Políticas de ciencia, tecnología e innovación en la Argentina de la posdictadura

The Improbable Conquest offers translations of a series of little-known letters from the chaotic Spanish conquest of the Río de la Plata region, uncovering a rich and understudied historical resource. These letters were written by a wide variety of individuals, including clergy, military officers, and the region’s first governor, Pedro de Mendoza. There is also an exceptional contribution from Isabel de Guevara, one of the few women involved in the conquest to have recorded her experiences. Writing about the conditions of settlements and expeditions, these individuals vividly expose the...

Una edición nueva corregida y ampliada con un capítulo inédito sobre la represión durante la guerra.

La presente colección, que pretende resultar útil tanto a los estudiantes universitarios como al público interesado en el desarrollo del fenómeno histórico- científico, se presenta en conjunto como un panorama general de la Ciencia desde la prehistoria hasta nuestro tiempo, relacionando de manera significativa los avances científicos y tecnológico con el desarrollo social, histórico y cultural de las civilizaciones en que se produjeron. La obra, profusamente ilustrada y acompañada de textos, gráficos, documentos originales, bibliografías y cronologías, ha sido realizada por...

Seventy years after the beginning of the Spanish Civil War, disillusioned soldiers horrified by the actual conditions in which they found themselves, who deserted from either side of the conflict, and who were later tracked down and punished by Franco's government, share their eyewitness accounts of events and their motives for deserting.