El hambre en el mundo

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En los relatos que constituye el libro Demando mi Libertad se rescata la voz de varias mujeres que a través de los tiempos nos trasmiten un objetivo común: defender su derecho de ser parte, en igualdad de condiciones, de una sociedad que se había construido sobre una fórmula de exclusión que racializaba las relaciones de género. En este sentido, los temas que aquí se tratan si bien se inspiran en la lectura de estas historias, reflejan problemas y temas de la mayor actualidad en el contexto de unas sociedades que, a pesar de las transformaciones políticas que las convirtieron en...

High in the Inyo Mountains, between Owens Valley and Death Valley National Park, lies the ghost town of Cerro Gordo. Discovered in 1865, this silver town boomed to a population of 3,000 people in the hands of savvy entrepreneurs during the 1870s. As the silver played out and the town faded, a few hung on to the dream. By the early 1900s, Louis D. Gordon wandered up the Yellow Grade Road where freight wagons once traversed with silver and supplies and took a closer look at the zinc ore that had been tossed aside by early miners. The Fat Hill lived again, primarily as a small company town. By...

En la Edad Media y en los principios de la Edad Moderna la concepción y comprensión de la enfermedad, y dependiendo de ello las actitudes y reacciones frente a la misma, variaban notablemente. El libro trata de esta cuestión, así como de las diversas medidas profilácticas y curativas adoptadas en torno a la enfermedad.