Imperios de crueldad

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Siempre se ha preguntado el porqué de la existencia de la piraterí́a, sus audaces y temibles ataques tanto en alta mar como en tierra firme. Bandoleros unos y de origen noble otros, que sucumbieron ante una vida tan peligrosa como fantástica y apasionante... El misterio tras las legendarias acciones de corsarios o filibusteros como Francis Drake, Henry Morgan, el Capitán Kidd, Barbanegra o Calico Jack, cuyas hazañas ocupan una parte importante de este libro. -- Publisher's website.

En el primer tercio del siglo XX la sociedad española asistió a un intenso proceso de cambio económico, social y cultural que culminó, en el plano político, con la proclamación de la Segunda República, el 14 de abril de 1931. Un proceso acelerado a raíz de la neutralidad de España en la Primera Guerra Mundial y de los efectos de la segunda industrialización. En esta obra se tratan algunas de las transformaciones que marcaron este proceso de cambio, desde la reducción del analfabetismo a la caída de la mortalidad y la elevación de la estatura media de los jóvenes reclutas,...

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...