Cristobal Colón y Alonso Sánchez; ó, El primer descubrimiento del Nuevo mundo

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En Los mercados de la Plaza Mayor en la Ciudad de México encontra-mos un ejercicio de microhistoria. La obra indaga la génesis de los merca-dos capitalinos modernos. El comercio tradicional novohispano que combina-ba los «cajones» de espanoles y los «puestos» de indfgenas y castas, se trasformô hasta consolidar, durante el siglo XVIII, très mercados especializa-dos: Alcaiceria, Baratillo y bastimentos. Nada mâs ajeno a los mercados virrei-nales que la libre competencia y la ley de la oferta y la demanda; en cambio, aparecen una serie de vînculos esta-mentales y relaciones informales ...

La defensa marítima de los dominios españoles fue insuficiente durante el s. XVII, y con el cambio de siglo comenzó a preocupar seriamente a la Corona. Los nuevos tiempos exigían rehacer la marina y formar oficiales guerreros, que fueran también cosmógrafos y científicos. Pronto sobresalieron los vascos, que dirigieron expediciones cartográficas y de observación científica, defendieron el Mediterráneo contra los turcos y el Pacífico contra los corsarios, y mantuvieron a Inglaterra en jaque hasta la batalla de Trafalgar.

Con este volumen inicia la serie “Historia-teoría y método”: aproximaciones a teoría y métodos de la historia que proporcionan al estudiante instrumentos para la investigación y permiten al lector curioso entender los cauces del estudio y la razón de las preguntas que encaminan la búsqueda. Para interpretar los datos, el relato o las anécdotas, se requiere plantear cuestiones y aplicar categorías apropiadas a cada situación, porque lo que no buscamos ni presentimos puede pasar inadvertido, mientras que aquello que nos preocupa aparece en testimonios que, ante una mirada...

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