Aproximacions a la història de la cartografia de Barcelona

Aquest llibre no se centra només en l'oligarquia urbana granadina entre els segles XVI i XVIII, és a més una reflexió intel·ligent sobre els grups de poder en l'Espanya moderna, les seues relacions familiars i clàniques, i també el paper que hi jugaven les institucions, la concepció del poder i la responsabilitat que assumien els «bons republicans» i «pares de la pàtria», les vies d'ascens social i polític i les relacions conflictives amb el poder central, entre altres temes. L'autor explora en aquesta obra la naturalesa d'una societat basada en l'honor, els llaços entre l'home ...

Augusto Pinochet was the most important Third World dictator of the Cold War, and perhaps the most ruthless. In The Dictator's Shadow, United Nations Ambassador Heraldo Munoz takes advantage of his unmatched set of perspectives -- as a former revolutionary who fought the Pinochet regime, as a respected scholar, and as a diplomat -- to tell what this extraordinary figure meant to Chile, the United States, and the world. Pinochet's American backers saw his regime as a bulwark against Communism; his nation was a testing ground for U.S.-inspired economic theories. Countries desiring World Bank...

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Desde el espía que surgió del frío hasta la última película de James Bond, los servicios secretos británicos han causado siempre una fuerte fascinación. Este libro explica cómo se crearon, quiénes son los hombres y mujeres que trabajan para ellos, qué pap