Alfonso X y su época

Se trata de una exhaustiva investigación, reveladora de los pormenores de la trata africana y sus consecuencias en todos los ámbitos –sobre todo las implicaciones sociales y económicas— en América. Se describe la tragedia humana que representó la esclavitud, la larga lucha por la abolición, la participación de los africanos y sus descendientes en las guerras de independencia, sus aportes culturales y los rasgos de discriminación contra los cuales, aún hoy, se lucha en nuestras latitudes.

This engaging and fascinating book delves into a topic that has rarely been studied: travel in the medieval world. Presenting a cast of (usually moneyed) characters who traveled for religious or political reasons, or purely out of a desire for knowledge, adventure, or entertainment, this examination lays the stale concept of the medieval man as a static individual to rest. Este libro ameno y fascinante se enfoca sobre un tema poco estudiado: el viaje en el mundo medieval. Presentando un reparto de personajes frecuentemente adinerados que viajaban por razones religiosas o políticas, o por un...

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The complexity of a country in which violence and internal armed-conflict coexist with enormous cultural, natural, and human riches is captured in this illuminating essay by Colombian poet William Ospina. The accompanying photographs—all previously unpublished—are taken by some of Colombia's best photographers, and each in its own way sheds light on the possibility of a future in which the nation may become reconciled with itself. Esta colección de textos del célebre escritor colombiano William Ospina es un retrato de matices, buenos y malos, escrito de manera crítica pero certera...