Fisco, legitimidad y conflicto en los reinos hispánicos (siglos XIII-XVII)

Ciudad Juarez lies just across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas. A once-thriving border town, it now resembles a failed state. Infamously known as the place where women disappear, its murder rate exceeds that of Baghdad. Last year 1,607 people were killed, a number that is on pace to increase in 2009. In Murder City, Charles Bowden, one of the few journalists who has spent extended periods of time in Juarez, has written an extraordinary account of what happens when a city disintegrates. Interweaving stories of its inhabitants, a raped beauty queen, a repentant hitman, a journalist fleeing...

Josep Contreras (Terrassa, 1977) es licenciado en Historia Contemporánea por la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, donde obtuvo también el diploma en Estudios Avanzados y cursó un máster en Historia Comparada Política, Social y Cultural. Azaña y Cataluña es su primera obra publicada.

The essays in this volume, taken together, span the era of British history from 1780 to the present that has engrossed the attention of Brian Harrison in a career of more than fifty years. In keeping with his diverse interests, they vary widely in subject matter. Yet each contributes, in some fashion, to an appreciation of the complexities of reform in modern Britain. Throughout his career Harrison has demonstrated an unwavering interest in social movements and pressure groups. He has analysed the organisation of reform movements and their bases of support; explored the aspirations and...

Un recorrido fascinante por la edad de oro de la cultura rusa, por el autor de Los europeos. En una escena de Guerra y paz, la condesa Natasha, educada en Europa, escucha una danza folclórica rusa e instintivamente se lanza a bailar. Este emocionante momento literario con el que arranca El baile de Natasha simboliza las sensibilidades y los impulsos compartidos y a menudo contradictorios que dieron lugar a una de las culturas más deslumbrantes del mundo. En esta obra maestra, Orlando Figes explora con elegancia, rigor y un maravilloso talento narrativo las poderosas y complejas fuerzas...