La generación fusilada

The true operatic tragedy of Maximilian and Carlota, the European aristocrats who stumbled into power in Mexico—and faced bloody consequences. In the 1860s, Napoleon III, intent on curbing the rise of American imperialism, persuaded a young Austrian archduke and a Belgian princess to leave Europe and become the emperor and empress of Mexico. They and their entourage arrived in a Mexico ruled by terror, where revolutionary fervor was barely suppressed by French troops. When the United States, now clear of its own Civil War, aided the rebels in pushing back Maximilian’s imperial soldiers,...

Este libro recoge quince años de experiencias investigativas en el campo de la historia cultural. A modo de conmemoración, este volumen presenta trece textos, producidos a lo largo de una década y media de labores académicas del grupo de investigación Prácticas culturales, Representaciones e Imaginarios. Inicialmente pensado como un equipo interesado en la discusión de obras claves para el campo de las ciencias sociales, el grupo devino en una comunidad académica identificada por su pasión hacia la historia cultural. En esta medida, gran parte de los documentos que componen este...

The riveting story of Ferdinand Magellan’s historic 60,000-mile ocean voyage—now updated with a new introduction commemorating the 500th anniversary of his journey. “Prodigious research, sure-footed prose and vivid descriptions make for a thoroughly satisfying account... it is all here in the wondrous detail, a first-rate historical page turner.”— New York Times Book Review Ferdinand Magellan's daring circumnavigation of the globe in the sixteenth century was a three-year odyssey filled with sex, violence, and amazing adventure. Now in Over the Edge of the World, prize-winning...

Brillante aproximación al estudio de las órdenes caballerescas desde su vertiente sociocultural y sociopolítica como generadora de parámetros culturales y sociales.