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El relato de viajes encendi durante siglos la imaginaci n europea y llev consigo la fe de un proyecto expansionista presentado como apasionante misi n ecum nica. He aqu una aguda lectura de relatos de muy diversa ndole que presentan una rica variedad de miradas colonizadoras: escritos del siglo XVIII sobre frica del Sur, la literatura de viajes sentimental, la temprana exploraci n del frica Occidental, la invenci n de Am rica del Sur durante la independencia y, de forma m s reciente, la di spora desde las antiguas colonias latinoamericanas hacia las metr polis en busca de una vida mejor.

The abolition of judicial torture—alongside the eradication of both slavery and capital punishment—was one of the most consequential issues debated in eighteenth-century continental Europe. A revealing component of this controversial debate was presented in the unpublished "Discurso sobre la injusticia del apremio judicial," written by the attorney Pedro Garcia del Canuelo. Seeking support for its publication, he forwarded the manuscript to Prime Minister Manuel Godoy in 1795. The savvy Spanish politician, however, not only rejected the text but also warned its author against further...

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Este libro constituye una innovacion radical al demostrar la enorme gravitacion que tenia la carne en la dieta de la poblacion capitalina novohispana durante el siglo XVIII y los bajos precios que presento favoreciendo su consumo. A los conocidos estudios de precios sobre el maiz y el trigo, realizados por Enrique Florescano y Virginia Garcia Acosta viene a sumarse esta contribucion sobre los precios de la carne. Bajo una perspectiva comparativa, en el texto se aborda el problema de la demanda de carne y la de otros alimentos junto a los indices de precios de los mismo. Con lo que apunta a...