Leyendas Históricas, Volume 1;

Estados Unidos se ha definido siempre como un caso excepcional, un primer experimento político que muchas naciones han imitado antes o después. Su vasta superficie y el aumento constante y acelerado de su población condicionaron desde sus inicios los modos de vida de sus habitantes y configuraron su identidad como coloso demográfico y país inmigrante. El credo de la libertad, la fórmula que los Padres Fundadores encontraron para dotar de unidad y coherencia al país fue, a la larga, exitosa: Estados Unidos es la democracia más longeva del planeta y su escueta Constitución la más...

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Kyle Harper nos ofrece una nueva visión de la decadencia y caída del Imperio romano, que nos descubre el papel determinante que el cambio climático y las enfermedades infecciosas tuvieron en su ruina. Partiendo de la época feliz de Marco Aurelio, el autor nos conduce hasta el momento en que un imperio asediado no pudo resistir el embate conjunto de una "pequeña edad glacial" y de la peste bubónica. Kyle Harper, que combina la erudición histórica con el método científico, nos conduce a una reflexión que enlaza una nueva forma de ver la historia con los problemas del presente. La...

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