José Revueltas y Roberto Bolaño

La primera guerra mundial, la guerra civil rusa, la invasión japonesa en Manchuria, la guerra civil española y la segunda guerra mundial configuraron un sangriento período histórico de treinta años que destruyó el mundo tal y como lo conocíamos hasta entonces. En 1918, una vez concluyó la Gran Guerra, las naciones vencedoras reunidas en Versalles impusieron a Berlín severísimas compensaciones económicas que indignaron a los alemanes y sembraron las semillas de un nuevo conflicto mundial que estallaría veinte años más tarde. El auge del fascismo y del nazismo como respuesta a la...

We Spaniards are the people that have done the most in the history of humanity, even shaping the world we inhabit. But also the people most ashamed of their triumphs, their achievements, their victories and their discoveries. The authors dismantle the most controversial elements of the Black Legend, both the traditional one - the Inquisition, the expulsion of the Jews, the conquest of America, the scientific and cultural backwardness, slavery - and the one renewed by the work of the nazionalisms.

Known as the "Queen City of the Ozarks," Springfield was founded in 1829 and became the seat of Greene County in 1835. Beginning in 1870, Springfield served as a railroad hub that connected the Ozarks culturally and financially to Kansas City, St. Louis, Chicago, and points along the East Coast. In 1938, Route 66 became part of the city's history when the legendary highway came through the public square on College Street. Built on land donated by Springfield founder John Polk Campbell, the square continues to be a vital part of the city's culture and economy. Postcard History Series:...

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