Anécdotas de Laredo

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.

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Western literary...

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...

La remolacha azucarera, o betabel, como era conocido este cultivo por los jornaleros mexicanos, se introdujo en Estados Unidos en los años posteriores a la Guerra Civil. Ese conflicto destruyó los campos cañeros de Luisiana y provocó un aumento desmedido en las importaciones de azúcar desde el Caribe. Como consecuencia, autoridades gubernamentales y empresarios optaron por este tubérculo como una fuente de endulzantes. Cuando la siembra de remolacha se expandió, las compañías azucareras estadounidenses contrataron a miles de trabajadores mexicanos para su cuidado y cultivo. Se...