Historia de todas las cosas que han acaecido en el Reino de Chile y de los que lo han gobernado

Narra el viaje a los orígenes de María de las Mercedes de Santa Cruz y Montalvo, condesa de Merlín, cubana culta, discreta con talento musical y literario, una mujer pionera por muchos motivos.

«Heus ací un títol un tant alarmant. Té sentit parlar de conflictes nacionals en el segle XVI?» Per a Tulio Halperin Donghi, en aquest llibre clàssic que ara es reedita, la resposta afirmativa té implicacions de gran abast però molt meditades. La nació en un sentit contemporani 'admet' data del segle XIX, però això no invalida l'ús d'aquest concepte per a referir-se a la «nació dels cristians nous de moros del regne de València», com es denominava en l'època. L'autor situa la comunitat morisca en el context econòmic i demogràfic valencià, i n'analitza les formes de...

This book deals with the evangelization of Spanish-speaking America between the European conquest and independence. The study investigates the concepts and strategies of catechesis, the general conditions of Church law and national politics as well as the prerequisites and conditions on the part of the Indians. New and specific forms of mutual understanding, of mediation and resistance developed through the transfer of European knowledge to a second geographical area and through the contact of cultures and religions. These new forms evolved beyond the sphere of religion and determine cultural ...

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...