*Winner of International Studies Association (ISA)'s International Political Sociology Best Book Prize for 2017**Winner of British International Studies Association (BISA)'s International Political Economy Working Group Book Prize of 2016**Shortlisted for the ISA Book Prize* Mainstream historical accounts of the development of capitalism describe a process which is fundamentally European - a system that was born in the mills and factories of England or under the guillotines of the French Revolution.
In 2015, students at the University of Cape Town demanded the removal of a statue of Cecil Rhodes, the imperialist, racist business magnate, from their campus.
*Winner of International Studies Association (ISA)'s International Political Sociology Best Book Prize for 2017**Winner of British International Studies Association (BISA)'s International Political Economy Working Group Book Prize of 2016**Shortlisted for the ISA Book Prize* Mainstream historical accounts of the development of capitalism describe a process which is fundamentally European - a system that was born in the mills and factories of England or under the guillotines of the French Revolution.
La Crónica del Perú es el primer relato de la exploración y conquista de Colombia, Ecuador, Perú y Bolivia, así como la primera historia del mundo andino que se inicia en la época prehispánica.
Al ingeniero Miguel Triana (Bogota, 1859-1931) el Gobierno de Rafael Reyes le encargo la exploracion del territorio sur del pais, en el recien creado departamento de Narino (1903), con el fin de explorar un posible camino que uniera la ciudad de Pasto con el rio Putumayo.
"En esta obra se muestra la manera como funcionó el proceso de censura inquisitorial en los libros en la Nueva Granada, específicamente en las bibliotecas de Santafé.
La Crónica del Perú es el primer relato de la exploración y conquista de Colombia, Ecuador, Perú y Bolivia, así como la primera historia del mundo andino que se inicia en la época prehispánica.
Nathaniel Philbrick, bestselling author of 'In the Heart of the Sea', reveals the darker side of the Pilgrim fathers' settlement in the New World, which ultimately erupted in bloody battle some fifty years after they first landed on American soil.
Dieses Buch vereint unglaubliche Geschichten aus zwei Jahrtausenden, die sich tatsächlich zugetragen haben, aber kaum den Weg in die Öffentlichkeit fanden.
A pesar de parecer lo mismo, la alegoría de América y la india de la libertad se diferencian en un aspecto clave: la fiera y joven indígena, usada en la cartografía moderna, se cargó con la energía de los debates políticos del siglo XVIII para convertirse en un símbolo libertario.
It's 1783 and wealthy Paul Deroulede has offended the young Vicomte de Marny by speaking disrespectfully of his latest infatuation, Adele de Montercheri.
'It was a tiny incident in itself, but it gave me a better glimpse than I had had before of the real nature of imperialism - the real motives for which despotic governments act' Shooting an Elephant was the first piece of writing by George Orwell to be published by Penguin, in 1940.
