Luis Felipe de Orleans, Último Rey de Los Franceses Y Su Época...

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Este libro presenta el análisis de un clan familiar, el de los Marín de Poveda, que, habiendo emigrado a mediados del siglo XVII a Indias desde una villa del Reino de Granada (Lúcar), alcanzó una extraordinaria riqueza y poder, tanto en tierras americanas como en su tierra natal e incluso en la Corte. El objetivo esencial es mostrar una visión global, planteada desde el lado americano y desde el español, sobre las estrategias seguidas por dicha parentela para conseguir acumular grandes riquezas y encumbrarse socialmente. Aunque la obra se centra en la figura de Tomás Marín de Poveda,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

¿Realmente crees conocer la historia del tan cercano siglo XX? La historia del siglo XX contada a través de las ideas producidas en los márgenes de la ciencia, las artes y la cultura. Antes de 1900, la historia parecía seguir una línea clara, con innovaciones como la máquina de vapor, la agricultura o la electricidad. El siglo XX, por el contrario, dio lugar al entrelazamiento cuántico, al cubismo, a la relatividad, a la psicodelia, al posmodernismo, a la teoría del caos y a la batalla del Somme. Con el fin de comenzar a darle sentido a esta endiablada maraña de ideas extrañas,...