Cerro Gordo

High in the Inyo Mountains, between Owens Valley and Death Valley National Park, lies the ghost town of Cerro Gordo. Discovered in 1865, this silver town boomed to a population of 3,000 people in the hands of savvy entrepreneurs during the 1870s. As the silver played out and the town faded, a few hung on to the dream. By the early 1900s, Louis D. Gordon wandered up the Yellow Grade Road where freight wagons once traversed with silver and supplies and took a closer look at the zinc ore that had been tossed aside by early miners. The Fat Hill lived again, primarily as a small company town. By...

"La Fragmentacion Politica Argentina: Presidentes y Antinomias" investiga la visualizacion que los distintos Gobiernos han tenido sobre la identidad politica nacional argentina. En un exhaustivo recorrido por las divergentes ideologias de los presidentes que han gobernado a este pais entre 1916 hasta nuestros dias, el autor indaga sobre el recurrente intento de los Gobiernos nacionales de expulsar a sus adversarios de la escena politica nacional. Esta investigacion permite comprender los origenes y las razones de una identidad politica conflictiva que ha llevado tanto a Gobiernos autoritarios ...

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La memoria y la utopía identifican dos disposiciones del sujeto, una vuelta hacia el pasado y otra hacia el futuro, siendo ambas actitudes críticas respecto al presente. La intersubjetividad define el eje central de la obra: la memoria es concebida como puente entre el pasado y el presente, entre el silencio y la palabra, entre lo singular y lo colectivo, y, en consecuencia, como una narración estructurada como forma de olvido individual y colectivo. La utopía es analizada en dos de sus formas históricas: como compromiso crítico con la cultura y la sociedad, restituyendo y haciendo...

This comprehensive study of Ancient Egypt explores the traditions and practices of this ancient civilization. Featuring information on Egypt's dynasties, pharaohs, pyramids, religion, art, and much more, this book provides readers with a fascinating glimpse of the past. En este estudio comprehensivo y riguroso, los autores exploran Antiguo Egipto y las peculiaridades de esta civilizaci�n ancestral. Con informaci�n sobre las dinast�as, los faraones, las Pir�mides, la religi�n, el arte y mucho m�s, este libro dar� a los lectores una vista fascinante del pasado.