Viajes en el Mediterráneo antiguo

"Porfirio Díaz, president of Mexico (1876-1880, 1884-1911), dominated his country during a crucial phase in its development as a modern nation. This profile places the regime in its appropriate nineteenth-century context, highlighting the difficulty of implementing liberal policies in societies with strong colonial traditions, and of balancing material development with order and stability"--Back cover.

La Historia elemental de Cuba para uso de las escuelas primarias, tuvo más de diez ediciones entre 1928 y 1964. La presente selección abarca varios capítulos del texto original. A cargo de Ramiro Guerra, uno de los más connotados historiadores cubanos, esta obra relata los avatares de la historia nacional de Cuba desde los tiempos previos a la conquista hasta el siglo XX.

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"De las grandezas y prosperidades pasadas venían a las cosas presentes, lloraban sus reyes muertos, enejanado su imperio y acabada su república, etc. Estas y otras semejantes pláticas tenían los incas y pallas en sus visitas, y con la memoria del bien perdido siempre acababan su conversación en lágrimas y llanto, diciendo "Trocósenos el reinar en vasallaje"".