El Canal de Panamá

Esta Historia universal Siglo XXI, preparada y editada inicialmente por Fischer Verlag (Alemania), sigue un nuevo concepto: exponer la totalidad de los acontecimientos del mundo, dar todo su valor a la historia de los países y pueblos de Asia, África y América. Resalta la cultura y la economía como fuerzas que condicionan la historia. Saca a la luz el despertar de la humanidad a su propia conciencia. En la Historia universal Siglo XXI han contribuido ochenta destacados especialistas de todo el mundo. Consta de 36 volúmenes, cada uno de ellos independiente, y abarca desde la prehistoria...

Augusto / Werner Eck -- Tiberio / Greg Rowe -- Calígula / Anthony A. Barrett -- Claudio / Donna W. Hurley -- Nerón / Miriam T. Griffin -- Vespasiano / Barbara Levick -- Adriano / Mary T. Boatwright -- Marco Aurelio / Anthony R. Birley -- Septimio Severo / David Potter -- Diocleciano / Simon Corcoran -- Constantino / Noel Lenski -- Justiniano / James Allan Evans.

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Western literary...

The first in a series of monographic serials on Pre-Columbian art and design. This first number is devoted to Pre-Columbian art and design sources that related to popular identity. Subscriptions available for future issues.