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La obra que tiene el lector en sus manos es el resultado de la aportación que han hecho un conjunto de historiadores, juristas y miembros internacionales de diferentes ramas del conocimiento, acerca de este medio milenio que cumple una de las urbes mas importantes del planeta como es la Ciudad de Mexico moderna. Desde la caida de la antigua Tenochtitlan, y bajo un marco introductorio del asentamiento en tiempos aztecas, hasta llegar a nuestros dias (pasando por importantes efemerides que ocurrieron durante los trescientos años del periodo virreinal y los ultimos dos siglos del Mexico independiente) el libro intenta acercar al gran publico diversos aspectos historicos, culturales y sociales que han marcado su dilatada y relevante historia.

500 AÑOS EL LEGADO HISTÓRICO DE PANAMÁ

Ellen y William Craft, la pareja de esclavos más célebre de Estados Unidos, emprendieron su ingeniosa huida para escapar de un estado esclavista y dirigirse a un estado libre. Desesperados por liberarse de las cadenas de la esclavitud, a las que tambien estarian condenados sus hijos, ingeniaron un cuidadoso y arriesgado plan que les permitiria recorrer mil millas, unos mil seiscientos kilometros, para obtener su libertad. Ellen Craft, de piel casi blanca, se disfrazaria de hombre haciendose pasar por un caballero blanco enfermo que viajaba con su esclavo, y con este ingenioso plan emprendieron el viaje. En esta historia, narrada por William Craft, se muestran las infames practicas de los esclavistas, los traficantes y los cazadores de esclavos, la ausencia de derechos de las personas racializadas y las leyes de los estados esclavistas. Materias:Autobiografia Biografias Historia PoliticaCompartir en: icono facebook

Rana MitterExplains how China's transition from the pre-modern to modern world began on May 4, 1919, when outrage over a Paris peace conference led to a widespread protest led by forward-thinking youth that left a lasting impact in the following decades.

This book tells the story of Balithe "paradise island of the Pacific"its rulers and its people, and their encounters with the Western world.Bali is a perennially popular tourist destination. It is also home to a fascinating people with a long and dramatic history of interactions with foreigners, particularly after the arrival of the first Dutch fleet in 1597. In this first comprehensive history of Bali, author Willard Hanna chronicles Bali through the centuries as well as the islanders' current struggle to preserve their unique identity amidst the financially necessary incursions of tourism.Illustrated with more than forty stunning photographs, A Brief History of Bali is a riveting tale of one ancient culture's vulnerabilityand resiliencein the modern world.

The British did not take to water like ducks. In this work, David Howarth reveals that for hundreds of years this island nation did little but cling to coastal waters, and had no notion of sailing, or of anything but clinker built ships. The Romans and Vikings were superior seamen, and the English upper classes saw seafearing as mercantile, and beneath their notice. It was not until Elizabeth I's reign that Britain's success at sea truly began, with the utter defeat of the Armada thanks to superior gunnery and seamanship. Other nations placed noblemen and soldiers in command, but Elizabeth entrusted her ships to practical seamen such as Hawkins and Drake - and they repaid her trust. Howarth reconstructs the expansion of trade routes and the great 18th-century days of the line of battle ships, when sea warfare was at its peak. With Napoleon's fall, the British were free to expand and cement their empire, and the prestige of the Royal Navy rose so high that sea warfare almost ceased for a century as British ships patrolled the oceans. In the 20th century the British navy was twice as big as any other and more than half the merchant shipping in the world was built and owned in Britain. This account is full of anecdote, erudition and humour.

For centuries the Celts held sway in Europe. Even after their conquest by the Romans, their culture remained vigorous, ensuring that much of it endured to feed an endless fascination with Celtic history and myths, artwork and treasures. A foremost authority on the Celtic peoples and their culture, Peter Berresford Ellis presents an invigoration overview of their world.With his gift for making the scholarly accessible, he discusses the Celts'' mysterious origins and early history and investigates their rich and complex society. His use of recently uncovered firnds brings fascinating insights into Celtic kings and chieftains, architecture and arts, medicine and religions, myths and legends, making this esesntial reading for any search for Europe''s ancient past.

From the most revered to the most notorious, each of our American presidents has had significant, influential, and remarkably intelligent things to say. Gathered here in A CALL TO AMERICA is a collection of 1,500 famous and inspiring quotes from every American president on subjects ranging from courage and the American spirit to peace and war. "Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation, for ''tis better to be alone than in bad company." --George Washington "Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be." --Abraham Lincoln "Those who dare to fail miserable can achieve greatly." --John F. Kennedy

"A Companion to the American South "surveys and evaluates the most important and innovative writing on the entire sweep of the history of the southern United States. Twenty-nine essays from leading experts in the field analyze the various interpretive schools, briefly summarize the positions and approaches of the seminal books, and suggest the range of subjects and interpretations for every important era in southern history. The coverage includes topics such as slavery, politics, the Civil War and Reconstruction, race relations, the civil rights movement, southern religion, and women''s history. Each chapter includes a select bibliography as a convenient reference to encourage further reading. Intended for students, scholars, and general readers of U.S. southern history, this timely book is a primer to this exciting body of work and will guide research for years to come.

Australia is the last continent to be settled by Europeans, but it also sustains a people and a culture tens of thousands years old. For much of the past 200 years the newcomers have sought to replace the old with the new. This book tells how they imposed themselves on the land, and brought technology, institutions and ideas to make it their own. It relates the advance from penal colony to a prosperous free nation and illustrates how, as a nation created by waves of newcomers, the search for binding traditions was long frustrated by the feeling of rootlessness, until it came to terms with its origins. The third edition of this acclaimed book recounts the key factors - social, economic and political - that have shaped modern-day Australia. It covers the rise and fall of the Howard government, the 2007 election and the apology to the stolen generation. More than ever before, Australians draw on the past to understand their future.

Australia is the last continent to be settled by Europeans, but it also sustains a people and a culture tens of thousands of years old. For much of the past 200 years the newcomers have sought to replace the old with the new. This book tells how they imposed themselves on the land, and brought technology, institutions and ideas to make it their own. It relates the advance from penal colony to a prosperous free nation and illustrates how, in a nation created by waves of newcomers, the search for binding traditions has long been frustrated by the feeling of rootlessness. This revised edition incorporates the most recent historical research and contemporary historical debates on frontier violence between European settlers and Aborigines and the Stolen Generations. It covers the Sydney Olympics, the refugee crisis and the ''Pacific solution''. More than ever before, Australians draw on the past to understand their future.