Russell Shorto

Les aventures dels ossos de Descartes serveixen per guiar hàbilment el lector per un debat que després de 350 anys encara dura: entre religió i ciència, entre fe i raó. Descartes va obrir el camí de

Trad., Claudia Conde. Este libro es un relato histórico y detectivesco sobre la creación del pensamiento moderno que, a través de diversos giros, nos traslada hasta el presente; al Museo de las Ciencias de Paris, donde ahora moran los restos del pensador.

A partir de registros hoslandeses del siglo XVII, Shorto trae a la vida el exuberante drama humano que yace detrás de la fundación de la colonia, enclave comercial abierto al intercambio cultural y a la tolerancia religiosa. Es una historia desconocida, la de aquellos emprendedores pioneros, procedentes de una cultura tan progresista como lo fue la holandesa del siglo XVII, y cuya repercusion en la historia de Nueva York es mucho mas profunda de lo que hasta ahora hemos conocido.

An informative and thought provoking history The Telegraph A story rich in intrigue diplomacy and personalities New Statesman Offering new perspectives and ideas Guardian Here is the whirligig of history which Shorto captures vividly in this well researched well written sprightly book Literary ReviewIn 1664 England decided to invade the Dutch controlled city of New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island Charles II and his brother the Duke of York had dreams of empire and their arch rivals the Dutch were in the way But Richard Nicolls who led the English flotilla bent on destruction changed his strategy once he began parleying with Peter Stuyvesant the Dutch leader on Manhattan Bristling with vibrant characters Taking Manhattan reveals the founding of New York to be an invention the result not of a violent English takeover but of clever negotiations that led to the fusing of the multiethnic capitalistic society the Dutch had pioneered to the power of the rising English empire But the birth of what might be termed the first modern city is also a story of the brutal dispossession of Native Americans and of the roots of American slavery Based on newly translated sources Taking Manhattan shows how the paradox of New York s origins boundless opportunity c

A richly nuanced portrait of the unknown history of New York City

Veinticuatro dólares. Ése es el importe que en 1626, según cuenta la leyenda, los colonos holandeses pagaron a los nativos americanos a cambio de Manhattan.La historia real, sin embargo, es otra. En esta exhaustiva investigacion, Russell Shorto desmonta el mito de origen de la isla y narra las peripecias de aquellos aventureros.

A través de un relato cautivante y vivaz, Shorto analiza cómo una pequeña ciudad, fundada sobre la endeble base de ciénagas y pantanos, llegó a ser la cuna del liberalismo y uno de los centros de pod

Una aventura histórica que ilustra el eterno debate entre fe y razón.En un crudo día de invierno de 1650, René Descartes fue enterrado lejos de su hogar. Dieciséis años más tarde, el embajador francés exhumo secretamente sus huesos y los transporto a Francia. La historia de estas insolitas reliquias involucra a los personajes mas diversos que usaron estos huesos.

An informative and thought-provoking historyThe TelegraphA story rich in intrigue, diplomacy and personalities New StatesmanOffering new perspectives and ideasGuardianHere is the whirligig of history, which Shorto captures vividly in this well-researched, well-written, sprightly bookLiterary ReviewIn 1664, England decided to invade the Dutch-controlled city of New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island. Charles II and his brother, the Duke of York, had dreams of empire, and their arch-rivals, the Dutch, were in the way. But Richard Nicolls, who led the English flotilla bent on destruction, changed his strategy once he began parleying with Peter Stuyvesant, the Dutch leader on Manhattan.Bristling with vibrant characters, Taking Manhattan reveals the founding of New York to be an invention: the result not of a violent English takeover, but of clever negotiations that led to the fusing of the multiethnic, capitalistic society the Dutch had pioneered to the power of the rising English empire. But the birth of what might be termed the first modern city is also a story of the brutal dispossession of Native Americans and of the roots of American slavery.Based on newly translated sources, Taking Manhattan shows how the paradox of New Yorks origins boundless opportunity coupled with subjugation and displacement reflect Americas promise and failure to this day.