La cultura. Chile (1808-1830)

"A fascinating and beautifully argued interpretation of how the American war in Southeast Asia affected Chicano communities. The author provides the most complete and well-documented study to date of this important chapter in U.S. history and its impact on an ethnic group with long-standing traditions of military service, assimilation, and resistance to injustice. Oropeza's book is what students of the Chicano Movement, especially the Mexican American role in antiwar activities during the Vietnam War period, have been waiting for."—George Mariscal, author of Aztlán and Viet Nam: Chicano...

Este libro investiga la historia de la pasión por coleccionar desde el Renacimiento hasta nuestros días. Todo objeto de colección, ya sea una caja de cerillas o la uña de un mártir, tiene un significado que trasciende al objeto mismo; es un tótem. Y el afán incesante por poseerlo convierte al coleccionista en un antropólogo cultural. Philipp Blom destila los temas que subyacen a esta pasión aparentemente tan inasible: conquista y posesión, caos y memoria, un vacío que colmar y la conciencia de la propia mortalidad. «Una crónica sobre la rareza de la mente humana, y la maravilla...

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...

Pilar, de campo a ciudad es un resumen de la historia desde la llegada del aborigen hasta el siglo XXI, distintos hechos políticos, económicos y sociales, el paso de instituciones, pioneros y vecinos de Pilar.