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En esta obra, Edmundo O Gorman plantea la posibilidad de interpretar, de modo nuevo y satisfactorio, los acontecimientos que constituyen la historiografía americana. Esto es, dar respuesta a la afirmación tradicional de que América se hizo patente a resultas de su descubrimiento. Pero, puede realmente afirmarse que América fue descubierta sin incurrir en un absurdo? Estos fundamentos son analizados ampliamente en este libro.

Si bien el término "masacre" tiene, en el lenguaje cotidiano, sentidos diversos, la expresión "masacre histórica" remite a un tipo de fenómeno muy específico: el asesinato masivo de un amplio grupo de personas, que habitualmente están desarmadas y tienen una limitada capacidad para defenderse a sí mismas. Fenómenos de este tipo han tenido lugar desde períodos muy tempranos de la historia humana y, en general, siempre que han ocurrido, quienes intentaron explicarlos y contarlos, sea a través de textos, imágenes u otros medios, enfrentaron problemas enormes. '"Cómo sucedieron estas...

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...