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Estados Unidos celebra sus 250 años. Quizás parezcan pocos, pero dan mucho.En este libro los historiadores de Ad Absurdum narran la historia de Estados Unidos a través de su propia experiencia durante el rodaje de un improbable documental.Anecdotas, entrevistas, accidentes e incluso mucha investigacion historica te llevaran a conocer a los primeros pobladores del continente americano, a los conquistadores españoles que dejaron su huella y a los fundadores de una nueva nacion que se convirtio en potencia mundial, atravesando sus felices años y sus grandes depresiones. Desde George Washington hasta Donald Trump, pasando por Rosa Parks o Groucho Marx, la mas asombrosa prole desfila por estas paginas.Un relato hollywoodiense e historico que solo tres murcianos perdidos en Estados Unidos podian elaborar.Esta Historia absurda de Estados Unidos ve la luz en el momento mas oportuno. Make Absurdum Great Again!El trio de Ad Absurdum defiende el territorio historico con armas que no necesitan la segunda enmienda: rigor y humor. RAQUEL MARTOS. Escritora y presentadora

La idea más extendida sobre la historia de los nativos americanos es que terminó con la masacre de Wounded Knee en 1890, donde no solo murieron ciento cincuenta siux a manos de la caballería estadounidense, sino que supuestamente tambien lo hizo la civilizacion nativa. David Treuer fusiona narrativa y reportaje para revelar que los pueblos nativos no solo han sobrevivido, sino que se han adaptado y prosperado a pesar de los esfuerzos sistematicos por borrar su cultura. Treuer replantea la historia de los nativos americanos como una historia de resistencia y continuidad, desafiando las narrativas de desaparicion y derrota. Explora como las confiscaciones de tierras dieron lugar a maniobras legales y politicas cada vez mas sofisticadas que desmentian el mito de que los indios no conocen ni se preocupan por la propiedad, o como la asimilacion forzosa de sus hijos en internados gestionados por el Gobierno incubo una identidad nativa unificadora.

Este libro explora cómo los rituales sacrificiales nahuas fueron representados en las narrativas de la expansión transatlántica española. A partir de crónicas, códices, tratados y obras religiosas en español y nahuatl, el libro revela como las epistemologias indigenas influyeron en estas descripciones, desafiando la vision colonial que redujo el sacrificio humano a un signo de barbarie.Organizado en cuatro capitulos archivo, espacio, tiempo y participantes el libro analiza la incorporacion del sacrificio en el archivo colonial, la conceptualizacion de los espacios rituales, la integracion de las nociones nahuas del tiempo y la representacion de los actores en los escenarios sacrificiales. Mas alla de desmontar estereotipos, la investigacion evidencia como los conceptos nahuas de destruccion, transformacion y regeneracion sobrevivieron en la escritura colonial. En suma, esta obra redefine la violencia ritual como un fenomeno compartido entre las tradiciones indigenas y europeas, cuestionando su percepcion como practica exclusivamente barbara.

En noviembre de 1863, en Los Llanos de La Rioja, la historia argentina alcanza uno de sus momentos más brutales. Ángel Vicente "el Chacho" Peñaloza, un caudillo clave del federalismo, es derrotado, perseguido y asesinado de forma salvaje por las fuerzas que buscaban imponer el nuevo orden nacional. Su muerte lanceado, degollado y su cabeza exhibida para escarmiento no fue solo el final de un hombre, sino el simbolo de una epoca que se cerraba con sangre. En El Chacho. El mas humano de los caudillos, el historiador riojano Victor Hugo Robledo reconstruye con minuciosidad historica y potencia narrativa la vida y el destino de aquel lider popular que, desde Los Llanos riojanos, desafio al proyecto politico que comenzaba a organizar el Estado argentino. Gauchos, montoneras, traiciones y persecuciones componen el mosaico de una tragedia nacional. Este libro devuelve al Chacho su dimension humana: un caudillo amado por su gente, respetado por sus enemigos y finalmente convertido en martir de un conflicto mas profundo entre civilizacion y poder, entre provincias y centralismo. "Su historia no es solo la de una derrota. Es tambien la memoria de un pais que se construyo entre guerras civiles, silencios y disputas por el sentido de la Nacion. El Chacho es una investigacion solida y conmovedora que interpela el relato oficial y que nos convoca a revisar los cimientos de la Argentina. Se trata de un libro imprescindible para comprender como se construyo este Estado y a que costo humano. El caudillo riojano y sus gauchos fueron asesinados para terminar de imponer un sistema politico, economico y social que se denomino proceso de organizacion nacional. Quizas no tenian ese fin sus ejecutores, pero si sus autores intelectuales" (Henan Brienza).

En 1902 arribó a las librerías cariocas un libro titulado Os sertões (Los sertones). Su autor, Euclides da Cunha, un ingeniero militar que había sido enviado como corresponsal a la guerra de Canudos,

How does an eleven-man crew successfully infiltrate the purportedly impenetrable Brinks armored car depot in Boston, tie up the guards, and walk away with nearly three million dollars in cash, checks, and money orders without firing a single shot? The Great Brinks Robbery of 1950 was universally dubbed the "Crime of the Century" for its stunning, flawless execution.The heist was the result of agonizingly patient, low-tech surveillance. Mastermind Tony Pino and his crew spent two full years studying the building. They secretly broke into the depot at night, carefully removing the locks, taking them to a locksmith to have duplicate keys made, and reinstalling them before morning. On the night of the robbery, wearing navy peacoats and creepy rubber Halloween masks to completely obscure their identities, they simply unlocked five heavy doors, ambushed the counting room guards, and vanished with the cash in less than thirty minutes, leaving zero physical evidence behind.This engrossing true-crime narrative dissects the perfection of the analog heist. It explores the intense embarrassment of the FBI, the massive nationwide manhunt, and the tragic reality that the crew was only caught days before the statute of limitations expired because they refused to share the loot with a jailed accomplice.There is no such thing as an unbreakable vault. The Great Brinks Robbery is a masterclass in the terrifying efficiency of extreme criminal patience and preparation.

What happens when an entire American town is trapped inside a toxic, inescapable cloud of poisonous industrial gas for five continuous days, while the corporation responsible refuses to shut down its furnaces? The Donora Smog of 1948 was a deadly environmental wake-up call that violently exposed the horrific health costs of unchecked industrial manufacturing.Located in a steep river valley in Pennsylvania, the town of Donora was heavily reliant on a massive zinc works and steel mill. In late October, a freak meteorological weather pattern known as a temperature inversion trapped a layer of cold air at the bottom of the valley, preventing the factorys toxic cocktail of sulfur dioxide, hydrogen fluoride, and zinc emissions from escaping. The smog became so dense that driving was impossible and midday looked like midnight. Half the towns population fell severely ill, and 20 people suffocated to death before rain finally broke the inversion.This harrowing public health history dissects the anatomy of a preventable catastrophe. It explores the willful denial of the mill owners, the desperate makeshift triage by local doctors, and how this localized tragedy directly shocked the federal government into creating the Clean Air Act.Breathe the bitter air of progress. The Donora Smog reveals the deadly threshold where industrial prosperity crosses over into chemical suffocation.

How do you catch a meticulous, ghost-like serial killer who terrorized a state for a decade and successfully evaded the FBI for over forty years? You dont use traditional police work; you use the consumer DNA testing kits of his distant, unsuspecting relatives. The 2018 capture of the Golden State Killer completely revolutionized modern forensic science.After decades of dead ends, investigator Paul Holes took a radical, legally unprecedented approach. He uploaded the killers preserved DNA profile to GEDmatch, an open-source genealogy website used by hobbyists to find distant cousins. The algorithm identified several third cousins of the killer. By painstakingly constructing massive family trees dating back to the 1800s, and cross-referencing age, location, and military records, investigators mathematically funneled the genetic branches down to a single branch, leading them directly to the front door of Joseph James DeAngelo, a former police officer.This gripping true-crime narrative explores the intersection of biotechnology and justice. It documents the agonizing history of the original crimes, the brilliant genetic sleuthing of the investigative team, and the profound, controversial privacy implications of law enforcement weaponizing commercial DNA databases.You cannot hide from your own bloodline. The capture of the Golden State Killer proves that in the age of genetic data, the DNA of a distant cousin is a stronger witness than any camera.

How does a visionary inventor manage to excavate and build a fully functional, luxurious subway line directly beneath the busiest street in New York City without the corrupt politicians who ran the city ever finding out? The 1870 Beach Pneumatic Transit system is an incredible story of covert engineering and Victorian ambition.Frustrated by the deadly, gridlocked horse-drawn traffic of Broadway, publisher Alfred Ely Beach envisioned an underground train propelled entirely by wind. Knowing that the notoriously corrupt "Boss" Tweed of Tammany Hall would block the project to protect his surface transit monopolies, Beach secured a permit for a tiny "postal tube." Under the cover of night, he secretly excavated a massive tunnel instead. When he finally unveiled the project to a stunned public, it was a marvel: a grand, frescoed waiting room with a grand piano, leading to a plush, 22-passenger car blown down a 300-foot track by a massive 48-ton industrial fan.This captivating architectural history unearths the forgotten origins of the metropolis. It explores the fascinating physics of pneumatic engineering, the brutal political war that ultimately starved the project of funding, and the eerie rediscovery of the perfectly preserved station decades later when the modern subway was built.Descend into the forgotten tunnels. The Secret Subway is a testament to the ingenuity required to build the future when the politics of the present refuse to allow it.

In the 1920s and 30s, criminal interrogations were brutal, imprecise, and frequently yielded false confessions. Enter Leonarde Keeler, an eccentric, obsessive criminologist who believed that the human body was incapable of lying, even if the mouth was. His invention, the modern polygraph machine, promised to eradicate deception forever by mechanically measuring blood pressure, sweat, and respiration.However, Keelers noble quest quickly spiraled into a corporate obsession. He aggressively marketed the lie detector to police departments, banks, and paranoid corporations, effectively creating a multi-million-dollar industry built on physiological surveillance. As innocent people were occasionally condemned by nervous sweat and guilty psychopaths learned how to beat the machine, the polygraph sparked a century-long ethical war over the intersection of biology, anxiety, and the American justice system.This thrilling true-crime history unearths the origins of forensic psychology. It explores high-profile 1930s murder cases, the intense rivalry between early forensic pioneers, and the terrifying reality of trusting a machine to decipher the human soul.The body keeps the score, but the machine can misread it. The Polygraph Pioneer is a captivating look at the flawed, brilliant invention that forever changed criminal justice.

O presente trabalho tem por finalidade transcrever passagens do livro "ARNO PREIS - A demanda da família de Arno Preis pelo direito ao luto, à verdade, à reparação pública e à justiça", dos historiad

A janela sobre a ditadura brasileira que os documentos norte-americanos nos oferecem continua essencialmente inexplorada, com uma quantidade expressiva de material documental inédito, sobretudo em temas de politica domestica. A partir dos arquivos ianques, este estudo de folego nos oferece um acesso privilegiado a realidade contemporanea da ditadura.Se e conhecida a influencia dos Estados Unidos sobre o golpe de 1964, de que forma a interlocuço ocorria ao longo do regime? Sob uma perspectiva privilegiada, os diplomatas ianques tinham acesso livre aqueles que participavam do processo decisorio da ditadura brasileira. Isso envolve de empresarios a membros da classe politica, de intelectuais a jornalistas e ativistas sociais. E, claro, os proprios militares.Felipe Loureiro, por mais de uma decada, dedicou-se a analisar documentos diplomaticos do periodo, entre telegramas, memorandos, relatorios e cartas. Sem desconsiderar as limitaçes dos arquivos, o historiador revela as entranhas do processo de construço e declinio do periodo mais longo de exceço politica da historia brasileira.Olhares ianques reconstroi as contradiçes, complexidades e incertezas vivenciadas por atores centrais do regime. Ao passo que joga luz a informaçes ineditas, Loureiro nos alerta para a profuso de informaçes que ainda segue intocada: "Em meio a tantos trechos cobertos por frias tarjas pretas, persiste a sensaço de que a ditadura se projetava continuamente sobre a atmosfera da redemocratizaço, como um sujeito oculto invisivel, mas palpavel."

A América Latina está unida – para além de sua condição geográfica – por uma frente de luta comum. Demonstram isso as manifestações em prol da democracia, dos grupos vulneráveis e da defesa do patrim