Mies van der Rohe

Much has been written about the European influence on America, though very little has been written about the reverse. Colombian educator and diplomat Germán Arciniegas worked his entire life to disclose the contributions of the New World to the Western culture: the progress of science, philosophy, and the modern word, among others. Every event and anecdote presented in this book links America to Europe, defending the notion that America completed cultural life on earth. Mucho se ha escrito sobre la influencia de Europa en América. poco, en cambio, se ha dicho en sentido contrario. en esta...

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La Guerra Fría es, sin lugar a dudas, uno de los hechos históricos más notables del siglo XX: el siglo de las guerras mundiales; la guerra que dividió a la humanidad en extremos ideológicos y que nos heredó esa conducta humana con presencia de sus prácticas hasta lo corrido del presente siglo. Este es, además, un conflicto que no ha sido lo suficientemente estudiado para el caso colombiano. La existencia en el país de una violencia interna originada en las ansias del poder, ha marginado el estudio de cómo este conflicto mundial afectó la vida nacional, limitando la investigación a ...

Un recorrido con todos los matices por la Buenos Aires del quinquenio anterior al festejo del Centenario. La vida cotidiana, cultural y política de una población llena de inmigrantes e hijos de inmigrantes.