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Por su situacion geografica, la importancia de los hechos registrados en este territorio ha sido preeminente en la definicion del destino nacional, lo mismo en la epoca prehispanica, en que albergo a la civilizacion olmeca --la mas antigua conocida de Mesoamerica--, que en el siglo XVI en el que se consolido como entrada a la colonizacion, y por varios siglos paso obligado para mercancias, viajeros e ideas entre el viejo y el nuevo mundo. Se cierra el recorrido en los anos 50, atendiendo a las transformaciones economicas, politicas y sociales que todos estos procesos implicaron para el estado.

Durante el bombardeo aliado de Alemania, Hitler estaba más preocupado por la destrucción de los tesoros culturales que por la de los hogares de los alemanes. Notablemente, sus propagandistas difundieron este hecho convencidos de que revelaría no su crueldad, sino su sensibilidad: la catástrofe no consiguió aniquilar su espíritu de artista. Es imposible comprender esta forma de pensar sin entender lo que Wolf Lepenies llama «La seducción de la cultura en la historia alemana». En este fascinante y excepcional libro se analiza la historia de una polémica costumbre alemana: la de...

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