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In this historical study, Lara Medina examines the early development and continuing influence of Las Hermanas, a feminist organization established in 1971 to counter the patriarchy and Eurocentrism of the U.S. Catholic Church. Medina weaves archival research and oral interviews into a cohesive narrative that highlights the keen ethnic and political awareness among the movement's leaders and participants. Medina also illuminates the strides made by Las Hermanas in undermining and reorienting the male-dominated structure of both the Catholic ministry and the Chicano civil rights movement. By...

Este segundo volumen de la Historia General de las Indias de Francisco López de Gómara describe en detalle el descubrimiento, la conquista y las particularidades de las regiones de América Central y del Sur durante el siglo XVI. El autor se basa en sus experiencias personales y en los informes de los conquistadores para ofrecer un relato detallado de la historia de los cinco continentes. 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 is in the "public domain in the United States of America,...

La antigua Roma revive con su aspecto y color original gracias a la tecnología 3D. National Geographic reproduce mediante extraordinarias infografías la apariencia que tenía la ciudad eterna en la Antigüedad y los detalles, tanto exteriores como interiores, de sus edificios más emblemáticos. Un minucioso trabajo de reconstrucción histórica sirve de base de una sólida estructura de textos, fotos, gráficos y mapas que aportan los fundamentos arqueológicos, históricos y culturales imprescindibles para que el lector disfrute de una comprensión global de la historia de Roma desde el...

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