El Futuro Imperio

"Although exhaustively researched, book is too detailed and not well written. Work does not focus on Cuba directly; rather, it studies the powerful influence of Cuban proslavery interests in the fight against reforms and abolition carried on by Valencia's urban patriarchs"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

Mexican Army veteran Andres Duarte was granted 6,595 acres along the southern foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains in 1841 by the governor of Alta California. Rancho Azusa de Duarte eventually was carved into 40-acre parcels, and arriving families from the East and Midwest built schools, installed water lines, and grew crops. By 1900, two major rail lines served the area's thriving citrus industry. Duarte's beneficial climate led to the establishment in 1913 of a tuberculosis sanitarium, which became City of Hope, the world-class cancer treatment center. Bandleader Glenn Miller settled in...

Turkey's bid to join the European Union has lent new urgency to the issue of the Armenian Genocide as differing interpretations of the genocide are proving to be a major reason for the delay of the ratification. This book provides vital background information and is a prime source of legal evidence and eye-witness testimony of the intent and the crime of genocide against the Armenians. After a long and painstaking effort, the authors, one an Armenian, the other a Turk, generally recognized as the foremost experts on the Armenian Genocide, have prepared a new, authoritative translation and...

La bibliografía sobre la Guerra Civil española y la posguerra es abundante, sin embargo, la resistencia antifranquista, luchadores muchas veces anónimos, representa uno de los episodios menos documentados de la historia de España. Los trabajos existentes están dirigidos sobre todo a especialistas y faltaba una obra de referencia que manifestara cómo y quiénes eran estos guerrilleros y sus agrupaciones al tiempo que describiera la vida en la España de Franco, el impacto de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, el papel de las mujeres, el miedo, la violencia y muchas veces la desesperación en la...