Peter Parley's Universal History, on the Basis of Geography

Revoluciones, sequías, hambrunas, invasiones, guerras, regicidios... Los desastres que se sucedieron en la segunda mitad del siglo xvii no sólo no tenían precedentes, sino que se propagaron por el globo de una forma atroz. La crisis mundial se extendió desde Inglaterra hasta Japón, desde el Imperio ruso hasta el África subsahariana. El continente americano tampoco escapó a las turbulencias. El prestigioso historiador Geoffrey Parker ha investigado en archivos del mundo entero (cita alrededor de 2.500 fuentes) y nos muestra aquí unos 700 testimonios de hombres y mujeres que contaron en ...

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Las colectividades agrarias que surgieron con el estallido de la guerra civil en la zona leal a la República son el resultado de una constante labor de preparación y de la iniciativa auténticamente revolucionaria de los trabajadores. Estas colectividades conocerán un desarrollo y una dimensión tan profunda y rica en Andalucía como en el resto de la España republicana. En Jaén, el proceso colectivizador representa un importante cambio estructural, que, cualitativamente, modifica la estructura de la propiedad, la estructura social de clases y la estructura económica de la producción...