Fiesta, memoria y nación. Ritos, símbolos y discursos, 1573-1830

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

En este libro, el gran historiador contemporáneo recorre toda la historia de la ciudad de Santiago, desde su fundación hasta nuestros días, en un estilo narrativo de notable nitidez. Su relato comienza con el entorno condicionante de la cuenca geográfica que asienta la ciudad, donde 10.000 años a.c se instalaron los primeros cazadores y recolectores. Fundada en 1541 por Pedro de Valdivia, luego de expediciones previas con gran hostilidad de los indios, quienes durante cien años habían soportado dos invasiones incas y dos españolas. En 1640 un grave terremoto obliga a refundar la...

But other emperors, such as Tiberius, Caligula, and Nero, infamously used their power to indulge vice and harm others. Ever since their publication, Suetonius' imperial biographies have appealed to readers, both because of their sensational stories and the larger questions of power they raise. They spawned many sequels in antiquity (as well as more recent works like Robert Graves's famed, I, Claudius). While a number of good English translations are in print, reading Lives of the Caesar from cover to cover can be daunting, so many details are included. Also general readers, including...

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