Blackwater

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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...

Mike Davis examina una serie de sequías inducidas por el fenómeno “El Niño” y las hambrunas que éstas provocaron por todo el globo terráqueo en el último tercio del siglo XIX. Davis revela que hubo una relación íntima y funesta entre la arrogancia imperial y los fenómenos naturales que causó varias de las peores tragedias de la historia de la humanidad y plantó las semillas del subdesarrollo en lo que después se ha llamado el Tercer Mundo. «Davis nos ha dado un libro muy relevante para el período contemporáneo y de gran interés histórico» (Amartya Sen). «Una crónica...

Esta obra contiene la dosis m nima de conocimiento sobre la historia de nuestro pa s. Destinada a todos cuantos quieran una historia verdadera, interesante y escrita en un lenguaje sencillo y claro.