Breve historia contemporánea del Brasil

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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...

El presente libro de Jeremy Black es un estudio temático (las ciudades, los conflictos bélicos, la política institucional, las artes, etc.) del siglo XVIII, desde el 1700 hasta la Revolución francesa. Una exploración de los elementos fundamentales que configuran las sociedades europeas en esos casi cien años. Un compendio así trata de sintetizar las formas de vida, el desarrollo económico y los conflictos dinásticos confrontando distintos países y culturas.

El propósito de este libro es mostrar la forma como el espacio que aquí se denominaLlanos de San Martín o Territorio del Meta, se modificó y transformó en el período 1870-1930, una etapa del proceso histórico de un territorio en construcción; un territorio que en distintos momentos recibió los nombres de San Martín (provincia, Llanos de, Territorio de, territorio nacional, intendencia nacional) o Meta (intendencia nacional, jefatura civil y militar) y del cual se desprendió un área denominada Vichada (comisaría especial), y que se encuentra comprendido entre la Cordillera...