MEMORIA COLECTIVA DE AMÉRICA LATINA

El respetado erudito William Bennett vuelve a poner al corriente aEstados Unidos con su herencia en el segundo volumen de América: La última esperanza. Estainteresante narrativa corta las telarañas del tiempo, la memoria y elpreponderante cinismo para dar un nuevo ímpetu a Estados Unidos mediante unpatriotismo informado. El segundo volumen de Bennett continúa la historianorteamericana donde la dejó el volumen 1, en los albores de la Primera GuerraMundial. La historia conmovedora de Bennett lleva a los lectores a través dedías lúgubres, resaltando las tragedias, los triunfos, el...

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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...

Una fotografía hizo a Macchu Picchu famoso y ayudó a transformar el lugar en lo que la autora llama una "ciudad perdida descubierta", una utopía andina encontrada. Desde entonces el lugar no ha sido el mismo. El libro trata sobre el ejercicio de ver y el papel que jugaron las tecnologías de visualización para moldear el conocimiento sobre las naciones, los pueblos y el pasado convertido en patrimonio nacional. Hiram Bingham y las tres expediciones de Yale (1911, 1912, 1914-1915) presentaron a Macchu Picchu y al Perú ante el mundo, modelando su imagen muchos siglos después de que lo...