La Gente y la Cultura (the People and Culture of Latin America)

Siervos medievales presenta una realidad social poco estudiada hasta ahora por la historiografía medievalista: la vasta extensión de la dependencia campesina de carácter servil en el norte de la Península y, en especial, en Aragón y Navarra, durante los siglos XI al XIII. Indaga la experiencia vital de los siervos, las características de la reproducción social de las familias serviles y la dinámica de la dominación ejercida por los señores. Muestra la ambigüedad de los estatutos, del deshonor que pesaba sobre los siervos y las características de la resistencia campesina. El...

Esta Pequeña Historia explica los trazos más destacados de la vida y la obra del pintor catalán Joan Miró, desde sus primeros pasos en Barcelona hasta la creación de un lenguaje pictórico propio y cargado de simbolismo y hasta su madurez como creador.

The Underground Railroad was the massive effort by slaves and free people to secretly bring thousands of blacks to freedom in the North during the 19th century. This thought-provoking book will capture readers’ imaginations and fill them with awe for the brave “conductors” and “passengers” on the Railroad. They’ll learn about the many safe havens, called “depots,” that housed fugitives and the secret passages within them that hid slaves from their pursuers. Information about the American Civil War and the Fugitive Slave Act, biographies of figures vital to the Underground Railroad,...

Inspired by the #1 New York Times bestseller She Persistedby Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger comes a chapter book series about women who stood up, spoke up and rose up against the odds! Sonia Sotomayor is the first Latina Supreme Court Justice in the history of the United States, but her road there wasn't easy. She overcame many challenges along the way, including a diagnosis of diabetes at age seven. But she didn't let that stop her from achieving her dream and inspiring children all over the world to work hard and believe in themselves. In this chapter book biography by award-winning...