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Popular American essayist, novelist, and journalist CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER (1829-1900) was renowned for the warmth and intimacy of his writing, which encompassed travelogue, biography and autobiography, fiction, and more, and influenced entire generations of his fellow writers. Here, the prolific writer turned editor for his final grand work, a splendid survey of global literature, classic and modern, and it's not too much to suggest that if his friend and colleague Mark Twain-who stole Warner's quip about how "everybody complains about the weather, but nobody does anything about it"-had...

Hasta ahora, la mejor fuente de información sobre la minería en el México de la época borbónica ha sido el Essai politique sur la Nouvelle Espagne, de Humboldt, publicado en 1811. No obstante, muchas preguntas de primera importancia permanecían sin respuesta. Este libro, fruto de siete años de investigación en los archivos de México y España, está dedicado a contestarlas.

Se trata de una exhaustiva investigación, reveladora de los pormenores de la trata africana y sus consecuencias en todos los ámbitos –sobre todo las implicaciones sociales y económicas— en América. Se describe la tragedia humana que representó la esclavitud, la larga lucha por la abolición, la participación de los africanos y sus descendientes en las guerras de independencia, sus aportes culturales y los rasgos de discriminación contra los cuales, aún hoy, se lucha en nuestras latitudes.

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