Anatomía de un imperio

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Al conmemorar el LXV Aniversario de El Colegio de México y dar cuenta de los sesenta años transcurridos desde la aparición de este libro de Monelisa Lina Pérez-Marchand, se consideró oportuno ponerlo al alcance del público. Esta es una obra que no puede perderse de vista en la historiografía de nuestros días, que ha puesto de manifiesto el interés y las posibilidades de la historia de la cultura.

Más que un catálogo de relojería, el lector tiene en sus manos un trabajo que indaga sobre la relación del ser humano con el tiempo, vínculo inexorable que se logra gracias a un dispositivo que convierte el tiempo en objeto perceptible. A pesar de que se trata de un estudio específico acerca de una sociedad en particular, no se debe ignorar que los relojes hacen parte de una historia que enlaza al mundo Antiguo, pasando por la Edad Media como punto coyuntural, con el mundo Contemporáneo. Teniendo como base la colección de relojes de la Casa Museo Quinta de Bolívar y del Museo de la...

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...