Soldiers in a Narrow Land

En el primer tercio del siglo XX la sociedad española asistió a un intenso proceso de cambio económico, social y cultural que culminó, en el plano político, con la proclamación de la Segunda República, el 14 de abril de 1931. Un proceso acelerado a raíz de la neutralidad de España en la Primera Guerra Mundial y de los efectos de la segunda industrialización. En esta obra se tratan algunas de las transformaciones que marcaron este proceso de cambio, desde la reducción del analfabetismo a la caída de la mortalidad y la elevación de la estatura media de los jóvenes reclutas,...

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Seventeen Egyptologists and archaeologists probe the most compelling mysteries of ancient Egypt in this illustrated collection of 70 brief essays. Answers to age-old questions about Egyptian burial rituals, architecture, and royalty are provided, and recent discoveries are discussed—evidence that Tutankhamen was murdered, boats buried intact deep in the desert beside the tombs of the earliest kings, unexplained shafts inside the Great Pyramids aligned with the stars, and a massive mausoleum built for the many sons of Ramses II. The essays are supplemented with evocative photographs,...

"No existe una verdadera revolucion social sin la liberacion de la mujer," explica Sankara, dirigente central de la revolucion de 1983-87 en Burkina Faso. Los trabajadores y campesinos de ese pais de Africa occidental establecieron un gobierno popular revolucionario y comenzaron a combatir el hambre, el analfabetismo y el atraso economico impuestos por el dominio imperialista."There is no true social revolution without the liberation of women," explains the leader of the 1983-87 revolution in Burkina Faso. Workers and peasants in that West African country established a popular revolutionary...