Autorretrato del Ecuador

En gran parte desconocida por los propios españoles, la gesta de la exploración, conquista y defensa que llevó a cabo España en lo que hoy son los Estados Unidos de América supone un acontecimiento histórico capital. Durante trescientos años, soldados, navegantes, misioneros, colonos y descubridores al servicio de España plantaron sus banderas en fuertes, poblados, misiones y ciudades repartidos por toda América del Norte, desde los límites de México hasta la frontera canadiense y Alaska. Españoles fueron los primeros europeos que avistaron el Cañón del Colorado, cruzaron el...

En momentos en que nuestros gobernantes pretenden convencernos de que nos enfrentamos a un “choque de civilizaciones” del que depende nuestro futuro, conviene poner en claro qué es en realidad la civilización que se nos llama a defender. Este libro nos lleva, para ello, a una fascinante revisión crítica de la historia, que nos demuestra que la idea de un modelo occidental de civilización, cuya extensión al mundo entero debería conducir a una felicidad universal, ha sido una de las principales causas de muchas de las catástrofes del pasado y del presente. “La incómoda verdad a...

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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...