Las estaciones del ferrocarril subterráneo (Depots of the Underground Railroad)

Ground s’enfronta al xoc de l’art contemporani plantejant, a manera de reflexió filosòfica, aquelles preguntes «grolleres» que semblaven confinades en la resposta de l’home del carrer o del crític reaccionari: no és una xorrada aquesta pila de rajoles al museu? No obstant això, la seua intenció no és fer-nos prendre partit a favor o en contra de determinades obres d’art del Minimal o del Conceptual. El que batega al fons del llibre de Ground és una defensa de l’art contemporani quan reivindica la seua intel·ligibilitat com un tret centralment constitutiu d’aquest. Una...

The United States grew rapidly from the time of the Louisiana Purchase to the building of the Transcontinental Railroad. All of this expansion came at the expense of Native American populations that had either lived in the region for centuries or been forced there from ancestral homes in the East. Tribes memorably fought on their own and together in an doomed effort to retain the land and a lifestyle that had long sustained their families. This book outlines some of the major conflicts of the Westward Expansion, and of the treaties and were signed, and often broken, by representatives of the...

Simple text paired with engaging full-color photographs of childrens faces will help children recognize the elements of a happy expression.

El primer tomo recrea los ultimos dias de Tula, la gran ciudad fundada por los toltecas. El segundo relato de esta obra se refiere a dos comunidades del valle de Mexico: Xochimilco, un pueblo agricola y Mexico-Tenochtitlan, la gran capital del imperio mexica. La narracion recrea la epoca en que muchos viajeros acudian a la gran ciudad para intercambiar sus productos.