Gobernantes mexicanos, I: 1821-1910

Empobrecido y exhausto tras cincuenta anos de guerras continuas, el gran imperio espanol negocio, en los ultimos anos del siglo XVI y primeros del XVII, tratados con sus tres enemigos mas poderosos: Inglaterra, Francia y los Paises Bajos. Paul Allen sostiene que los gestos de paz del rey formaban, en realidad, parte de una gran estrategia que permitiria a Espana recuperar su fuerza militar y economica mediante enganosos senuelos presentados a sus adversarios para apartarlos de sus empresas militares.

Las etnias del Imperio de los Incas es un libro cenital. Todo el material que lo compone constituye una enciclopedia sobre la cultura andina. En ella está la geografía, la política, la economía, las costumbres sociales, la ideología subyacente, la administración; las creencias religiosas; la organización y el funcionamiento de los pueblos en sus diferentes tamaños y complejidades. Trasladando su contenido, la información y su interpretación, va construyendo un mapa socio-cultural en los que aparecen los elementos comunes y diferenciales entre las diversas partes del todo que, no...

The Improbable Conquest offers translations of a series of little-known letters from the chaotic Spanish conquest of the Río de la Plata region, uncovering a rich and understudied historical resource. These letters were written by a wide variety of individuals, including clergy, military officers, and the region’s first governor, Pedro de Mendoza. There is also an exceptional contribution from Isabel de Guevara, one of the few women involved in the conquest to have recorded her experiences. Writing about the conditions of settlements and expeditions, these individuals vividly expose the...

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