio por Juan Almeida Bosque, introduccion por Mary-Alice Waters, seccion de fotos de 16 paginas y otros fotos, mapa, notas de glosario, indice, y mas lectura. Ahora con...