Ur, la ciudad de los caldeos

.... Y justo en ese momento llegó el telegrama de Fred Engen desde Asunción. Una invitación del Presidente del Paraguay de irse a Asunción la tenfa en sus manos, y ahora vino al mismo tiempo la supuesta altamente importante invitación de Fred Engen. Que podrfa significar esto? ... Paraguay recibirfa con beneplacito a nuevos agricultores. EI Presidente Dr. Manuel Gondra expresó: "Yo me alegro que hayan venido a visitar e inspeccionar nuestro país, y que les guste. En nombre de la Republica del Paraguay les doy la más cordial bienvenida como futuros colonos. Les vamos a recibir con...

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En un mundo como el actual los historiadores necesitan un enfoque global; pero eso no se consigue con una simple extensión del campo examinado en las viejas historias de estados y naciones, sino que requiere métodos nuevos, adecuados al estudio de los grandes problemas de nuestro tiempo. Sebastian Conrad examina aquí el desarrollo de las distintas visiones de la historia mundial, desde Herodoto o Ibn Jaldun hasta Toynbee, McNeill o Wallerstein, y las respuestas recientes —historia comparada, transnacional, postcolonial, de la globalización...— para proponernos los fundamentos de un...

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