Relatos de vida, conceptos de nación

The author builds a realistic theory of democracy to end the false idea that corruption, state crime, and public immorality are democracy's (undesirable) products, not the natural and inevitable fruits of oligarchic regimes. Important theories of the state and constitution exist, but none can be called a theory of democracy.

Gordon Wood recrea los orígenes de la revolución norteamericana, basados en un firme sentido de la independencia y del valor del propio trabajo, y compone un magnífico relato del alzamiento de armas y conciencias que dio luz a la república americana. La revolución norteamericana es parte de la colección Breve Historia Universal, que ofrece una nueva visión de la historia de la humanidad. Gordon Wood, un notable especialista en la historia de Estados Unidos, conduce a los lectores a través de las páginas de este libro con un lenguaje ameno y accesible. Cuando Abraham Lincoln intentó...

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Libro que constituye un avance historiográfico sobre los fenómenos históricos del siglo XIX latinoamericano, ya que se abordan temáticas vinculadas a las relaciones internacionales, construcción estatal y conflictos territoriales.