La verdadera visión de los vencidos

En febrero de 1917 Rusia era una monarquía atrasada y autocrática, enfangada en una guerra impopular; y en octubre, después de no una, sino dos revoluciones, se había convertido en el primer Estado de los Trabajadores, pugnando por colocarse en la vanguardia de la revolución global. ¿Cómo tuvo lugar esta inimaginable transformación? En una visión panorámica, desde San Petersburgo y Moscú hasta las aldeas más remotas de un imperio inabarcable, Miéville desvela las catástrofes, intrigas y fenómenos inspiradores de 1917, en toda su pasión, dramatismo e incluso extrañeza....

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Osiris, god of the dead, was one of ancient Egypt's most important deities. The earliest secure evidence for belief in him dates back to the fifth dynasty (c.2494-2345BC), but he continued to be worshipped until the fifth century AD. Following Osiris is concerned with ancient Egyptian conceptions of the relationship between Osiris and the deceased, or what might be called the Osirian afterlife, asking what the nature of this relationship was and what the prerequisites were for enjoying its benefits. It does not seek to provide a continuous or comprehensive account of Egyptian ideas on this...

Lionel Shapiro ofrece un panorama general de la antropologia a la luz de sus ultimos desarrollos. Reune en sus paginas una gran diversidad de temas, escritos por 18 eminentes especialistas. Los ensayos abarcan la totalidad del mundo del hombre, desde sus inicios mas remotos hasta el estudio del funcionamiento y estructuracion social, y pasan revista a culturas de la edad de piedra, de cobre, hierro y bronce.