Nuevas guerras, vieja propaganda

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Origen y gestas de los godos constituye el primer intento conocido de crear una historia nacional de un pueblo europeo elaborado de modo consciente. El cambio operado en la obra de Jordanes con respecto a la historiografia romana tradicional es notable. Es la primera vez que Roma y su Imperio no ocupan el papel protagonista y el eje de los acontecimientos, sino que se convierten en parte marginal del relato en funcion de la historia goda.

Mexican Army veteran Andres Duarte was granted 6,595 acres along the southern foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains in 1841 by the governor of Alta California. Rancho Azusa de Duarte eventually was carved into 40-acre parcels, and arriving families from the East and Midwest built schools, installed water lines, and grew crops. By 1900, two major rail lines served the area's thriving citrus industry. Duarte's beneficial climate led to the establishment in 1913 of a tuberculosis sanitarium, which became City of Hope, the world-class cancer treatment center. Bandleader Glenn Miller settled in...

El pasado cambiante. Historiografía y capitalismo. Siglos XIX-XX suposa tant una anàlisi dels diversos enfocaments proposats sobre l'origen i desenvolupament del capitalisme com una reflexió sobre la dinàmica interna, en el seu context social, del treball dels historiadors. Als dos primers capítols, s'estableix un diàleg amb sociòlegs de la ciència, historiadors i especialistes d'altres dominis que tracten d'introduir-se en la lògica de les ciències i de la història en les seues formes d'enfrontar-se amb la realitat externa, sobretot sota les coordenades que marquen la societat i...