Breve historia de la carrera espacial

Desde comienzos de los años setenta del pasado siglo se ha convertido progresivamente en un tópico considerar a la Historia como una de las diferentes formas de la narración, en contra de la opinión dominante en los siglos XIX y XX, que quisieron situarla en una de las ramas del árbol de la ciencia. En este libro el autor lleva a cabo un análisis innovador de la naturaleza y las funciones de la Historia, al considerar que ésta se configura a partir de tres elementos: descripción, evocación y expresión de los propios sentimientos e ideas del historiador. Partiendo del análisis de...

Drug trafficking goes beyond organized crime. It is a way of life that has its own idols and even its own saints. Mexico's acclaimed journalist Jorge Fernandez Menendez unmasks the unavoidable presence of drug trafficking, its resources and organization, smuggling and weaponry, and its overall lack of control along the Mexican border. These elements, combined, constitute the alternate power to the State: The Other Authority.

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...

El autor analiza el surgimiento de las tesis fundacionales en el siglo XIX, su decadencia y su actual renacimiento en el ámbito argentino y chileno. Ellas sustentan las teorías de la "Argentina bioceánica" y del "Chile fantástico".