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The series Archaeological Studies on Late Antiquity and Early Medieval Europe (A.D. 400-1000) (ASLAEME Series) covers the chronological and spatial span from Late Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages, themes that have seen an extraordinary flourishing of publications and research over the last 25 years in western Europe, and more generally in the whole geographic area once ruled by the Roman Empire until its dissolution during the 5th century A.D. One of the priorities of ASLAEME is to contribute to the knowledge of this period from an archaeological perspective by means of the publication of...

Esta obra contiene la dosis m nima de conocimiento sobre la historia de nuestro pa s. Destinada a todos cuantos quieran una historia verdadera, interesante y escrita en un lenguaje sencillo y claro.

El ensayista e historiador francs relata las causas y consecuencias de la Guerra del Pacfico (1879-1883), episodio en el que Chile, Per y Bolivia se vieron involucrados en un conflicto armado y en el que Chile asumi la posicin de mxima potencia del subcontinente y Bolivia qued sin salida al mar. Esta guerra que resolvi definitivamente el destino del desierto de Atacama y sus riquezas representa, como explica el autor, un momento definitivo en la historia sudamericana: uno que establecera papeles que continan hasta el siglo XXI y que cambiara, por siempre, la geografa del continente americano.

Exclusive interviews with key political figures in Mexico—former presidents Zedillo and Salinas, and guerrilla leader Marcos—are the basis of this study that untangles the complex influences that have shaped Mexico over the past 20 years. From the Zapatistas to electoral fraud, this well-researched history accounts for many parts of Mexican politics and economy that have remained obscured by official silence. Beyond recurring catastrophes, however, this journalist finds the seed of a modern democracy in Vicente Fox's presidency, one which the author analyzes in a prologue added for this...