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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...

A partir de los sistemas de organización interna y de las estructuras de poder en las comunidades rurales del mundo nazarí y en las aljamas castellanas se intenta explicar cómo la sociedad islámica andalusí se va apartando de sus precedentes medievales, integrándose cada vez más en los nuevos sistemas estatales del mundo moderno. Un contexto temporal suficientemente amplio y dilatado sirve para identificar elementos de continuidad e indicios de desvinculación progresiva, en definitiva, trazar los perfiles de un proceso tan complejo como la disolución de un sistema social y su...

Hace quinientos años, la expedición de Magallanes y Elkano dio la primera vuelta al mundo. Ahora Ander Izagirre sale de Getaria y vuelve a Getaria, el pueblo natal de Elkano, para darle una vuelta geográfica, histórica y mental al país de los vascos. Viaja en bicicleta y va encontrando historias asombrosas: las de hace quinientos años (navegantes, exploradores, esclavos, revolucionarios, emperadores, desterrados, balleneros, espíritus locales, dioses remotos) y las actuales (exploradoras, pescadores, mineras, inmigrantes, carpinteros, arqueólogas, cocineros, escultores, poetas,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...