La Puebla del Río

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La presente publicación –editada en los umbrales del bicentenario del fin de la Guerra de la Independencia (1808-1814)– recorre los acontecimientos que la jalonaron en Cantabria y que subrayan el alto valor estratégico que este territorio del Norte de España gozó durante el transcurso de este momento histórico, clave para entender la mutua interactuación entre el Antiguo y el Nuevo Régimen de nuestra historia. El lector, sin pérdida de rigor científico, podrá introducirse en el devenir de este conflicto bélico en Cantabria –aún no lo suficientemente estudiado–, al...

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...

La conquista de América provocó una catástrofe demográfica de las poblaciones indígenas de enorme gravedad y trascendencia. Tras las atribuciones de la historia (y la propaganda) tradicional europea a la “crueldad” y “rapiña” de los conquistadores españoles, estudios más objetivos apuntaron a la responsabilidad en el proceso de las patologías exportadas al Nuevo Mundo por los europeos. Sin embargo, ninguna de las dos explicaciones daba cuenta, satisfactoriamente, del enorme quebranto y declive poblacional de los indios de América. Como que para indagar las causas y los...