Mundos perfectos y extraños en los confines del "Orbis Terrarum"

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La idea de que el desarrollo de la industria en Galicia comenzó en la década de 1960 aparece todavía con frecuencia en comentarios periodísticos o desinformadas páginas web. En realidad, sin embargo, se trata de un fenómeno muy anterior, que hablando en términos estrictos se remonta a los años del tránsito del siglo XIX al XX y se asocia a la aparición de un importante sector de conservas herméticas de pescado y de toda una gama de actividades manufactureras relacionadas con la explotación del mar. Pero incluso antes de esa etapa, durante el siglo del vapor, hubo todo un abanico...

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A lo largo del siglo XVIII, España vivió una serie de tensiones y conflictos derivados de las contradicciones entre los intereses del viejo orden social y las exigencias de la dinámica moderna. Para el autor de este volumen, la clave del período está en la constante relación entre lo individual y lo colectivo, entre las acciones humanas y las condiciones sociales heredadas e impuestas por intereses muy minoritarios, empeñados en perpetuarse.