La historia transnacional

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Se busca resolver el notable paralelismo entre el ciclo mítico mesoamericano y el de los pueblos sudamericanos.

Se aborda el papel que Cuba jugó en la independencia de la nación estadounidense. Se identifica la ausencia en la literatura de la explicación del papel desempeñado por España, en primer lugar, y por Cuba, en particular, en un proceso tan determinante para la historia de los Estados Unidos de América. El autor trata de rescatar la "verdad olvidada" y trata de poner fin a lo que él llama la "conspiración del silencio"; así como este proceso es parte sustancial en la formación de la poderosa oligarquía habanera de finales del siglo XVIII y primera mitad del XIX y de la forma en que...

"Siena: City of Secrets" is a charming, intimate portrait of this most secretive of cities, often overlooked by travelers to Italy. Part cultural history and intellectual memoir, part travelogue and guide book, Tylus writes with a novelist s flair, taking the reader on a quest of discovery through the well- and not-so-well-travelled roads and alleys of the ancient city. Today, Siena can appear on the surface standoffish, a bit static, and very old-fashioned, especially when compared to its larger, flashier cousins Roma and Firenze. But first impressions wear away as we learn from Tylus that...