Una miliciana en la Columna de Hierro

La crónica de Alonso de Góngora Marmolejo es uno de los pocos testimonios históricos que se conservan de la temprana conquista del reino de Chile. Texto fundamental para comprender mejor el periodo historiado por el autor, abarca desde la llegada de Pedro de Valdivia a Santiago, en 1541, hasta el final de la gobernación de Melchor Bravo de Saravia, en 1575. El autor combatió junto a Valdivia en los primeros años de la conquista, siendo un testigo privilegiado de los hechos más relevantes que protagonizaron españoles e indígenas durante los años fundacionales del territorio. La...

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...

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...

¿Por qué determinadas civilizaciones sobreviven y se imponen, mientras que otras acaban desapareciendo? A partir de estudios de varios casos concretos de sociedades pasadas y presentes, Diamond describe con gran rigor y amenidad los principales problemas a que se exponen las sociedades actuales; tanto en él ámbito medioambientalcomo en los aspectos sociales y culturales. La globalización, con sus grandezas y sus miserias, plantea grandes desafíos que el autor afronta con sagacidad, espíritu crítico y optimismo.