Esplendor y ocaso de Roma

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Una obra clásica que ofrece al lector una visión apasionante de la historia, la política y la cultura de la isla del Caribe y que, en esta nueva edición, revisa la historia reciente de Cuba en una esclarecedora introducción que plantea la tesis del cambio y la posibilidad de que nos encontremos ante una importante encrucijada de la historia de este país. La isla de Cuba fue, desde la segunda mitad del siglo XVIII, un territorio clave para el control del tráfico marítimo de las rutas hacia el Nuevo Mundo. Su privilegiada situación geográfica y la mezcla de culturas y tradiciones han...

Este manual aborda la primera parte de la Historia Contemporánea, que puede considerarse un largo siglo XIX. La historia contemporánea solemos iniciarla con los procesos revolucionarios que cambiaron el modelo político, económico y social que regía las sociedades en Occidente, que denominamos del Antiguo Régimen, para diferenciarlas del Nuevo que se inicia entonces, el del liberalismo en todos los órdenes, político, social, económico, cultural. Así pues, "contemporáneo" lo asociamos históricamente al mundo liberal-democrático que se comenzó a gestar en el ámbito atlántico. Por ...

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