La guitarra, la imprenta y la nación

A finales de 1776, apenas seis meses después de la histórica Declaración de Independencia de los Estados Unidos, la Revolución americana agonizaba. Nueva York había caído y el Ejército Continental de George Washington se batía en retirada. Filadelfia, sede del Congreso Continental, parecía tener las horas contadas. La recién nacida nación norteamericana carecía de marina, de artillería que se preciara, de preparación militar, de pólvora... y de posibilidades reales de derrotar a Gran Bretaña; al menos por sí sola. Hermanos de armas. La intervención de España y Francia que...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

Desde la Baja Edad Media hasta los inicios del siglo XIX, las clases privilegiadas -nobleza y clero- ejercieron un dominio absoluto sobre la vida española, estructurada, como en los demás países del occidente europeo, en un sistema de tipo estamental. Tomando como base el siglo XVII y apoyado sobre fuentes documentales en partes inéditas, el profesor Domínguez Ortiz analiza los rasgos peculiares de esas clases dominantes a través del estudio de su importancia numérica, sus formas de vida, sus estatutos jurídicos, su poder económico y, en definitiva, su función política. Además de...