Historia del abasto de productos alimenticios en la Ciudad de México

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¿Qué caracteriza a los imperios? ¿Qué peligros esconde un orden imperial? ¿Qué oportunidades ofrece? De pronto estas preguntas dejaron de tener un interés puramente histórico. Estados Unidos ocupa entretanto una supremacía que muchos juzgan amenazadora. ¿Los políticos en Washington determinan las reglas que deben regir en el resto del mundo? ¿O existe una lógica del dominio mundial ante la que deben doblegarse? Herfried Münkler muestra cómo funciona un imperio y qué tipos de imperios han existido en el pasado. Un espléndido paseo a través de la historia y, al mismo tiempo,...

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