La frontera española en América del Norte

La conquista de América no concluyó nunca. Hasta el fin de su presencia en las Indias los españoles convivieron con “indios bravos” que controlaban muchas de las tierras del continente. Este gran libro, del que el profesor Saeger ha dicho “que será leído por muchas generaciones”, recorre esta inmensa frontera que iba desde Chile hasta California y nos describe, combinando una asombrosa erudición con una narración ágil y fluida, las complejas relaciones de los españoles con estos pueblos. Relaciones que eran en ocasiones de paz, reconociendo a gobiernos autónomos tribales, y...

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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...

Just a few times before in Mexico had been analyzed the relation between the church, national identity and state like in this work. The author offers an essay with the relation between politics, religious toughs and the struggles to establish a new politic system between the Independence and the Reform. This book also contains a study of the presence of religion in the political life and daily life and how it influences in the structure of the national identity.

Cuando planteamos la investigación sobre la escritura histórica y sobre el cambio en el régimen de historicidad1 en el siglo XIX en Colombia,2 es tamos enfrentando los dilemas que en torno al pasado, a la memoria y a sus representaciones afronta nuestra sociedad. A menudo ronda la pregunta sobre la utilidad del conocimiento histórico en una época en la que la inmediatez es la medida de profundidad que rige el conocimiento y en la que el pasado, a menudo, es considerado un lastre que hay que deshechar.3 No obstante, el conocimiento histórico sigue proveyéndonos de mecanismos para...