Relacion Documentada del Origen Y Progresos del Trastorno de Las Provincias de Venezuela, Etc.

Premio de Ensayo y Humanidades José Ortega y Gasset de la Villa de Madrid (2007) En vísperas del bicentenario de la Guerra de la Independencia, una de las plumas más acreditaras del contemporaneísmo español reconstruye, sólida y agudamente, los principales aspectos de aquel decisivo conflicto, verdadero pórtico de la sociedad actual. Manejando bibliografía clásica y reciente, con objetividad y espíritu crítico, se analizan los acontecimientos bélicos y políticos que determinaron el rumbo de la contienda y, con él, la construcción de la España moderna. El papel de la guerrilla...

This edition of Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca's Relación offers readers Rolena Adorno and Patrick Charles Pautz's celebrated translation of Cabeza de Vaca's account of the 1527 Pánfilo de Narváez expedition to North America. The dramatic narrative tells the story of some of the first Europeans and the first-known African to encounter the North American wilderness and its Native inhabitants. It is a fascinating tale of survival against the highest odds, and it highlights Native Americans and their interactions with the newcomers in a manner seldom seen in writings of the period. In this...

Resultado del simposio Quinientos a os de Historia en Am rica Latina, Leopoldo Zea presenta una compilaci n de las ponencias expuestas. Los ensayos de Gregorio Weinberger, Carlos Paladines y Germ n Arciniegas, entre otros, dan pie a la reflexi n sobre las perspectivas que Am rica Latina tiene en el siglo XXI.

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