Cara o cruz: Francisco I. Madero

«Heus ací un títol un tant alarmant. Té sentit parlar de conflictes nacionals en el segle XVI?» Per a Tulio Halperin Donghi, en aquest llibre clàssic que ara es reedita, la resposta afirmativa té implicacions de gran abast però molt meditades. La nació en un sentit contemporani 'admet' data del segle XIX, però això no invalida l'ús d'aquest concepte per a referir-se a la «nació dels cristians nous de moros del regne de València», com es denominava en l'època. L'autor situa la comunitat morisca en el context econòmic i demogràfic valencià, i n'analitza les formes de...

This volume includes31 constitutions, constitutional drafts and amendments illustrating the checkered political history of Spain in the first half of the 19th century. It begins with the "Estatuto de Bayona" (Bayonne Statute) imposed by the French in 1808 and continues with the"Constitucion politica de la Monarquia Espanola" (Political Constitution of the Spanish Monarchy), the first independent constitution of Spain, which was drawn up in Cadiz in 1812. Subsequently, it also includes the "Constitucion de la Monarquia Espanola" (Constitution of the Spanish Monarchy) of 1845.Nine...

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Gran parte de la llamada epoca de Santa Anna en la historia del Mexico independiente sigue siendo, aun hoy, un misterio. Ningun decenio ha sido tan mal comprendido como el que transcurrio bajo la Republica Central entre 1835 y 1846. Costeloe analiza los politicos y militares que decidieron abandonar el federalismo, las medidas politicas que introdujeron y el fracaso final de su intento de dar a su patria estabilidad politica y progreso economico.