Breve historia contemporánea del Ecuador

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The history of Puerto Ricans in the so-called "Babel of Steel" dates back more than a century. Through hundreds of images of the "pioneers"-those Puerto Rican migrants who established themselves in New York City between the 1890s and the end of World War II-we capture a glimpse of their daily lives and of their individual and collective stories. This rich collection of images from the Archives of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College helps to examine the history of the Puerto Rican community at a time when it was spreading its roots in New York City's social, political,...

La imagen de Calígula, que reinó después de Augusto y Tiberio, está determinada por el oscuro retrato que Suetonio hace de él como tirano psicópata y fantasioso. ¿Cuánto hay de realidad en su relato? Nicolas Tran lleva a cabo una documentada investigación política sobre este tercer emperador romano. Moldeado por su pertenencia a la Casa de Augusto ?una familia jerárquica y plagada de violentas intrigas?, el joven cumplió con empeño su papel de emperador, pero impuso un estilo que atropellaba los intereses de la aristocracia y le alejaba de la moderación y el respeto a la...

Que fut ce Pedro de Luna qui a été surnommé le Pape de la mer ? Un obstiné, un conquérant, un mystique ? Les trois sans doute. En ce prophète, qui semble avoir pressenti la Réforme, se manifeste le génie politique de l’Aragon, qui s’incarnera à la fin du XVe siècle en Ferdinand avant de trouver son théoricien en Balthazar Gracian. Ainsi cette grande figure de Pedro de Luna se dresse aux sources de l’Espagne comme au début des temps modernes. Il a fallu à Christian Murciaux six ans de patientes recherches et de méditations pour évoquer, en romancier, le destin d’un homme ...