Vida y temperamento: 1877-1920

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This volume contains several oral accounts that were preserved from the Yoruba tradition that allows us to explore our roots. Their exchanges are steeped in cultural rituals, references, and principles that distinguishes them. In this book, the author looks at the meyi, one part of the te two categories comprised of the Ifa.

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...

El más prestigioso hispanista británico reflexiona sobre la política, la cultura y las ideas en Europa y el mundo colonial. Autor de algunos de los trabajos más influyentes sobre el mundo hispánico, Elliott siempre ha sabido analizar la historia de España y el mundo hispánico con una mirada original y profunda, y es autor de algunos de los trabajos más influyentes en este campo. Este volumen recoge escritos que reflejan sus investigaciones más recientes y su pensamiento sobre la política, el arte, la cultura y las ideas en Europa y el mundo colonial entre 1500 y 1800. El libro...