Nostradamus Maya 2012

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.

En 1910 la obra de los abogados Jesús María Henao y Gerardo Arrubla, Compendio de Historia de Colombia, ganó el concurso de Historia colombiana patrocinado por el ministerio de Instrucción Pública y desde 1911, realizado con motivo de la celebración del primer centenario de la Independencia de la corona española. Este texto ayudó a formar varias generaciones de colombianos, construyendo identidad nacional y nacionalismo mediante la difusión de la historia oficial basada en concepciones de ciudadanía que emanaban de las ideas del partido Conservador y las doctrinas de la iglesia...

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