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John Chadwick ofrece un panorama de la Grecia micenica que articula la informacion procedente de los testimonios documentales con la vision que proporcionan las fuentes arqueologicas. La obra estudia la geografia, la poblacion, la estructura social, el sistema administrativo, las concepciones religiosas, las formas de produccion en la agricultura, la situacion de la artesania, la industria, el comercio y las tecnicas militares en el mundo micenico, para concluir con un analisis de las circunstancias que determinaron su decadencia y extincion.

Didier Ozanam a consacré sa vie de chercheur au XVIIIe siècle espagnol. Cet hommage explore les thèmes chers au spécialiste de l'administration et du gouvernement de l'Espagne. L'instauration des Bourbons a constitué une rupture dans l'organisation des pouvoirs et l'orientation politique. Etudiant les relations entre l'Espagne et l'étranger, sept contributeurs montrent comment la modernisation de l'Etat et l'introduction des Lumières sont dues à l'apport d'étrangers servant le roi d'Espagne. Treize autres articles analysent la transformation de l'Etat, s'attachant aux mutations...

Epic yet eminently readable, penetrating and profoundly moving, ‘Congo’ traces the fate of one of the world's most devastated countries, second only to war-torn Somalia: the Democratic Republic of Congo.