De lo antiguo a lo moderno

Desde comienzos de los años setenta del pasado siglo se ha convertido progresivamente en un tópico considerar a la Historia como una de las diferentes formas de la narración, en contra de la opinión dominante en los siglos XIX y XX, que quisieron situarla en una de las ramas del árbol de la ciencia. En este libro el autor lleva a cabo un análisis innovador de la naturaleza y las funciones de la Historia, al considerar que ésta se configura a partir de tres elementos: descripción, evocación y expresión de los propios sentimientos e ideas del historiador. Partiendo del análisis de...

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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...

Durante el ano de 1860 se prolongo el estado de guerra entre liberales y conservadores, que recurrian a cualquier medio para aportar recursos a su causa. Mas de un ano de conflicto armado mantenia a los negocios en situacion critica, mientras inversionistas afortunados conseguian grandes beneficios de las operaciones de prestamos, incautaciones y aprovisionamiento de ambos gobiernos en pugna. Esta situacion se refleja en los protocolos notariales, en los que la diversidad de operaciones financieras y la intranquilidad de los propietarios proporcionan un fiel retrato de la situacion. Esta guia ...