Historia Moderna de la República Dominicana...

Chingar" is the most used word in Mexico. The meanings of this word are so many, that almost in every situation, it can be used . This book gathers the most popular uses of this word, with expressions, definitions and examples.

This edition of Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca's Relación offers readers Rolena Adorno and Patrick Charles Pautz's celebrated translation of Cabeza de Vaca's account of the 1527 Pánfilo de Narváez expedition to North America. The dramatic narrative tells the story of some of the first Europeans and the first-known African to encounter the North American wilderness and its Native inhabitants. It is a fascinating tale of survival against the highest odds, and it highlights Native Americans and their interactions with the newcomers in a manner seldom seen in writings of the period. In this...

The need to protect the physical and cultural environment in which we operate is the logical consequence of the dramatic transformations witnessed in recent years due to rapid urban development. This book seeks new ways to understand the natural and historic patrimony, increasing the evidences that we use to define our cultural heritage. The importance of this has been increasing in recent years leading to the creation of legal categories by the "European Landscape Convention". In Toledo, as a result of a peculiar historical evolution that has prevented the existence of large urban change...

James Lockhart hace un recorrido a partir de 1545 hasta 1770 para descifrar usos y costumbres, organizacion politica y social, rasgos culturales como la escritura, las ciencias y las artes, asi como la vida religiosa de los nahuas, para situarlos como una de las culturas mas ricas en cuanto a presencia historica y simbologia etnica, todo lo cual le confiere el rango de protagonista audaz del encuentro de dos mundos.