La cultura. Chile (1808-1830)

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"Hace veinte años, cuando se publicó la primera edición de este libro, se celebraba en todo el mundo el final del segundo milenio. Se trata, claro está, de una pura convención, fijada arbitrariamente y con varios siglos de retraso por los reformadores cristianos del calendario para hacer coincidir el año uno (aproximadamente) con la fecha del nacimiento de Cristo. Una convención, pues, que en teoría no afecta a las tres cuartas partes de la humanidad que utilizan calendarios distintos: chinos, indios, todo el Islam. Pero que sí los afecta en la práctica. Porque la práctica de este...

La gran década nacional se ocupa de un periodo decisivo de la historia de México en el que se sientan las bases del Estado mexicano y la nacionalidad. el primer tomo abarca el periodo de la Guerra de Reforma: desde 1857, fecha del golpe de Estado que dio Comonfort, hasta la victoria del partido liberal en la batalla de Calpulalpan en diciembre de 1860.

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