El empeño industrial de Galicia

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...

As a young man, Ramon Perez aka Tianguis interrupted his studies and elisted in a burgeoning guerrilla movement to reclaim his people to ancestral communal lands in the mountains of Oaxaca, Mexico. From the grassroots organizing conducted by the peasants to the power of regional and national politicians to enforce their social order with pistoleros -- through Tianguis' unwavering account we experience the struggle and its consequences. The pursuit of Guiero Medrano -- and of Tianguis and his friends -- is unremitting; there is no escape as they flee through the forests, small towns, and...

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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.