La España ilustrada de la segunda mitad del siglo XVIII

Langley recorre los espacios compartidos entre las sociedades, las econom as y las culturas de M xico y Estados Unidos. Con la mirada objetiva del historiador, pero con la sensibilidad de quien conoce la vida en las calles fronterizas y los prejuicios y afinidades de las dos naciones, el autor recrea encuentros y desencuentros entre mentalidades, estilos de vida y tradiciones.

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La música ocupa un puesto peculiar entre las actividades culturales. Estamos rodeados de música de todo tipo (pop, jazz, clásica...) y sin embargo la reflexión filosófica sobre ésta ha sido siempre escasa. Los medios de reproducción actuales han permitido por su parte una enorme difusión de todo tipo de música. ¿Quién podía escuchar hasta hace bien poco una ópera de Wagner, pongamos por caso, residiendo en una ciudad cualquiera que no fuese Madrid o Barcelona, y ello sólo ocasionalmente? Hoy día el problema no estriba en acceder a todo tipo de bienes culturales sino a su...

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...