El disparate nacional

A beautiful slipcase holds three volumes on the history of Bogota, making this resource an indispensable and fascinating documentary of Colombia's capital. The first two volumes that cover the conquest, colonialism, and the 19th century have been updated with fresh designs, while a completely new third volume covers the 20th century and includes the history of Bogota's expansion, the development of services and institutions, and the achievements and failures of more recent times. This lovely collection constitutes a legacy of obligatory reading for both its current and future inhabitants....

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...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

La historia de la esclavitud abarca muchas culturas, nacionalidades y religiones desde la antigüedad hasta la actualidad. Sin embargo, las posiciones sociales, económicas y legales de los esclavos han diferido enormemente en diferentes sistemas de esclavitud en diferentes tiempos y lugares. Las pruebas de esclavitud son anteriores a los registros escritos; la práctica ha existido en muchas, si no en la mayoría de las culturas. La esclavitud ocurrió en civilizaciones tan antiguas como Sumer, así como en casi todas las demás civilizaciones antiguas, incluido el antiguo Egipto, la antigua ...