La guerra que nos han contado

Barri, al-rabal, palabras árabes que significaban, en la Edad Media, la población exterior a las murallas. Primero fue La Medina Laqant; después, la Ciudad Cristiana, también amurallada, con sus tres arrabales: Roig, San Francisco y San Antón. Y, a mediados del XIX, llegó el tren, dispuesto a devorarlo todo con sus fauces. Las extensas vías de hierro transtocaron todo el urbanismo. Sonaron trompetas y se derrumbaron las murallas de Jericó. Y vinieron los barrios nuevos, barrios de ensanche, anárquicos unos, de diseño otros, trazados como con tiralíneas. El tranvía, primero...

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La cartograf a es algo m s que la mera descripci n de lugares por medio de mapas, pues stos son como una mirada hacia el mundo de quien los traz . la cartograf a -anota el autor- es una ciencia capaz de aportar una visi n social, y el cart grafo no s lo debe registrar impresiones del mundo exterior y ser capaz de trasladarlas a la forma gr fica, sino que debe proporcionar una visi n m s amplia, como corresponde a una construcci n social. Los siete ensayos de este libro reflejan la muy personal concepci n que tiene Harley de la filosof a de la historia cartogr fica y fueron editados y...