La rebelión de las Comunidades

From the beginning of the Second World War the sea became a vitally important scene of conflict. Great Britain relied on receiving supplies by sea and, therefore, a total blockade of the United Kingdom was one the main objectives of Hitler’s Germany. The British government was forced to maintain a strategy of antisubmarine warfare throughout the conflict, while the Royal Navy sought to interrupt the Third Reich’s maritime traffic. In these circumstances the submarine became an important weapon of war. Headed by Karl Dönitz, who would later succeed Hitler as Head of State, the German...

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Es este un testimonio excepcional. Lo es por la importancia de su autor, Antonio Ortiz Mena, quien fuera secretario de Hacienda y Credito Publico de Mexico de 1958 a 1970 y quien con mano segura guio al pais en su proceso de modernizacion economica. Lo es por la obra que nos propone: el recuento de sus experiencias y el analisis de sus logros, de los obstaculos encontrados al definir y ejecutar su politica economica. Finalmente es una reflexion critica y propositiva de la accion economica y hacendaria del ministro que fue uno de los artifices de un largo periodo de estabilidad y crecimiento...

Estudio del arte monetario en la Edad Media, con especial enfasis en la produccion castellana y leonesa. La moneda, como sucede con otras manifestaciones artisticas, responde a los mismos parametros tecnicos, formales, iconograficos y simbolicos propios de su momento. La presente obra estudia sus manifestaciones, la comparacion de la moneda con las restantes artes, sus aspectos formales y su propia creacion. Asimismo, refleja como la moneda es incorporada en otras manifestaciones artisticas del periodo medieval.