Sangre limpia, sangre española

En el presente libro, los autores insertan la construcción de los pantanos dentro de la política de reformas y colonización que llevan a cabo los ministros de Carlos III, en el territorio de Lorca; analizan las características técnicas de los embalses y las dificultades y errores en su construcción, que llevaron al desastre de Puentes en Abril de 1802, así como la polémica entre constructores e ingenieros. Evalúan su utilidad para la economía local y la presión contributiva que la ciudad tuvo que soportar, aún después de su destrucción. Y, con profusión, estudian la figura de...

Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1492-1584) was a foot soldier in the army of Mexico's conqueror Hernán Cortés. The first edition of his True History of the Conquest of New Spain (as it was entitled in a later English translation) was published in Madrid in 1632 from a manuscript copy sent to Spain shortly after the author's death. Written in a highly accessible style, and describing the experiences of the troops themselves rather than seeing events from an officer's perspective, the work became even more successful than the official accounts and went through many editions and translations. The...

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Benjamín Subercaseaux bien pudo titular su obra Chile, una loca geografía... y una historia ídem. La última masa continental en ser poblada por la humanidad, el Mordor del Imperio español durante dos siglos y medio, la Prusia del Pacífico en el siglo XIX y un carrusel político a lo largo del XX. La trayectoria de la franja larga y angosta ofrece sobremesas para regodearse. En el primer tomo leerán desde las teorías de poblamiento de América (incluyendo las de un voluntarioso científico trasandino que afirmaba que la humanidad se originó, entre todos los lugares posibles, en...

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...