El madero y la piedra

The Improbable Conquest offers translations of a series of little-known letters from the chaotic Spanish conquest of the Río de la Plata region, uncovering a rich and understudied historical resource. These letters were written by a wide variety of individuals, including clergy, military officers, and the region’s first governor, Pedro de Mendoza. There is also an exceptional contribution from Isabel de Guevara, one of the few women involved in the conquest to have recorded her experiences. Writing about the conditions of settlements and expeditions, these individuals vividly expose the...

Text written in the seventeenth century, translated and edited by Philip Ainsworth Means, with an Introduction by the late Sir Clements R. Markham. The translation is from the Spanish edition of Marcos Jiménez de la Espada, published Madrid, 1882. Also includes 'Eight chronological tables ... compiled by P. A. Means'; 'List of words in the names of kings and Incas ...' and 'Quichua words in Montesinos'. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1920.

Estos cuatro libros, que Confucio no redacto personalmente, son el canon de su escuela, tambien conocida como "de los Letrados." Frente al individualismo anarquizante del taoismo, el confucianismo representa la dimension social del hombre, cuya moralidad viene definida por el deber, la posicion y la funcion, ya sea en la familia o en el Estado. Se trata de textos, en fin, que demuestran que la historia y la cultura chinas son tan incomprensibles sin las doctrinas de Confucio como las europeas sin la filosofia griega y el cristianismo.

A dictionary of Mexican history, geography, and society offers information on prominent individuals in all fields, cities, states, and geographical features, Mexico's relations with each country in the world, and other subjects.