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General George Washington and the founding fathers of the United States recognized that the American Revolution was maintained throughout Spain thanks to their financial support, information, and protection and supplies in their territories ...

Imagine that many of Russia's greatest writers of the twentieth century were entirely unknown in the West, and only recently discovered in Russia itself. Strange as it may seem, it is in fact true, and their rediscovery is setting the literary world alight. Names such as Gaito Gazdanov and Vasily Yanovsky have excited great interest in Russia, and with stories of gambling, drug abuse, love, death, suicide, madness, espionage, glittering high society and the seedy underworld of Europe's capitals, their appeal is extremely broad. Many of these writers' works are only now being published in Russia for the first time, alongside those of leading contemporary authors - and to great critical acclaim. And we aren't just talking about two or three obscure authors; there are, quite literally, dozens of them.

El quinto y último Cuaderno dedicado a la historia de Israel empieza con la sucesión de Herodes el Grande y acaba con la represión de la revuelta de Bar Kokbá. Entre tanto, Jesús aparece en torno a los años treinta, mientras que el Templo es incendiado en el 70 y Jerusalen borrada del mapa en el 135.En estas circunstancias, el judaismo podria haber podido desaparecer, pero supo encontrar en si mismo recursos insospechados para reconstruirse, ayudado en esto por la "academia" de los sabios de Yabne despues del 70 y la reflexion de los rabis despues del 135. Asistimos asi al nacimiento paralelo y entrecruzado, en medio de la violencia, del judaismo "rabinico" y del cristianismo.

"Survey text on Latin American history from indigenous societies of preconquest era to late-20th century. Strongest coverage on social and economic history"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

In 1882 Mark Twain returned to the river of his childhood, determined to write the definitive travel book on the Mississippi. Life on the Mississippi is no ordinary guided tour, for every page is expressive of the structure, style and high humour that is the very essence of Twain the writer. Spiced with Twain's pungent observations and commentaries on the culture and society of the great river valley, the book is a wonderful collection of lively anecdotes, tall tales and character sketches; historical facts and information; and reminiscences of the author's boyhood and experiences as a steamboat pilot. Life on the Mississippi, in its composition and substance, is intricately related to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. In his introduction, James M. Cox suggests that in writing this travelogue Twain discovered the truths that form the heart of the odyssey depicted in his masterpiece, Huckleberry Finn.

En primer lugar, el autor matiza la idea generalizada de que el siglo XVII representa una época de crisis entre dos siglos de crecimiento. Tras analizar las causas de la crisis, representadas por la trilogia hambre, peste y guerra, se centra en el estudio de los distintos paises, en el que se refleja una Europa nada homogenea: frente a la decadencia de España, Italia o Alemania, emergen paises como Suecia, Austria o las Provincias Unidas. A continuacion, aborda las distintas respuestas de la sociedad frente a la crisis y, en concreto, las medidas ante el aumento del numero de pobres, y finaliza con una panoramica del arte barroco, concebido como una reaccion de evasion ante la crisis, asi como de los importantes avances filosoficos y cientificos.