Familia y vida cotidiana en América Latina, siglos XVIII-XX

La ciudad de Jerusalén resulta todo un símbolo cargado de connotaciones. Para un creyente o un miembro de cualquiera de las tres grandes religiones monoteístas, el relieve que adquiere la vieja ciudad es notable, pues Jerusalén es la Ciudad Santa por excelencia. El presente libro pretende acercarnos a Jerusalén y hacernos pisar sus umbrales, siguiendo paso a paso su antigua historia. Además, la obra presenta un amplio apéndice que resume los acontecimientos que han tenido lugar en Jerusalén desde la conquista del califa Omar en el 638 hasta nuestros días.

A monumentally informed and irresistibly opinionated guide to the most un-Spanish city in Spain, from the bestselling author of The Fatal Shore. In these pages, Robert Hughes scrolls through Barcelona's often violent history; tells the stories of its kings, poets, magnates, and revolutionaries; and ushers readers through municipal landmarks that range from Antoni Gaudi's sublimely surreal cathedral to a postmodern restaurant with a glass-walled urinal. The result is a work filled with the attributes of Barcelona itself: proportion, humor, and seny—the Catalan word for triumphant common...

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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...