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Una crónica extraordinaria de la época en que Venecia fue la capital editorial del mundo. ¿Dónde se imprimió el primer 'Corán' en árabe? ¿Y el primer 'Talmud'? ¿Y los primeros libros en griego o en cirílico? ¿Dónde se vendieron los primeros libros de bolsillo y los primeros best seller? La respuesta es siempre la misma: en Venecia. Venecia era una multinacional del libro, con las más grandes industrias tipográficas del momento, que permitían imprimir, en casi cualquier lengua, la mitad de los libros publicados en toda Europa. Aldo Manuzio es el genio que se inventa la figura...

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Por mucho tiempo ha quedado la historia electoral latinoamericana prisionera de una leyenda negra seg n la cual la representaci n pol tica moderna fue fundamentalmente un fracaso. Las causas que se indican Para explicar este fen meno son conocidas: caudillos, guerras civiles, dominaci n externa, cultura heterog nea y corrupci n, entre otras. Los trabajos reunidos en este volumen ense an que esa visi n oscura fue principalmente el resultado de un espejismo cultural.