Camino al progreso

Hardcover edition comprising the books "Crónicas de Pichilemu" ("Chronicles of Pichilemu") and "Camino al progreso" ("On the road to progress").

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

En 1925, el legendario explorador británico Percy Fawcett se adentró en la selva del Amazonas, en busca de una legendaria civilización situada en lo más profundo de la mortal jungla. Nunca regresó. En esta obra maestra de la no-ficción narrativa, el periodista David Grann nos cuenta la épica historia de la búsqueda de Fawcett de la “ciudad perdida de Z”, al tiempo que desentraña el más grande misterio de los exploradores del siglo XX.

La correspondencia mantenida entre varias familias asentadas en un espacio que incluye tierra de Cameros, °lava, Guip_zcoa, Vizcaya, Santander y Navarra se convierte en el motor de la historia de un reducido e influyente grupo vinculado a la expansi n de las ideas ilustradas por el norte peninsular. Este libro refleja el papel de los miembros de este grupo familiar al calor de la transformaci n que se produce desde finales del s. XVIII. Individuo y grupo conforman una imagen peculiar de las ¥reglas de conducta empleadas en el perÃodo analizado. El control de la informaci n y el manejo de...