Bizancio y Venecia

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Escrita por un español, con pasión pero con la suficiente ecuanimidad como para exponer los claroscuros de nuestro pasado.

En cada época existen diferentes caminos que sigue la movilidad social y en todo momento suponemos que sus motivaciones en el pasado pudieron ser semejantes a las que nos parecen importantes hoy. Así, la influencia de las ideas racistas de los siglos XIX y XX propiciaron la creencia de que, en la Nueva España, bajo un régimen jerárquico y autoritario, la pureza de sangre tenía que ser lo que determinase el ascenso social. La sombra del mestizaje contamina la idea de movilidad, como si sólo los genes determinaran el nivel de reconocimiento al que alguien podía aspirar. Pero nos...

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...