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n the last decades—and especially since the 1990s—there has been a noticeable reemergence of the nineteenth century in Southern Cone culture. Popular nineteenth-century figures (indios, gauchos, letrados, and cautivas) have reentered the national literary scene in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay. Nineteenth-century heroes such as San Martín and Artigas are again the main protagonists of Southern Cone theater, film, and literature. Canonical nineteenth-century texts (La cautiva, Martín Fierro, Facundo) are being rewritten one more time in different artistic fields. Foundational...

El mejor libro sobre la Primera Guerra Mundial. En el verano de 1914, una oleada de violencia masiva se desató en Europa. La guerra que entonces empezaba tuvo repercusiones globales, destruyendo cuatro imperios y cobrándose millones de vidas. Este conflicto marcó incluso a los países victoriosos durante toda una generación, y todavía hoy seguimos viviendo bajo su sombra. En este riguroso análisis, David Stevenson reexamina las causas, el transcurso y el impacto de esta «guerra que acabará con todas las guerras», situándola en el contexto de su época y revelando sus conflictos...