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En los ltimos a os, el tema de la ciudadan a pol tica ha pasado a ocupar un lugar central en el lenguaje pol tico latinoamericano. Los procesos de democratizaci n iniciados en los a os ochenta dieron lugar a la revaloraci n de un concepto cl sico de la teor a pol tica liberal que estuvo pr cticamente ausente del debate p blico en las d cadas de 1960 y 1970. En este volumen se aborda la cuesti n en perspectiva hist rica, ya que fue a lo largo del siglo XIX, cuando la creaci n de una ciudadan a pol tica constituy un aspecto central en la formaci n de nuestras naciones.

El enigmático Carlos V, emperador de Europa y el Nuevo Mundo, es la fi gura central en torno a la que gira el monumental estudio de la gran historia del Imperio español que Hugh Thomas comenzó a narrar con gran éxito en su obra El imperio español. Este volumen comienza en 1522 con el regreso de los restos de la expedición de Magallanes y termina con la muerte de Carlos V en 1558. Entre esos años, los españoles conquistan Guatemala, Yucatán, Colombia, Venezuela, Perú y Chile, y controlan ambos lados del poderoso Río de la Plata. Con su habitual estilo colorido y detallista, Thomas...