Los oráculos de Heródoto. Tipología, estructura y función narrativa

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En la mayor parte de la historia humana, los mares y los océanos han supuesto la principal forma de intercambio y comunicación de larga distancia entre pueblos, tanto para el comercio como para la expansión de ideas. Este libro traza la historia de la interacción humana a través de las principales masas de agua del planeta y analiza nuestra relación con los océanos remontándose a la época de los primeros viajeros. David Abulafia comienza con la primera comunidad marítima, los polinesios del Pacífico, que poseían intuitivas habilidades de navegación mucho antes de la invención...

"A fascinating and beautifully argued interpretation of how the American war in Southeast Asia affected Chicano communities. The author provides the most complete and well-documented study to date of this important chapter in U.S. history and its impact on an ethnic group with long-standing traditions of military service, assimilation, and resistance to injustice. Oropeza's book is what students of the Chicano Movement, especially the Mexican American role in antiwar activities during the Vietnam War period, have been waiting for."—George Mariscal, author of Aztlán and Viet Nam: Chicano...

David Roberts, nacido en Denver (Colorado) y graduado en al Universidad de Harvard, es autor de siete libros, entre los que destacan The Mountain of My Fear y Jean Stafford. A Biography. Es colaborador habitual de las revistas Men ́s Journal, Outside, American Photo, Smithsonian, Atlantic y National Geographic, entre otras publicaciones.