Otredad, orientalismo e identidad

La dimensión del viaje y el viajero, incluso en el mundo contemporáneo, es mucho más amplia y diversa. En este libro presentamos algunos viajes y viajeros que inspiran una original reflexión, por parte de los autores, sobre la evolución del concepto de viajar desde los orígenes hasta nuestros días.

Peter Jones, que enseñó cultura clásica en Cambridge y enla Universidadde Newcastle, ha escrito algo así como una historia amena de Roma, desde su fundación hasta las invasiones bárbaras, en una sucesión de textos breves, a modo de viñetas, que nos hablan de los grandes personajes y de los acontecimientos fundamentales de la historia de la ciudad y del imperio, pero también de circunstancias anecdóticas que se refieren a unos y otros –los gansos del Capitolio, los elefantes de Aníbal, la riqueza de Craso, la construcción del Coliseo...- o de cuestiones que nos aproximan a la...

This book presents a detailed analysis of the Soviet armed forces during the final days of the war, covering the soldiers that successfully turned the tide against the Nazi onslaught and pushed it back into Germany itself. This final part of the series documents the Red Army's push through Germany to Berlin, which eventually culminated in the surrender of the German forces to the Allies in 1945. It also offers a detailed breakdown of all the armed forces that conducted the offensive campaigns on the Eastern Front, including the army, air force, paratroopers, navy and NKVD troops. It also...

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