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En este libro se ha evitado la tentación de convertir la historia contemporánea de América en un mosaico inconexo de pequeñas historias nacionales de cada país, y se han abordado, por el contrario, y de forma innovadora, los grandes problemas históricos continentales desde finales del siglo XVIII hasta la actualidad más estricta.

Durante la primera parte del régimen de Franco se desarrolló una fuerte polémica acerca de la apertura cultural, cuestión que fundamentalmente giraba en torno a José Ortega y Gasset y a Miguel de Unamuno. Dos obras de este último acabarían en el Índice de Libros Prohibidos en 1957. La España de la época era un estado confesional, y así una controversia que se inició en ámbitos eclesiásticos concluyó adquiriendo carácter político. Notables personalidades del mundo de la cultura como Julián Marías, Pedro Laín Entralgo, Rafael Calvo Serer, Dionisio Ridruejo, Antonio Tovar,...

A riveting, comprehensive history of the Arab people and tribes that explores the role of language as a cultural touchstone. This kaleidoscopic book covers almost 3,000 years of Arab history and shines a light on the footloose Arab people and tribes who conquered lands and disseminated their language and culture over vast distances. Tracing this process to the origins of the Arabic language, rather than the advent of Islam, Tim Mackintosh-Smith begins his narrative more than a thousand years before Muhammad and focuses on how Arabic, both spoken and written, has functioned as a vital source...