Toward a Contemporary City

Este libro analiza las distintas formas de participación política popular en el gobierno de Salvador Allende. Superando la interpretación que postula la existencia de dos revoluciones de signo diferente, una "revolución desde arriba" y otra "desde abajo", Márcia Cury estudia el protagonismo popular desde la hipótesis de la "reapropiación del proyecto socialista" por los trabajadores, en el contexto de un acuerdo más amplio -con intelectuales, profesionales y partidos políticos de izquierda- sobre su necesidad y madurez. Para ello, rastrea en las memorias y testimonios individuales y...

This edition of Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca's Relación offers readers Rolena Adorno and Patrick Charles Pautz's celebrated translation of Cabeza de Vaca's account of the 1527 Pánfilo de Narváez expedition to North America. The dramatic narrative tells the story of some of the first Europeans and the first-known African to encounter the North American wilderness and its Native inhabitants. It is a fascinating tale of survival against the highest odds, and it highlights Native Americans and their interactions with the newcomers in a manner seldom seen in writings of the period. In this...

Carlos Lazo Cuba witnessed the events that led to the fall of Fulgencio Batista's regime and which ultimately resulted in Fidel Castro attaining power. He was a pilot in the war against Castro's guerrillas in the provinces of Oriente and Camaguey from May 1, 1958 until the end of that year."

A product of innuendo and rumor, as well as scandal and media hype, the Jersey Devil enjoys a rich history involving land grabs, astrological predictions, mermaids and dinosaur bones, sideshows, Napoleon Bonaparte's brother, a cross-dressing royal governor, and Founding Father Benjamin Franklin.