El empeño industrial de Galicia

"CISEN, peak and decadence of Mexican espionage," is a journey through the activities of the Center of Investigation and National Security, the organism of the government's intelligence that since 1989 has been the main organ of civil espionage after the disappearance of DFS in 1985 and later of the DISEN (Office of Investigation and National Security). A great part of the activities of CISEN that are narrated in this book doesn't appear in the government's official speeches. In fact, the official version denies that CISEN is or has been carrying out the actions disclosed in here. ""This book ...

Este libro es una conversación entre dos personas que, con interés académico y por compromiso político, han dedicado parte importante de su vida profesional a comprender los procesos sociales en los que se construye la memoria pública, las imágenes sobre el pasado, o la función que puede tener el recuerdo en los procesos de reparación del daño hecho por las vulneraciones de los derechos de las personas, sea en regímenes dictatoriales o no. Habla de interrogantes compartidos, de experiencias diferentes aunque convergentes, apunta propósitos, expone temas y relata acciones. Pero no...

Completa y rigurosa visión de conjunto de la civilización egipcia, que, basada en la cronología más fiable hasta la fecha, incorpora los datos aportados por los últimos descubrimientos arqueológicos. El texto se completa con un abundante material gráfico, así como con numerosos textos egipcios.

Traces the history of the Jews in Spain until the expulsion in 1492 in regard to relations between the Crown, the Church, and the populace regarding the Jews and Conversos. Discusses, also, the fate of the Conversos during the 16th century. Focuses on Castile, with special attention to the city of Ávila. Asserts that anti-Jewish hostility in Spain, already from the time of the Visigoths, was not based on racism, but rather on negative religious stereotypes rooted in the minds of the populace and of the lower clergy, as well as on socioeconomic factors, such as the rise of Jews to dominant...