La Controversia de Sión

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...

De la boca de los protagonistas o de sus familiares y sirviéndose de una mezcla de narración literaria y de reconstrucción histórica, el periodista Fernando Berlín recupera en este libro los dramáticos y emotivos relatos nunca antes revelados de una docena de hombres y mujeres españoles que, de forma modesta y desinteresada, consiguieron salvar la vida de algunos de sus compatriotas del otro bando durante la guerra civil. Una visión completamente distinta de la guerra.

El tema se aborda desde una perspectiva antropocéntrica y muy ligada a las condiciones colectivas de vida a largo plazo. La configuración histórica del paisaje se examina combinando distintas variables: relaciones sociales, derechos de propiedad, transformaciones económicas y técnicas, y características físicas de cada territorio. Trata, en especial, de las repercusiones paisajísticas de las grandes mudanzas agrarias sobre zonas de Cataluña, Aragón, Navarra, Madrid, Andalucía, el País Vasco y Cuba, entre el siglo XI y el XX.

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