Imágenes transpacíficas

RENZO CIRNIGLIARO reconstruye la participación de su padre como combatiente de la Primera Guerra Mundial en el frente italiano. Mediante una narrativa atrapante, en forma de novela y con pinceladas de ficción, aunque fiel a su historia, relata y documenta la vida de Francesco Cirnigliaro, Ciccio, aquél joven siciliano de dieciséis años que supo llegar como voluntario a un episodio bélico que lo transformó, sin escalas, en un hombre orgulloso de defender a su pueblo, a su patria y a su bandera. Sin ser convocado a participar del conflicto, impulsado por su férrea voluntad y el coraje...

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La conquista de América provocó una catástrofe demográfica de las poblaciones indígenas de enorme gravedad y trascendencia. Tras las atribuciones de la historia (y la propaganda) tradicional europea a la “crueldad” y “rapiña” de los conquistadores españoles, estudios más objetivos apuntaron a la responsabilidad en el proceso de las patologías exportadas al Nuevo Mundo por los europeos. Sin embargo, ninguna de las dos explicaciones daba cuenta, satisfactoriamente, del enorme quebranto y declive poblacional de los indios de América. Como que para indagar las causas y los...

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