La revolución del sur, 1912-1914

"Extensively researched exploration of the emergence of Zapatismo. Presents Zapatismo as a phenomenon transcending local boundaries and reflecting national developments"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

What was once a romantic race for the skies at the turn of the century has become, now at the threshold of the new Millennium, a fierce commercial competition where no contestant can afford to lose ground. Catastrofes aereas is a journey through the most resonant and disastrous accidents in the history of commercial aviation, where the account of the events, experts' investigations, technical explanations, and the testimonies of those who lived or witnessed it are but the beginning of the story. There is also the political, economic and social context in which they occurred, and the outside...

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Sucesos como la elección de nuevo Presidente en los Estados Unidos o los intentos de reforma en la Unión Soviética, con su acompañamiento de tensiones y crisis, acaparan en la actualidad la atención de los medios informativos: las decisiones de los dos grandes nos afectan a todos. En este libro se explica cómo, cuándo y por qué se dividió el mundo en los dos grandes bloques que hoy existen.

En esta obra, los acontecimientos navegan entre las dos caras del progreso: la de la corrupción generalizada y la de la huella indeleble de un amor que sobrevive después de su colapso inicial. Se trata de la imagen retrospectiva a un doble recuerdo imborrable: el del escenario gris de un país tras un conflicto civil, junto al dolor sombrío, que un suceso de un poder colosal y centro de los avatares de los protagonistas provoca en unas humildes gentes de vida apacible. Es el retrato de una generación que hereda las ruinas de una guerra y pronto los escombros de una dictadura, a través de ...