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Quinto y la crisis de la alcabala (1580-1600) intenta comprender la lógica del desarrolló de este capítulo que la historiografía ecuatoriana juzga a menudo decisivo para el devenir nacional, pero que no ha sido jamás objeto de un estudio preciso. A pesar de la enorme cantidad de documentos de origen diverso que existen sobre el tema, nada nuevo se había hecho desde González Suárez y su célebre Historia General de la República del Ecuador. Bernard Lavallé reconstruve el juego complejo de los diversos elementos de una coyuntura que, en el marco del virreinato de Lima en una época...

Charles Minguet, el biógrafo por excelencia de Humboldt, escribió: "La obra de Humboldt es un nuevo descubrimiento, verdadero, de un continente y una humanidad confinados durante tres siglos en el recinto estrictamente cerrado del pacto colonial". Esta cita retoma la idea de que el barón fue el continuador de Cristóbal Colón en el descubrimiento europeo de América. Esta obra señala algunas dimensiones de la continuidad.

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