Introducción a la historia de España

Popular American essayist, novelist, and journalist CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER (1829-1900) was renowned for the warmth and intimacy of his writing, which encompassed travelogue, biography and autobiography, fiction, and more, and influenced entire generations of his fellow writers. Here, the prolific writer turned editor for his final grand work, a splendid survey of global literature, classic and modern, and it's not too much to suggest that if his friend and colleague Mark Twain-who stole Warner's quip about how "everybody complains about the weather, but nobody does anything about it"-had...

Esta obra compila las miradas de 20 historiadores sobre la "revolucionaria" década de 1860. Enfocando tres regiones distintas -América del Norte, del Sur y Europa- explora las formas en que sociedades diferentes enfrentaron una serie de transformaciones compartidas, que dislocaron y reconstituyeron el mundo que conocían

Desde el momento de su instalación, en abril de 1931, los gobernantes de la Segunda república española tuvieron como uno de sus primeros objetivos la difusión de la cultura, con la que esperaban trasformar a los españoles, convirtiéndolos en ciudadanos conscientes de poseer una identidad común. Para ello no se contentaron con multiplicar las escuelas, sino que crearon las "Misiones pedagógicas" que llevaban a los pueblos el cinematógrafo, los libros, la pintura, y la música, mientras las compañías teatrales de "La barraca" y "coro y teatro del pueblo" difundían por las plazas...

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