La educación ilustrada, 1786-1836

El prestigioso intelectual, escritor y diplomático boliviano Carlos Antonio Carrasco F. nos brinda la traducción de su obra “LOS CUBANOS EN ANGOLA (1975-990)” (Bases para el estudio de una guerra olvidada), cuyo título original en francés es de “L’intervention étrangère dans la guerre angolaise: l’expérience cubaine” (INALCO, París, 1996). El título en francés es más explícito acerca del contenido de su libro actual. A través de su apasionante lectura podemos concluir que en Angola tuvimos un campo de experiencias de la guerra fría, donde se pusieron en evidencia y...

A sourcebook that contains over 80 original articles and letters focusing on the life and times of Pedro Menendez de Aviles (1519-1574), Governor and Captain-General of Florida and founder of St. Augustine. The volume is divided into chapters addressing Menendez as an explorer and family man, his preparation for the conquest of Florida, the conquest itself, early Spanish travels as far as Newfoundland, Spanish-Native American contact in Florida, the Spanish settlement of Florida, and the consequences of Menendez' untimely death. The volume contains synthetic articles as well as original...

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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