Toward a Contemporary City

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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...

Este libro narra los acontecimientos político-religiosos ocurridos en España en la semana del 8 al 14 de octubre de 1931. Con abundantes testimonios y documentos, constituye una aportación fundamental para comprender un período decisivo de nuestra historia. Varios siglos de anticlericalismo se materializan en el enfrentamiento entre la Segunda República española y la Iglesia, cuyas consecuencias, entonces imprevisibles, culminan con la Guerra Civil y la desaparición de la República. Un libro histórico de plena actualidad.

“Pasajeros en tránsito. Una historia real”, investiga y relata los tres intentos de seis exiliados chilenos, realizados en 1984, por volver al país de origen. Regresar al territorio prohibido contra la voluntad de la dictadura, un comportamiento subversivo y peligroso, es un hecho casi marginal en el contexto de las brutales violaciones a los derechos humanos sufridas por chilenos y latinoamericanos en las décadas de los setenta y ochenta. Sin embargo, la importancia del texto de Arrate consiste en excavar en lo anecdótico del hecho para dimensionarlo, más allá de sus implicaciones...