Tlaxcala en el siglo XVI

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"En sentido estricto, 'el Pacifico' no existio como tal hasta que en 1520-21 Fernao de Magalhais, mas conocido como Magallanes, atraveso la enorme extension de aguas que entonces recibieron su nombre." Con estas palabras, el historiador y geografo de origen britanico Oskar Spate presenta su version del proceso en el que ese inmenso vacio se transforma en centro de las relaciones globales. EL LAGO ESPANOL describe el exito esencialmente europeo y americano en convertir ese espacio en el nexo del poder economico y militar.

This volume contains several oral accounts that were preserved from the Yoruba tradition that allows us to explore our roots. Their exchanges are steeped in cultural rituals, references, and principles that distinguishes them. In this book, the author looks at the meyi, one part of the te two categories comprised of the Ifa.

Se propone una aproximación diversa al fenómeno religioso y su relación con el medio social y las ciencias que estudian a las comunidades urbanas. Su lectura nos ofrece una amplia y erudita reseña en torno a los logros alcanzados por la sociología de la religión, particularmente a través de Durkheim y Weber.