Romances

En este libro Samper, hombre de letras de Colombia, relata sus viajes, en pleno siglo XIX, por España, Gran Bretaña, Francia, Suiza y Alemania.

Descubra la apasionante historia de las primeras culturas del mundo. El origen del urbanismo, las sociedades jerarquizadas, la escritura, la agricultura, la ganadería, la economía y el comercio. La vida rural y urbana, la Ley del Talión y el Código de Hammurabi, el papel de mujeres y niños, la religión y los dioses, el ejército y el ocio. Breve historia de la vida cotidiana de los pueblos del Próximo Oriente Antiguo ofrece un recorrido por las actividades del día a día de estas culturas, haciendo hincapié en los mecanismos sociales y la organización que tuvieron en estas...

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In this historical study, Lara Medina examines the early development and continuing influence of Las Hermanas, a feminist organization established in 1971 to counter the patriarchy and Eurocentrism of the U.S. Catholic Church. Medina weaves archival research and oral interviews into a cohesive narrative that highlights the keen ethnic and political awareness among the movement's leaders and participants. Medina also illuminates the strides made by Las Hermanas in undermining and reorienting the male-dominated structure of both the Catholic ministry and the Chicano civil rights movement. By...