Pensamiento historiográfico mexicano del siglo XX

La España del siglo XVIII no llama la atención por su grandeza o su capacidad creadora, sino por su prosperidad. El país no se había metido en grandes aventuras, y solo cabía esperar un tranquilo XIX. Sin embargo, entre 1808 y 1812 una serie de acontecimientos cambian el curso de la historia: un destronamiento coloca en el trono a Fernando VII; España es invadida por Napoleón y José Bonaparte se proclama rey de España; el pueblo se alza, iniciando la Guerra de lndependencia, y logra finalmente expulsar a los franceses; en Cádiz unas Cortes proclaman la primera Constitución...

Con motivo del primer centenario del natalicio de Daniel Cosio Villegas y de los 60 anos de una de las obras del que fuera destacado fundador y organizador, La Casa de Espana en Mexico, este libro permite no solo conocer la excelente carrera de un diplomatico sino ademas descubrir su valiente y decidida beligerancia frente a los sucesos violentos que vivio el pueblo espanol en la guerra civil. Haber puesto a salvo a los hombres de ciencia y cultura espanola le ha valido el homenaje que aqui se le brinda.

This academic book explores the life and contributions of Pedro Sánchez de la Hoz, a sixteenth-century Spanish merchant, conquistador, and adelantado. As secretary to Pizarro during the conquest of Peru, Sánchez de la Hoz wrote a firsthand account of the Spanish conquest of Peru and Incan ethnography, which is presented here, and includes some of the most significant campaigns in the colonization of the Americas, which was led by conquistador Francisco Pizarro, his brothers, and indigenous allies. This conquest paved the way for the establishment of the Viceroyalty of Peru and spin-off...

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