Chile: Cien días en la historia del siglo XX

La cartograf a es algo m s que la mera descripci n de lugares por medio de mapas, pues stos son como una mirada hacia el mundo de quien los traz . la cartograf a -anota el autor- es una ciencia capaz de aportar una visi n social, y el cart grafo no s lo debe registrar impresiones del mundo exterior y ser capaz de trasladarlas a la forma gr fica, sino que debe proporcionar una visi n m s amplia, como corresponde a una construcci n social. Los siete ensayos de este libro reflejan la muy personal concepci n que tiene Harley de la filosof a de la historia cartogr fica y fueron editados y...

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Este libro trata del desarrollo de los protestantismos en Am rica Latina desde el periodo colonial hasta hoy. el autor muestra c mo, desde los a os sesenta del siglo XX, el paisaje religioso de Am rica Latina se ha modificado con la irrupci n de numerosos y nuevos movimientos religiosos protestantes y pentecostales que dan un rasgo complejo al fen meno social.

Ciudad Juarez lies just across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas. A once-thriving border town, it now resembles a failed state. Infamously known as the place where women disappear, its murder rate exceeds that of Baghdad. Last year 1,607 people were killed, a number that is on pace to increase in 2009. In Murder City, Charles Bowden, one of the few journalists who has spent extended periods of time in Juarez, has written an extraordinary account of what happens when a city disintegrates. Interweaving stories of its inhabitants, a raped beauty queen, a repentant hitman, a journalist fleeing...