Historias de la Revolución Mexicana

Throughout the decades following the death of Mariano Jose de Larra, scholars have been intrigued by the impact that both the man and his writings have had on generation after generation of Spanish and Latin American writers. This study looks at the genesis of Larra's genius by carefully tabulating and identifying his sources in literature and history. This important resource book will help Larra scholars understand more completely the intricate and complex system of images, allusions and references "Figaro" used to compose his more than 250 newspaper articles. More importantly, the work...

What was once a romantic race for the skies at the turn of the century has become, now at the threshold of the new Millennium, a fierce commercial competition where no contestant can afford to lose ground. Catastrofes aereas is a journey through the most resonant and disastrous accidents in the history of commercial aviation, where the account of the events, experts' investigations, technical explanations, and the testimonies of those who lived or witnessed it are but the beginning of the story. There is also the political, economic and social context in which they occurred, and the outside...

En la segunda mitad del siglo XV se abrió un ciclo particularmente brillante para la cultura escrita cuyas consecuencias pueden rastrearse durante toda la Edad Moderna y, aún más, en los siglos contemporáneos. A fin de analizar algunas de sus manifestaciones, este libro se interesa especialmente por las formas gráficas y significados de las escrituras expuestas, desde la inscripción renacentista a la pintada política en la dictadura chilena; las prácticas epistolares en cuanto que testimonio de la importancia social de la comunicación escrita; los libros de memorias, considerados...

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