Las huellas del futuro. Historiografía y cultura histórica en el siglo XX (eBook)

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Es un lugar común sostener que en el pasado y en el presente los españoles han tenido y tienen una difícil relación con la ciencia, percepción quizá debida al hecho de que el desarrollo histórico, científico y tecnológico han sufrido en nuestra sociedad, como explica LEONCIO LÓPEZ-OCÓN CABRERA, un peculiar proceso de «guadianización». Pero constatar esta situación no justifica tener una visión negativa del alcance de los conocimientos científico-técnicos en la configuración histórica de la sociedad española, ni debe impedir apreciar las contribuciones de nuestros...

De la colección Nudos de la Historia Argentina dirigida por Jorge Gelman, la rebelión de Tupac Amaru, sus causas y consecuencias inmediatas y a largo plazo, narradas con gran claridad y en forma de atractivo relato.

This academic book explores the life and contributions of Pedro Sánchez de la Hoz, a sixteenth-century Spanish merchant, conquistador, and adelantado. As secretary to Pizarro during the conquest of Peru, Sánchez de la Hoz wrote a firsthand account of the Spanish conquest of Peru and Incan ethnography, which is presented here, and includes some of the most significant campaigns in the colonization of the Americas, which was led by conquistador Francisco Pizarro, his brothers, and indigenous allies. This conquest paved the way for the establishment of the Viceroyalty of Peru and spin-off...