La Guerra Fría

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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...

Este manual aborda la primera parte de la Historia Contemporánea, que puede considerarse un largo siglo XIX. La historia contemporánea solemos iniciarla con los procesos revolucionarios que cambiaron el modelo político, económico y social que regía las sociedades en Occidente, que denominamos del Antiguo Régimen, para diferenciarlas del Nuevo que se inicia entonces, el del liberalismo en todos los órdenes, político, social, económico, cultural. Así pues, "contemporáneo" lo asociamos históricamente al mundo liberal-democrático que se comenzó a gestar en el ámbito atlántico. Por ...

«Los libros de Irene Vallejo, claros e inteligentes, se leen muy bien e invitan a pensar. En la mejor línea humanista.» -CARLOS GARCÍA GUAL La aparente contradicción que da título a este libro es la premisa central de los breves ensayos que contiene: la certeza de que en cada paso que damos está la huella de un mundo que parece haberse quedado atrás en el tiempo, pero que vive y respira en cada uno de nuestros gestos e ideas. En estos ensayos, Irene Vallejo entabla un diálogo con diversas personalidades de la historia y con la cultura que nos han legado; son al mismo tiempo un...