A hierro y fuego

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...

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 libro ofrece al gran público una versión renovada y actualizada de las complejas interrelaciones entre ambiente, sociedad, política, economía y cultura que, a lo largo de cinco siglos, dieron forma a la Mendoza actual y al país que vivimos hoy. Una forma de hacer historia que, a la vez que abandona toda pretensión de proponer modelos o dogmas, mantiene intacta la convicción de que el conocimiento del pasado contribuye a pensar y entender el presente que nos toca vivir. Dice Luis Alberto Romero: «Un libro ejemplar de síntesis histórica, muy bien pensado y muy bien escrito, en el ...

Pedro José Guiteras sacó a la luz hechos olvidados, que sus antecesores creyeron infecundos o sobradamente significativos; llevó los estudios históricos de Cuba más allá de la simple crónica externa de acontecimientos a menudo intrascendentes, o como ahora podría decirse con Spengler, ahistóricos o faltos de historicidad, y por primera vez en la historiografía cubana se enlazó íntimamente el desarrollo de nuestro pueblo con el resto de la vida mundial. Fernando Ortiz