La América de los Habsburgo (1517-1700)

La obra se compone de dos partes: una historia y una guía. En la primera, el autor nos cuenta la historia de la ciudad, desde su fundación por Alejandro Magno, pasando por las numerosas invasiones (romana, árabe, turca), hasta el periodo moderno con Napoléon, que bajo los auspicios de Mehmet Alí inicia la construcción de la ciudad moderna, y la anexión colonial británica de Egipto en 1882. En la segunda, nos describe los paseos por los barrios, los museos y las excursiones que pueden hacerse por ella. Ambas partes están interrelacionadas, pues en ello «estriba la utilidad principal...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

Ttulo publicado por Casa de Estudios del Socialismo en coedicin con Fondo de Cultura Econmica. Se trata de un libro de artculos compilados a partir del Seminario Internacional sobre la Corrupcin realizado a fines del 2004 con la participacin de Deborah Poole, antroploga de la Universidad de Johns Hopkins, socilogo Miguel Angel Mateo de la Universidad de Valencia, Espaa; Gran Therborn, socilogo poltico de la Universidad de Upsala, Suecia; Fidel Aroche de la Facultad de Economa de la UNAM; Laura Benetti, sicoanalista argentina radicada en Lima; Gisela Cnepa, antroploga visual de la Pontificia...