Novedades del último mes en eBooks de Historia por países

¿Por qué un Almanaque Histórico Argentino? Porque creemos que la historia, como ciencia, reconstruye y analiza el pasado, interpretando las fuentes desde el presente. Y los presentes son todos distintos. Al momento de pensar y escribir este tomo, quienes conducen los destinos del pais pretenden explicitamente combatir al Estado. Es un buen punto de partida para revisar la etapa de su conformacion historica.El periodo 1852-1880 esta atravesado primero por la disputa de quienes y como van a liderar la organizacion del pais; resuelta esta a favor de una alianza entre un sector dominante porteño y diferentes burguesias provinciales cooptadas, y bajo la forma de un sistema constitucional republicano y federal, las dos ultimas decadas van a ser el momento de creacion del Estado Nacional, sobre la base de una economia agroganadera de exportacion. En su desarrollo, se veran afectados los sectores trabajadores, la sociabilidad popular, la creciente inmigracion europea y hasta las relaciones internacionales con los paises vecinos.Este Almanaque denominacion que pretende rescatar esas antiguas publicaciones que trataban distintos aspectos sobre un mismo tema puede leerse por capitulos y no necesariamente de principio a fin. Cada uno de ellos aborda un aspecto del periodo comprendido entre 1852 y 1880.

Este segundo volumen explora las controversias en torno a las utopías coloniales en América y se enfoca en los escritos de fray Bartolomé de las Casas, conocido como el defensor de los indios. La obra investiga como sus polemicas, especialmente con Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo, moldearon sus textos historicos.Dirigido a especialistas y al publico en general, el volumen analiza la escritura de Bartolome de las Casas. Se revela que acentuo la vision arcadica de las Indias iniciada por Cristobal Colon al representar una relacion armonica entre los habitantes y su entorno. En contraste, el fraile reservo la descripcion de "exceso y abuso" para los conquistadores, contribuyendo a una incipiente leyenda negra sobre la accion española. Ademas, sus escritos presentaron una vision uniforme y occidentalizada del amerindio, impulsada por una intencion polemica e intervencionista.Entre 1516 y 1520, Bartolome de las Casas propuso a la Corona española proyectos de colonizacion basados en la convivencia pacifica y una sociedad campesina armonica, aunque estos fracasaron en la practica. El libro tambien examina como su Historia de las Indias y la Brevisima relacion de la destruccion de las Indias funcionaron como textos profeticos y utopicos. Estos escritos anticipaban la destruccion de los pueblos del Nuevo Mundo y advertian que la unica redencion para la conquista era la evangelizacion cristiana y la transformacion de las creencias indigenas.Este libro es una herramienta esencial para comprender las contradicciones y visiones utopicas que constituyeron el encuentro entre el Viejo y el Nuevo Mundo.

Este primer volumen explora las controversias en torno a las utopías coloniales en América. Se centra en cómo las polémicas de Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo, cronista oficial de Indias, particularmente con Bartolome de las Casas, moldearon su Historia general y natural de las Indias. Dirigido a especialistas, academicos, estudiantes y publico en general interesado en la historia.La obra de Fernandez de Oviedo, motivada tanto por el deseo de conocimiento y los preceptos de la Historia natural de Plinio el Viejo como por los objetivos imperiales de la colonizacion, creo un inventario de la riqueza americana que complementaba el Viejo Mundo. A pesar de describir la naturaleza exuberante de America, la escritura del cronista tambien representaba el espacio y sus habitantes como viciosos y quimericos.El texto de Fernandez de Oviedo sobre los pueblos conquistados es flexible, en tanto que estuvo orientada historica y politicamente. El cronista propuso al caballero andante como un elemento civilizador e integrador, abogando por una sociedad jerarquica tanto entre españoles como entre indigenas.En esencia, los cronistas y funcionarios de la corte de Carlos V debatian el futuro del Nuevo Mundo. La Historia general y natural de Fernandez de Oviedo, a pesar de su detalle, legitimo la soberania imperial sobre las Indias al utilizar y distorsionar los ideales del humanismo europeo. Este volumen analiza los recursos retoricos del autor para describir (y a veces criticar) la fama de algunos conquistadores como "martires" de la conquista, los naufragios que implicaba el viaje a las Indias y la heraldica como valor de distincion.Es una lectura fundamental para entender la complejidad de la historiografia del Nuevo Mundo y su impacto duradero.

George Downing came of age as a Puritan pioneer in colonial Massachusetts, before crossing the Atlantic to sign up for the English Civil War. He fast became Oliver Cromwells chief of military intelligence and was later a diplomat and an MP. However, Downing spectacularly switched sides, shamelessly betraying his friends. He prospered under Charles II, yet he remains one of the most elusive figures of his age. In Turncoat he emerges as the extraordinary - if troubling - anti-hero of his own life story.Judged by contemporaries to be a fearful gentleman and a perfidious rogue, Downing was a double-dealer who bribed and blackmailed his way to diplomatic success across Europe; and, when it was expedient, betrayed friends to horrifically violent deaths. He pioneered the practice of judicial kidnapping known today as extraordinary rendition, was a booster of the Atlantic slave trade and had a hand in starting two major wars. Always at the centre of events, Downing engaged with the most illustrious men and women of his times. His patrons were Oliver Cromwell and King Charles II. Samuel Pepys was his clerk; John Milton prepared his letters and dispatches. William of Orange was godfather to his son; his next-door neighbour was Queen Elizabeth of Bohemia; and when Downing finally built his street, his surveyor was Sir Christopher Wren. Turncoat follows George Downing from the asceticism of Puritan New England, across English battlefields, through courts, chancelleries and parliaments, to the fleshpots of Restoration London, where he would spend his final years in unrestrained indulgence as one of the richest men in the kingdom.

What Peter Cozzens has done with this remarkable book is to show us that the truth about Deadwood is, in fact, even more interesting than the myth. S. C. Gwynne, New York Times bestselling author of Empire of the Summer MoonInfamous for its stage-coach robbing, whiskey-guzzling and rampant prostitution, the gold rush settlement of Deadwood, South Dakota, was once described as the most diabolical town on Earth. Built in 1876 on land brazenly stolen from the Lakota people, it was an outlaw enterprise not subject to US laws or governance.In Deadwood, award-winning historian Peter Cozzens sifts through myth and legend to recount the towns meteoric rise - a place where the currency was gold dust - and its stunning fall. He reveals how Deadwoods foundation bred a self-reliance and a spirit of cooperation unique on the frontier, making it an exceptionally welcoming place at a time of deep-seated discrimination. Along the way, Cozzens pulls back the curtain on legendary figures Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane, and introduces us to colourful Deadwoodites: from Jack Langrishe to Judge Kuykendall, and Seth Bullock to Sol Star.This is the first book to tell Deadwoods extraordinary story in full, revealing the true tale of how one frontier town, in only three years, imprinted itself on our imaginations as the best and worst of the West.

In The Hungarian Gentleman Farmer, Baroness Orczy turns her eye once more to the countryside of her beloved homeland, this time exploring the life and traditions of the landed gentry. Through vivid description and personal insight, she captures the rhythms of rural estates, the responsibilities of noble landowners, and the delicate balance between privilege and duty in Hungarian society. Rich with cultural detail, the book highlights the elegance and struggles of a class that stood between aristocracy and peasantry, preserving tradition while facing the pressures of modernity. Part memoir, part social study, it is both an affectionate portrait and a valuable historical record of Hungary at the dawn of the 20th century.

Jonathan Bardons A History of Ulster is widely regarded as the definitive text on the region. Updated with a more recent preface from the author, this illustrated, abridged version offers a comprehensive but accessible overview of life in the province for anyone seeking to understand the roots of its troubled history.The Vikings, the Norman invasions, the plantations, the Penal Laws, the rise of the United Irishmen and Orangeism, the Act of Union, the linen and shipbuilding industries, the Home Rule Crisis and partition, the civil rights movement, the Troubles and the peace process its all here in this essential companion to Jonathan Bardons bestselling A History of Ireland in 100 Episodes.

A vital history from the award-winning Financial Times journalist Philip Stephens on the dramatic century since the Anglo-Irish Treaty and partition.These Divided Isles tells the story from both sides of the Irish Sea. Cutting through the layers of grievance and prejudice it explores the emotional intimacy and enmity of a relationship shaped by close familial ties and clashing national identities. Its a story written by big political leaders - David Lloyd George, Michael Collins, Winston Churchill and Eamon de Valera - and the millions of Irish emigrants who crossed from Ireland to Britain to begin new lives.Today demography, Brexit and political logic have brought the possibility of Irish unity into view. Grounded in decades of personal contact and interviews with key policymakers across Britain and Europe, Stephens maps this complex relationship and asks how Ireland might deploy its history to inform its future rather than hold it in place.

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