El Modernismo...

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La dimensión del viaje y el viajero, incluso en el mundo contemporáneo, es mucho más amplia y diversa. En este libro presentamos algunos viajes y viajeros que inspiran una original reflexión, por parte de los autores, sobre la evolución del concepto de viajar desde los orígenes hasta nuestros días.

When looking at historical photographs of Guadalupe residents, one sees the faces that represent the area s unique and diverse past. Originally inhabited by the indigenous Chumash and mapped by Spanish explorers, Guadalupe was first named in the 1840s Mexican land grant honoring Our Lady of Guadalupe, the title given to the Virgin Mary. Through the years, waves of immigrants made their way to Guadalupe to take advantage of the fertile soil and unique geographic features, the most prominent of which are the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes, which contain some of the tallest sand dunes on Earth and have...

Breve y famoso ensayo en el que se recorre la historia de la invencion y de la difusion de las maquinas del tiempo, es decir, los relojes, primeros aparatos de precision que, en sintonia con la exigencia del Occidente medieval y moderno, escanden los tiempos de la vida social. El autor describe desde los talleres medievales, hasta el laboratorio de relojes creado a finales del siglo XVII en el palacio imperial de Pekin.