Ciudades e Imperios. Una historia universal de la difusión del hecho urbano.

¿Cómo y por qué se escribe un libro de historia? En este volumen, dieciséis destacados historiadores nos abren sus "talleres". Sus ensayos, además de elucidar importantes problemas del pasado, nos revelan los métodos de investigación del historiador moderno.

En esta obra sus autores hacen un recorrido por la historia de los viajes en la Antigüedad. El turismo era una realidad en esa época no tanto dependiente de los transportes, sino, como fenómeno sociológico complejo en gran parte urbano, que condicionó unos deseos y necesidades, desencadenando la multiplicación de de los viajes, tanto hacia lugares próximos como hacia regiones muy alejadas, con la consiguiente configuración de destinos, hábitos de los viajes, motivaciones básicas y secundarias, así como atractivos. Los cinco primeros capítulos analizan la historia de los viajes...

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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...