Peter Parley's Universal History, on the Basis of Geography

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El debat entorn de la forja de les identitats col·lectives al llarg de la història s'ha aguditzat durant els últims temps. En aquest llibre s'examina la possible existència de «nacions sense nacionalisme» en l'Europa moderna, i també el significat del patriotisme en la Catalunya dels Àustries, en la conjuntura del 1640. El seu autor ha procedit a la revisió radical de certs conceptes que sustenten les narratives tradicionals dels fets. El resultat de tot això és una contribució original, densa, i que renova la interpretació a l'ús d'un esdeveniment concret, la revolta catalana...

Este libro - cuya primera edición en el FCE se publicó en 1948 - introduce al lector al extraordinario mundo del espíritu maya. Su origen se remonta a los albores de la época colonial, al afán de algunos mayas de linaje ilustre por conservar su identidad, quienes trasladaban antiguos textos jeroglíficos a la nueva escritura aprendida de los frailes españoles. Los cerca de diecisiete libros del Chilam Balam proceden de distintos poblados de la península de Yucatán y cada uno contiene escritos diversos (religiosos, históricos, cronológicos, astronómicos, médicos y poéticos) y de...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...