Colonia Este

¿Por qué somos un continente rico de gente pobre? Dinero, sexo, golpes de Estado, sangre, amenazas y violencia desafiaron a congresos, jueces, presidentes y dictadores, que no resistieron la tentación de beneficiarse del gran negocio que les ofrecía el llamado Pulpo de la United Fruit. Un crudo relato sobre el ambicioso y sucio entramado forjado por Estados Unidos en los primeros años del siglo XX para apoderarse de la fuerza económica y política de países pobres, poblados por analfabetos, sin poderío militar ni estructuras democráticas, pero con territorios fértiles que...

Native American Mythology began long before the European settlers arrived on North American soil. The most popular of these myths usually are the ones dealing with Origins of people, places and things. These myths deal with both how the physical world as we know it came to be and how the many features of specific cultures originated. They cover areas of gods and man and why we were separated, where did the different races come from, and when did evil surface. Being there were so many different tribes with countless beliefs and customs, the only way to understand these beliefs is through...

La hazaña colombina inaugura el proceso de "invención" de América, que abarca los ámbitos geográfico, jurídico, literario y filosófico. Este libro está compuesto por siete trabajos que analizan algunos momentos centrales en la creación de la imagen de América, desde los inicios de la dominación española hasta el siglo XX, cuando la literatura latinoamericana reivindica un espacio propio capaz de influir en el imaginario europeo. Carmen Alemany Bay es profesora de Literatura Hispanoamericana en la Universidad de Alicante y directora del Centro de Estudios Iberoamericanos Mario...

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