El Canal de Panamá

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Este libro aborda el análisis de la ciudad en la Edad Moderna desde una perspectiva interdisciplinar, estudiando la interacción entre las instituciones de la Monarquía, la Iglesia, los órganos de gobierno urbano y los grupos urbanos. Aquí estuvo la sustancia de la ciudad en el Antiguo Régimen, un espacio único de colaboración, intercambio, tensión y conflicto. En este marco actuó la Monarquía forzada por sus propias necesidades financieras y políticas, consiguiendo un peso notable en la regulación de distintos aspectos de la vida urbana. No obstante, las ciudades continuaron...

Excerpt from Gobernantes del Perú, Vol. 12: Cartas y Papeles, Siglo XVI; Documentos del Archivo de Indias; El Virrey Garcia Hurtado de Mendoza, Marqués de Cañete; Primera Parte, 1588-1593 A tu hij°, ¡oh Marqués, te demandamos, en quien tanta virtud y gracia cabe: de sus partes, señor, nos contentamos, pues que por natural cosa se 'sab'e (y aun acá en el común es habla vieja) que nunca del león nació la oveja. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important...

Ciudad Juarez lies just across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas. A once-thriving border town, it now resembles a failed state. Infamously known as the place where women disappear, its murder rate exceeds that of Baghdad. Last year 1,607 people were killed, a number that is on pace to increase in 2009. In Murder City, Charles Bowden, one of the few journalists who has spent extended periods of time in Juarez, has written an extraordinary account of what happens when a city disintegrates. Interweaving stories of its inhabitants, a raped beauty queen, a repentant hitman, a journalist fleeing...