Alemania: 1945-2012

Más que un catálogo de relojería, el lector tiene en sus manos un trabajo que indaga sobre la relación del ser humano con el tiempo, vínculo inexorable que se logra gracias a un dispositivo que convierte el tiempo en objeto perceptible. A pesar de que se trata de un estudio específico acerca de una sociedad en particular, no se debe ignorar que los relojes hacen parte de una historia que enlaza al mundo Antiguo, pasando por la Edad Media como punto coyuntural, con el mundo Contemporáneo. Teniendo como base la colección de relojes de la Casa Museo Quinta de Bolívar y del Museo de la...

"Regímenes y estados de excepción : América y Europa" is a book that explores the themes of dictatorship and state terrorism in both the Americas and Europe. The book is organized by Lisandro Cañón and features contributions from various academics who offer their perspectives and insights on the topic. Through these essays, the reader is given a comprehensive understanding of the different forms of dictatorship and state terrorism that have taken place in the Americas and Europe. The authors delve into the causes and consequences of these regimes, as well as the ways in which they have...

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Fernand Braudel (1912-1985), was a leading French historian and author of, among other books, the groundbreaking The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II (1949). One of the founders of the Annales School in France, Braudel insisted on treating the Mediterranean region as a whole, irrespective of religious and national divides. Braudel's new historiography rejected political history as the dominant discipline and espoused a 'total history' or a 'history from below' that would tell the story of the vast majority of humanity hitherto excluded from the grand...