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Este libro es un relato detallado de este suceso: el origen, el fulgor y la sangrienta represión de la gran huelga salitrera de 1907; la realidad que vivían los obreros, el desarrollo de la huelga, la agitación en la pampa, la dignidad popular.

Campos de muerte. Geografía del mal no pretende ser un inventario de la crueldad, sino un fogonazo de la profunda vileza que caracteriza a nuestra especie. En sus páginas se desentraña la implacable evidencia de la sangre y las lágrimas derramadas por millones de deportados, víctimas del hambre, el agotamiento, las enfermedades o, simplemente, el asesinato. Campos de exterminio, torturas, experimentos médicos aberrantes, mano de obra esclava, inhumanas condiciones de vida. Crímenes como los del Holocausto, los cometidos por el régimen estalinista o los del Jémer Rojo, junto con las...

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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...