La Corona de Aragón

Throughout the decades following the death of Mariano Jose de Larra, scholars have been intrigued by the impact that both the man and his writings have had on generation after generation of Spanish and Latin American writers. This study looks at the genesis of Larra's genius by carefully tabulating and identifying his sources in literature and history. This important resource book will help Larra scholars understand more completely the intricate and complex system of images, allusions and references "Figaro" used to compose his more than 250 newspaper articles. More importantly, the work...

Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1492-1584) was a foot soldier in the army of Mexico's conqueror Hernán Cortés. The first edition of his True History of the Conquest of New Spain (as it was entitled in a later English translation) was published in Madrid in 1632 from a manuscript copy sent to Spain shortly after the author's death. Written in a highly accessible style, and describing the experiences of the troops themselves rather than seeing events from an officer's perspective, the work became even more successful than the official accounts and went through many editions and translations. The...

Este volumen se centra en el tema de las dinámicas del subdesarrollo, el papel de la mujeres en una sociedad global y las vías de solución al subdesarrollo a través de los programas de desarrollo auto sustentable o etnodesarrollo. Asimismo se ofrece un espacio de conciencia solidaria , y se presenta un modelo de desarrollo integral que barca aspectos como la salud, la ecología, la educación, el desarrollo de la mujer y todo lo relacionado con lo humano.

El libro recoge una amplia síntesis de la labor dominicana en Colombia entre los ss. XVI-XIX, teniendo como epicentro el convento más importante del país: el de Nuestra Señora del Rosario-Santo Domingo con su aneja universidad de Santo Tomás, primer claustro universitario de la nación. Introspección amplia y diversa sobre el devenir de la Orden Dominicana en Colombia