La idea de cultura

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Western literary...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

Cuando los primeros colonos llegaron a los Estados Unidos de América y comenzaron a buscarse la vida en aquel entorno natural, tan duro y poco familiar para gentes procedentes de Europa, jamás habrían podido soñar que, algún día, esa tierra que pisaban se convertiría en uno de los países más poderosos del mundo.

La momificación es un ritual que se manifiesta en diversas culturas pero que, en todos los casos, manifiesta un deseo de superar la muerte y alcanzar la otra vida. El enigma de las momias aúna medicina forense, historia y magia y un gran relato de aventuras, repasa la historia de las culturas que practicaron la momificación desde Egipto a Chile, desde las catacumbas italianas hasta las turberas del norte de Europa y, por supuesto, las momias guanches de las Islas Canarias o las momias de la cultura del chinchorro, en Chile, con más de 6.000 años de antigüedad. Conoceremos las claves y...