Historia, lenguaje y teoría de la sociedad

La derrota de Holanda en el Mundial de fútbol ante España en 2010 es vivida como una ofensa por Joost van der Linden, un empresario nostálgico de la gloria del imperio holandés, que no oculta su racismo contra los españoles

LOS CORSARIOS BERBERISCOS de Lane-Poole es un libro clásico y el primero de importancia dedicado a historiar el apasionante y dramático asunto de la piratería berberisca, que durante más de tres siglos condicionó por entero la vida del Mediterráneo occidental y que alcanzó también a buena parte del Atlántico, llegando incluso hasta el Canal de la Mancha o la lejanísima Islandia. Nuestra edición reproduce los muy notables y hermosos dibujos de la edición original inglesa. STANLEY LANE-POOLE (Londres, 1854-1931) fue un historiador y arqueólogo británico que dedicó casi toda su...

High in the Inyo Mountains, between Owens Valley and Death Valley National Park, lies the ghost town of Cerro Gordo. Discovered in 1865, this silver town boomed to a population of 3,000 people in the hands of savvy entrepreneurs during the 1870s. As the silver played out and the town faded, a few hung on to the dream. By the early 1900s, Louis D. Gordon wandered up the Yellow Grade Road where freight wagons once traversed with silver and supplies and took a closer look at the zinc ore that had been tossed aside by early miners. The Fat Hill lived again, primarily as a small company town. By...

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