Vestidas de Patria (I)

J.R.S. Phillips muestra de manera detallada el alcance de la expansi n medieval europea entre los a os 1000 y 1500, sus ra ces en las ideas cl sicas del mundo, y c mo stas promovieron los famosos viajes del Renacimiento. Asimismo, examina algunos de los mitos que eran corrientes en Europa antes del a o 1500, y algunos de los que han surgido desde entonces, como el mapa de Vinland.

The history of Puerto Ricans in the so-called "Babel of Steel" dates back more than a century. Through hundreds of images of the "pioneers"-those Puerto Rican migrants who established themselves in New York City between the 1890s and the end of World War II-we capture a glimpse of their daily lives and of their individual and collective stories. This rich collection of images from the Archives of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College helps to examine the history of the Puerto Rican community at a time when it was spreading its roots in New York City's social, political,...

Este libro explora y denuncia las difíciles condiciones de vida de los haitianos, presenciada por el autor durante su estancia en ese país y nos revela, al mismo tiempo, el sorprendente espíritu de un pueblo cuyo espíritu es más grande que la opresión. Haití, 1979. Después de catorce años como oficial y capitán en buques mercantes, y a la sazón capitán de un buque factoría, J.V. Domínguez decide cambiar su vida y consigue ser nombrado director gerente de una empresa pesquera con base administrativa en el hermoso, pequeño y pobre Haití.

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