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Examine new trends in the writing of new history—and what they mean to information science! History has been devalued, causing a lack of career prospects for historians, a decrease in vocations to the history profession, and historical discontinuity between generations. History Under Debate: International Reflection on the Discipline is a recap of the crucial Second International Historia a Debate conference, held on July 17, 1999 in Santiago de Compostela. This book details the comparative critical perspectives on history, historians, their audiences, and the coming trends that will...

A short report on the site and sanctuary of Torreparedones in rural Cordoba, constructed in the reign of Caesar and in use throughout the reign of Augustus, and abandoned in the 1st century AD. The authors summarise the archaeological evidence for the occupation of the site, the construction of the sanctuary, its use and religius significance. Spanish text.

Ciudad Juarez lies just across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas. A once-thriving border town, it now resembles a failed state. Infamously known as the place where women disappear, its murder rate exceeds that of Baghdad. Last year 1,607 people were killed, a number that is on pace to increase in 2009. In Murder City, Charles Bowden, one of the few journalists who has spent extended periods of time in Juarez, has written an extraordinary account of what happens when a city disintegrates. Interweaving stories of its inhabitants, a raped beauty queen, a repentant hitman, a journalist fleeing...

Gordon Wood recrea los orígenes de la revolución norteamericana, basados en un firme sentido de la independencia y del valor del propio trabajo, y compone un magnífico relato del alzamiento de armas y conciencias que dio luz a la república americana. La revolución norteamericana es parte de la colección Breve Historia Universal, que ofrece una nueva visión de la historia de la humanidad. Gordon Wood, un notable especialista en la historia de Estados Unidos, conduce a los lectores a través de las páginas de este libro con un lenguaje ameno y accesible. Cuando Abraham Lincoln intentó...