Alba y ocaso del porfiriato

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Isidre Ambrós, corresponsal de La Vanguardia en Pekín y Hong Kong durante una década, se sumerge en una sociedad muy reservada ante los extranjeros, como es la china, para narrar el perfil menos conocido del pais que aspira a desbancar a Estados Unidos del liderazgo planetario. A través de sus viajes, cual Marco Polo del siglo XXI, por toda la vasta geografía china, conversa con ciudadanos de toda condición que nos ayudan a comprender la evolución y el día a día de una sociedad de un funcionamiento muy distinto a la nuestra: al mismo tiempo que está controlada férreamente por el...

Mientras Estados Unidos urdía la traición de Panamá a Colombia y la construcción del canal en el istmo, miopes dirigentes políticos liberales y conservadores desangraban el país en la absurda guerra de los mil días (1899-1902). En esta obra el librera Rafael Uribe Uribe recopiló documentos políticos y militares que sintetizan la tozudez de sus copartidarios y su responsabilidad histórica. Condición indispensable para que el fallo sea acertado, es determinar previamente si la guerra fue justa o injusta. Si lo primero, es inicua la censura contra los que en ella tomaron parte, sólo...

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...