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"Carefully researched study of the economic impact of the Chilean occupation of Lima during the War of the Pacific. Looks at banking and the roles of emerging Spanish and Chinese merchants. Concludes that the economic 'ruin' of Lima by the end of the occupation was nearly complete. Suggests that the economic issues of the Chilean occupation were so profound that they played a significant role in delaying the final settlement of the War of the Pacific claims until 1929"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

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In this new telling of Mexico's Second Empire and Louis Napoléon's installation of Maximilian von Habsburg and his wife, Carlota of Belgium, as the emperor and empress of Mexico, Maximilian and Carlota brings the dramatic, interesting, and tragic time of this six-year-siege to life. From 1861 to 1866, the French incorporated the armies of Austria, Belgium--including forces from Crimea to Egypt--to fight and subdue the regime of Mexico's Benito Juárez during the time of the U.S. Civil War. France viewed this as a chance to seize Mexican territory in a moment they were convinced the...

¿Si pudiéramos escoger a nuestro vecinos elegiríamos a los que tenemos? Difícilmente. Habrá quién diga que sí y debería sentirse afortunado. Porque las relaciones vecinales son en general una larga lista de derrotas. En Los peores vecinos del mundo, Vonne Lara evidencia, narra y fabula sobre las situaciones que se derivan de la convivencia vecinal. Relaciones que nunca se acaban aunque uno se vaya a su casa y porque se está en ella. Aunque los textos hacen referencia al barrio de la autora, los fenómenos de los que habla rozan la universalidad. Y es que, nos guste o no, todos somos...