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¿SIGUE SIENDO JAPÓN UNA POTENCIA INNOVADORA? ¿SUS TRADICIONES FRENAN SU DESARROLLO SOCIAL? ¿SU RELACIÓN CON CHINA ESTÁ CONDENADA AL CONFLICTO? ¿PUEDE SER UN ACTOR IMPORTANTE EN EL ESCENARIO INTERNACIONAL? ¿SON SOLIDAS SUS RELACIONES CON ESTADOS UNIDOS?TRAS DOMINAR EL PANORAMA ECONOMICO MUNDIAL A FINALES DEL SIGLO XX, TOKIO SE ENFRENTA A MULTIPLES DESAFIOS: BLOQUEOS POLITICOS, ESTANCAMIENTO, ENVEJECIMIENTO, CONDICIONES DESFAVORABLES PARA LAS MUJERES Y UNA SENSACION DE AISLAMIENTO. SIN EMBARGO, EL PAIS CONSERVA UNA EFICIENCIA Y UNA RESILIENCIA EXCEPCIONALES, Y AFIRMA SUS VALORES FRENTE A UNA CHINA QUE CRECE DE MANERA INQUIETANTE.

Desde la Revolución de Mayo hasta el golpe de 1930, las pasiones ocultas y los excesos íntimos de próceres como Belgrano, Sarmiento, Rosas e Yrigoyen que moldearon, en secreto, la historia argentina.En Argentina con pecado concebida, segundo volumen de su trilogia Historia sexual de los argentinos, Federico Andahazi examina el periodo que se extiende desde la Revolucion de Mayo hasta el golpe de 1930 para demostrar como el modo de ejercer el poder se entrelazo, una y otra vez, con el modo de vivir la sexualidad. ¿Hasta que punto lo intimo condiciono los hechos que cambiaron el rumbo del pais?Los protagonistas mas emblematicos aparecen bajo otro foco. Asi, Manuel Belgrano fue objeto de rumores sobre su orientacion sexual utilizados para minimizar sus ideas; Juan Manuel de Rosas y Justo Jose de Urquiza mantuvieron relaciones multiples y polemicas; Domingo Faustino Sarmiento describio orgias durante sus campañas, mientras que Jose de San Martin compartio una vida intensa con Remedios de Escalada. Juan Lavalle se entrego a los impulsos y excesos, Hipolito Yrigoyen proclamo una moral austera que no siempre practico, la Iglesia Catolica jugo un rol clave y la prostitucion era legislada sin estar legalizada.Con una escritura agil, precisa y cargada de hallazgos, Andahazi despliega un retrato inesperado de las figuras que moldearon la nacion, al tiempo que revela escenas tan sorprendentes como escandalosas, aspectos desconocidos y contradicciones decisivas de quienes trazaron los primeros capitulos de nuestra historia.

Con Pecadores y pecadoras, Andahazi concluye su trilogía Historia sexual de los argentinos al mostrar, desde el golpe del 30 hasta la primera presidencia de Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, cómo poder y deseo nunca estuvieron separados en la Argentina."Hablar de la sexualidad de figuras del pasado ya provoca escandalo; mayor aun es el desafio de indagar en la vida intima de personas proximas en tiempo y espacio", escribe Federico Andahazi enPecadores y pecadoras, el volumen que concluye la trilogia iniciada con Pecar como Dios manda y Argentina con pecado concebida. En este cierre, el autor pone el foco en periodos cruciales, dirigentes, mandatarios y protagonistas recientes cuya huella atraviesa la Argentina hoy.A partir de documentos y testimonios poco difundidos, el libro recorre el siglo XX desde el golpe de 1930 hasta la primera presidencia de Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner para mostrar que las decisiones politicas y los deseos privados jamas transitaron caminos separados. La narracion abarca la Decada Infame, el peronismo y el antiperonismo, la violencia de la ultima dictadura, la recuperacion democratica, la euforia menemista y la crisis de 2001, hasta llegar a los años iniciales del kirchnerismo. En ese trayecto, aparecen Peron, Evita, Isabel y Lopez Rega, Montoneros, Lugones y Borges, y profundiza en episodios mas cercanos, como la aprobacion de la Ley de Matrimonio Igualitario y la conmocion provocada por la muerte de Nestor Kirchner.Con rigor historico y prosa hipnotica, Pecadores y pecadoras concluye una investigacion fundamental, que se extiende por mas de quinientos años para desentrañar el vinculo entre poder y sexualidad, y ofrece una certeza: comprender la Argentina exige escuchar, tambien, la voz de sus deseos.

En Pecar como Dios manda, Federico Andahazi revela cómo el sexo fue una herramienta de poder en la construcción política argentina, desde el erotismo de los pueblos originarios hasta la doble moral virreinal.No puede comprenderse la historia de una nacion si se desconoce la de su sexualidad. Esa es la premisa que guia el trabajo de Federico Andahazi, donde indaga en la relacion tan estrecha como oculta entre el sexo y el ejercicio del poder. Varios de los hechos publicos que cambiaron el curso de la Argentina, sostiene, solo pueden entenderse al iluminar ciertos aspectos de la vida privada de sus protagonistas.Con una investigacion rigurosa y provocadora, este primer volumen -que inaugura la trilogia Historia sexual de los argentinos- recorre siglos de pasiones silenciadas, tabues persistentes y pulsiones decisivas en el surgimiento de la identidad nacional.Desde las practicas eroticas de los pueblos originarios hasta las normas morales impuestas por la conquista, pasando por el recato del virreinato y la doble moral de la Revolucion de Mayo, el autor desentraña la trama invisible que une deseo y dominacion. Porque detras de cada proyecto politico late una forma especifica de concebir el cuerpo, regular sus impulsos y administrar sus placeres.Psicoanalista y narrador de reconocida trayectoria, Andahazi cruza el ensayo historico con una mirada aguda que revela las tensiones entre cultura, represion y libertad. El resultado es una obra documentada, incomoda y esclarecedora, que aporta claves fundamentales para comprender como se configuro una sensibilidad colectiva y por que ciertas memorias siguen excluidas del relato oficial.Pecar como Dios manda propone una lectura distinta del pasado argentino, donde lo sexual aparece como un factor estructural para pensar como se organiza la sociedad y se impone autoridad. En estas paginas, lo intimo se vuelve politico, y lo que parecia desatendido ocupa el centro de la escena.

La Crónica del Perú, de Cieza, escrita entre 1541 y 1551, compendia noticias de la historia natural y geográfica de una amplia zona indiana, especialmente del Perú, haciendo hincapié en las grandes posibilidades agricolas y economicas o mercantiles de la tierra, e indagando en la historia moral de los indios, describiendo la organizacion de las poblaciones, estructura de las viviendas, vestimentas, ceremonias religiosas y fiestas profanas, costumbres y practicas de guerra... Cieza se propone, ademas, guardar memoria de la historia para el porvenir en el marco de una perspectiva providencialista y de la evangelizacion de la empresa conquistadora, abordando tambien las sombras de una empresa que se configura como ejemplo para el porvenir y cuyas responsabilidades deben ser asumidas. Cronica fundamental, obra de un testigo y protagonista de algunos de los hechos mas relevantes que narra, y en su conjunto optimista, aunque critique las malas actuaciones de los españoles, con aguda atencion a los problemas y obstaculos del camino que se abre en el Nuevo Mundo.

¿Para quién es este libro? Este libro es una adaptación del trabajo de John Maxwell, ¡una lectura que me cambió la vida! Yo ya estaba en el campo misionero cuando recibí este libro como regalo, y despues de leerlo, me pregunte: ¿Por que no lei esto antes? La obra te ofrece insights super valiosos sobre las leyes fundamentales del liderazgo, dandote principios practicos para desarrollar habilidades de liderazgo solidas que tocan temas como la influencia, el respeto, la intuicion, la conexion, el crecimiento, el sacrificio y ¡muchos mas! Aunque el focus principal es el liderazgo, he adaptado estas leyes y las he aplicado a la Obra Misionera y al Evangelismo Global para el cumplimiento de la Gran Comision de Jesus. En esta lectura, resumiremos las leyes de liderazgo mas importantes y su aplicacion practica en la Obra Misionera y el Evangelismo Global, demostrando como pueden ser esenciales para el crecimiento y el impacto de las actividades evangelisticas en todo el mundo, ¡siempre alineados con la Santa Biblia! Descubriremos como estas leyes pueden fortalecer la obra misionera y el evangelismo global, empoderando a lideres y ¡impulsando el avance del Reino de Dios! AUDIENCIA OBJETIVO: LIDERES RELIGIOSOS: Pastores, misioneros, evangelistas y lideres eclesiasticos que quieren potenciar sus habilidades de liderazgo y aplicarlas de forma mas efectiva para promover la fe y llevar a cabo actividades misioneras. VOLUNTARIOS Y COLABORADORES: Personas involucradas en la obra misio

Dice el mito que Japón nació por voluntad divina de una lanza sumergida en el océano: los terrones de sal que gotearon de su punta al ser extraída formaron la primera isla. Son fragmentos que mantienen su individualidad al mismo tiempo que forman parte de un todo mas complejo. El recorrido de este atlas, que va desde la nevada Hokkaido hasta la tropical Okinawa, esta hecho de verdad y narracion: las islas son verdaderas historia, naturaleza, geografia, cultura, su exploracion es narrativa.Las evocadoras ilustraciones de Uragami Kazuhisa impregnan nuestra mirada con el inmenso encanto japones.

El Archivo Simón Ruiz, crucial para entender la actividad económica y financiera a mediados del siglo XVI, alberga la correspondencia entre el que fuera corregidor de Medina del Campo y uno de los hombres de negocios mas importantes en la epoca de Felipe II, y la familia Gomes de Elvas. Los inicios comerciales de esta familia se gestaron en la ciudad fronteriza que da nombre a su linaje. Las fuentes documentales consultadas en esta localidad y las cartas remitidas a Medina del Campo permiten reconstruir el camino que condujo a los Gomes de Elvas a convertirse en una de las casas de negocios mas importantes de Portugal.Este libro va mas alla de una perspectiva meramente economica y ahonda en los estudios de familia y empresa, analizando el comportamiento de la familia Gomes de Elvas y sus estrategias empresariales, un camino que no solo los condujo al exito economico, sino tambien al ennoblecimiento de varios de sus miembros. Este hito es especialmente relevante, pues su exito se consumo con la obtencion de un prestigioso oficio, como es el de correo mayor, que se transformara en un cargo hereditario con el que asegurar el estatus economico y su influencia social a lo largo de diversas generaciones.

Kars, sometimes translated as Keres, was the herald of one of the queen-mothers named Ahhotep at the beginning of the New Kingdom era. There were two queen-mothers named Ahhotep at the beginning of the New Kingdom era: Ahhotep, the wife of King Amenhotep I, and Ahhotep, the mother of King Ahmose. This stele was erected during regal year 10 of King Amenhotep I, and therefore it is accepted that this Ahhotep was his wife. King Amenhotep I was the king of Egypt between approximately 1557 and 1537 BCE. This date is based on the radiocarbon dating of the mummy of the previous king, Ahmose I, meaning the stele would have been erected circa 1547 BCE.Kars was a senior member of the Egyptian nobility during the reign of King Amenhotep I; however, his stele was much shorter than the stele of his contemporaries Ahmose pen-Nekhbet and Ahmose pen-Ebana. Unlike his major contemporaries, he would have been a homosexual, and therefore, probably never had any children to maintain his tomb and stele. The stele was erected by the queen-mother after Kars died, which supports the idea that he did not have children. The stele was maintained by the royal court until the reign of Akhenaten, when it was defaced. King Ahkenaten tried to suppress the ancient gods of Egypt in favor of his preferred god: Aten. Several names were destroyed within the text of the stele, mostly the names of gods. Based on the context, the gods names can be reconstructed as Amen, Aani, and Maat.Kars stele was accompanied by a statue of Kars, which Queen-mother Ahhotep had commissioned and erected at his tomb in Abydos. Both the stele and the statue have survived; however, the stele was damaged during the reign of Akhenaten, when the names of the old gods were systematically destroyed in ancient steles. Unfortunately, the stele did not go into great detail about Kars life, not even mentioning his last name. It spoke more about Ahhotep, who had commissioned it. Nevertheless, it does give a glimpse into the relationships within the royal court of Amenhotep I circa 1547 BCE.

For centuries, the Bedouin have navigated some of the harshest landscapes on Earth with remarkable adaptability, social harmony, and cultural resilience. Echoes of the Desert Wind offers teachers a structured, technical exploration of Bedouin traditionsunpacking the systems, customs, and environmental knowledge that sustained nomadic life across Arabia, the Levant, and North Africa.This detailed account examines the logistical realities of desert navigation, camel husbandry, water sourcing, tent construction, clan leadership structures, and the poetic oral traditions that preserved history across generations. Each chapter breaks complex systems down into teachable components, helping students understand how environmental demands shaped Bedouin technology, social organization, and moral codes.The book also analyzes hospitality practices, trade routes, conflict mediation, marriage customs, and the interplay between tribal identity and regional politics. Drawing upon ethnographic studies, historical documents, and contemporary field research, it offers a precise and classroom-ready framework for explaining how nomadic groups adapted with ingenuity and discipline.For educators seeking a technically grounded portrayal of Bedouin life, this guide provides clarity, cultural depth, and practical insights into a civilization shaped by the deserts uncompromising rhythms.

From ancient courts draped in silk to bustling markets echoing with the sounds of artisans at work, Japans culture grew from centuries of creativity, discipline, and spiritual depth. Blossoms of a Rising Nation invites beginners into an inspiring exploration of how Japanese culture emerged, flourished, and became one of the worlds most influential cultural traditions.This uplifting narrative traces the roots of Shinto beliefs, the elegance of court life in the Heian era, the rise of the samurai ethos, the refinement of poetry and theater, and the artistic mastery found in calligraphy, ceramics, and garden design. Readers will discover how these traditions werent just cultural expressionsthey were the foundation of a worldview shaped by harmony, resilience, and aesthetic clarity.The book also highlights moments of reinvention, from Zen influences to medieval artistic breakthroughs, showing how Japan continually balanced innovation with reverence for its past. Designed to inspire newcomers, it celebrates the people, ideas, and values that helped a small island nation craft a cultural legacy admired across the globe.Accessible, warm, and deeply evocative, this book reveals how Japans spirit rose across centuries to become a symbol of beauty, discipline, and cultural brilliance.

Long before cities spread across continents, early settlers carved out fragile footholds in harsh, unfamiliar landscapes. Frontiers of Struggle and Survival provides experts and professionals with an informative, deeply contextual examination of how these pioneering communities endured scarcity, danger, and relentless environmental challenges while building the foundations of later civilizations.Drawing from settlement records, archaeological evidence, agricultural studies, and firsthand accounts, this book explores the reality behind frontier mythology. Readers will discover how settlers constructed homes under extreme conditions, preserved food without reliable infrastructure, negotiated withor clashed againstIndigenous populations, and navigated brutal winters, disease outbreaks, and crop failures. It analyzes survival strategies, early governance, resource management, and the fragile economics that shaped settlement success or collapse.Each chapter breaks down the practical systems settlers developedwater sourcing, land clearing, communal labor networks, and improvised medical carerevealing how innovation was often born from desperation rather than choice.Informative, detailed, and grounded in evidence, this resource offers a clear window into the uncompromising world early settlers faced and the complex decisions that defined their survival.

From a quiet samurai capital to one of the most electrifying cities on Earth, Tokyos transformation is one of the most remarkable urban stories in history. City of Shifting Skylines offers beginners an inspiring, accessible exploration of how Edo reinvented itself into modern Tokyoa place where tradition and innovation blend like nowhere else.This narrative guides readers through the dramatic turning points that shaped the citys identity: the Meiji Restoration that opened Japan to the world, the rapid modernization of railways and industry, the reinvention of architecture after the Great Kanto Earthquake, and the bold rebuilding efforts following World War II. It celebrates the thinkers, artists, planners, and everyday citizens whose resilience and creativity forged a metropolis that pulses with life.Readers will experience how ancient shrines coexist with neon-drenched districts, how cultural continuity survived sweeping political change, and how the citys spiritrooted in reinventioncontinues to define its global presence today.Accessible, uplifting, and rich with historical depth, this book invites beginners to discover how Tokyo became a symbol of modernity, possibility, and cultural fusion.

Before skyscrapers pierced the skyline and millions of people flooded its streets, New York began as a rugged, unruly settlement where cultures collided, fortunes were made overnight, and danger lurked in every alleyway. Streets of Smoke and Silver gives hobbyist history lovers an informative, engaging journey into the wild early decades of New Yorkwhen it was better known for brawls, smuggling, backroom deals, and booming opportunity than for finance or glamour.Readers step into a world ruled by fur traders, sailors, political schemers, runaway servants, freedmen, thieves, and ambitious newcomers from every corner of the globe. The narrative explores life under Dutch rule in New Amsterdam, the violent clashes that accompanied English takeover, the rise of waterfront gangs, and the raw energy that powered early markets, taverns, and docks.Using vivid accounts from journals, court records, and early maps, the book reveals how crime, commerce, diversity, and sheer resilience forged a city unlike any other on the continent.For anyone fascinated by dramatic urban origins, this informative snapshot captures New York before it transformed into a global capitalwhen it was still a tough, thrilling, unpredictable frontier in its own right.

On an October night in 1871, a spark in a crowded neighborhood ignited one of the most destructive urban disasters in American history. Through the Flames of a Broken City brings readers directly into the human experience of the Great Chicago Firethrough the eyes of those who ran, fought, hid, rescued, and endured.Designed with teachers in mind, this informative narrative provides a clear, structured account of how ordinary residents confronted extraordinary danger. Drawing on survivor testimonies, newspaper reports, and later historical analysis, the book reconstructs the moments when families were separated, entire districts vanished in minutes, and individuals made life-or-death decisions that shaped their fate.Beyond recounting devastation, the book highlights patterns of resilience, community cooperation, and emergency improvisation that educators can use to illuminate themes such as urban growth, social inequality, technological limits, and the evolution of modern fire safety. Accessible yet deeply grounded, it offers a powerful window into the human side of a catastrophe that reshaped a major American city. Step into the smoke-filled streets and witness how courage and resourcefulness helped thousands survive a night the world would never forget.

In the mid-1800s, thousands of dreamers left behind everything they knew to chase whispers of fortune in the rugged lands of the American West. Chasing Rivers of Gold brings teachers and their students into the heart of the Gold Rush era, highlighting not only the hardship and grit of the pioneers, but also the extraordinary spirit that reshaped a nation.This uplifting narrative blends historical accuracy with powerful human storiesminers braving dangerous mountain passes, families building new lives in canvas towns, merchants turning risk into opportunity, and diverse cultures meeting on the frontier for the first time. Through diaries, letters, and vivid eyewitness accounts, readers discover how determination, cooperation, and belief in possibility fueled one of the most transformative migrations in American history.Designed for educators seeking material that inspires discussion and ignites curiosity, the book emphasizes themes of resilience, ambition, resourcefulness, and the social consequences of rapid expansion. From environmental impacts to the rise of boomtowns and the forging of new communities, each chapter reveals how ordinary people, driven by extraordinary hope, helped shape the landscape of the West.

At the dawn of the 19th century, two menMeriwether Lewis and William Clarkwere tasked with uncovering the mysteries of a vast and unfamiliar continent. Across the Uncharted Continent offers an educational, expert-level exploration of the famed expedition that reshaped Americas understanding of its newly acquired lands.Designed for professionals, scholars, and serious enthusiasts, this narrative digs deeply into the scientific, military, and diplomatic dimensions of the Corps of Discovery. Readers will uncover how the expedition meticulously recorded flora and fauna previously unknown to Western science, built alliances with Indigenous nations, mapped river systems, assessed trade routes, and evaluated the geopolitical forces influencing the region.Rather than simply retelling adventure episodes, the book highlights the structure, methodology, and analytical approaches behind one of historys most significant exploratory missions. Through journals, cartographic evidence, and modern research, it illuminates how logistical planning, cross-cultural negotiation, environmental observation, and disciplined record-keeping transformed a risky journey into an achievement that informed national policy for decades.Clear, authoritative, and rich with insight, this account captures the expedition not only as a trek across wildernessbut as a blueprint for scientific exploration in an era of expanding horizons.

Rising from the Cambodian jungle like a vision carved into the earth itself, Angkor Wat stands as one of humanitys greatest architectural triumphs. Stone of the Eternal Kingdom unveils the astonishing craftsmanship, engineering precision, and spiritual ambition that brought this vast temple city to life.This immersive account guides readers deep into the techniques and technologies that powered the Khmer Empires most iconic construction. From quarrying massive sandstone blocks to orchestrating intricate hydraulic systems, every detail reveals a civilization working at the height of artistic and engineering brilliance. Discover how thousands of specialistssculptors, mathematicians, architects, and laborerscollaborated to erect a structure aligned with celestial rhythms and infused with symbolic meaning.Written for hobbyists who love exploring how ancient wonders were actually made, this book dismantles myths and illuminates the ingenious methods behind Angkor Wats enduring strength. Clear breakdowns, accessible explanations, and vivid storytelling bring the technical marvels of Khmer construction to life. Step behind the stone walls and uncover the real science, labor, and imagination that shaped a monument still standing as a testament to human ingenuity.

For centuries, Rome ruled vast territories with unmatched military discipline, administrative rigor, and cultural influence. Yet by the 5th century, the empire that once seemed unstoppable fractured under pressure from within and without. Twilight of the Eternal City presents a research-driven, expert-level examination of the true causes behind the fall of the Roman Empirefar beyond simplified tales of "barbarians at the gates."This analytical narrative dissects the intertwined political, economic, military, and social dynamics that eroded stability across centuries. Through primary-source evaluations, archaeological findings, demographic studies, and modern historiographical debates, the book illuminates how corruption, overexpansion, civil conflict, shifting trade networks, climate stress, and foreign incursions collectively pushed Rome past its breaking point.Crafted for professionals and serious scholars, the text emphasizes evidence, complexity, and competing interpretations rather than easy conclusions. Each chapter offers clear, research-oriented insights into how systemic decay operates within large stateslessons that continue to resonate in discussions of geopolitical decline today. Step into the final chapters of an empire and uncover how a civilization that reshaped the world ultimately collapsed under the weight of its own contradictions.

From the endless grasslands of Mongolia emerged a boy who would become one of the most transformative figures in world history. Rider of the Eternal Steppe offers general readers an informative, fast-moving journey through the astonishing life of Genghis Khanhis hardships, ambitions, military genius, and the vast empire he forged from fractured tribes.This narrative explores his early struggles for survival, his rise to unify the Mongol clans, and the sweeping campaigns that reshaped Asia, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe. Readers will discover how he revolutionized warfare with mobility, psychological strategy, disciplined organization, and unparalleled adaptability. But beyond the battlefield, the book highlights his lesser-known achievements: religious tolerance, merit-based leadership, written law codes, and innovations in communication and trade that connected cultures across continents.Clear, engaging, and grounded in historical scholarship, this account brings Genghis Khans world to life and provides an accessible understanding of how one individual redefined global history. Ideal for curious readers seeking an accurate and compelling introduction, it presents the conqueror not as myth, but as a complex leader shaped by circumstance, vision, and relentless will.