La orden negra

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...

Este volumen estudia, desde la perspectiva de la historia económica, el proceso de expansión del transporte ferroviario que tuvo lugar en América Latina y el Caribe entre 1870 y 1930. La obra se concentra en el estudio de la era dorada del ferrocarril, en la cual la vida económica de estos países se vio súbitamente transformada por un medio de transporte que superaba las barreras del tiempo y la distancia, ofreciendo un traslado seguro, rápido y barato a lugares lejanos del propio terruño.

La Historia general de las cosas de la Nueva España reúne los doce libros editados en México por el monje franciscano Bernardino de Sahagún entre 1540 y 1590 a partir de entrevistas con informantes indígenas en Tlatelolco, Texcoco y Tenochtitlan. El mejor manuscrito que se conserva de la obra es el denominado Códice florentino, alojado en los archivos de la Biblioteca Laurenciana de Florencia, una copia de los textos cuya fuente original se perdió, posiblemente destruida por las autoridades españolas. A lo largo de los doce libros que integran la obra se abordan distintas cuestiones...

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...