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Just a few times before in Mexico had been analyzed the relation between the church, national identity and state like in this work. The author offers an essay with the relation between politics, religious toughs and the struggles to establish a new politic system between the Independence and the Reform. This book also contains a study of the presence of religion in the political life and daily life and how it influences in the structure of the national identity.

Osiris, god of the dead, was one of ancient Egypt's most important deities. The earliest secure evidence for belief in him dates back to the fifth dynasty (c.2494-2345BC), but he continued to be worshipped until the fifth century AD. Following Osiris is concerned with ancient Egyptian conceptions of the relationship between Osiris and the deceased, or what might be called the Osirian afterlife, asking what the nature of this relationship was and what the prerequisites were for enjoying its benefits. It does not seek to provide a continuous or comprehensive account of Egyptian ideas on this...

Estudiar Potosí, el centro minero del Alto Perú que inundó de plata los caminos y rutas que vinculaban a América con Europa y a Europa con Asia en el siglo XVI y la primera mitad del siglo XVII, parecería no tener sentido, gracias a las innumerables investigaciones acerca de su importancia en la economía mundial. Sin embargo, en esta investigación se estudian la condición colonial de la ciudad de Potosí y algunos aspectos de la formación de los mercados locales, regionales e internacionales; el rol de la megaminería en el medio ambiente, los sistemas de trabajo, los mercados, la...

Woodrow Wilson, Dwight David «Ike» Eisenhower, Harry S. Truman, John F. Kennedy, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush (hijo), Barak Obama, Donald Trump… son los principales protagonistas que han moldeado la historia de Estados Unidos a través de su política internacional. La política exterior de este país lo ha llevado a intervenir en diferentes conflictos, que a lo largo del siglo XX y principios del siglo XXI, han convertido a Estados Unidos en la primera potencia mundial. La Breve historia de las guerras de Estados Unidos adentra al lector en ...