Diplomacia imperial y Revolución. Estados Unidos ante la Revolución cubana 1959-1960: del reconocimiento reticente a la ruptura omini

Gordon Wood recrea los orígenes de la revolución norteamericana, basados en un firme sentido de la independencia y del valor del propio trabajo, y compone un magnífico relato del alzamiento de armas y conciencias que dio luz a la república americana. La revolución norteamericana es parte de la colección Breve Historia Universal, que ofrece una nueva visión de la historia de la humanidad. Gordon Wood, un notable especialista en la historia de Estados Unidos, conduce a los lectores a través de las páginas de este libro con un lenguaje ameno y accesible. Cuando Abraham Lincoln intentó...

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Durante los siglos XVI y XVII, gran parte de la Real Audiencia de Quito es un territorio de frontera. En la mitad septentrional, la autoridad de los funcionarios coloniales se limita a los valles serranos y solo en algunas ocasiones se extiende hacia el territorio situado en los contrafuertes andinos. Aunque la población de Quito no se encuentra directamente amenazada por los indígenas hostiles, a uno y otro lado de la ciudad, tanto al este como al oeste, es posible encontrar, apenas a un par de jornadas, grupos indígenas hostiles, denominados "indios de guerra" en los documentos...