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La escasez de trabajos de investigación histórica hace que el análisis de la "historia de la historia" de muchos temas pueda tener un interés relativo. En este libro, 12 autores realizan una revisión de la historiografía contemporánea reciente sobre algunas cuestiones de interés.

A monumentally informed and irresistibly opinionated guide to the most un-Spanish city in Spain, from the bestselling author of The Fatal Shore. In these pages, Robert Hughes scrolls through Barcelona's often violent history; tells the stories of its kings, poets, magnates, and revolutionaries; and ushers readers through municipal landmarks that range from Antoni Gaudi's sublimely surreal cathedral to a postmodern restaurant with a glass-walled urinal. The result is a work filled with the attributes of Barcelona itself: proportion, humor, and seny—the Catalan word for triumphant common...

Anlisis del desarrollo de la economa mexicana desde el crack de Wall Street de octubre de 1929 hasta el inicio del periodo llamado de desarrollo estabilizador a fines de los aos cincuenta. Esta obra constituye un estudio de la historia econmica, con nfasis en el papel de las finanzas pblicas.

The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was created during 1940s. It's a key indicator of economic policy, and it's considered as rule to measure the significance of a country's economy, and it's a common base for other important indicators, such as fiscal deficit and the human development index (HDI). Diane Coyle reminds us that this instrument is not supposed to turn into a fetish; on the contrary, since it possesses a history that explains its consolidation, along with a structure and strategies that show the conception of economy from those who postulate it. Nonetheless, the GDP is currently one ...