Cronología histórica de Al-Andalus

En diciembre de 1914, sir Ernest Shackleton y una tripulación de veintisiete hombres zarpó de Georgia del Sur a bordo del Endurance rumbo al Polo Sur, con el objetivo de cruzar la Antártida, el último continente inexplorado, por tierra. Un mes más tarde, con temperaturas de 35 grados bajo cero, el barco encallaba en el hielo del mar de Weddell, en las afueras del Círculo Polar Antártico. Más de un año después, y todavía a medio continente de distancia de la base deseada, la nave estuvo amarrada al hielo flotando hacia al noroeste, antes de ser finalmente aplastada por la fuerza del ...

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En este libro, el autor explora la construccion de la nacionalidad a traves de los deportes. Analiza dimensiones sociales y culturales de clase que estan reflejadas en las practicas deportivas; toma tres figuras predominantes de epocas distintas: Juan Manuel Gangio, campeon mundial del automovilismo; Carlos Monzon, boxeador, y Diego Armando Maradona, los tres salidos de estratos sociales marginados, y da cuenta de la heterogeneidad que el pais ha sabido albergar, y de la complejidad moral y social que lo atraviesa.