La cultura. Argentina (1808-1830)

The riveting story of Ferdinand Magellan’s historic 60,000-mile ocean voyage—now updated with a new introduction commemorating the 500th anniversary of his journey. “Prodigious research, sure-footed prose and vivid descriptions make for a thoroughly satisfying account... it is all here in the wondrous detail, a first-rate historical page turner.”— New York Times Book Review Ferdinand Magellan's daring circumnavigation of the globe in the sixteenth century was a three-year odyssey filled with sex, violence, and amazing adventure. Now in Over the Edge of the World, prize-winning...

En momentos en que nuestros gobernantes pretenden convencernos de que nos enfrentamos a un “choque de civilizaciones” del que depende nuestro futuro, conviene poner en claro qué es en realidad la civilización que se nos llama a defender. Este libro nos lleva, para ello, a una fascinante revisión crítica de la historia, que nos demuestra que la idea de un modelo occidental de civilización, cuya extensión al mundo entero debería conducir a una felicidad universal, ha sido una de las principales causas de muchas de las catástrofes del pasado y del presente. “La incómoda verdad a...

Exclusive interviews with key political figures in Mexico—former presidents Zedillo and Salinas, and guerrilla leader Marcos—are the basis of this study that untangles the complex influences that have shaped Mexico over the past 20 years. From the Zapatistas to electoral fraud, this well-researched history accounts for many parts of Mexican politics and economy that have remained obscured by official silence. Beyond recurring catastrophes, however, this journalist finds the seed of a modern democracy in Vicente Fox's presidency, one which the author analyzes in a prologue added for this...

Se exponen aqui las causas del enfrentamiento entre Venustiano Carranza y alvaro Obregon, y se analiza el gobierno provisional de Adolfo de la Huerta, fundamental para que Obregon llegara sin contratiempos a su meta.