365 días que cambiaron el mundo

Reuni n de cuatro conferencias dictadas por el autor, en distintas universidades entre 1954 y 1955. Presenta en l neas muy generales, con el rigor del historiador y la pasi n del amante de nuestras civilizaciones precolombinas, una visi n integradora del pueblo maya desde sus or genes, que rescata la esencia de una tradici n cultural viva en el M xico de hoy.

When Friar Diego Bringas penned his 1796–97 report on conditions in northwestern New Spain, he was imbued with an enthusiastic drive for reform. Hoping to gain the King of Spain’s support in improving the missionary program, Bringas set down a detailed history of all that had happened in the region since Father Kino’s day. His writings offer a valuable study of Spanish attempts to bring about cultural change among the Piman Indians. Daniel S. Matson and Bernard L. Fontana have translated the Bringas document and added an informative introduction, notes, and references. They analyze...

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PEDRO MENDOZA no intenta â??contar su vidaâ??, sino la evoluci?3n de su propia sociedad, a modo de icono simb?3lico. Muchos espa?±oles, y otros ciudadanos del mundo, tuvieron alguna vez vivencias parecidas. Por eso, con el pretexto de su vida, incide en temas nucleares: educaci?3n, pobreza, sexo, amor, justicia, compromiso pol?­tico, cr?­tica de la religi?3n, globalizaci?3n, tercer mundoâ?¦ C?3mo un espa?±olito de posguerras, con origen rural y pobre, pas?3 de la sumisi?3n al sentido cr?­tico. Paso a paso, d?­a a d?­a, â??yo soy yo y mi circunstanciaâ?? (Ortega y Gasset). Desde...