Orbe Romano e Imperio Global

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No século XVI, aos olhos da classe dominante, a terra, a terra arável, permaneceu a base de toda a prosperidade. À medida que o dignitário se elevava, ele adquiriu os direitos de mais e maiores áreas do mercado imobiliário. Teoricamente, ninguém era o dono da terra. A terra pertencia ao proprietário coletivo, calpulli, a instituições públicas, como os templos, ou à própria cidade. Não houve propriedade privada da terra, houve propriedade coletiva com direito individual de uso.

Ciudad Juarez lies just across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas. A once-thriving border town, it now resembles a failed state. Infamously known as the place where women disappear, its murder rate exceeds that of Baghdad. Last year 1,607 people were killed, a number that is on pace to increase in 2009. In Murder City, Charles Bowden, one of the few journalists who has spent extended periods of time in Juarez, has written an extraordinary account of what happens when a city disintegrates. Interweaving stories of its inhabitants, a raped beauty queen, a repentant hitman, a journalist fleeing...

El lector ideal de este libro es toda persona curiosa por la historia del reino del Perú y del siglo XVI. También, este libro está escrito para los interesados en la literatura colonial de América Latina y, en particular, los estudiosos de las crónicas andinas. Mi intención ha sido escribir un ensayo que pudiera ser leído con interés y gusto por ambos públicos. Nada me daría más satisfacción que comprobar que lo he logrado. Por esta razón he debido tomar una decisión importante al escribir la versión final del libro: modernizar el lenguaje de todas las citas provenientes del...