La Independencia

Los autores que participan en este volumen, analizan las nuevas formas de hacer pol tica que se experimentaron en M xico entre 1808 y 1821. Asimismo, buscan explicar de qu manera no se contrapuso tajantemente lo moderno a lo tradicional. Por el contrario, se produjo una asimilaci n que desencaden una transferencia masiva de poderes hacia actores territoriales tanto tradicionales como nuevos.

Escrita por un español, con pasión pero con la suficiente ecuanimidad como para exponer los claroscuros de nuestro pasado.

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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...

Para los antiguos griegos, consultar o recibir oráculos significaba comunicarse directamente con los dioses. Por ello, solían recurrir a estos para resolver las más variadas cuestiones de las esferas pública y privada, desde la forja de alianzas políticas hasta la falta de descendencia. En más de un centenar de pasajes de su obra, Heródoto reflejó esta práctica con su característico estilo rico y ameno. Este libro lleva a cabo un análisis crítico y exhaustivo de dichos pasajes oraculares, el cual demuestra que, al margen de su valor como fenómeno religioso, los oráculos...