Historia, ciencia social

«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...

«La Historia general y natural las Indias (1535-1549)»de Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés es una obra de gran interés para la geografía e historia natural del Nuevo Mundo, compuesta de narraciones legendarias, episodios y anécdotas, es decir diferentes estilos de contar las experiencias vividas, impregnadas de providencialismo y de otros juicios de valor procedentes de una formación retórica tradicional y de la pastoral judeocristiana. Su estilo literario es propio de la historia panegírica configurando un discurso salpicado de héroes arquetípicos de un orden teleológico...

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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...