Luis Emilio Recabarren

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"'México D.F. Entonces y Ahora' toma fotos de archivo de los sitios y monumentos más importantes de la ciudad y las compara con una imágen contemporánea, tomada desde el mismo punto de vista, para ilustrar vividamente por qué México se considera una de las capitales más vibrantes y cosmopolitas de Latinoamérica."--Publisher's description.

Jorge Garcia Montes was born in New York, United States, on october 19, 1898. His father, Jose Maria Garcia Montes, was exiled during the war of Cuba's independence against the Spaniards. Later, he became the first Secretary of Finance in 1902 with the first President of the Republic of Cuba, Tomas Estrada Palma. He studied at the University of Havana, where he graduated with a Law degree in 1917. An eminent student, he recieved several awards, among them the Lanuza prize. Elected to the House of Representatives from the Province of Santa Clara, Garcia Montes was a member of the Liberal...

Este libro nace de la necesidad de comprender el pasado común del mundo hispánico, desde la fundación de Hispanoamérica, en un proceso que podría considerarse el principio de la GLOBALIZACIÓN, que comienza con las distintas fases de la conquista, hasta el final de las revoluciones atlánticas, que se producen por los hondos desajustes que las reformas borbónicas crean y que chocan con la aparición de la burguesía criolla, concentrada sobre todo en Buenos Aires, Caracas y Veracruz. Todo este período ha sido juzgado desde muchas perspectivas, juicios que no siempre han sido justos,...