La Puebla del Río

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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...

El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, the Royal Road of the Interior, is the earliest Euro-American trade route of cultures and commerce in the United States. It spanned about 1,800 miles from Mexico City, where the road originated, to Santa Fe, in New Mexico. For three centuries, this Spanish colonial road followed a network of ancient Native American footpaths and trails that followed the wide expanse of the Rio Grande valley. There were parajes, or campgrounds, along the way for travelers, and early Spanish settlements were established too. Some of the towns and villages are now modern cities, ...

En 1850, el país vivía una bonanza sin precedentes con la exportación del guano. En lugar de invertir ese dinero en la construcción de un crecimiento sostenido, el gobierno decidió pagar o «consolidar» la deuda que había contraído con individuos que habían prestado dinero al Estado durante las guerras de independencia. Así se dilapidó nuestra primera gran oportunidad republicana de construir un país desarrollado. Gracias al meticuloso y brillante trabajo del autor, sabemos quiénes fueron los principales beneficiarios de la riqueza del guano, cómo lograron hacerse de estas...