Sociedad, economía y política del México actual

El guano, las aves y las islas guaneras han jugado un papel inmenso en nuestra historia desde la época precolombina; así, los antiguos peruanos consideraban esas islas, los seres que las habitaban y los excrementos que las cubrían como sagrados y dignos de ser venerados. A mediados del siglo XIX, el guano irrumpió en el mundo como materia prima agrícola, en el momento álgido de la era de la mercantilización. En Perú se suele ver esta Edad del Guano como una época de oportunidades perdidas; no obstante, aún queda mucho que aprender de la "falaz prosperidad" que precedió al...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

Mucho antes de que la imagen guerrillera de Ernesto Guevara de la Serna, (el “Che” de la propaganda política de izquierda y la mercantil de ambas márgenes) cayera sobre Cuba como una lapa sangrienta, los cubanos conocieron y acogieron con calor las voces y actuaciones de Libertad Lamarque, Carlos Gardel, Hugo del Carril y Tita Merelo, como mismo habían recibido la literatura de Alfonsina Storni, Leopoldo Lugones, Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, Ricardo Guiraldes, Jorge Luis Borges, Mujica Láines y numerosos otros. De particular relieve en este panorama es la figura del patriota, poeta y...