El águila y la serpiente

This book presents the rich and varied archaeological record from excavations carried out between 2004-2010 in the Saja river basin, Cantabria, northern Spain.

This work, for the first time, makes a systematic review of all the radiocarbon dates available for the prehistory of the Balearic Islands.

Gran parte de la llamada epoca de Santa Anna en la historia del Mexico independiente sigue siendo, aun hoy, un misterio. Ningun decenio ha sido tan mal comprendido como el que transcurrio bajo la Republica Central entre 1835 y 1846. Costeloe analiza los politicos y militares que decidieron abandonar el federalismo, las medidas politicas que introdujeron y el fracaso final de su intento de dar a su patria estabilidad politica y progreso economico.

Exclusive interviews with key political figures in Mexico—former presidents Zedillo and Salinas, and guerrilla leader Marcos—are the basis of this study that untangles the complex influences that have shaped Mexico over the past 20 years. From the Zapatistas to electoral fraud, this well-researched history accounts for many parts of Mexican politics and economy that have remained obscured by official silence. Beyond recurring catastrophes, however, this journalist finds the seed of a modern democracy in Vicente Fox's presidency, one which the author analyzes in a prologue added for this...