Crónicas de Bucaramanga...

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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...

La prehistoria de la vitivinicultura iniciada durante la Colonia en la posesión española más austral, evolucionó de una manera cualitativa solo a partir de la segunda mitad del siglo diecinueve. Enriquecidos por las actividades mineras en el norte de Chile, el comercio, las finanzas y negocios especulativos, se gestó una nueva casta de aristócratas criollos cautivados por Francia. De regreso en el país reprodujeron lo visto en Francia, construyeron palacios, adoptaron las modas y costumbres europeas y plantaron reconocidas cepas francesas en sus predios chilenos. Al explorar el origen...

Viajar a la antigua Grecia significa imaginarnos cómo habríamos vivido nuestras primeras democracias, hace más de dos mil años. Significa contemplar algunos problemas de la sociedad actual en un escenario anterior a la Revolución Industrial y a la abolición de la esclavitud. Y significa sumergirnos en el ambiente físico e intelectual en el que se consolidaron importantes raíces de la cultura europea. Los estudios realizados en los últimos años sobre las mujeres, la familia o la policromía de los mármoles permiten ofrecer en este libro un panorama renovado de la vida cotidiana en...