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Desde 1990 ha cambiado la manera como los historiadores anglófonos enfocan la historia del México colonial. Algunas corrientes otrora poderosas se han secado o caído en un hiato historiográfico, otras han cobrado considerable vigor, y el campo en su conjunto ha dejado de inclinarse hacia los enfoques estructuralistas-materialistas, para hacerlo hacia los culturales. Es en la comunidad estadounidense de historiadores mexicanistas donde se ha hecho el gran volumen de la producción anglófona y en ella priva el enfoque de los modelos historiográficos europeos. La decisión acerca de si se...

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From the beginning of the Second World War the sea became a vitally important scene of conflict. Great Britain relied on receiving supplies by sea and, therefore, a total blockade of the United Kingdom was one the main objectives of Hitler’s Germany. The British government was forced to maintain a strategy of antisubmarine warfare throughout the conflict, while the Royal Navy sought to interrupt the Third Reich’s maritime traffic. In these circumstances the submarine became an important weapon of war. Headed by Karl Dönitz, who would later succeed Hitler as Head of State, the German...