For better or worse--be it militarily, politically, economically, technologically, or culturally--Americans have had a profound role in shaping the wider world beyond them.
In this volume are reprinted for convenient reference more than ninety documents which are "e;intended to serve either as a basis for the study of the constitutional history of an important period, or as a companion to the political history of the time.
Entre la leyenda negra y la leyenda dorada, Lafaye abre camino a una visión balanceada sobre la conquista de América; ese acontecer complejo en que se unieron contradictoriamente descubrimientos geográficos, sangrientas conquistas, evangelización apostólica, esclavitud y explotación del trabajo indígena, administración por la burocracia imperial y nacimiento de la sociedad criolla.
El propio mundo masivo y popular en constitución en la segunda mitad del siglo XIX, en compleja mixtura con sus antecedentes campesinos y plebeyos, comenzará a pugnar por introducirse en la disputa por la representación verdadera de la realidad.
Was wir vom Untergang Roms für die Zukunft des Westens lernen können Der Westen befindet sich in einer Krise: Unsere Demokratie ist angeschlagen, die Deindustrialisierung bedroht den Wohlstand und Flüchtende machen sich auf in westliche Länder und stehen vor den Toren.
The fascinating account of Rudy Giulianis rise to become Mayor of New York City and his eventful years as emperor of the cityFrom longtime New York political journalist Andrew Kirtzman, the definitive biography of Americas Mayor, Rudy Giuliani, now a member of President Donald Trumps legal team.
Originally a part of the "e;Historic Towns"e; series, this title gives a comprehensive account of the history of Boston, one of the oldest towns in the United States.
REDOBLES POR MANUEL SCORZA es una selección de artículos, en su mayoría reeditados y otros inéditos, fruto del trabajo de varios años de dedicación al estudio de la vida y obra de Manuel Scorza.
'In Olde Massachusetts - Sketches of old times during the early days of the commonwealth' is a collection of articles taken from papers first printed in 1880-1890 in various journals not generally accessible.
Since the first English settlers landed at Jamestown with the legacy of centuries of European warfare in tow, the military has been an omnipresent part of America.
A 2012 survey by the Pew Research Center reported that Asian Americans are the best-educated, highest-income, and best-assimilated racial group in the United States.
The purpose of this book is twofold: (1) to furnish a clue to the history of Boston as an individual community that, owing to the force of circumstances and the spirit of its people, has played a conspicuous and influential part in the larger development of Massachusetts, of New England and of the nation; and (2) to indicate the nature of the events that gave historical significance to memorable sites and objects that have survived the ravages of time and still excite interest and veneration.
The Founding Fathers is a concise, accessible overview of the brilliant, flawed, and quarrelsome group of lawyers, politicians, merchants, military men, and clergy known as "e;the Founding Fathers"e;--who got as close to the ideal of the Platonic "e;philosopher-kings"e; as American or world history has ever seen.
El contexto histórico en que Félix Varela desarrolló su programa ideo-político fue el del régimen plantacionista de la burguesía esclavista, los movimientos liberales en España (1812-1814 y 1820-1823), la destrucción del imperio Español por las luchas independentistas en América y la conversión de Cuba en la perla de la Corona, sometida al régimen tiránico de los Capitanes Generales.
The Founding Fathers who drafted the United States Constitution in 1787 distrusted political parties, popular democracy, centralized government, and a strong executive office.
Beginning as a renewal movement within Anglicanism in the eighteenth century, Methodism had become the largest Protestant denomination in the USA in the nineteenth century, and is today one of the most vibrant forms of Christianity.
Este volumen se inicia con la infancia y la juventud de Lázaro Cárdenas, joven soldado que se va abriendo paso en una época tormentosa hasta ocupar la presidencia a fines de 1934.
From early slave rebels to radical reformers of the Civil War era and beyond, the struggle to end slavery was a diverse, dynamic, and ramifying social movement.
The civil rights movement was among the most important historical developments of the twentieth century and one of the most remarkable mass movements in American history.
Jungle Tales of Tarzan Edgar Rice Burroughs - Jungle Tales of Tarzan is a collection of twelve loosely connected short stories by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, comprising the sixth book in order of publication in his series about the title character Tarzan.
